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Head to the caves/mine and smash epic beasts.

Fight, fight, fight!

The system tray thing irks me to no end. Some apps still use one to control things and you have to use hacky plugins to get them to show. Other than that there’s a lot I do like about gnome. Plasma suits my needs more though. So much more you can do with it.

1. How do you know whether I did or didn’t double check if I didn’t say whether I did or not?

2. The chatgpt piece just is basically an add-on to what my main point was and isn’t really super important… For anyone that really truly cared to dig into it, they’re free to research on their own.

The thing about lying and becoming to believe it is a real psychology thing, I just can’t remember what it’s called. In other words, this is a thing and happens.

Edit, chatgpt to the rescue:

The psychological term for when someone lies about something for so long that they convince themselves it is true is confabulation or self-deception, depending on the context.

1. Confabulation

This is often used in clinical psychology and refers to the unintentional fabrication of memories without the intent to deceive. It commonly occurs in individuals with memory disorders, such as Korsakoff syndrome or brain injuries, where they genuinely believe the false information they are recalling.

2. Self-Deception

This term refers to the act of convincing oneself of a truth that aligns with their desires or beliefs, even when there is evidence to the contrary. Unlike confabulation, this process can be more deliberate at first but eventually becomes internalized, leading the person to believe their own fabricated story.

3. Illusory Truth Effect

This phenomenon occurs when repeated exposure to a lie or false statement makes it seem true over time. It isn’t necessarily a conscious process and can influence both the liar and their audience.

The specific term depends on whether the process is intentional, pathological, or a natural cognitive bias.

I don’t get the logic or what your point is.

Another device that collects the same shit probably 😂😥

Core routers are the core.

This makes me sad. I wanna believe in gog. The last bastion of hope for gaming.

Serious question, how does this work on Linux when using wine? Elden ring uses this one and it runs in Linux. It doesn’t have kernel access does it?

VPNs are not required. Instead of egressing on your ISPs network, you’re egressing on someone else’s network. It’s kinda like paying for a second ISP so you can egress your ISP to go encrypted to your other ISP. What does it accomplish other than putting you in another law jurisdiction?

Even purevpn who said “no logs” handed over data.

"In 2017, PureVPN, which advertised a no-logs policy, supplied connection logs to the FBI during a cyberstalking investigation. These logs enabled the identification of a suspect by linking activities to originating IP addresses. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PureVPN

"In 2016, IPVanish, another provider asserting a no-logs policy, furnished user data to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during a child abuse investigation. The information shared included the user’s real IP address and connection timestamps. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPVanish

You pay them, and for what? To just take their word for it? Sorry but it’s impossible to run a reliable network without some level of logging.

Not to mention that there have been documented instances Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), have been misused, leading to concerns about domestic surveillance.

This section allows the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to collect communications from non-U.S. citizens located outside the United States, even when those communications are routed through U.S.-based companies, such as cloud providers, internet service providers (ISPs), and tech companies.

At that point do you think you’ll get some form of compensation from the VPN provider?