Stillhart

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[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

IMHO, Xbox is a better console than PS this gen. I was a PS guy all the way but I got both XSX and PS5 when they came out and I barely touch my PS5 compared to the Xbox.

To be fair, most of the reasons I prefer the Xbox are just user experience things. The biggest one is that I think the PS5 controller is horrible. The ergonomics are all weird for me (yeah I realize that everyone's hands are different) and the fancy trigger buttons are real cool in the one or two games that make use of them but they're squishy and vague feeling in the other 99% of games. The Xbox controller has better ergonomics, and better feel in the hand with its materials and button feel. Yes, ergonomics and feel preference will vary from person to person but it's worth mentioning since I never had an issue with PS controllers until the PS5.

The other reasons I prefer the Xbox are things like how much better it is for things on your TV that aren't gaming (streaming shows, watching movies, etc.), I think Gamepass is WAY better than the Sony version, it has more exclusives I am interested in, etc.

Anyhow, you do you, but you might look into the Xbox a little before blindly just going with the PS5 on the strength of the older consoles. I was surprised by how much I didn't want to use the PS5. And a little bummed if I'm honest. It was a lot of effort to get one at launch and a lot of money and it mostly just gathers dust.

And to answer your specific question, if you do decide to go with a PS5, just get whatever is available when you are ready to get one. When it comes to tech, there's always something better coming so you can wait forever because they will never say "okay, all done!".

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 36 points 9 months ago (7 children)

It doesn't matter what business we're talking about. If you can't afford to pay the costs associated with running it, it's not a viable business. It's pretty fucking simple math.

And no, we're not talking about "to big to fail" business (that SHOULD be allowed to fail, IMHO) we're talking about AI, that thing they keep trying to shove down our throats and that we keep saying we don't want or need.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can just get an adapter. I have a Tesla wall connector and it works fine with my non-Tesla and a $100 adapter.

The problem is that you can't use the Superchargers with an adapter. You can use the non-Supercharger ones... I forget what they're called... but not the Supercharger because of how it handles the money aspect.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago

In case we needed another reason to hate dealers...

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Now it just needs an NACS connector...

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 42 points 9 months ago

Linux can be a hobby, not just a tool. If you want to have fun with a new hobby, distro hopping will have plenty to keep you busy. But if you just want something to run your computer and your current distro does it for you just fine, then you're not missing out on anything but a headache.

It's funny, I'm in an opposite situation. I don't want to distro hop, but my current one has some issues that I'm getting a little fed up with (issues that are a result of my hardware and use case) so I am working up to swapping distros to find something with fewer issues. For me, I just want my OS to be transparent. I don't want a hobby. That's why it took me so long to swap to linux in the first place.

Anyways, IMHO, unless you're really into the idea of playing with your OS as a hobby, don't let FOMO trick you into making the mistake of throwing out what works in the hopes of greener grass.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

I swapped last summer and landed on Pop!_OS after trying a few different options. If you game, Nobara is a great choice too. Other ones I considered were Mint, Ubuntu and SUSE Tumbleweed.

I would highly recommend trying them all with the live disk thingy. Mint didn't even work at all on my computer for some unknown reason, which was rather surprising considering how often it's recommended. It kept freezing right when the GUI logged in. So yeah, try em out for a little bit just to make sure there aren't any weird incompatibilities.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

OP, 5 minutes of research on Manjaro will give you a very different impression of how easy or reliable it is.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (17 children)

Pretty sure I've heard this every election since Trump got elected. Though, admittedly, not from a noted gorilla scientist.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

It's a fair point that there are different laws in different countries (or states) when it comes to PEV's and those could affect what people buy. But I still don't see it. Bikes have been around for a very long time, as has bad weather. If covered bikes were going to be a thing, they would be already.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I see the world rapidly realizing it doesn't need to pedal its bikes anymore. I can't see it adding pedals to things that have already had them removed...

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (12 children)

It is beyond bizarre to me that we are discussing another election with Trump in it.

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