Oh shit, I just killed her in my current playthrough because I thought it didn't matter anyway. Which sucks. I really love her voice, and she has a fun arc.

You need a mod for this. In Vanilla, if you save the grove, she's treated as dead. At least that what happened for me.

I mean, it's a cartoon. It's a bit of a crude comparison, but that's kinda in the nature of the thing.

That's a very LinkedIn Title. Also, now I've got a song stuck on my head.

Don't you agree? Agree with me? Don't you agree, Don't you agree?

That's an ugly-ass mansion.

Why are you using a recording app with ads/tracking when there's free alternatives that don't do that?

Like, if you really wanna have transcripts, Google's recording app works even if you deny it network access. Found that out because I was too lazy to look for a proper FOSS solution.

Earlier this year, I got a game I liked on steam. Pretty much 3d Rimworld. After playing for 20 hours over a few weeks, I sporadically started getting errors about me having "no hardware activations" left for the game, and how I should wait 24 hours. I have never installed it on any other machine.

It is so very silly that a pirated copy would be the more seamless experience.

I don't think the average user thinks much about the platform they're on, and about who controls it. I think they go to wherever most of their family/friends are.

Also, those platforms are firmly in the mainstream, the alternatives aren't really - you'd have to actively go search for them. People just aren't likely to do that, I don't think.

Look at the way Tesla collects and treats customer data, and the way Musk seems to unilaterally abuse his control over the companies he owns for personal reasons.

Now think about the capabilities of the Intel Management Engine that pretty much every Intel CPU requires.

Bad vibes, I say.

For those feeling out of the loop, see here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine

Tldr - it's a little always on processor, running a Minix OS, with direct access to all board devices including the Ethernet Controller.

AMD has something similar in form of their Platform Security Processor.

If I remember correctly, the reason for all this was that his other kids really aren't on board with daddy's political opinions, and would be able to overrule their brother. We'll see how it turns out.

Also, don't tell anyone you know that, or you're not gonna be on any jury.

I've gotten a free CD at a concert recently. I don't have anything to play it on.