In Teams I can’t use my system volume to control Bluetooth headphones… drives me bananas. Especially because one of my coworkers has a loud mic

If there’s any retro games you like, consider emulating!

Also, just wanted to say that I enjoy docking my deck to the TV and playing with a controller. Been playing Ark Survival Evolved with my brother all week

Don’t preorder, and only buy early access if you’re happy with the game as it is at the moment you buy it

Try a used laptop. Cheap, power efficient, built in UPS, small. Can be quite powerful and some are even upgradable

Bookmarking for when I have kids of my own

You could pick up a used laptop for pretty cheap. Low TDP, leagues ahead of a Pi

Pretty big fan of manjaro

I got this one today on my work laptop - pretty surprising to me Microsoft pulls shenanigans like this without enormous backlash

I use my steam deck docked as a Home Theater PC (HTPC) with a remote with a gyroscopic mouse and full keyboard on the back, and I love it. YouTube with ad block, jellyfin media server, and videogames

I’ll work on adopting this attitude! No need to be frustrated over what you don’t control

Similar boat, but it still pains me using Windows at work. I’m constantly frustrated at work when I accidentally open something in Edge. Not my computer, but still my experience

You could think of it as the companies fault, you can combat Microsoft if you have the know how, but personally I feel like Microsoft is abusing their power by strongly coercing users to use their services.

Twice after a windows update I lost my bootloader menu and my laptop would boot straight into Windows. After the second time I just removed Windows. Some investigation revealed that “Windows does not support dual booting” which I believe translates to “we will ocationally cause issues that a beginner would struggle to fix in the hopes of them staying on Windows.” Just a theory. Separate drives for sure if you can. No idea if they still do this as it’s been years since I dual booted

I mean, I agree, but the problem isn’t just that I see this at work. I shouldn’t have to see it on a paid operating system. This is a normal user experience on Windows. Ads everywhere is annoying. I understand people can be proactive to disable this stuff, but I think it’s crumby of Microsoft to do

It’s a work laptop We’re a small company - I still feel like calling our IT terrible instead of Microsoft is misguided though

It was literally a notification; made a sound and everything. Didn’t go out of my way to see it. I’m not used to ads in my operating system so it was jarring. Surprised people accept it as normal

Lol I had to install AutoHotKey just to be able to do some basic keymapping on Windows. “Can be made good” is so different than “is good”

But yes our IT team is just one dude with a degree in biology

Hoping to try the Arkham Horror Card Game with my wife!

Family always played Scrabble and I did not like it… In college my friends frequently played Dominion but I always opted out because I thought I didn’t like board games. Eventually I tried it and fell down a rabbit hole