Yeah, I’m just going to wait and see. If it’s good, I’ll buy it, otherwise I won’t.

DCS (Digital Combat Simulator)

Tons of well-simulated combat aircraft. IL-2 is probably the closest simulator to it.

Don’t finance DLC purchases. If you are that bad off for money, you need to just play the games you already own.

Yeah, I’m confused on what else the Pentagon would be spending money on.

the FTC had failed to follow correct procedures and conduct an analysis before issuing the rule

The FTC is free to issue this again. They need to do it in accordance with the law next time.

The court ruled specifically on the stay. The case itself is still before lower courts.

I found if the pot makes solid contact with the electric elements the electric can actually heat up water faster than gas. But if the bottom of your pan isn’t flat or the element is warped, they are really, really, really slow.

My experience has been with gas (fast), electric resistive with exposed and warped elements (slow), electric resistive with a glass top (fastest).

followed by (unless you’ve been very very careful) a total lack of anything productive for 95% of any of those people to do for the forseeable future

It amazes me these game companies putting out game after game don’t simply reassign these people to a future game. These are your seasoned veterans, they know how to do their job. Laying them off and picking up newbies just sets you up for a rocky future.

Had a look at Offbrand Games’ games and none of them have recent review bombs. I really have no clue what PirateSoftware is talking about.

I’m not surprised he was pushed out for fear of such review bombs, but I’m not seeing any evidence of them actually existing as he alleges.

FTA: The standard income deduction has been increased for seniors such that 90% will have their Social Security income completely covered by the deduction, meaning they won’t pay taxes on that income.

Edit: Crossed out a word.

Smaller studios have been consistently putting out good games as of late anyway. Indy and AA studios have the freedom to make fun things instead of having to check every box on a spreadsheet.

Linux isn’t stable enough to do production work

Linux runs most of the world’s servers. It’s pretty damn stable. One of the reasons it is generally chosen over Windows for servers is specifically because of its stability.

I’m not telling you to use it, mostly just this concept of instability is off.

According to Steam: in the last 3 years there has been 150% growth in Linux users

Steam deck.

The Steam deck is less than 10% of Steam’s linux installs. It identifies as Arch, and that category also includes Arch, which is a popular distro in general. The 150% growth in Linux users is certainly helped by the Steam Deck, but it isn’t the primary growth driver. People are simply using Linux more and more as Linux continues to improve and Windows backslides.

From Steam’s hardware survey:

you can safely use Windows 10 PCs connected to the internet for the next decade.

Do not, absolutely do not, hook an OS that is no longer receiving security updates to the internet. Out-of-date machines can get pwned simply by being on a network or loading a website’s ad, no user interaction required. Vulnerabilities are discovered, never patched, and thereafter every script kiddy can get into the old machines with little effort.

According to Steam: in the last 3 years there has been 150% growth in Linux users

And according to Pornhub, in 2024 there was a 41% growth in Linux users.

I don’t think there is a Steam entry for the game, but you can install it with Lutris, which does the setup for you. I don’t actually play the game, so I can’t speak much more about it.

The steam hardware survey shows consistent growth in linux users. As does the Pornhub hardware survey.

And the most “bloatware” are just windows apps

The Windows 11 Pro edition at my work had an entry for Whatsapp in the start menu after a fresh install…

This “Pro” edition had a popup ad for one of Microsoft’s games pushed as a notification. Literally a popup ad for a game coming from the Professional edition of Windows. Something my company paid extra for.

I have 0 “ai integration” on my PC.

I’m constantly playing wack-a-mole with Copilot. It’s even in Notepad by default…

Yeah, there is a reason my home PCs are all Linux Mint.

Looking to buy a new home right now, and every time I see one of those I see a multi-month project in my future to remove all that crap. Because I know they aren’t going to do it themselves…

It’s absolutely sexual harassment.

But, to your question: you can’t just say something has underage nudity when the nudity is of an adult model. It’s not CSAM.