Ado, especially Elf

Love BAR! I usually play with my son’s against AI or watch pro streams. Such a great game.

Think Fallout but instead of vaults it’s orphanages

There is, though we usually do better buying in bulk elsewhere

I’m paid bi-weekly with $1,200 USD going toward groceries from each paycheck

Granted we’re a very large family though inflation these past few years hasn’t helped

We live in central NC, USA

Another vote for Rustdesk

I use it mostly for family tech support where MY PC is running Linux and THEY are on Windows though it works great in both directions

This is my favorite way to use AI - as a mentor

Being able to quickly learn new coding languages, translate what I know from one to another and get advice on code structure etc has been super helpful; meanwhile I remain the one writing the actual code

Years back when Clash of Clans was running ads using player submitted footage they used my submission for an ad (the one where several giants get taken out by spring traps)

These days we mostly shop on Instacart which has been great for walking around to check what’s needed and update the cart accordingly before placing the order.

We just installed that same faucet recently too; we ended up not using the little arm thing so it’s kinda annoying but otherwise it’s been a nice upgrade.

Ditto, easily one of my favorite movies of any genre

No, that’s not realistic; I would probably transition to video game development if I wanted to make a career out of game design. I’m happy to keep this a hobby.

I now have 2 more published games, several expansions to that first game and a few more ready to publish.

I designed a board game as a personal challenge and posted my notes online along the way. As the game got close to being finished a publisher messaged wanting to help finish and sell the game. Royalties were enough for a couple small family vacations. That experience really helped cement board gaming (and designing) as one of my core hobbies.

I’ve tried a handful with Mastodon being my favorite and Lemmy a close second.

Never heard of Sharkey.

Yep, that’s exactly what is happening; I’ve seen the same and just kept reminding everyone not to click on ads. Took a while but they actually got it.

I run Pihole on physical Pi’s and once configured to my liking has been quite nice. I’ve even had family compliment that they miss the ad blocking when they leave the home :)

I’ve been using ProtonVPN with port forwarding for quite a while now specifically on Linux by downloading Wireguard config and running it via terminal. Works great for my purposes.

Ditto though ended up dropping Bluesky

Manual drill using a large dowel, flat bit of wood with a hole for the dowel and string to attach the ends to one end of the dowel with a drill bit in the other end.

Wind it up and then press down on the bar forcing the dowel to spin. Press hard enough and excess force winds it back up again so you can keep pumping it to drill.

We did cheat by using a modern drill bit but was fun demonstrating it at my elementary science fair.