Oh good. I was only 98% sure I was done buying consoles forever. It's good to really know.

I might make exceptions for consoles/devices that run linux off the shelf. (I want to get a steam frame, ok?)

I'd say those things are important for a good fulfilling life whether you are in a peaceful and equitable world or in the dystopian hunger games cyber baron reality we seem to be sliding into.

So I say we lean into those values even if you think you cannot solve any problems.

You could say the same our very DNA. Natural selection provided the guard rails that shaped evolution over the eons. And you know that was on the other side of those guard rails? Blood and death! :D

That, coupled with putting a reasonable level of ass into things that actually improve your life. That does not necessarily mean increasing your money. Often the opposite!

It's fun to stumble upon this argument subthread a day later.

Once you get to the end of the multiple-screen, several-paragraph smackdown comment with multiple actual citations, the crickets are SO much louder!

My greatest regret from having central blind spots in one eye is that I cannot really do these any more even though I very much know how to do them.

I was one of those AuDHD sensory kids before we had such buzzwords, and I got the original Magic Eye and later Magic Eye II at the school book fair! The first time one popped into focus blew my frickin mind! I looked at those things so much that to this day I can do the eye diverging thing at will with nothing to focus on. Just look right through the TV, lol.

However, right now there's some coral reef documentary footage on screen, and I did the eye diverging intro a swirling school of fish. Got a bit 3D and trippy, lol.

Much how I like to make my reminders physically unavoidable where possible (e.g., need to remember to take the thing to the place? Clip my car keys directly to the thing), I like to put some physical separation between myself and my devices.

I stopped wearing a smart watch after years of everyday use, and I like to keep my phone out of reach whenever possible. This is one definite upside to using wireless earbuds -- I will listen to music while working on some project in the yard for hours and sometimes even leave my phone inside.

I have cleared my own check engine lights for long enough that I usually don't worry when I see it come on, unless it is flashing.

With a cheap Bluetooth OBD reader and your phone in a mount, in addition to clearing codes you can do fun things like add gauges and graphs of values you are curious about.

Not even a single emoji or exclamation point? I see you, fellow human.

Probably less than the number of entertainment careers that have been created by mixing politics with music.

I totally see it, and I am totally here for it.

Be a kid: scared of house burning down.

Be an old homeowner: scared of water, and house burning down would save me a lot of work, lol.