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I've done something similar and it was completely harmless and only served as good entertainment for everyone involved.

Same. To me, messing with a computer seemed like a great way to be on the hook for destruction of school property.

(That said, I did once disable the USB inputs for a computer in the BIOS so the keyboard and mouse would stop working, as a practical joke.)

I guess I never hung around any of you.

Lol, good point. I often forget how I was put in advanced classes at an early age with other students who performed well. I need to consider that more in my adult life, that most of the adults I'm encountering were the people in the regular classes.

A normal computer would cost closer to 500

Wrong.

with something like FreeDOS+OpenGEM.

Sigh. Watching windows users try to make sense of the computing world is always cringe.

P.S. proprietary software should be illegal in education. Full stop.

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Obligatory "China hate" comment missing the forest for the trees.

Yep.

Same shit happened when conditioning students to use "PowerPoint" for science fairs.

The indoctrination starts young.

Looks good to investors when they say "this many accounts use this platform."

It's all a part of conditioning people to accept more and more abuse so rich people can get richer.

They don't want people with standards. They want people with Stockholm Syndrome.

Disclaimer: I just want to say I love the design of lemmy and whoever had a hand in it should pat themselves on the back.

Lemmy also doesn't follow modern design trends like 'infinite scrolling' and even makes better decisions than reddit where clicking on a thread, you know, opens the thread instead of what the thread links to.

It's in a great state if you look back and play old games.

I recommend getting comfortable with emulators. Using them isn't immediately straightforward, but with a bit of experience they become easier.

Some games I'd recommend just off the top of my head are:

Star Wars Jedi Power Battles

Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga

Resident Evil 5 & 6

Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2 (1 goes up to 2 players, 2 goes up to 4)

A Way Out

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (short, but fun)

Legend of Mana is absolutely spectacular and any gaming duo would be delighted to play it.

Dynasty Warriors is good for some mindless fun, but don't be fooled by how many games they have; they're all pretty much the same thing.

I think Super Mario Wonder is actually 2-player, but I haven't tried it yet. I plan too, though.

Super Mario Bros U goes up to 4 players and you can play with the Cemu, the Wii U emulator.

Cuphead

You're right that couch co-op games are mostly on consoles. Thankfully we can play console games on PC for free.

I dunno, usually shilling something as hard as possible just means you're a fanboy, it doesn't mean it's as good as you say it is.

I'll wait and see until most people willingly make the choice to immutable distros before believing it's "10/10 the future of linux" or whatever.

Personally, I get annoyed even on regular distros when there's a file that I can't easily edit. I don't really see any of the benefit of immutable distros other than giving the fedora crowd (who loves shilling their OS) a stiffy.

I'm more interested in fixing real issues like having to prepend prime-run to every game I want to use my dedicated GPU or why my IP can leak while connected to a VPN using my system's network configuration.

Heck, I'd be interested in seeing a fix for LUKS when entering the wrong password once requires restarting because something failed to mount or whatever.

You know, practical problems.

I can't wait until we get competing communities that aren't so eager to censor dissent.

Taking power away from these abusive mods needs to happen yesterday.

Let the people decide for themselves what they get to see. That's what the block feature is for.

Why are you installing malware in the first place?

There could honestly be a competition of who can do the best trump impression.

Unless opposing it threatens your consumerism.

It’s nice to be able to take a laptop and a few bluetooth controllers with me and be able to set up a portable retro gaming station literally anywhere.

Yep. I'm a much bigger fan of co-op games these days, so I have controllers and emulators at the ready to turn my laptop in a play station.

I guess it’s just up to individual preference.

Bingo.

Portability is a much bigger benefit than people realize.

Right now I'm typing this lying down comfortably in my bed, for example.

I think being tied to a desk to use our computers is unnecessary and reinforces a culture where people stay in their rooms and don't connect with others in person as much as they otherwise would.

My computer is like my 2nd brain, so being able to have it with me just about anywhere I go is important.

I used to have a desktop mostly for gaming and a laptop for work, but managing 2 computers is more hassle than it's worth so I decided to downsize to only 1 gaming laptop. "One machine to rule them all," as I say.

My only regret is not making the decision way sooner. I genuinely believe my life would have been better off for it.

Fuck israel.

Fuck zionists.

Maybe if they start getting shanked in alleyways, they'll change their tune. Trying to use a system they built to fix problems they made isn't working.

"Built for control, but not for people" sums up so well what's wrong with the developer-user disconnect among many in the free software space.

I think it has to do with neurodivergence, where a lot of people who use their computers 12+ hours a day can't fathom that there are other people who don't do the same.

Personally, I'm all for vandalizing the property of zionists and their supporters.

It shouldn't even be that difficult. Could probably rig up a drone to drop bricks or paint on their cars, for example.