Haha I hear that! Well, I suppose there must be some good elsewhere in the chaos of 5??Thanks, I’m excited for when I get there haha

Just finished Far Cry 3 (and 4) in the last year. Excellent game(s). Taking a little pause b4 the last two

Second this. I shout from the rooftops how much I love HK.

Silksong is proving a touch less perfectly balanced, and as a sequel a smidge of the novelty has worn off, but still, extremely good.

Two things: I have an S25 ultra and the bloatware can mostly be deleted or deactivated. Up to you if that is sufficient, I find it hasn’t been at all problematic.

I saw a passing post about some kind of potential battery degradation issue after 200 cycles with the pixel 10, something to do with a feature that can’t be turned off? Didn’t pay attention at the time, might have been click bait, but worth looking into for yourself maybe.

Ultimately, the only reason I didn’t get an s25 was because of an insane discount on the ultra, so I went with that. Huge fan of this phone, my first Samsung in about 7 years.

I have a first gen, and it does. There was some coding stickiness, and (i haven’t been able to solve) a key that the fingerprint reader doesn’t get access too. The effect is that it logs you in and then you get a pop-up that asks for your system password (though you can start using right away). I’m only a junior level coder though, ans just haven’t solved it- others might have.

Imo, the framework might mostly meet your spec. I came from a 2012 mac and the build quality and feel are the best I’ve seen in a non-apple laptop.

One comment on audio, I find mine can be tinny, verging in crappy. This may have been upgraded in more recent models.

Finally, I know you don’t want AMD, but they have an AMD AI motherboard that I thought looked very interesting, at least for complex processing. Perhaps it will be of value to explore further? Just a thought.

Happy shopping! :)

I am wary about invoking Apple here, but say what you will about the company, there’s a lot of value in a braindead setup process. Many, many users just want something that just works - it was literally something I asked for when Linux was recommended to me (knowing some hate Ubuntu, I’ll out myself: using Ubuntu Budgie - setup was super simple. I guess there must be demand for that niche in the broader Linux community, so that’s a very smart move by Bazzite.

Can do, thx!!

Awesome, thx! I might have to try one out for my next phone cuz I love the ethos. Enjoy! 😊

Which provider? I’ve avoided FP because I wasn’t sure the big three would support

I think this is the primary question before anything else. Can you reliably replicate the immune system reset across multiple test subjects without/while limiting adverse consequences (e.g., completely destroying someone’s immune system permanently)?

Hidden arms

MOH still holds a space in my library as a medal of honor to itself. That game was absolutely choice, back when cod was still also amazing

In unrelated news, my shoulder hurts cuz I’ve been laying too long 😫

Yup. Medication can have pretty similar names for wildly different drugs, so just doing a little due diligence to make sure you don’t grow a third ear or something

This dad joke was creative while also being chaotic. I’m a fan

Looking forward to seeing you round here, eh!

Terrible, absolutely terrible. A well earned uptoot

Oh dude no, it’s a headache! I wrote to them once and they said it was an issue with the balance plate/sensor.

Apparently the quick fix is to click the bottom center of the trackpad 5x, then test it (I do so by clicking top corners). I find it hit and miss haha. Going inside, you can adjust the placement of that plate, but I never found that useful.

Did you notice if it seemed to improve a bit with time?

Secret good guy MS - get everyone onto Linux and tank their stock price 😂

I can speak to longevity - I have a gen 1, batch 2 (humble brag?) - and absolutely love it. Got me to switch over to linux, and the quality is there. Minor gripe about the trackpad sticking intermittently, and had to have the hinges replaced (both known issues, resolved). 10/10 great laptop

Honestly one of the best games I’ve played recently is the Stanley Parable and that game is a couple of hours of poking around a quirky but literal office. Would happily buy that 60 times over one massively mediocre rpg.