If you’re looking for security:

Keep the TV off your network entirely.

Use the Pi as a media computer.

Pain

Oh boy, CDPR is releasing a gacha game

It’s gotten much shittier recently, yes. It used to work better.

Much like all search, really.

Alot of Doing is a very productive alot.

Sadly, I have one that I need for some freelance work. But I don’t use it too much.

Counterpoint: no, it’s not, because I’m not stupid enough to install it.

You’re a stranger saying something on the internet, so it must be true.

If your main goal is low resource use and fast, check out AntiX with Runit.

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.