Nice to see posts from lobsters making it over here

haha that really brings me back.

Can’t argue with that… until something goes wrong and I hate it (really just mad at myself)

The fact that you say using NFS makes you old makes me feel like fucking Yoda

I imagine it gunks up the lock mechanism. I have had to eventually replace locks I used it in.

true, but we also hate computers

They require that the kids use the Chromebooks and use Google accounts.

I have two ultrawides stacked on top of each other with two 16:10 in portrait mode on the sides aka the fat TIE fighter layout. My layout isn’t in the chart, but I am certain it would be considered evil.

Sorry, I don’t recall the actual specifics now. I believe it was something like they made it a code violation to not have your home connected to the power grid and you just get fined and harassed until you “fix” it.

Yes, FL west coast.

I wasn’t allowed to go off grid in my previous home where I had solar installed either. There was also a hard cap on the amount of solar I was allowed to install. Both of these rules were put in place due to lobbying from the largest power company in the region (Duke Energy in my case). It totally sucks,

For now… :(

yeah, I had to resurrect an old phone to go to a concert last week. It’s possible I’ll never go to one again. I wouldn’t have bought the tickets had I known about that bullshit.

In case you’re curious, the Nokia flip phone I got my daughter is the Nokia 2780 Flip.

It no longer runs WhatsApp, actually. The new version of the OS (KaiOS which is a fork of the dead Firefox OS) broke compatibility and Meta apparently decided to not bother with supporting it.

Funny enough, Nokia started making cheap flip phones and some others in that form factor again. My daughter asked to replace her smartphone with one of the flip phones. It was only $70, so I got her one. It’s build quality is what you would expect, but it works and has GPS at least.

Google can get fucked. I feel like there will be a nontrivial market for de-googled or older and unlocked Android phones after this. If they manage to kill off custom roms with their previous AOSP rug pull I’ll go back to using a (subpar) Linux phone or maybe even one of those cheap flip phones.

For real, this just further cemented me not wanting to buy any new Intel devices.

When I was 18 and my parents moved away, I only had $30 for food that first month. I was able to get ramen for 10/$1 and it got me through. It took me many years to be able to enjoy ramen after I was able to afford not being forced to eat it.

This kid is straight up hacking time. He better watch out for laser raptors.