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Sonic Mania. For a game where you're supposed to go fast, it's terribly frustrating when you slug through each level because you don't know them well enough to fly through them. I feel like this game is more about memorizing maps and less about having quick reactions.

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Dead Cells is a roguelite, due to the permanent upgrades that persist accross runs. A roguelike doesn't have this type of progress. If you like Dead Cells, check out their new game, Windblown!

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An as Open Source as Possible Pixel 8 Pro

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The AOSP is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel, so it is a Linux in that sense, but using it is quite different from using more traditional GNU/Linux distributions.

From what I take from the OSes listed in the sidebar of this community, this place is intended for linux-based phones which are not Android. There are already communities which are focused on Android/GrapheneOS/LineageOS, so it'd be fairer for this one to focus on the rest.

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Music education: thoughts and experiences?

One of the absurds things I've noticed is teaching how to play instruments to people who do not listen to music regularly — and thus did not develop their musical taste yet — and do not know what to play. In my experience, learning an instrument for the sake of knowing how to play it, rather than to play music that you like is not very productive.

So, we end up with what you described: kids who know how to play the Good Stuff™ because their parents wanted to, but hate it.