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(47m/8b) × 100 = 0.5875% of the world. Those numbers are likely total accounts as well and nowhere near the real active users. I bet many of these are also systems with multiple users or users with multiple accounts. Reported numbers are usually unverified and inflating them as much as possible is in the best interest of Sony on may fronts.

It is neither here nor there. I used to love the first few generations of PS stuff, but I really see no reason for consoles like these any more. I owned everything I played back then. I find it rather pathetic that my right to own has been stolen.

I'm presently taking a snack break from Cataclysm DDA after tracking down foods with better iron content in the game. Under that I have a bash script and Emacs running with my mods to the game. I've been playing all afternoon and making little odds and ends for the game. Sorry if my perspective from a non dystopian space rubs the wrong way. What I'm doing isn't for everyone, but if everyone had some better self control and the character to stand up for themselves, you will find that you get your rights back from these asshats, or you will get them from the next generation of platforms that rise from the ashes. The only terms that actually matter are the ones you're willing to put money into. I back up that statement. I'm on a 12th gen Intel with 16 GB GPU. I would be playing AAA titles but there are no game manufacturers. I don't care if I'm the only person unwilling to adopt feudalism and serve some tyrant overlord on their yacht. So be it.

You were tracked, they observed your search history and listened to your phone or smart TV. That data filtered down to set your price to what they think you will pay. There is nothing deterministic about it. That isn't everyone's price, that is just your price.

It is a scam that is as old as recording words on scrolls in ancient times. People used to use weighted scales to do the exact same thing. We live in a criminal world with extreme corruption just under the surface. There is a reason it is so profitable to data mine. Probably sounds crazy to most people, but all you have to do is a little bit of digging and reading. Phones just work. Yet they are actually whole operating system connected to the internet. This is possible because app developers have a tremendous amount of freedom to configure everything for you. You're not admin. You are actually their equal. You both have the same access. They are actually whole users on your device, with you all the time. This is the reason everyone wants you to run their apps. Your TV and remote have a microphone, and the remote batteries die super quickly right. Actually read the legalise agreement. It is recording everything to data mine you. Your car is doing the same.

It is only $8 for people that haven't talked about or mentioned it to anyone and when the data points at $8 causing them to pull the trigger when they wouldn't spend more.

I can't imagine the PlayStation community is all that big any more, or Xbox for that matter. You can't own anything, so at least a Steam Deck is a little closer to reliable ownership. In a neo feudal dystopia like the present, why the hell would anyone pay for serfdom under M$ or Sony. Both are terrible companies that run games and the community into the ground. They steal from the worthless serfs that pay for the privilege to be abused. I really don't get why they exist any more.

I just tape the stencil with scrap copper clad for alignment, but I etch my own stencils with soda can aluminum too. I only use a stencil for crazy tight tolerances or traces under a chip when I do not care to do a solder mask.

I have no issues with OpenVPN on a router and a proton setup

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Most of mine that I've damaged also involved shattering me, with my breaks being worse. When do we get biotech with stem cells and caloric charges? Here you go little buddy, have a treat. Scroll smoothly now; you can really pay attention to the beeps and boops.

::: spoiler Sure, others will steer you wrong, but with abstraction everything is like a statistical observation and not a firm point of reference.

I'm watching primarily the indirect indicators. These tell a certain truth that is beyond most people's self awareness and ability to alter. The posturing, language, bias, word use, punctuation, spelling, grammar, verbosity, curiosity, open mindedness, cultural bias factors, etc. etc. In person, it can be body language, posture, appearance, habits, mistakes, quarks, etc. I don't need to think about this stuff individually, it's just part of my natural awareness. That awareness can focus more or less on an individual or interaction, but these aspects are often more of what I remember than the topic of conversation. I'm pretty terrible with people's names in general. I actually remember people in a way, like they are this identity of traits I see in abstraction. It's kind of like a flavor of a person but complex.

Like in this instance, I could be wrong, but you're likely an interesting person. You were willing to respond first on a deeper question than average for Lemmy, and make a solid argument and observation. When I asked you leading questions that prompted you to rethink, you doubled down. When I took the lead to attempt steer the overall complexity of responses and hopefully make people think about the subject more, you show thought, experience, and reasoning that reflect depth and a friendly comradery I appreciate.

Just based on your writing composition I can tell you are a good bit different than me in how you think and process information. With abstraction, I think in a way that is kinda multi threaded. I write my thoughts largely based on whatever thread I'm thinking about more persistently in the moment. It can make my writing scattered at times and more like a rough draft. I need drafts and revisions to polish my writing in a more congruent flow, but that is largely outside of the scope of this place, at least for me.

I know many people do not value or understand how intuition, and observation based statistical abstraction like thinking is valuable or even valid. It is challenging to communicate all the things I perceive and process. There are many things I do and say that are pseudo manipulative to probe for information. Like when I meet someone for the first time, I might use an odd greeting, or shake hands with my left. I may make direct eye contact until you break eye contact first, or I may avoid eye contact then ask a deeper question and change my eye contact posturing. I often put a hand in my pocket or cross my arms while you're talking to see how you respond as it says a tremendous amount about what and how you are thinking. None of this is invasive or done with harmful intent. I'm never trying to manipulate someone for my benefit. These are all just part of communication. I'm ultimately introverted and looking for information that aids and expands my internal curiosities and explorations. These are all tools to measure your real response in a way that goes beyond words and a way to contextualize whatever information you're sharing. From my perspective, words have very little value. Actions are what I value most. Action tell me much more than words ever can.

One example, I was feeling mixed feelings about a previous post and deleted it after feeling like I did a poor job of explaining some complex ideas openly and net getting a response and getting some negativity without engagement. Mulling over why I felt that way lead to this post question. My expanding your initial response to this point is an exploration of the depth of the community and their understanding of functional thought and complexity. Internally, I'm addressing why I should not let the last post have an effect on me even though the last post was truly on the edge of my curiosity in need of grounding.

It is also worth mentioning, I'm partially physically disabled from a bad driver while riding a bicycle to work 2/26/14. I'm disabled in a way that makes holding posture a problem without a good solution. Sitting upright and standing are equally problematic and I have around an hour before I turn into a pile of pumpkin on the floor. I'm in near social isolation as a result. That makes this place my primary form of outside human contact and connection. The situation sucks, but one makes the best of things and all of that jazz.

There were a few in Asimov's later science fiction books. The Naked Sun to Robots of Dawn made me want to read more of what happened after the zeroth law - a sometimes fun thing to play with in conversation with AI too. It usually finds amusement in the concept.

Prelude to foundation was really good too.

This shit is stupid

I take it one step further in tangent. Anyone that complains to you about everyone else, is complaining about you when they are talking to anyone else. It is their form of social bonding, or just a lack of any self awareness filter. These types of people are not your friends. They are not bad people, but they can give an impression of comradery that is only an illusion.

I'm very abstracted in my thought process. It is kinda like I see statistical probabilities in everything and am open to inference about them. I don't see absolutes or facts in much of anything.

Another way to look at it is that I make assumptions about everything I perceive, but those assumptions are not concrete or absolutes. They are embedded in layers upon layers of logic and experience.

All that said, I'm always aware of how that, many ideas and observations I make are kinda floating in mid air and not well grounded. I'm often unsure about extra perspectives or elements I may have missed or misread in my surroundings. I'm always interested in, and open to corrections. However, my assumptions are layered in such a way that I am looking for any corrections that mesh with all of my other observations and experience.

I'm content with the insecurity at the edge of my understanding. That is where my veracious curiosity resides. However, I have a deep need to ground the edge of my curiosities in the thoughts and experiences of others. It has nothing to do with popularity or emotional reinforcement, although there are some emotional side effects. I am primarily looking for validation of my abstractions on many levels and mostly indirectly.

I do not learn well conventionally. I can maintain above average scores, but retain less than an ideal amount of information from such structured schooling. Learning primarily by curiosity and abstraction makes my perspective angle very... unique. It also makes communicating the edge of my curiosities challenging.

Anyways, that is just one type of functional thought and approach to validation.

I think one of the biggest pros of social media is the connectedness outside of one's community and social network IRL.

People seem to self select for information bubbles in ways I find interesting and concerning on social media platforms.

One of the biggest negatives is understanding the scope and depth of the demographic present at any given point in time or place.