Didn’t realize how far back the feed was reaching because everything was limited to a handful of communities on my feed.

No disagreement here.

People are the problem, then. All people. And not in a solvable way.

I can’t fucking fix you or myself or anyone else. If technology was the problem, machines can be repaired or replaced. People can’t, yet you all insist on being fucking insufferable.

Oh yeah, Trump? Well, come near anyone to defend those fucking nazimobiles (provided there was no one in them, I’m not crazy) over people and see how long you last. This is war, doesn’t matter that you’re a handful of people with a shitton of money, WE WILL END YOU.

The article itself fits, thank you.

Maybe so, but at least here people are willing to fucking put themselves between a cop and a Native Canadian they try to abuse, take it to court and the news and the internet, and generally remind people that it’s not perfect here either. Also note that my location probably has better treatment of natives than the areas natives live, which is a problem caused by politicians just like it originally was in the US. At least we try to keep it in check and don’t deny it happens.

In the US, absolutely. Fortunately it doesn’t have to be that way, however I do not think there is any coming back from the police being the direct successors of slave patrols. Best for the states to just separate into several nations and eventually form some sort of EU-like economic pact, otherwise North America will be the new Africa.

Time we started making anti-money instead. The more you invest per period of time, the less privileges and opportunities you are allowed depending on how much anti-money you’re saddled with until you die.

Oh, you don’t like that this penalizes tall poppies? I am a tall poppy. The rich cut ME off. Why? Because I was never rich but I had skill and talent and I hate people who abuse authority. Because the rich don’t care about tall poppies, they care only about THEIR legacy. Fuck the shears and the gardener, everyone.

I don’t think he’s disagreeing with you, he’s saying that the law has said “No, police are just somehow allowed to do whatever they want and fuck you.” and that’s grounds for violent revolution because THEY JUST SHOT A KID. THEY WILL SHOOT YOUR KIDS. IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, THEY WILL KILL YOU.

This was chosen by design. It’s the most racist and selfish fucking bullshit you could spew, it ruined policing in the US and that’s what the republicans wanted.

Please at least know that’s not inherently the case. I’ve never been treated unfairly by the RCMP, but then Canada is my country, not yours, so I can understand you’ve probably never seen a cop who actually helped people. Police in the US are fucking awful, but that’s by design and not by trait.

Was annoyed, then confused, then I see what you mean. Yeah, he’s got no intention of actually bringing dignity back to the workplace, but some people would be willing to work if jobs were treated in a dignified way. As it is, tipping alone has ruined any possibility that the US would ever let the people “take away” the ability of rich people to have servants.

Um, I assume you typo’d? Does this fix it?

Yes. Their cult’s obsession of demonizing pleasure in general is disgusting. It’s probably why they want everyone else to be as miserable as they are

The Go S is basically the OneXPlayer F1 (a.k.a the “OneXFly”). I’ve also noticed that sales of the F1 series had occured frequently and they no longer seem to promote it now that the F1 Pro is out for a while. I can only guess the two companies are having a de facto handoff, trading the market share by swapping the roles of their primary devices.

Steam Deck. Tell his parents how to use the Family mode recently added to Steam accounts (there should be instructions for setting up an account for the parent and then creating the child account, allowing complete authority over various aspects like requiring the parents to manually approve all purchases), and that they can restrict the Desktop Mode behind a PIN so he can’t screw it up. It’s over your budget but it plays non-retro games and is the cheapest reputable handheld by far AND the most reputable handheld period.

Sadly, the Switch 2 is dangerously ephemeral: They’ve literally swapped the game itself for the license to play a game, your cartridge only contains the license and the data leaves when the console is no longer supported.

I wouldn’t bother with anything else, if you spend only $100 you aren’t going to get anything but a cheap plastic waste of money, and most other gamerdecks run Windows 11 so that’s not a reasonable option.

EDIT: If you buy used, this might not apply, as actionjbone stated.

That’s not what I meant. A developer version makes sense, but it’s not a special fun secret thing. There are what are known as developer kits or just “DevKits” for video game platforms like the Switch 2 or all the proceeding consoles since the 1980s. A developer version, while not the most benevolent approach, is plausible but not special.

That’s the one!

At this point, micro transactions for cosmetics are like candy. Kids will resent you and the values you try to impose if it makes them less able to participate in group activities. Restricting it to an allowance makes sense, disallowing it does not. I say this as someone who was banned from playing any video games as a kid for bullshit reasons.

There’s a reason that, when people realized smoking was toxic, they petitioned governments to ban them in increasing amounts and thus eventually de-popularize tobacco, rather than try to get kids to not smoke. If all your friends are allowed to, fuck whatever the reason is that you can’t.

Yeah, I’ve heard that before. “Oh, there’s a secret Mewthree that is only in the Japanese version. My uncledad works for Nintendo.” “There’s a secret island in World of Warcraft that the mods meet in to chat in private that if you manage to get there, you get admin powers from a developer. They ban- I mean, gave them to a friend of a guildmate.” “If you buy crypto, someday you’ll be video game rich and real rich, but the government don’t want you to know that.”

Fair, I wasn’t aware of stability issues.

Basically this.

I do want to point out, they COULD do BE ethically. Remove the subscription option and take a cut for all mod sales, and let private server operators and Realms use purchased mods while continuing to not charge players. Then put a legal ToS condition that using Realms requires such servers be operated without profit. Watch people set up private servers and Realms for their friends and charge private servers for API access. Done deal.

Of course, somebody at Microsoft wasn’t satisfied with that. They wanted complete control.

Protips for preparing for a potential end of java in a way that at least forces M$ to do something actually productive:

0. Don’t go quietly. Hold out if you are that determined to see Java continue.
1. NEVER get the Marketplace pass in Bedrock. It’s a bad deal meant to cater to fleeting, fad-chasing players. It also locks you out of purchasing limited-time items like any cosmetics and cancelling the subscription still leaves you screwed for 30 days.
2. If you’re a PC player, run a server or rent a Realm only if you don’t know anyone who has them and you can afford to. If you’re playing on Steam Deck or another Linux gamerdeck, do not host a local server, though Linux desktops are supported by the Minecraft Bedrock Dedicated Server software if you want to run one on a local, stationary setup.
3. Always buy Add-Ons, never Worlds, and never ever via “Marketplace Pass”. They rotate out mods in the pass, so it means you don’t even own a license to use it, let alone own the information you download as would be preferred (but will sadly never happen under Bedrock). I don’t know wtf Microsoft’s idiots were thinking at first, but Worlds are both useless and now functionally obsolete.
4. Avoid buying franchise “packs” and those sketchy “educational” sponsored content “adventures” exclusive to particular graphics cards. These are ultimately nothing more than an attempt to turn Minecraft into an advertizing medium like TV or social media, and support could end up dropped entirely for licensing reasons. Individual cosmetics appear to be an exception to this, as of April 2025.