Yeah, I just set it up because I don’t want Meta’s shit on my phone and my friend group insists on using WhatsApp. I still had to install the native WhatsApp client but I was able to remove it as soon as I had confirmed the account creation. It also means I can stop giving out my cell number when I want to meet someone from Facebook Marketplace to buy something.

They advise against removing the apps on your phone, but at the least, you can turn off notifications for everything other than Beeper and use it as a single interface. On the desktop app, it makes a bit more sense. I’ve stopped running the Telegram, Signal, and Google Chat apps. I just wish Google Voice played nice with integrations and could be added to the platform.

I appreciate this take. There will always be a part of me that wishes they’d just recast the big three and start adapting from the Heir tothe Empire forward (live action Mara Jade please!) but I can still enjoy Luke popping up in Mando and wrecking everything in sight. I just wish they hadn’t sacrificed his arc to “better” Rey and Kylo’s. It’s pretty much forced Disney to either keep pushing in new directions (which I’ll settle for in lieu of EU adaptations) or add story beats to a character we already know is doomed. Like playing Morrowind after murdering a story NPC.

Here is the KnowYourMeme page. Note the Alternative/Minimalist Interpretations section.

I’ve played everything in the bundle outside of Gotham Knights. I get it if you don’t like fighting games, but I had fun with every one of them (besides GK, as mentioned). They are all solid games, even Mad Max.

In other words… that’s just, like, your opinion, person.

I’ve been saying this for years. Let some young, promising actors take the characters and grow out from the original cast’s shadows.

I do think it odd the author did not mention Alden Ehrenreich’s take on Han. He didn’t quite measure up to Harrison Ford, but that’s a tall task and I wouldn’t hate seeing him get another shot at the character.

Steam recently updated to make it way easier to switch between accounts. It used to be you had to authenticate every time, which was a pain with Steam Guard. Now there’s a Change Account function which won’t invalidate your authentication token though it does seem to sign you out until you switch back.

I use that to ensure I’m not advertising certain games to the world.

In the Windows client you can right-click and hide games. Is there a way to do that in SteamOS? I only see updates for games that aren’t hidden.

I had a copy of Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet that would cut out and loop back in the middle of the song. I listened to it so much I could sing along without missing a beat. Then whenever I heard the right version, it always felt weird when the song flowed through normally.

Kazaa was my go-to back in the day.