Poster got a pokemon-themed, sexual story or role-play with an AI.

Surprisingly, if they have such waiting times, it seems to indicate they do have people using the service.

If there are waiting times on a regular basis, it mostly says they under-bought hardware to service what customers they have. Which comes at the cost of future customers as people hate lines.

But, yeah, I think GeForce Now is the only cloud gaming service that didn’t flop instantly. Though, with the prices listed in OP’s article, the value proposition just seems really bad. They may be killing what audience they have.

I hear ya. You probably want something like a Steam Deck. No PC building required and it goes wherever you are.

Call me old fashioned. But when I press the brew button on my coffee machine, it works every time. No internet, apps, or ‘smarts’ required. Just consistent quality.

That is a big part of why people talk about addressing the sources of violence. A big one is to reduce the feeling of loneliness/helplessness. Education about finances, education about and for career paths (we have a dire shortage of blue collar workers), social safety nets, and increasing people’s involvement in their community.

Make people feel like they belong, make people feel they are in control of their own lives, make people feel like they have a future.

There is very little quality control. Amazon mixes supply from different sellers, so bad actors often supply garbage into legitimate listings.

B&H is a great source for electronics, computer parts, and photography.

Seriously.

I advocate against using Doordash because it is overly expensive and that money is better spent paying down debt. But claiming it’s bad to pay someone to do a job for you? The fuck?

Microsoft could be massively less dickish and drop the requirement for TPM 2.0. It doesn’t do anything notable and that one decision would change OP’s experience from ‘stop pestering me to switch if you won’t even let me switch’ to ‘I guess I’ll press the button’.

All in good time. Many industries are already moving to web, which is OS agnostic. And it’s easier than ever to recompile a native program for different OSes.

Yeah, uBlock Origin continues to work great.

They are going to have less m.2 slots as they require a ton more data lanes. If you do need another m.2 slot, a PCIe adapter card or a SATA adapter are both good options.

I’m very excited for the day I can replace my spinners with SSDs. That day is coming, but it is not today.

It would have to be a voluntary thing, not just handed to everyone. “Put your name on this sheet if you want one.”

That sucks. They probably could give them out to employees as a little bonus thing. Build a bit of goodwill. Rather than have them sit on a shelf.

Everyone is going to buy M.2 SSDs first, and only buy SATA if they don’t have enough M.2 slots. I really doubt SATA SSDs are selling well.

With that said, I don’t see SATA going anywhere. It’s (comparatively low) bandwidth means you can throw a few ports on your board and not sacrifice much. For some quick math: a M.2 port back-hauled by PCIe 4.0 x4 has 7.8 GB/s of data lines going to it. While SATA 6.0 has only 0.75 GB/s of data lines going to it.

Vote with your dollar and go to Jellyfin, or even simpler, a folder with your media in it.

heating bills runs close to $800 a month

You are spending WAY too much per month on heat. Upgrade the insulation in your home and seal air leaks.

Also, do not use resistive heat. It is the most expensive heating solution by a wide margin.

The US has some of the cheapest energy in the civilized world. I’m not sure what to draw from that fact, but it is clear our energy system works pretty well for the end-user.

For a counterpoint, check out Germany’s expensive as fuck energy.

‘This is my hole’