He probably would have tried to do even crazier things than Trump, but I doubt he would have had a similar cult of personality around him, nor the loyalty of the republican party that Trump has. So I imagine he would have been impeached very quickly and things might have ended up slightly better.
2020s, by far. 2010s were the best, but after 2020, the world order I knew pretty much became undone and everything seems to just be getting worse. I was pretty hopeful and excited for the future before, but now we seem to be on an unrelenting march towards dystopia. Much of the societal progress we’ve made in prior decades is being reverted. Also not great when it came to personal events for me, as my dad died in 2021. I guess the decade still has a few years left to redeem itself, but that seems highly unlikely right now.
Probably Minecraft. Can’t say how many hours, as it doesn’t get tracked but I started playing in 2009, when it was still a free browser-based game. Had a server with all my friends on it and played it pretty much daily for a few years.
I still remember my first day at school, especially getting my Schultüte, which had a steam train design.
How are the ecosystems? Does the choice of brand lock you in or out of particular titles? I suspect his main goal is to play gorilla tag and similar.
The Quest has its own ecosystem of native VR games that run directly on the device. You need to create a Meta account to use the headset. However, it’s possible to sideload apps to it and you can stream PCVR games to the Quest.
Is Metaquest 3 an objectively good/decent product? What are some viable alternatives?
As of right now, the Quest 3 is a decent-choice hardware-wise, probably the best in terms of pure value and it has the largest userbase. The big downside is that it’s made by Meta. It’s also a bit of an unfortunate time to buy a VR-headset, as it looks like the upcoming Steam Frame will be a better choice, once it releases. If your kids birthday is still a few months away, it might be worth waiting for a bit before buying anything. It’s completely unknown when the Steam Frame will release though.
Something like a Pico Neo 3 could potentially be an alternative if you want to avoid Meta. For purely PCVR, there is also the Valve Index, but that’s more of an enthusiast-level device that requires a more complex setup using base stations for tracking.
He’s got a decent phone and a half-decent PC. Will the same headset work for both?
The PC should work. It doesn’t stream phone games.
How much HPU (if any) is required to drive one of these decently?
GPU I assume? Well, for one thing, it can run games standalone, though those games won’t have impressive graphics. For PCVR streaming, I’d recommend at least something like a 1070, preferrably something much better.
I was still a high-school student. Got baptized and confirmed in 2008. Bought an iMac from the gift money and became a bit of an Apple fanboy for a while. I’ve since left the church and no longer like Apple.
I don’t know if there are currently any automated systems against it, but with Lemmy votes being public, I think that someone would notice it happening sooner or later. If it became a huge problem, automated systems could certainly be developed.
I’m aware that instances can block interaction from other instances, but if done correctly it would be easy to do it without raising much suspicion.
I don’t think it would be. A sudden influx of votes from users from a new instance who never posted or commented would be pretty obvious I’d say.
They have been doing this for years and only yesterday, I decided that I won’t tolerate their behavior.
You write you won’t tolerate their behaviour anymore, but only 2 sentences later you write that you’re hoping that they’ll stop picking on you if you do this. That’s not just tolerating their behaviour, that’s encouraging it.
I decided that I need to get a stable grade first, no matter what.
Depriving yourself of sleep will be extremely detrimental to your mental and academic performance. That’s just biology and no amount of “grindset” can change that.
Upon considering my routine, I found out that If I need to do well in my studies and overall life, I can allocate myself only 4 hours of sleep at most. And I need to continue this for at least 4 years.
Then you need to reconsider your lifestyle and not your basic biological need for sleep. Ignoring the latter will make you miserable and ill very quickly, along with being so detrimental to your academic performance that any time gained will be worthless.
There have been some recent studies on Dementia/Alzheimer’s that seem quite important for prevention, such as the link with inflammation such as periodontosis and viral infections..
So far, I don’t. Xtorm and Recable are some I’ve seen mentioned.
Those “overpriced” products in your local stores?
You’re supporting your neighbors.
Depends. If I wanted to buy some cables locally, it’d have to be at the electronics store the next town over. It’s part of a chain that was just purchased by a Chinese megacorporation. They sell a single brand of shoddy quality cables for a huge markup, all made in China. At that point, the more ethical choice would be to purchase some Made in Europe cables online (just as pricey, but at least my money won’t go to China).
Can you be more specific on what reminds you of prisons with your schools? I don’t think any of my schools in Germany looked anything like a prison.
Naming generations like that wasn’t really a thing in Germany until American pop-culture brought it over, so these days we also use Millenial, Gen-Z and so on. That said, an important generational divide was those born before WW2 and the generation immediately after. When the latter people became adults, they started to question what their parents were doing during the nazi era and how it could be that former members of the nazi party still held public positions in Germany. They started a protest movement that would finally start Germany properly working through and taking responsibility for the crimes of the nazi era.
Mushishi is a great one. Love the calmness of that show.
From your list, I’ve only watched Inuyashiki, which I do like, but it’s pretty different. That said, it’s a series I’d recommend to most people. It has a little bit of everything: Drama, comedy, slice of life, action and above all, a ton of well-written, interesting and, well, eccentric characters. Definitely helps if you like Japanese folklore and mythical creatures as well.
If you’ve watched “The Tatami Galaxy”, that’s by the same author and kind of has the same feel and philosophy. But The Eccentric Family has a more coherent narrative and is a bit more down to earth.
Hard to decide, but trying to put some variety into it, no particular order:
I would personally be annoyed by such a person and not want to associate with them. I have no issue with religious people, or even talking to them about religion, but if they’re just constantly preaching or trying to convert me, that would get on my nerves very quickly.
I’m not a fan of paid mods personally and would probably never buy them, but I also think these copyright claims are crappy and seem baseless to me. What he sold was his own original code. He should be free to sell it and let people decide if they want to spend money on it. That may break the ToS of these companies, but ToS are not laws.