What would I do? Work to form a union, probably.

No, it’s not fair. But that’s the corporate hellscape we’re in.

Video game staff has always been treated like shit by the big developers.

This is another case of the big developers trying to convince their staff that using slop (and, therefore, further devaluing the people) is a good thing.

If you make a game using “AI,” you’re standing on the shoulders of companies who became giants through theft and lies. They built algorithms, the algorithms stole, and now you’re being told to use those algorithms to benefit the companies who stole to build their databases.

Yes, it sucks. You’re in a no-win situation. Things will keep getting worse, the way they’ve been getting worse for game development staff for years.

Folks here will sympathize with your personal plight - unless you use the stolen databases yourself to earn your own livelihood. Because, once you do that, you unfortunately have become part of the problem. Even if you only did it to survive.

*were

Core 2 Duo is a 64-bit CPU. And that generation should also have a 64-bit EFI.

It should handle plenty of Linux distros. If you go that route, stick with something lightweight such as MX with XFCE.

Actually, yes, listen to this guy. Try what he says before you do what I said.

Additive repairs are safer than destructive repairs.

Sounds like the case itself may be warped.

It’s going to be hard to fix. You may be able to sand down the area around the fan. Be sure to use fine grit paper, go slowly, and clean off any loose plastic bits afterward.

I’m guessing you already verified that everything’s aligned properly and attached snugly.

So, folks who responded are conflating BIOS with UEFI. It’s a common mistake - but they are very different things that serve the same purpose.

BIOS is older technology. It usually wasn’t risky unless the board was somehow faulty, but there was always some risk because you were directly reflashing the CMOS.

UEFI is the current technology. If your board is less than 10 years old, you almost definitely have UEFI and not BIOS. It’s stored in NOR flash memory on the motherboard.

UEFI’s nature and design make it much simpler and safer to update. UEFI can be updated automatically within Linux; BIOS requires the board manufacturer’s utility to reprogram the CMOS.

I’m simplifying some of this. But this should help explain the conflicting responses of what gets updated under Linux.

Any secondhand laser printer should fit the bill.

No pun intended

Narrator: until someone else gains access

When an LCD looks like that, the panel itself is damaged. There’s no fixing it.

Clearly, a movie is a block, and not all kinds of bombs can bust blocks.

I’ve been running EndeavourOS on my my SP4. It works great with the custom Surface kernel.

Don’t buy a 4 - it has heat problems and a shitty power circuit. As long as you get a 5 or newer, it should run great.

Narrator: it’s wrong.

If this shit is the dope, yes.

But not necessarily if this shit is simply the dope.

And “this dope is the shit” means “this shit is dope.”

However, “this shit is the dope” does not mean “this dope is shit.”

Thanks for sharing this. I’m very confident with Linux, but I hadn’t thought about this!

Your blog post was concise, too. I hate scrolling forever before finding the solution.

Or, just disable the increasingly inaccurately-named “Secure Boot.”

Anything can be a dildo if you’re brave enough.

Have you tried the proton version of everything?

Ugh.