Lka1988

the PS5 has what? maybe 15 exclusives? less? whats’ the point? There’s nothing out on the PS5 that makes me say “I need to own this console” especially when many of their “exclusives” are now available on PC.

Last time I booted up my PS5, I was teaching my son how to play Minecraft on PC. I was going to hop into the world he had made on my PC from the PS5…and that’s when I discovered Sony locks out all network multiplayer behind PSN, even just over LAN.

At this point, I might just sell the fucking thing. My PC (5800X3D/7900XTX/32GB) can run PS3 games just fine via RPCS3 with a Dualsense controller, and that’s 99% of the reason I paid for PSN. But even then, playing PS3 games on the PS5 is just streaming from rackmounted PS3 hardware based in some Sony datacenter. So I’m not even sure why I still have it. I don’t play on it enough these days to justify paying nearly $30/mo for PSN when I can just get PS exclusives on Steam and buy cheap PS3 games on eBay to rip and play on my PC.

The PS5 has incredibly capable hardware, but it’s so locked down that it’s impossible to enjoy anything about it without paying for PSN.

Console price increases

Game Pass/PSN price increases

$80+ Nintendo games

Micron axing consumer RAM sales

Nvidia cutting consumer GPU production

Gee, I wonder why…

Note - That’s why I said “average console modder”, not “average person”, the two are very much not the same 😂

Here’s a great example of a trimmed Wii board project

I see what you’re going for, but for the average console modder, it’s far easier to just trim the “wrong” motherboard than transplant the relevant chips onto a custom substrate.

Yeah, the original Wii revision with the ports for GC controllers and memory cards had legit GameCube hardware right on the motherboard, much like the OG “fat” PS2 had built-in PS1 hardware.

In fact, some custom Gamecube builds eschew the GC motherboard altogether in favor of a cut-down Wii motherboard, modified to boot directly into GC mode. It’s pretty cool.

What MDM is your company using? My work iPhone is provisioned with Intune MDM software and does not allow copy/paste between work apps and non-work apps.

Work provides a phone and laptop. Neither are touched after I clock out. But for the off-chance I need to do a work thing at home (filling out a forgotten time card entry, informing the team that I’m sick, etc), I have a separate and isolated “work” VLAN at home they can connect to.

I carry two phones. Work provides me with one. It goes on DnD mode as soon as I clock out.

Oh god, I had forgotten about that…

Good to know. I also see you already found the official Lineage OS installation guide. Whatever upgrade/downgrade the LOS devs say needs to be done should be safe as long as you don’t deviate from the instructions.

What device, specifically?

That’s technically how it works already, at least in theory. But we all know that’s 100% bullshit.

Being the sperm donor isn’t what makes you a father. Spending time with your kid, teaching them how to be a functional human in the modern world over decades is what makes you a father

As a stepdad myself, I can personally attest to that fact. I met my boys when they were little, at only 4 years old and 5 months old. For all intents and purposes, they are my boys.

Their own bio dad is hardly present and only does the bare minimum when it’s his parenting time. It’s hard. Bio dad got remarried (briefly), but my wife and I ended up having to break the news to the boys that their new stepmom and stepbrothers were going away (because bio dad is a piece of shit and screamed at his new wife over the fact that there were mushrooms in his food). I watched my son’s heart get ripped in half; all I could do was hold him as he sobbed into my arms.

Daniel resigned as the head developer a few years ago.

The incident in question happened before that. Also, he’s still listed as a Graphene OS Foundation director, which means he still has a lot of pull.

I always see these comments conveniently leave that out.

You should probably brush up on your research instead of simping.

I don’t know… Part of me thinks that someone overruled Daniel on this decision. He stepped down as the main dev years ago, but is still a director… maybe the other directors overruled Daniel?

But again, I don’t know. I’m just shooting from the hip.

In all the time i looked online Ive never found a legitimate basis for these vague claims of drama around Graphene. See a lot of it in Louis Rossman circles (nothing against him, but he made a dramatic video on YT about leaving GrapheneOS) it’s reactionary at best. Someone got blocked people got mad, full story only the ones directly involved know.

Louis was directly involved with this. He’s the one who exposed the whole situation and brought receipts.

Daniel is extremely paranoid (arguably part of why GOS is as secure as it is), but that paranoia can also lead to anxiety and assuming everyone is “out to get you”.

Crack pipe.

Boomers failed to see that Dangerfield was poking fun at them.

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Apparently my reading comprehension is hard 😑

Oof. I feel for her. That fight/flight/freeze response can be really hard to override, especially given her background.

I taught myself how to drive in the snow pretty soon after I got my license, in a 1991 FJ80 Land Cruiser with zero electronic aids. I figured out how to drift that pig through the whole church parking lot 😂, but being able to do that on my own was hugely beneficial to where I can now make my FWD cars perform better in the snow than most drivers here with 4WD. I just turn off traction control if it’s too hairy… Sometimes you need that wheelspin.