To add to the other suggestion, you could set your default ringtone to silence, then set a custom ringtone for "priority contacts" so they can actually ring you.
You had me until only 1 chance to fail; instead, you should temporarily get your license reduced back to the level 2 learners license. Then another chance to fail and retest before you get bumped down to a level 1 learners license.
Also, every year for 70+ is excessive. Passing a cog screen should be sufficient. Retesting every 5 years is already pretty good.
Yeah, fair. The setup is a bit technical for sure. You can set it up to default to different settings, though, so it would probably work well if the defaults are set correctly.
Like, my crappy old laptop can only handle H264s, not H265, but you can select video codec as a default. At least, I'm pretty sure you can.
My kids can manage it, and they're only 6 & 8.
Eh, it's different. I like that I can choose individual streams for different quality. I watch at 720p on my old TV with crappy WiFi, or 4K on my desktop. Anything mainstream enough to be on a streaming platform will already be loaded, it's just obscure stuff you might need to add yourself, which you'd never get on Netflix anyway.
We usually watch shows in Stremio even if they're on Netflix.
You'll likely also need to pay for a Debrid service. It's basically a download caching server, so if one user downloads a file, it's available to everyone.
With Stremio, that means that popular media will already have a zillion options pre-cached. If you want more niche stuff, then you can do the extra step to get your Debrid service to download it for you (assuming there's a public teacher that has it with seeders.)
It should also work for those download/file sharing sites, but I haven't bothered to figure it out yet.
Because interacting with streamers is a big part of Twitch?
I love popping into a nearly-empty Twitch stream and interacting with a streamer. It must be pretty discouraging to stream into the void with no viewers, and it's cool to hear about why they like a game I'm considering, or getting help with learning a game, or (rarely for me, lol) sharing some of my knowledge about a game.
It's also the only way I connect with two of my (married) friends from uni. I pop into their stream when I can and we chat a bit while they play.
Twitch with no chat might as well just be a YouTube video that I can speed up, pause, and seek.
Agreed. Also, WW1 and WW2 were characterized by total war, where the economy shifts to a military economy and everything else becomes secondary. None of the major powers in the world are engaging in total war right now.
To me, it's not WW3 until that happens. Hopefully, it never does.
Sure, those are important, too. But it's kinda a big deal to put a stop to the idea that military conquest is fine, so defending Ukraine (and potentially Taiwan) are important, too.
Supporting Israel's genocide is, however, reprehensible. And is just as bad (worse?) than what Russia is doing in Ukraine or that China is doing in Taiwan.
China's genocide against the Uyghurs gets a pass, politically, because they already control the territory. And what they're doing in Hong Kong and want to do to Taiwan are terrible, but not in the same level
This is the best explanation for the disconnect between progressivism and conservatism that I've ever heard. It makes total sense. I sort of knew this already, since it's clear from their racism that they think helping minorities hurts them somehow, but this video wraps that idea up into a nice, simple explanation.
Or a patch to strip out the online portion. If developers know they'll need to create that patch eventually, then they can design the game around it. Offline/LAN play/local servers were the norm until ubiquitous high-speed internet.
There's no technical reason why Diablo 4 needs to be online only. It was a design decision made for DRM and microtransactions. D2 still works great and has thousands of active players.
Cool, that's great, but that's also kinda the point.
Live service games suck because you can't depend on being able to play them. This is trying to fix that. So you (or anyone else) can play these games offline—eventually. Once they shut down the servers, customers should still be able to access their purchases. This campaign is trying to force companies to design around releasing a patch to strip out the online portion/online DRM or face significant financial consequences.
"Ignore that Trickle Down Economics has never worked since it was invented. We just didn't trickle down hard enough. Let's eliminate all taxes on the wealthy. We're the ones who make all the jobs! It will be great! Trust me!"
What's your opinion on the best platform for playing GBA games?
OG GBA has no backlight; backlight mod it? The GBA SP is tiny. The DS Lite has the GBA slot and better screens. The DSi XL can't do all the games, but has a great screen/controls. The 3DS & variants? Steam Deck? A recent handheld emulation system?
Team building is very important.
That's why my employer strongly requests us to meet in person 2 times/year.