I agree with OP, and it really became blatant when Starfield got out. Their design patterns and game engine have not evolved with the industry standards, and they don’t seem to have understood that. Fortunately, there are alternatives, like the Outer Worlds, Tainted Grail, etc. I guess the alternatives will become more and more interesting with time, as those game have showed that it was possible to do Bethesda-ish games without the shortcomings (and lies) of Bethesda.

Unfortunately I don’t know, as I’ve never used banking apps (I manage sensitive informations from my computer, which feels safer to me), but I hope somebody else will be able to answer that question!

Waking up from the Nightmare.

I’d say about every 7 years, or older. Using custom roms, it’s possible to keep a phone up-to-date for a while, or even to escape google services (on android, of course) using MicroG. Personally, I use /e/os, which has all that built in (including a tracker blocker). It is very neat.

https://e.foundation/e-os/

[Screaming in linux]

Build the biggest soft power possible to make allies (video games, movies, medicine, etc), send spies everywhere to identify potential attacker/warmongers, assassinate them.

If nothing works, make the island a fiscal paradise. Predators don’t shit where they eat.

Unfortunately, nothing will happen, as nobody has done anything despite the Epstein files, the deportations and externalized concentration camps, the Capitol, the international bullying and racket, etc. Trump serves the interest of the filthy rich, is backed by tech nazies and other kind of moguls (and p3d0s) and commands the most powerful army in the world. His attack on Venezuela is even approved by libs. And even if Trump himself was somehow unalived, the entire system that allowed his rise to power would still be there. The nazies trumpists and parasitic dominant classes would still be there.

Better just declare the American hegemony dead and disengage from any form of partnership with the USA. At least, Trump has the merit of exposing the USA for what they truly are : an alienating, morally bankrupt nation and fascist empire.

World changer, definitely

“if the sum of your possessions exceeds 100 M dollars/euros/whatever, your shall lose your civil rights, including the right to have your -shady- death investigated.”

You’re welcome. Invest in schools and hospitals. You have one week.

Yeah, Bazzite seems user-friendlier, like Manjaro was for Arch

For me, it’s been Manjaro for ten years, but I’m eyeing atomic distros more and more, like Bazzite.

You’re already dealing with grief, and you’re doing it in your own way. Know that it will pass. Some people break down, some people are just more vulnerable for a time, some people don’t give a f, some others pretend they don’t give a f and break down in private, some others don’t care, etc.

All you have to do if you have an outburst is to stay conscious of your context and maybe explore the roots of your feeling. It boils down to asking yourself “why”. Being confronted to our mortality always has an impact, and may the conclusion of our experiences inspire us to enjoy life and what/who’s in it a little more. Be patient and kind to yourself and others. Talk with them if that is possible. Some good can come out of it.

“I have my bears” does not exist in the french language.

Kindly,

A french guy.

Don’t argue, she’s obviously toxic. Leave her life. The furthest away you can. People who think like that just abuse and ruin others, and if you’re at the point where you wonder whether she’s using “special techniques” or smthg, it means she got to your mental health. See a therapist to mend what was broken, and get away from this toxic woman.

We’d need to talk about how men are brought up and how women and society’s expectations on them participate in making them what they are.

Talking from a gay PoV, so having to go through the worst of both worlds, I can guarantee that men are brainwashed into never having a functionnal relationship with their emotions, because they are only taught to repress them like they are expected to be psychopaths. Hence, one day, they snap. They always snap. Women would too. Any human would. We have to make an inventory of what f*ckery is expected of men, because absolutely nobody is innocent of making men f*cked up.

They could save time and efforts and just not implement AI features

Run, kids! It’s Slender Snowman!

A PSX Memory Card, because that would be awesome.

I have been a casual user of gnu/linux since Ubuntu, and was very curious and interested by the concept of libre/ open-source. I’m still a casual user now, but have fully switched to Manjaro when Proton became official and I could finally just start gaming on linux. It was rough at first, but now I can play seamlessly on a system that isn’t bloated and doesn’t require a live colonoscopy to even work. I love Manjaro for its ease of use. Even my mother can use it.