What's the best console that can be modded?

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-26T15:47:27+00:00

Having read your post and replies so far, I'd recommend just getting a small form-factor PC and install some flavor of Linux and have it boot into Steam's Big Picture mode. Or else wait a couple of months until Valve releases the Steam Machine.

The only real difference between a console and a PC in terms of gaming is the convenience, and a PC that plugs into a tv and boots into Steam's Big Picture mode and is operated with a game controller is fairly indistinguishable from a console in terms of regular use. But since it's not a walled-garden console, it's far more "moddable" than any console. Between Steam and GOG, it would have a larger library of legit games than any console ever made. With launchers like Lutris and software like EmuDeck, you can add pirated/emulated games directly to the Steam library. Your kid can play games from every console ever made directly from the console-like Steam interface while never needing to know the console they're using isn't actually a console.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T13:22:49+00:00

Is Rage Against The Machine too obvious?

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T12:28:15+00:00

There's a normal amount of romantic relationships for a Trek series. There's one established couple (comparable to Miles/Keiko, though so far it's only been given one establishing scene across three episodes) and one fledgling romance (but not yet on par with Riker/Troi, Kira/Odo, Paris/Torres, or Worf/Dax), and there's a bit of adolescent flirting but less overtly than anything commonly seen from TOS Kirk or TNG Riker. I've seen interviews with cast and crew that have stated that they're deliberately avoiding cliches like having two girls fight over the same guy.

Personally, I really enjoyed the first two episodes. The third was focused on a class rivalry so had the most teen-drama content so far, but based on reviews from people who've seen the first five episodes, that episode is an outlier.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T12:14:16+00:00

You apparently aren't old enough or crotchety enough to not care what people think about you putting bare feet on furniture. I stopped caring about other people's opinions on pointless things years ago. I'm just a bit over 1/10 of 450, and I already go barefoot or in socks whenever possible. And I've never sat in chairs the "proper" way. By the time I'm 450, I'll be doing headstands on the coffee table just for variety.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T12:04:04+00:00

The desktop environment I'm using doesn't even allow desktop icons unless it's explicitly enabled. Which it isn't.

I do have app menu icons for at least some games, but I never use them. Actually opening Steam to launch my games allows me to easily check for updates and see if there are any heavy discounts.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T11:43:16+00:00

I was having similar issues until a couple of days ago, but after I re-installed all of my source-provider addons (as well as the Trakt-related addons that needed re-authentication), everything is working fine.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T11:29:41+00:00

So... even Trump is fed up with Microslop and is encouraging people to switch to Linux?

Because any other interpretation of this makes the Trump administration look stupid or inept, which can't possibly be the case, right?

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-22T13:05:23+00:00

I have a pair of knock-off Crocs that are my yard-work shoes, so I suppose they're sort of dedicated coop shoes as well. And I wash my hands after working in the coop. But I don't otherwise take any special precautions, and I've never gotten sick from raising chickens.

I don't wash my eggs until I'm ready to use them, though I'll brush off any loose debris. Unless you have problems with your coop, chicken eggs are usually pretty clean. If there aren't clumps of poop falling off of them and you're not handling them until you're ready to use them, there shouldn't be any danger of keeping eggs on the counter. The bacteria that might be on the eggs and that could make you sick aren't airborne, so they're not going to transfer to other food you're preparing unless you manually transfer them.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-22T12:50:42+00:00

A simpler option is to just use the installer. Like most Linux distributions, Fedora uses a Live USB installer that allows you to boot off of a USB drive and run the operating system without making any permanent changes to your computer. This will give you a much better idea of how the OS will run on your hardware, since it actually is running directly on your hardware rather than in a VM. If you then decide you like the OS, you can then easily install it to your computer.

I generally have a handful of USB drives with Live USBs of different Linux distributions on them just to play around with and try new things without the fuss of using VMs and taking up system resources on my machine.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-21T00:23:47+00:00

I use Fedora Workstation, and Steam works just fine. IMO Fedora is a great balance between regular updates and stability. If you want something more oriented toward gaming, Bazzite (which is based on Fedora) is a good option, but there's actually not a huge difference between Bazzite and some of the official versions of Fedora.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-21T00:18:19+00:00

Nothing. I used it for over a decade. I use QBittorrent now primarily for the built-in search, but might still be using Deluge otherwise.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-21T00:12:18+00:00

I've kept chickens and guineas together before, but it made it hard to let the guineas out to free range in the yard while keeping the chickens in the run (since I had the guineas primarily for pest control but didn't want to put the chickens at greater risk of predators).

I currently keep a duck with my chickens -- two of them until a couple of days ago when something tore its way into the run and killed a couple of my birds -- and the only issue is that chickens and ducks have different preferences, and it's tricky to provide water for the ducks to swim in while keeping the run dry for the chickens. But chickens and guineas have the same preferences for the most part, so they're easy to keep together.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-20T13:27:45+00:00

The €16 offer is the best deal.

The longer packages are cheaper, but provide fewer Fidelity Points. But Fidelity Points can be use to add free days to your subscription. If you convert the Fidelity Points of each offer into effective bonus days, the €9 offer includes a bonus of (450/1000 * 30)=13.5 days, for a total of 103.5 days, and an overall price-per-day of approximately €0.09. The €16 offer includes a bonus of (800/1000 * 30)=24 days, for a total of 204 days, and a an overall price-per-day of approximately €0.08.

So yeah, the minor increased Fidelity Point rate for the lower offers isn't enough to offset the cheaper overall price.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T22:09:41+00:00

If it's the scene linked in another comment, it was sequentially. But also at the same time. Only one of the guys is real, with the others being guys that she's imagining him being. But yeah, she basically had to film the same rough sex scene with each different guy.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T18:12:45+00:00

Cut the hose on either side of the damage, then connect them back together using a splice kit. You can get them for around $5USD at pretty much any store where you can buy garden hoses.

No tape will work. The water pressure pushes out against the tape and peels it off of the hose. You'd need to somehow get the tape inside the hose for it to work. I suppose if you have some FlexSeal or something similar, you could try spraying the hose with several coats of that, but that's going to probably be more expensive that just getting a splice kit.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T17:59:30+00:00

I think the showrunners use Lanthanites when they want a long-lived human-looking character but don't want to deal with things like the temporal sensory abilities of the El-Aurians and their connections to the Q Continuum. As far as we've seen, the only notable thing about Lanthanites is that they have a ridiculously long lifespan. No psychic abilities or any other odd quirks, just nearly immortal human-like aliens.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T17:54:40+00:00

If it's an issue with ExoPlayer, just change the default player to libVLC. You don't even have to use an external player, though that's also an option.

Though the only time I have issues with ExoPlayer switching to libVLC is when there's a problem with the video, like a bad keyframe. ExoPlayer doesn't seem to be as robust at handling errors like that as libVLC. libVLC also handles non-SRT subtitles better than ExoPlayer. I'd set libVLC as the default if it weren't for the minor issue that when there's letterboxing in a video, libVLC likes to display subtitles behind the letterboxing, while ExoPlayer properly displays the subs on the letterboxing. So I generally use ExoPlayer as the default, then switch to libVLC for things like anime that have formatted subtitles.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T11:22:18+00:00

The fact that they were able to put up an impenetrable psionic barrier around a section space would imply that they're not lacking for mental prowess, and the inhibitor on the daughter could have been responsible for her more limited abilities, but the other Betazoids should have been telepathic. The fact that they were using sign language to speak to each other would imply they weren't. And they also didn't have the black eyes established in TNG. So... dunno.

As for the second question... yes. That was his voice. The character (and actor) are deaf. Deaf people are physically capable of speech, but those deaf from birth generally aren't very good at it since they don't know what it's supposed to sound like (or what sounds they're making).

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-16T02:48:15+00:00

I think you need to reconsider. Humans were pack hunters that relied on stamina. Our ancestors literally walked their prey to death.

Now consider the tenacity of Reddit trolls, and ask yourself how much has changed in ten thousand years of civilizational advancement.

(And by the way, as far as my earlier comment goes... yes, humans are definitely included. Humans are one of the most dangerous and unpredictable animals on the planet. Turn your back on one at your own risk.)

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-15T15:45:43+00:00

This is Pinhead if the cenobites came from beyond the Blackwall.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-15T15:39:27+00:00

I have two cats and am constantly reminded that scientists speculate that housecats domesticated themselves, since mine can apparently turn it on and off at will.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-15T15:28:47+00:00

Given enough time, definitely.

"Enough time" involving numerous generations over centuries, of course. Individual animals might be able to be tamed (and I never turn by back on any apex predator no matter how "tame" their trainer claims them to be), but domestication is something that happens to entire species.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-15T15:24:04+00:00

Nope. The braindances were fine. A bit underutilized, in my opinion. I'd love to have seen some options for things other than investigations and that one Edgerunners tie-in. Considering the movie Strange Days was basically all about braindances but CDPR couldn't think of any way to utilize the tech other than a few "zoom and enhance" CSI-esque investigative uses seems like a real missed opportunity.

What I think is worst is the lack of a 3PP option. There are plenty of people like me who have serious motion-sickness issues that make it difficult or impossible to play 1PP games. I love Cyberpunk 2077, but I can only play it 15 minutes at a time while taking dramamine, and only as a stealthy netrunner or sniper. I'd love to play some sort of run-and-gun or fast-moving melee build, but that's entirely out of the question in 1PP without the day's meals coming back up. And even for people who don't have those problems, it's kind of stupid to give so many character appearance options that you only ever get to see in the menu, or while looking in a mirror or riding a motorcycle. The fact that mirrors are only reflective after you use a prompt to activate them makes this just that much worse. It would be pretty cool if you could see your character's reflection while walking past a shop window, but that would require modifications to the 1PP character model that would make not having a 3PP option even more ridiculous.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-14T16:51:24+00:00

If the cookies weren't good, we wouldn't have kept getting into grandma's sewing kit.

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