That’s because Apple, as they love to do, decided to make their own special version of 2fa within their little garden.

Y’know, instead of going with the accepted totp method.

Wow. Some of that announcement was serious buzzword salad.

In concept, as a fan of WoT, I’m definitely interested. And this is a use of AI I feel is not terrible. But a subscription? Probably not gonna work for me.

I’d recommend better cable management. If you’re gonna use the outlet on the wall by your bed, I’d recommend some kind of power strip with a longer cord so you can run the strip behind your desk rather than having all those plugs and cords jutting out of the wall right by your bed.

Even better would be a power strip and extension cord combo to utilize the outlet on the wall opposite of your bed. Run the cord around the room along the baseboard to get the power strip behind the desk, and to keep the cord in place along the baseboard, you can secure it with some gaffer’s tape.

Same with that phone or Ethernet cable you’ve got a huge tangle in that runs across the walking space of your floor. It’s a tripping hazard and a bit of an eyesore. Running that around the room along the baseboard, with the excess gathered and secured behind your desk will make a huge difference. You can also secure that with some gaffers tape to keep it neat and in place if you choose to run it this way.

Finally, I know it may not be affordable depending on your situation, but a bed frame would do a lot too. If you can’t afford it, I’d suggest keeping an eye out at Goodwill and/or whatever thrift/resale shops you have access to as you can often find bed frames and other furniture at really good prices.

Naan! I love a fresh batch.

+1 for Portainer CE. works like a charm.

+1 for audiobookshelf. It’s amazing.

This is why I stopped using rss. I fucking hate seeing an headline I’m interested in, clicking to expand and then having to click through to the site to read the article, dismiss the goddam email list overlay, fight with the stupid paywall, and then close the tab out of frustration.

I miss the days of actually reading articles in my rss feed reader.

Also haven’t had any login issues on my m1 mini (14.2.1). Haven’t had to log in since the initial login at install.

That sounds super fun. I’d play that!

That’s awesome. I used to have a good collection of hella old cards (I started playing when the game launched), sold them and got out of the game for a good decade or so, then got back in.

I won’t sell my cards this time around. I’ll hold on to them for the times we do play.

All we tend to play is commander as well, and my wife and I have a good variety of decks to keep it fun/interesting when we do play, which honestly isn’t very often anymore.

We used to play weekly. Last year we played maybe half a dozen times.

Absolutely agree. I do what I can to reduce my own consumption.

It’s not a huge thing, but I ride my bike to work as much as possible, try to repair and reuse, thrift shop where I can, and make choices like not giving WotC money.

An open tcg would be pretty fun and interesting. I’d definitely give that a go if it existed.

I’m not a ttrpg player, but I followed the OGL nonsense, and that put a pretty bad taste in my mouth. And then they just kept being assholes.

Right now, I don’t need to dump hundreds of dollars into a new different tcg. As it is I’m happy playing with my friends using the cards that I already have.

I wouldn’t recommend it. He’s pretty gross.

I had to step away from Magic and Wizards after the Pinkerton incident, and everything they’ve been doing since just affirms how shitty a company they are.

I didn’t bud light the cards I already own, and I still occasionally play with friends, but I haven’t spent a dime on MtG since, and I may never again.

In the grand scheme of things it means shit. Capitalism gonna capitalism, and ultimately, nearly all capitalist companies are shit. I couldn’t function in this society if I stopped using or spending money with every reprehensible company.

But with Wizards, I felt, “you know what, I just can’t do this anymore.”

Again, I agree, but also disagree.

I agree that using a budget can help people make their money work better for them.

The issue is that people can’t budget their way out of not having enough money to cover basic living expenses. No amount of sitting around and trying to allocate money you don’t have to cover expenses you have to pay will make that money magically appear.

And yes, people under constraints can and do do hard things every day. But it doesn’t always work out like it did for your parents. Investing limited resources into moving is a big risk that isn’t guaranteed to pay off.

I’m not saying you don’t have good points. You do. I don’t know if you mean it this way, but your comments make it seem like you’re taking difficult, multifaceted problems and reducing them down to, “Just make a budget and if that doesn’t work, just move.”

That oversimplification is just as unhelpful as the suggestions like “steal” that you’re criticizing.

Mine was the only legit Apple clone.

A Laser 128, a legit clone of the iic.

I was in late middle school/early high school (can’t remember exactly when we got it). My family had a dj business, and in addition to learning BASIC, I put the entire DJ music catalog into an AppleWorks database, played a TON of zork and Bard’s Tale, and attempted to write my own text adventure game in BASIC that was loosely based on Piers Anthony’s world of Xanth. (I read a ton of Piers Anthony as a kid. In hindsight, ick.)

I mostly agree with you, but I think it’s naive to suggest people under financial hardship can just up and move. Moving is a huge burden in both time and money. It also doesn’t consider finding new job(s), uprooting a family, and that while moving to a cheaper area lowers cost, it generally also lowers wages.

It’s also naive to suggest everyone has $50-$100 a week they can spend on food. There are lots of people who don’t have $50-$100 a month to spend on food.

The people who are suffering most under these economic conditions are the people who have the least ability to take themselves or their money elsewhere.

Edit: grammar

All of your points are great, but don’t consider that I was an Apple TV+ subscriber, so I needed the tv+ app.

Jellyfin is one of my streaming sources, and I was intending to use the Swiftfin app on tvOS, along with tv+ app and apps for the other services I subscribe to. With Kodi I’m now just hitting my local library directly, and using the Kodi add ons for the other services I subscribe to.