It was already practically instantaneous compared to video encoding, but neat anyway.

Apple wants to use it in China

It depends on the group. Sometimes you have people intentionally cutting you off, revenge robber placements, and politics.

You’ll never perfectly solve the “no pissing people off” issue because in competitive games you necessarily have people benefit at the expense of others and in cooperative games you’ll fall into the trap of backseat-driver players telling you what to do on your turn.

That being said, here are some of my favorites I’d like to suggest:

Cooperative:

• Time Stories (kinda like a time-travel themed mystery-solving role-playing game where the pre-built deck is your DM. 1-4 players. You can buy more decks, each with a different setting and story.).
• Pandemic (Stop COVID a deadly disease from killing off the planet. Work together to limit the spread and find the cure before it’s too late) (1-4 players)

Competitive:

• The Settlers of Catan (claim resources and land strategically to build the most prosperous kingdom) (2-4 players but there are expansions and spinoffs so this could be like 1-6 players)
• 7 Wonders (draft cards to build the most prosperous kingdom) (3-8 players IIRC)

In-Between:

• Betrayal in the House on the Hill (explore a haunted house until you find a dark secret that turns one of you into a villain the rest have to fight) (3-6 players)

I only let things I trust are secure (e.g. ssh) have access from the internet, other services I hide behind a VPN (e.g. Tailscale).

Most routers have a feature to assign static IPs to a specific MAC address. You can also tell most devices to try to take a specific IP instead of using DHCP.

There are multiple ways to set it up, but it’s very possible to set a specific device to always have the same local IP, which is usually the first step to many self-hosting scenarios.

Neat!

Any chance you could share some resources on how you did it? I’d kinda like to give it a try…

she has to twitch the jack in the adapter for the thing to work

This is the downfall of all headphone jacks tbh

That’s some strong copium

I’d recommend /dev/urandom instead of /dev/zero

Imma wait for a Zelda edition. The only release title I’m likely interested in will be Metroid Prime 4 but I can be patient.

Also Mexico? The Phillipines?

You could look at this: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-win-4-2025-amd-apu-handheld-console

I have one of their older products and I’m happy with it. I’m considering this one.

Comes with Windows 11 but says it supports SteamOS. Should certainly run at least older games well. They say it’s 220x92x28 mm (7.87x3.62x1.1 in) which is a bit chonky for something I’d put it my pocket but not unmanageable.

I have a similar project called PiKVM. I can remotely turn on my computer from a full shutdown, navigate the BIOS to select an OS, and log in, after which I typically switch to a software-based Remote Desktop which is more performant. But you can’t power on a computer and navigate a BIOS with a software solution.

You have to be able to do everything you need, including modifying things, updating, installing software, and fixing issues without using the command line at all, and the amount you have to modify and fix really has to be minimal.

It’s often the fastest and most convenient method to send a file between two computers or phones (provided both are Apple products).

What I’m wondering now is, does the target app have to keep running to receive those messages?

No it doesn’t. What’s happening is target’s webserver sends a message to Google’s webserver, which sends a message to your phone, which is displayed by the OS. The Target app doesn’t need to be launched for this and won’t be launched unless you tap on the notification, which typically launches the associated app.

That means it’s potentially continuously collecting the phone’s location.

Target’s app isn’t doing this, although they probably do record what you bought from which target and when.

Google can / probably is continuously collecting the phone’s location, to some extent. Your cell service company can do this too.

The video also highlights the disadvantages compared to traditional fans:

• slightly less energy efficient
• weaker
• concerns about ozone
• concerns about attracting dust

I don’t see the need particularly but my guess at the “big company” mentioned is Apple. They seem like the type to jump at the opportunity to use a new technology to make quieter and thinner laptops. They already make some laptops without any cooling fans despite how inadvisable that sounds.

rip I either missed or forgot the follow up on that one