The power grid does have a major point of failure, in that vital components are on backorder for years out so most places don’t have the spare parts to get back up and running if widespread attacks on the grid occur.

Burger King chicken nuggets from the 90s, before the recipe changed to crap. If I had to pick a flavor that I associate with my childhood, this would be it.

The Angus Mushroom & Swiss burger from McDonald’s. The Angus was the closest thing they ever had to a real burger, but they were too expensive for most people and were eventually discontinued. Fun fact: wages have stagnated yet their basic burgers now cost more than the Angus did.

Runza used to sell frozen dark chocolate-dipped cheesecake on a stick. They were delicious, and small enough that you wouldn’t feel guilty about ordering one.

It was also the only time I can recall them having a swiss and mushroom burger on the menu. It was delicious.

Ellison.

At least they all appear to be cosmetics like furniture, outfits, and skins for pets. Judging by the DLC descriptions I don’t see any gameplay locked behind paywalls.

Agreed that those prices are absurd though.

I’ve had Sun Haven in my library for a while, but I’ve been holding off on playing it due to reviews calling out bugs at launch. Is it in good shape now that it’s had a few major updates? And how does it compare to the other juggernauts in the genre (old Harvest Moon, Rune Factory, and Stardew Valley)?

Also, it looks like the game is being review-bombed on Steam right now. Is that just due to the deluge of DLC with the latest update, or is there something bigger wrong with the game?

You’re able to run MemTest? That’d suggest it’s not actually fried if it can still run things.

Check your BIOS/UEFI to see if Secure Boot was re-enabled. If your CMOS battery died and you didn’t notice, your machine config could have reset to its default values during the power loss.

Though you could do an identical meme with Games Workshop and Blizzard. There were so many people back in the day that didn’t know Warhammer 40k had been around for over a decade when StarCraft released.

And then the same thing happened again when Dawn of War was released.

“In English, please?”

Is the answer Linux? Because I feel like the answer is Linux.

I know it’s basically impossible, but I wish practical suspend/resume game functionality would make it to Windows.

I believe you are correct. I had my MBR overwritten a few times back in the Windows XP days, but haven’t heard of it happening on modern UEFI setups outside of warnings like these.

I still segregate my system drives out of paranoia though.

I think it’s more newsworthy that Iran asked the US for assistance in the first place.

With Steam Link you can play on the Deck and have the quality and power of the $2,000 PC. Valve spoils us.

Just take the first panel, but the end of the parchment goes into a shredder.

There’s a much cheaper model, the Zero, that’s good enough for messing around with and performing simple server tasks like PiHole. Even it has had its price increase multifold over the years, though only to fifteen bucks from an original price of five.

It’s also much smaller than the already tiny Pi, being able to fit in a standard orange pill bottle. Though the downside of that size is smaller and fewer ports, so you need a USB OTG adapter (preferably a hub) and micro HDMI adapter to plug things into it if you don’t want to run it headless.

And traffic sniffing to detect hotspots/tethering, which often have limits of a few gigabytes even on “unlimited” plans, after which they charge you extra even though it costs them the same as any other traffic.

Because their plan is to go all-in on Bethesda and “high-impact” titles. They don’t care if a game is good or beloved by fans if it doesn’t sell millions of copies at AAA prices.

They just had Starfield make a fortune based purely on Bethesda hype despite middling reception from the community. They know the next Fallout or Elder Scrolls will do even better regardless of quality, so that’s where their investment goes.

It definitely slows down development needing to find third party solutions for basic tasks. On the other hand, knowing the implementation details means it’s easier to tweak things to meet your needs.

The Asset Library is supposed to be a middle ground, but it needs a lot more content and polish before I’d call it ready.

Luckily for them, Franklin is one of the few who would go after the older person in this equation. The man loved his GILFs.