Recent content by Brian_B

I’ve got a lot of years with Fedora / Slackware distros. They are certainly well rounded. Mostly just looking for something that runs Stream and some decent hypervisor so I can virtual sandbox a copy of Windows for work related stuff that needs the 365 suite

I am about this close from dropping in CachyOS and just tinkering around for a while.

Isn't that name from Game of Thrones or something

All the rigs in my house are still Zen3/DDR4 rigs. Haven't really felt that I'm missing out on anything, all these years later.

Not wrong. When it was $9 for one device, or $15 for ultimate - it was fine. I subbed on and off, and enjoyed it on both my PC and Xbox. I always found the rotating menu annoying though - games kept rolling off and that just doesn't seem like a great idea, but anyway, was nice to be able to try...

DRM is just there as an insurance policy for share holders of the publisher. You want your money as a developer? Then you gotta play by the publisher's rules. And nothing scares an investor more than losing out on money. They just consider it a form of risk management. At least until it's...

Ooo I like this newsletter-style roundup. Well done.

The amount of ammonia I'm around at work is ... significant. A small leak from a compressor doesn't bother me a bit That, and ammonia compressors = well below zero °F if you want them to.

I'm disappointed it didn't include an ammonia chiller Being a word play on Anhydrous (I'm assuming) - which means "no water" and commonly associated with ammonia

I don't really mind forced security updates I absolutely despise forced content updates.

I can't think of a single US-made router to be honest, except maybe the Starlink proprietary one

Only because DEI is out of fashion now. It won't be long before it comes back around as full ESG again - it's only because they are making insane levels of money on it that people are mostly turning a blind eye to things they once rallied against.

You are not wrong. I predict, if it gets that bad, the market will turn parallel to the mobile phone market - where they are just upgrading the camera for some rediculous reason and nothing else ever really changes generation over generation. Sure, probably won't be a camera, but it'll be...

What was the Witcher game? Gwent? That went over pretty well if I recall, but I'm not really into that scene. I guess this one is physical cards?

The good ole' days. When almost no one played it and the game was good.