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You can export and import Totp codes pretty easily with most apps I’ve tried. Except Microsoft’s.

I thought it was an interesting concept with interesting characters. It took too long to delve into the mysteries of what was happening though, and the angels became a monster of the week. I understand some of this was to give time to develop the characters as they worked together, but they didn’t focus enough on this either. And then I can only assume the writers were rug lulled and shoved 5 seasons worth of lore into the final few episodes, while simultaneously not explaining much of anything. I can gather a lot from implication, but it fell flat on its face, and End of Evangelion movie did very little to clear it up. I think it was aiming for something like Ghost In The Shell where it just “is”, but I can tell it is desperately trying to say SOMETHING. Hell if I know what that is though. And the ending is so frantic, I think it’s supposed to be a grand conclusion. Very scatterbrained in the execution. Some things like the nature of the angels and mechs are barely addressed or badly explained. And if I’m confused, I know Shinji’s dumb ass was, yet the crux of the show is him making far reaching decisions. But what is the message if he doesn’t even know what he’s talking about in many ways?

Vibes are great though.

As OP mentioned, it’s not really an option. unless you want to pay double or triple. I’d buy non-smart if it was a reasonable price and had the feature set I want.

Just don’t connect it to the internet my dude.

Very much possible, yes. I don’t think any game is worth the risk. Even if you have a PC dedicated to just gaming, buying new hardware if it gets borked is more expensive than just buying the game. Or playing the hundreds of great games kn existence without Denuvo.

Let’s not get crazy

How good for that small percentage of people in an already small percentage of people who can afford to retire. A lot of retirees are on a fixed income, making it even worse.

Unfortunately I don’t get paid in gold.

Admittedly the fact that they are ads is hidden better than most websites would. But it’s there if you think about it. Recommended apps in the start menu. The truckload of things you have to decline on install like an Office subscription, Game Pass, etc. The settings app will occasionally have pop ups that remind you that you have a free trial. There are pop ups that cover the entire OS reminding you to “finish setting up your PC” with no option to say no.

Which, funny enough, Microsoft is thinking about sunsetting, because they can’t stop losing. Although they have very similar features with Intune.

That’s not Microsoft, that’s just how managed computers work lol. Which means you likely stole it or bought it stolen.

As soon as possible after you work out. If you don’t work out, you should. Otherwise night since you don’t want to introduce the grime of the day into your bed.

There’s Friendica & Diaspora, but the problem is how I use Facebook. For me, it’s a people repository, because everyone is there. If I haven’t seen someone in a long time but need to contact them I’ll log in and message them. Do I need to cyber stalk them to find out if they’re a crazy person? Facebook. Planning events that include strangers? Facebook.

Unless an alternative reaches even higher critical mass than Mastodon, it is essentially useless to me. I don’t actually need or want to post statuses and pictures.

This post, and you OP ❤️

You’re absolutely right about sycophantic Ai, and that brings up a really good point about society. Can I help you with an essay that lists the reasons Ai is harmful?

In most cases, for that you’re looking at refurbished. Which I am a proponent of, it is a tried and true method to get a deal. But it comes with its own risks and limited warranties.

The chipset has benchmarked really well, mostly just the thermal throttling that you alluded to, and that will limit what workflows you can accomplish to a certain extent, which can also be said about 8 GB RAM.

But again that’s not who is buying the machine. It’s the best value for a general use machine out there. It will excel at that, and have longevity due to how good the chipset is when not throttled, build quality, and because macOS is both lighter and more optimized.

Yep I also am a Linux truther. But some people are too scared to make the jump/to try to install an operating system themselves, or need specific programs that aren’t on Linux. And for those people, I’m not going to recommend them a Windows laptop in almost any situation because it just doesn’t make sense anymore at almost any price point. We’re even breaking into Chromebook price range here, and Chromebooks are going UP in price across the board.

I’m well aware lol, I just don’t have the specs memorized, I just remember it was a gen newer than the M2.

I’m not going to disagree with most if what you said, but I’ll simply say this: look at what it costs for a new Windows laptop these days. Look at the chip set. Look at the build quality. If you can get me even ONE of those two things that matches the Neo for 500 dollars, let me know. This isn’t even mentioning how garbage Windows has become. You can get higher RAM easy…but Windows needs 16 GB minimum to do jack shit, 32 GB is more realistic to do anything interesting. My work M2 Macbook with 8 GB RAM feels about the same or better as my (newer) work Dell with an i7 32 GB RAM.

That’s why the Neo is such a big deal. Am I going to buy it? No. I’m a tech enthusiast with various needs, and prefer desktops & Linux when I’m at home. Would I recommend it to a large amount of people? Yes.

Do you think crime, hooliganism, or protesting doesn’t exist in Japan?

I’d say it’s sort of the opposite. When I first looked into the Fediverse, Lemmy.ml was the juggernaut sub. They were and sort of still are filled with tankies (literally stands for Marxist Leninist). Now there is more variety of instances, Piefed has better moderating tools and combines cross post comments which is why I used that, and user base is slowly growing over time as Reddit and everyone else continue to fuck up. Sure there is still a lot less content, but that’s infinitely more preferable to liking a comment and then someone pointing out the comment was stolen from an 11 year old post by a bot.