I don’t think it’s a joke or even paranoid, just a bee noticing the effect of a quirk of human brains.
Noticing an illogical thing because their brain took a shortcut and dusted the fallout under a rug isn’t an easy experience. The first instinct is not to assume our mind has broken, it’s to try to find the answer to make the event explainable. Often that involves thinking only inside the scope of the event because no other information is immediately apparent.
Consider the sheer cost of this. Shipping, especially overnight shipping, is incredibly expensive. Stores get stock on on or two regular days of the week and have a crew dedicated to just unloading that truck and getting everything on shelves, a process that takes days.
Stores could not profit enough to put items in your path in the hope that you might buy them in this way.
Most likely the change here is that you’re now noticing these items where you previously didn’t. This is a documented psychological effect.
People often look at a car they like and suddenly see that same model of car all over. People didn’t suddenly buy those cars to drive around for you, this isn’t the Truman Show. You’re just noticing them where before you didn’t even register them as anything other than a backdrop, a random blade of grass.
I’ve never had a problem side loading an entire folder into Firefox. Maybe it was an addon rather than extension though?
JVM can run on any platform that supports Java, as you’re building Kotlin directly into Java bytecode.
Multiplatform is for building native applications while using a single backend logic. You’ll have to write separate handlers for everything unique to the platform, according to documentation.
This is the most bougie hamster I’ve ever seen
It’s pretty easy to just not put the AI tag on things, or to strip such things away from an image.
Real, albeit shit-tier modder here. You are correct.
Mods depend a lot of the type of mod.
Entity model changes are relatively easy, often as simple as replacing texture and model files. This is highly dependent on the tech used to make the game and how it’s packaged.
Sound files, similarly, are a file replacement job as long as nothing too funky is involved.
After this, we start to get into larger toolchains. We need tools to decode game data so it can be manipulated, tools to gain access to the game as it starts up or as it runs, and tools to use those tools to create modifications and implement them easily.
Graphics upgrade mods often use directx overrides, such as in SweetFX and Reshade. Sometimes they replace or override existing game files directly.
Bug fixes and additional functionality are where things get really interesting. At first, these are done with hacks done in the form of function overrides that can only be created after analyzing the compiled game executable. Later, tools are built that allow easier access and present game functions to other developers for easy modification.
And sometimes the difficult parts are skipped over entirely when developers include modding APIs or SDKs for public use.
So, you can work around these things but you’re going to run into problems if you do:
-If you reset the router, you need to restore the original password else they’ll know
-if they notice you using these devices when you wouldn’t have access, they’ll remove them further from your reach. Possibly permanently.
-If detected, a larger conflict is likely to be escalated. This includes a loss of the benefit of the doubt in the future.
I’d suggest that this is not the battle to fight. They’re likely fighting your apparent obsession with tech. Let them have this battle and continue your fun later.
Try the Stormlight Archive, wheel of time, or mistborn books. Maybe the redwall books if you’re younger. Fun and focus can still be had without a computer!