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I don't really like Christmas that much. The holiday I find materialistic, the music insufferable, the decorations kitsch and the crowds burdensome. But what I've learned to appreciate is the joy this season affords others, and the excuse to gather the extended family. I hope you have a very merry Christmas fedi.
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It's just a holiday that's mid af. Even the people shoving it down your throats don't believe in the bullshit, they're exceptionally hostile at the drop of a hat. Same old same old except with a Santa hat on. Fuck that. I'm miserable 24/7/365 and I embrace that. I'm not putting on some phony social costume just to make it.

So I recently received one of these and installed Ubuntu MATE on it (the manufacturer claimed that it was tested on the device). It's five years out of date, despite still being on the market, but I always wanted a UMPC ever since the OpenPandora. Now I can do desktop PC things while waiting to be seated at restaurants.

Expect a review soon.

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I always think it's funny when pro aborts think pro lifers support rape
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You thought HP was the way to go, really? It always blows me away people you'd think should know better don't. Apple, HP, Lenovo, IBM, Dell, and Toshiba branded products are defective by design. They include digital restrictions that are hostile to proper support under Linux. WiFi card doesn't work? You can't even replace it. This is why we don't have better support in Linux. People keep giving their money to shitty companies working against our interests. I can understand historically going with one of a select number of HP printers because of the proper support on some models over the competition, but an HP laptop? Hell no.

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i will probably just ignore everyone who uses bsky because it fills me with a need to mock people for their stupidity

nostr actually accomplishes what jack promised, all bsky does is just "but now MY billionaire owns it again"

I was planning on having at least two games done this year, but I feel like the game I'm developing right now won't be finished this year.

CaveStory celebrated it's 20th anniversary a few days ago and I feel envious of Daisuke Amaya because he didn't have to deal with drama like every other indiedev has to deal with these days. He also got his game done in 5 years despite having a full-time job and a child.

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It seems like most of the RPG Maker games out there are fan games or parody games. It's also used a lot by children who have really ambitious ideas, but immediately get hit in the face with the reality of the program's limitations.

People try to make "practice games" in anticipation of creating their dream games, but the practice games are uninspired and life gets in the way.

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It seems like what really holds people back when it comes to gamedev isn't the lack of design, programming, or art experience. It's not playing a diverse amount of games to truly appreciate the medium.

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Most people know by now that microplastics are building up in our environment and within our bodies. However, according to Dr. Leonarde Transande, director of environmental pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine, there are ways to reduce the influx of plastics into our bodies.
https://naturalblaze.com/2024/12/microplastics-are-invading-our-bodies-5-ways-to-keep-them-out.html
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A federal watchdog has released a report detailing how federal law enforcement agencies are using more than 20 types of surveillance technologies without a warrant and with limited privacy protections.
https://activistpost.com/2024/12/federal-government-watchdog-warns-the-dhs-surveils-americans-without-a-warrant-using-more-than-20-technologies.html
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On Friday, an attorney for Ascension Health, a major U.S. hospital operator, wrote to Maine’s attorney general to tell him the electronic personal health information (e-PHI) of Ascension patients and employees were compromised during the ransomware attack that occurred in May that affected nearly 5.6 million people.
https://activistpost.com/2024/12/concerns-over-the-security-of-electronic-personal-health-information-intensifies.html
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