Hot damn, you actually found it

You’re defaulting to your “comfort setting” which is a normal human thing.

Playing new games takes mental and emotional energy. There are also a lot more unknowns, which is a significant mental load. Our brains are naturally a bit aversive to this, especially if you’re feeling low-energy.

When you play the same old games you’ve enjoyed for over a decade, it’s a way for your brain to “veg out” as it were. The amount of thinking is minimal, and there’s no emotional suspense–you know exactly what’s coming.

So the answer has more to do with your mental and emotional energy levels. If your life is otherwise taxing in those areas, it’s perfectly fine to unwind with some comfort games at the end of a long day. If you find yourself feeling like this all the time, you might be dealing with depression or chronic exhaustion. And those are too complex to answer without more info.

Hope that helps!

I’ve wondered for years when we’d reach this point. Optics-based processors have the potential to blow way past the limitations of electrical/copper circuits, at least in theory. I’m curious to see where this leads.

Keep trying, even if it means sacrificing all of them.

OW! My stomach lining!

IN 24 GREAT SMELLING COLORS!

OW! my skin!

Bonus:

I agree. Let’s get rid of limits on party spending. Instead, let’s ban it altogether.

laughs in Jellyfin

Yep, another example of boots theory

“Vote with your wallet” is valid and often effective, but it’s not enough on its own. Also vote with your voice, your democratic power, and when all else fails, bricks.

Politics

If Carter was willing to give up his farm, you can muster up enough balls to stop trading stocks while you’re in office.

And if it discourages people running for office, that seems like a feature, not a bug.

As long as you don’t use a DE on it, a pi3 is great for experimenting with server software. I still use my 3b for plenty of things.

Assume spherical child

Apparently cheetahs aren’t “big cats”, they’re just large versions of small cats. They share features like purring and meowing, and their temperaments are closer to housecats than a tiger or lion.

Linus himself sees his own behavior as problematic and has put significant work toward changing it. Call it whatever you want, I guess, but just because it doesn’t result in physical bruises doesn’t mean it’s not problematic.

There’s some controversy around him–he has a history of anger issues and it’s impacted his work. But his contributions to the open source community are practically unquantifiable.

Overall, I’m incredibly grateful for him and his work, but still hope that he continues to work on his personal issues and becomes his best self.