Downloading Linux? Mandatory psych evaluation. For your protection.

I prefer http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ because it doesn’t think it knows better than I do what width I want my window to be.

Don’t log in on YouTube. Unless you’re uploading, there’s no point.

Researchers’ work has always been abused by others. The advancement and free distribution of knowledge should not be curtailed for fear of malicious parties.

Your above average use of the word “one” and variations like “one’s” could be quite telling.

As could my correction of “it’s” in the above sentence.

Cookie-walled article.

Pretty much anything that’s considered “childish”. Apart from video games, Lego comes to mind.

But who will verify the parents’ age?

So… just the video, no ads, no comments, no text at all? Please block it for me too, YouTube!

You don’t. When Valve first started with Steam, everybody hated it. I myself held out for a long time, not wanting a useless program hogging resources.

But gradually it became clear that Steam was actually just a game store. Except having to go to a store and rifle through boxes, you could do it from your PC. Yes it launched the games, but that was just like having a single folder with all game shortcuts. Its main purpose was discovering and buying new games.

Other vendors saw its success and wanted a piece of the cake. I think they mistakenly thought the launcher was an important part of Steam’s success, when it was in fact the large catalogue and good discoverability. They use exclusivity to lure customers, but can’t possibly compete with Valve.

Now we are at a point where the landscape is divided again. The majority of games is on Steam, but enough have their own place that the “single folder with shortcuts” became relevant again. That’s where the likes of Heroic and Playnite come in. These are no longer stores to buy games, but are simply a convenient way to quickly start the game you want, regardless of its source.

Given the US Democratic system, 32% should be enough for a third term, right?

You kidnapped the bicycle? You monster!

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I thought blu-ray would supplant DVD-RW for storing and transferring data, including for buying software. Much like DVD replaced CD, which replaced diskettes. Turns out both were replaced by cloud and streaming, with a short interlude for USB sticks.

Al still have their niches, but buying software and storing data is pretty much all online now.

At this point a mean post would be a win. Right now it’s just “this is worrying”.