We are not "normal" in this sense, I no longer build my own pc I go to my favourite local computer store and buy the parts and have them put it together, but I will never buy one that I did not choose the parts. Since I won't be buying one I didn't look at the warranty but would hope that it is at least 2 - 3 yrs (should be 5 but, yeah). Most people will simply send it off to steam and pay whatever the cost is. I was beating the hell out of my 3800 for 5 years (some VR games sent that cpu to the red line and stayed there for hours) and it is still a viable machine, owners just need to hope they don't get a dud cause I don't think these are off the shelf parts (cpu/gpu/mobo) so replacement will be difficult either way.

For people like you and me, sure, not worth it. I know at least 3 people that are getting one because it is better than what they have, they will never upgrade even the drive let alone ram. PC I upgraded from was a ryzen 7 3800 with a rtx 4070ti super, now on a ryzen 9 9950x with an rx 9070xt. Remember this is better than what many steam users have currently, and again, these people will just use it til it dies as is. Plus this gives devs a target hardware to code for to maximize their sales and optimize their games for (there are some indie devs that do care to optimize unlike the AAA types). If the system was going to go for the original price it would almost be worth it for a living room pc, if my pc wasn't already filling the role.

Flatpak needs a local pool file location so that if 2, 3, or more apps require the same software (same version x.x.3) we can have a single instance of it. I'm pretty sure back in the early 00s if I installed 3 apps and they all had the same dependencies the dependencies would only be installed once for all 3 and accessed by them, could be wrong as I am getting to the "Get off my lawn, you damn kids" stage of life

Off topic: If said in french "ChatGPT" translates back to "Cat, I farted" - you're welcome

Thoughtful actions, I need very little in material means and I can get the few things myself. Thoughtful words are nice (though with my history words often ring hollow), but thoughtful actions are what can make me very happy

and sweat is amazingly corrosive

But, but, it's so inconvenient to have to pull out your phone, find your app, turn it on, then turn it off again. So much easier if the dirty G just does it for you. I know I can't wait for this perfectly secure, privacy respecting feature, to invade my personal life

Looks like I, luckily, won't be affected (Pixel 6, NO I don't like upgrading my phones) and this just confirms my stance that my next phone will be a dumb, possibly flip phone

Did you also notice how many people are from Antarctica and 99yrs old? So far as the "no face pic" I would bet she has a lot of hidden - for friends only - pics that will have her face.

Ask Debbie, Debbie, Debbie, or Debbie, cause one of them had there their hand in there

::: spoiler spoiler I can tell you what this is from, but you have to ask :::

edit: hate my typos :(

Naw, you should stamen.

Some idiot decided that headphone jacks are not as good as... buying earbuds that cost 3x or more what I "paid" for the ear buds with a wire and are so easy to misplace, I'm no audiophile I just want to hear someone talk. So I only listen to stuff if there is no one close and lower the volume if people get close to me so as not to disturb them

Looks like sarcasm

They're using Mint, the Mint forums should have all the answers they will need with a community that (hopefully) remembers what it's like to NOT know something "basic", and I second man pages as they will lead to deeper knowledge of the OS, especially to understand the why/how of flags and syntax.

It was fairly common in my area, and was a running joke. Just search Antarctica you will see a lot of people there, the people I knew were forthcoming in person it was just to stop random people messaging them

I run the wire under my top layer, tho I have misplaced wired headphones, so it doesn't get caught on anything but since my pixel 6, that I still use, the headphones have been coiled and sitting in a drawer

Brian! Get away from the bowling alley

lol, caught a ban there yesterday. Thought they were a more fun bunch, but the hate there is intense. Question, as it's like my second ban, why is it so hard to block a comm after you've been banned? Like, leave the block button available so we don't need to dig deep into settings, obviously that is not a place that meshes with me, tho I thought it did cause some of that stuff was funny.

Not right now, before later

Gonna have to try this at least once