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  • To this question, I think a potential solution would be if this community were to transition into a collaborative organization (i.e. co-op, socialist collective, etc.). Such that the ownership is not concentrated in a small private group and the potential acquisition/buyout/selling-of-data requires a decision process that incorporates the concent/buy-in from the entire community/collective.

    In no way am I suggesting this needs to happen, but I would support such a movement.






  • I’ve always wanted something that takes an RPG (JRPG a la Final Fantasy or Western RPG a la Fallout) where the economy is real and active. Like, if I go out and grind to get 9999 of some valuable resource and just dump it on some poor merchant in some tiny town and sell them all and buy all other resources, that should have a noticeable impact on the local economy. Or that there are trade routes between towns Town A specializes in weapons while Town B specializes in healing items. Then you can support them by facilitating trade between towns or you could “be evil” and create larger imbalances in market demand. I don’t know, it’s just a super nerdy idea.



  • I recommend watching the LTT video on it. But the gist is the specs are better and you can get significantly higher FPS / performance than the steamdeck when disabling throttling, but then you basically have no battery and need to be hardwired for power.

    Additionally, while you can install linux on it, there’s no support from ASUS when you do (obviously) so you’re forced to use Windows 11 for official support. For that reason, I personally could never use the ROG Ally.


  • I’ve been playing FFXVI for the past week, enjoying it more than 13 and 15. But I really miss the vibrant world of FFX and the unique characters with well defined personalities, motivations, emotions. I’d just like to see more FF games that show more effort in the writing and creative design components.

    But a FFX full-remake à la FF7 remake would be great. After having played through FFX at least 3 times, I definitely need some more complexity and improvements to the battle mechanics to warrant a new play through.


  • I feel that Newsom handled the Hannity interview quite well. And I think it’s key to future success for the DNC; they have to burst the media bubble.

    That landscape is changing though due to the Dominion lawsuit and Fox seemingly heading toward an anti Trump position. I foresee the right and far-right constituencies headed to a more fractured media landscape. More major players (Fox, Newsmax, Breitbart, Daily Wire) with conflicting views instead of one primary mouth piece and the rest falling in line.

    Newsom is fairly ordinary libdem on his views. But he’s younger, charismatic, and energized. He has the gravitas that, for instance, Buttigieg lacks. And coming from a large D state, with all the moves his made to get in the PR limelight, he’ll Garner far more popularity and name recognition than Beto.

    I’m just wondering what’s going on behind the scenes at the DNC. Are they not going to attempt to kingmake Kamala Harris? I mean she’s been incredibly invisible for a VP.




  • This is a great question! I too have come to the realization that marketing is highly damaging to society. Commercials, ads, spam, flyers, etc. So much waste and invasion of privacy.

    I’ve been trying to imagine what a world without marketing would look like for months.

    In cetain areas, the consumer experience is greatly improved. No interruptions of TV or podcasts. Less bandwidth, ram, and cpu used when browsing web pages. No invasive individual tracking anywhere.

    But the two major changes that require additional consideration:

    1. How do businesses today that rely on ad revenue (web search, podcasts, etc) continue to exist and pay salaries and other expenses? A. These would all require a move to direct payment models. Either a usage fee or a subscription fee.

    2. How do businesses source customers? Especially important for new businesses or new products that customers dont know about.

    A. I dont have a clear solution here. But I would like to see two possible ways that are not mutually exclusive:

    a. The Phone Book. It basically went extinct when the internet and web search became ubiquitous. But I’d like to see it return.

    b. Service Brokers. Similar to above but businesses or humans in the loop to assist with supporting mapping of request to service provider.

    With a., its pretty easy to make this physical, standardized and regulated to be fair/utilitarian

    With b., it will require conscious effort to regulate and ensure consumers arent tracked and no business is given and unfair advantage.