Which axis - X, Y, or Z?

If you die on the hill, you’ll never know whether the next time is different.

Oh, I see what you did there. In order to make sure you believe your answer is correct, you added additional details that weren’t part of the original statement.

Cool.

Perhaps we cannot actually do the same thing twice in exactly the same way.

But we can perceive that we are doing it a second time in exactly the same way, without perceiving the differences.

So, in practice, it can be replicated within the frame of our flesh-brained awareness.

“Because we’re hypocrites who don’t like when folks do to us what we do to other people.”

Citation needed

How can it be scraping up Google search results when Google is no longer providing search results?

Tell me you don’t understand software development without telling me you don’t understand software development.

It’s not about liquid money. It’s about “preventing piracy” by blocking anything that could allow people to use certain features via FOSS systems.

No, because electronics aren’t alive

If you want each kid to have their own desktop experience, then you’d want to give each one their own system login.

If you only care about them each having different Steam accounts, they don’t need different logins. You can add multiple accounts to Steam.

If the license holder isn’t willing to accept the money, it doesn’t matter if Valve is willing to pay it.

Very admirable work, but I can’t help but feel like they are late to the game.

I work on those handhelds, and they’re all slowly dying. The onboard flash memory is starting to fail more often in older units, and even newer ones are prone to developing significant screen issues. Parts are mostly still available - but some, like the power boards, are getting harder to find.

It’s not as easy to swap the primary PCB as a Game Boy. And the chips are not off-the-shelf, so donor consoles are the only source of replacement chips.

This project looks fantastic, and I hope it succeeds. But the consoles themselves may be too old for this to have much impact.

Fair.

It does what I need, I’m satisfied with it, and I’m fine because it’s still an open source notepad and e-reader.

But if that’s a deal breaker for you, it’s totally valid.

I went with a Supernote.

It’s supposed to get Linux support at some point, and it has replaceable batteries. Plus, it works great as a e-ink notebook right now.

I know enough about electrics that I might be able to help, but I’m not a security system expert.

A lot of these old wired systems are basically continuity detectors. If someone breaks a window or opens a door, continuity breaks, and therefore an alarm sounds. It’s like flipping a switch from on to off. And the IR stuff is just ordinary motion detection, the technology is still really common today.

You might be able to do a variety of stuff with that, depending on exactly what’s installed and how technically adept you are.

If you can find the service or installation manual for your old panel, you can find out how it was wired up. Sometimes the patch panels are pretty basic, and you might be able to wire the connections into any number of things. Maybe a new alarm panel - or maybe a Raspberry Pi you can program to do different things when windows and doors open or close. For example, when continuity breaks on your front door, you can tell the system to turn on your indoor lights.

So yes, there’s a lot you can potentially do with it all. It all depends on how much work you want to put into it, and whether you can figure out how it’s all connected.

I have one Brilliant Schemer and one Beautiful Idiot, and I wouldn’t trade either of them ♥️

*turmeric

One thing to keep in mind about the terminal:

In Linux, many GUI tools are simply pretty interfaces for the terminal. That’s why folks tell you that you’ll need the terminal occasionally, no matter what: you might need to type in commands that don’t already have a friendly GUI.

The terminal isn’t that scary, though! Every big distro has a support community. And if you need to do something in the terminal? Someone else has definitely needed to do the same thing, so you won’t need to figure it out on your own.

I mostly use Bazzite in front of a big TV. When I first set up the computer, I needed to use the terminal to configure a couple of things related to network shares. Later, I used it to help specific devices wake up the computer from sleep. It’s been months since then, and I’m not sure I’ve needed the terminal for anything else.

Use it as an opportunity to learn how your computer works. It’s really satisfying to understand how things happen.

Final Fantasy