I find it’s a lot of those ideal use cases I find futuristic. The RISC V architecture and Briar are kind of similar. They’re really neat and I could see some cyberpunk style uses for them but the drive for their adoption and the level of it just doesn’t seem to be there yet.

I’m glad they aren’t planning on releasing incrementally upgraded devices.

Retroid makes a lot of handheld emulators that are decent quality but it feels like they release a new model every few months that’s just slightly better than the last. It’s an easy way to feel cheated and hesitant about what you’re buying.

I feel like that really depends on how you view futuristic.

I think things with colored e-ink displays, USB C chargeable AA batteries, handheld emulators, 2230 NVMe drives, and USB C power portable displays are really cool but I feel like their availability these days has made them lose a bit of their futuristic luster. They would have blown my mind when I was a kid.

More niche products like Meshtastic and ESP32 Marauder devices are things I view as futuristic (and can be found for under $100).

Yeah. I feel like the headline also misrepresented the extent of what happened.

But the firm rejected claims about the extent of the damage caused by the unnamed individual, saying they “contain some exaggerations and inaccuracies”

Is probably the key takeaway and a good summary of what the article is about

Yeah that’s pretty much it. I get that it’s not a good idea but I could see myself using them for old electronics that have just gotten worn down after cleaning them like you mentioned. Stuff I’m probably not going to invest time or money into repairing.

Like a micro USB cord with larger and more aggressive clips for example.

It’s kind of like dealing with a bolt that doesn’t want to loosen by adding more force. It might work or make things a lot worse but it’s a “right now” solution

I don’t think it’s a bad idea. I’ve used a lot of controllers in the past that have felt worse than the controls on Anbernics handhelds. If they are willing to switch things up and breakaway from the typical from the typical Switch Pro controller look a lot of third party companies use I think it could be cool

Carol and the End of the World is a show I just started and I seem to like it so far. I’m not sure how I didn’t hear about it. The animation style seems similar to others on Netflix but I can’t put my finger on what shows specifically.

I also watched all of From. It was okay but really gave me typical Netflix drama vibes. Like Dark and Yellowjackets. I don’t mind it. I’m kind of just along for the ride but twists and plot progression feel kind of forced or awkward. It’s a bit hard to explain

Valent is a KDE Connect Client for GTK desktops and I want to see if I can get it to work with my living room PC. It’s basically so I can use my phone as a mouse.

I’m also reinstalling all my Starred Valley mods on my Steam Deck after I installed Bazzite GNOME on it. There’s about 50 I think and there’s a lot of dependencies that apparently prevent me from just downloading them all from my Nexus Mods download history page and raw dogging them into my mods folder.

For those that want some additional details Brodie Robertson created a video on what was happening 3 weeks ago on how things were going into the lead up to this. Here’s the link. It’s 16 minutes long and kind of funny. It shows how mismanaged things were from the beginning

Two - and I don’t mean this in a snarky or dismissive way - you might believe you’re good at reading emotions, while not being as good at it as you think. I don’t know you, so that could be way off base, but it’s definitely something worth having a think about.

I’ve been thinking about this for a few days now since you commented this. I honestly think you might be right and it’s a kind of stunning realization for me.

I feel like it’s really present in my romantic relationships. There’s a lot of times I awkwardly handled things or caused something to veer off in a bad direction. Even now I’m still really bad for asking people I date if they’re mad at me whenever they’re upset and I don’t know why for example