“They literally make games for the lowest common denominator and everything on the Switch 1 and 2 is so much worse than anything they’ve ever made prior to these systems. They look nice, but they are pretty brainless to play, geared toward young children, the elderly, and people who have never ever played a video game before.”

Sounds to me like you haven’t played any of the new Nintendo first-party games that are highly revered. Tears of the Kingdom as an example, is a gut-wrenching and dramatic game. I prefer the older Zelda games (having grown up on them starting with SNES), but I would be laughably naive to deny that the latest two Zelda’s have been ground breaking, or claim that they’re “made for people who never played a video game/lowest common denominator”. Mario Odyssey is charming and fun, and one of the best platformers I played (top title goes to Astro Bot on PS5 for me). The Xenoblade games are top tier. DK Bananza is endearing, touching, and incredibly fun. Pokopia, I already commented above - one of the best Pokémon games to have come out (given that GameFreak churns out games so quickly and refuse to innovate). Pokopia was developed by someone else, and boy does that game put the other mainline Pokémon games to shame. Lots of other examples, but I’m tired of typing on mobile.

Edit: I still love Nintendo first party games, but I’m a gamer. I play primarily PC, Nintendo, and then PS5 and Xbox Series for the occasional first party game I can’t get anywhere else - like Astro Bot. I regret the Xbox but man do I love Astro Bot on PS5 - best platformer I’ve ever played (for gameplay, not story).

“Nintendo fans are smooth-brained thesedays though. I dont think its console specific, it’s Nintendo specific.”

This looks to me like the person commenting suggests that Nintendo fans in general are smooth-brained.

I disagree on the smooth brained comment. Nintendo first party games (the reason to buy their consoles) are always top-notch.

The ones I’ve bought on Switch 2:

• Mario Kart World - wonderful game with excellent driving mechanics. Open world and lots of fun.
• DK Bananza - endearing game with a heartfelt story, great music, fun gameplay. Really enjoyed my time 100%ing this game.
• pokemon Legends Z-A: good game overall. Nothing groundbreaking but fun.
• Pokemon Pokopia - I’m absolutely obsessed. Heartfelt story, hits so many nostalgic beats, tackles a difficult subject of humans destroying the environment. What happens to our Pokes when we humans have to leave them behind? Amazing game with deep breadth, excellent quality of life that builds upon typical sandbox games, and the music is so nice. When I first heard the Pokémon healing melody adapted into one song, or when I reached a destroyed Palette Town and heard all the original Pokémon Red/Blue musical beats embedded in the overarching musical theme, I was so moved. Very touching game, too. One of the best Pokémon spin offs I’ve played, and this game is canon.

Still waiting on more first-party games that are on the horizon - the potential Ocarina of Time remake if the rumors are true, Pokémon Winds/Waves, and the new 3D Mario game.

Any other game I haven’t picked up because I would rather play it on PC.

The problem is that you made a special stew. It’s a stew that blinds someone, but only for a day.

That space between them is not enough to escape the aromatic loaded diaper.

Can I get gregnant in Perl Horber?

I don’t need help finding a job, but I do need some advice. I have a structured settlement and I need cash now. What should I do?

When I played I just spoiled the data. I found out that you can just hold a white piece of paper in front of the camera and bounce your phone lightly up and down to simulate movement (since they want you to walk around the real world location you’re photographing). Other persons I played with just photographed their shoes, so Niantic only had useless photos.

I’d guess the majority of players properly adhered to guidelines when doing AR field research. A small minority probably uploaded useless data.

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When the final test for the real download button has a Fast Download and Slow Download option.

PANIC

“When the punishment for the crime is less than the profits made committing the crime, that is legal immunity. It’s a very, very loud signal in a system of democracy that says, ‘Do it again, only this time, leverage more!’“ - Andreas Antonopoulos

Sad Skull and Bones noises

Just a heads up that the Smart virus is spreading to monitors, too. In a few years most monitors will be Smart.

I agree with the meme because damn I can’t wait to leave wherever I’m at and go home

But on a more serious level, why should you be leaving so quickly? It’s bad for the car to start it and then immediately take off.

If your gas engine car has been parked for a long time and has cooled from operating temps, you need to give it time to warm up first. Start the car and let it run for a minute. This allows time for fluids to cycle through your engine and radiator. Then you can drive, but don’t drive hard until your oil temp and coolant temp gauges rise to normal operating levels. Treat it like a workout for your body; you don’t go outside and then immediately begin sprinting. You want to start slow to warm up your muscles first.

Note: some modern cars indicate in the owner’s manual you can drive after 10 seconds from starting your car. You can listen to the manual since the engineers built your car and know it best. However, giving it sufficient time for fluids to flow through is always best. I always wait about a minute to play it safest.

Perineum

Preach! Wise words from the ancient philosopher space between the anus and the genitals.

Nein!

I picked up a 2025 P14s Gen 6. Wanted Ethernet and the ability to easily swap both RAM sticks in the future. Apart from the soldered WiFi chip, this computer is by far one of the most modern and repairable ones I’ve seen. Perfectly runs Fedora KDE, too.

T series are also fantastic, but at the time it wasn’t as repairable given one RAM stick was soldered and the other was replaceable. Also because of the form factor it didn’t have Ethernet.

Can’t go wrong with a P series if your needs are similar to mine in a computer for long-term use.

Edit: Forgot to add that while my P14s Gen 6 is great, the biggest complaint is the soldered USB C ports for power delivery. That’s a huge point of failure. I mitigate the weak point by using a magnetic USB C cable. It’s nice to see the the new T series has modular USB C / thunderbolt ports and remediates the weak point that was a common complaint for users.

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backup your NAS to a cloud like backblaze.

Are you encrypting your data before it goes to Backblaze? And if so, are you also testing those encrypted backups?