I live in a world of ever-present, looming disaster.

I’m a sysadmin

That would be a great tagline for your memoir or schlocky mystery novel!

Thanks, crossposted there 🙂

Fair.

Really? It could have told me at any point while we went through that fucking desert!

The katana are also named Linus.

not at all compulsory

You don’t get how consumer cults and peer pressure work, do you?

it seems to address a need in the market

A need for what? Fucking pockets? That’s been well and truly addressed for hundreds if not thousands of years already.

Apple’s usual “inventing problems” approach

This is 200% that.

But what non-dysfunctional government that doesn’t behave like it is a subscription service shuts down regularly?

A well-functioning government never shuts down, let alone regularly.

That doesn’t mean that the people should forgo their contribution to shared civilization, though.

The current kakistocracy misappropriating funds doesn’t mean that the parts of the government they haven’t ruined doesn’t need tax revenue.

Sure, emotional maturity is a big part of it as well, but with no knowledge about the causes for your more vexing hurdles and limitations, you can be endlessly mature and STILL not know how to tell laziness or apathy from executive dysfunction 🤷🏻

True, but it helps.

I’ll probably never stop feeling irrationally guilty at times when my ADHD and/or my anxiety hinders me from getting stuff done, but being able to remind myself and explain to others makes it easier to carry it and not let myself descend into a guilt spiral that hinders me even further and for longer.

Fair. Changed the link to the Torrentfreak article provided in another comment.

Thanks, that’s much better! Updating the post link to that.

the Deck’s GPU appears in the results as “AMD Vangogh”

I bet it’s EXCELLENT at rendering sunflowers!

Cool! I’m looking forward to tips om how to nuke the Great Lakes, revelations about the Grand Rapids murders allegedly not committed by Jamie Loftus, and the Hello Fresh cannibalism island!

I’d put a tenner on it placing 😁

I’m gonna go ahead and choose or death.

What about a trackball mouse?

Would still need to be on a flat surface, so the poor ergonomics problem would still persist

It won’t be perfect or good for precision mouse stuff

See, the problem is that the precision is essential.

Have you tried playing We Are Football with an otherwise excellent controller with hall effect sticks and everything, with the Steam input settings on the most mouselike possible?

It’s like trying to type with winter gloves on: possible to do if absolutely necessary, but it’s going to be a very slow and frustrating experience with a lot of missing.

My use case is playing games like We Are Football 2024, the Football Manager games and others where a regular controller isn’t precise enough from the couch, since I use my TV as a monitor and how low my coffee table is makes using a mouse awkward and ergonomically awful lol

Because I’m poor, currently spending a lot on my weight loss/general health improvement project, and already having a great controller for games with regular controller support (Razer Wolverine V3 Pro) makes it harder for me to justify spending a lot on one only for games that would otherwise require a mouse 😁

Please let it be good for replacing a mouse and also halfway affordable!