The original FFVII game! Figuring out how to get the multiple discs to work from an emulator was a bit of a pain, but afterwards it’s been easy sailing! While it certainly has its problems, I can see why it’s so popular. Planning on checking out the remakes later on to get more of it, but I can’t deny I’ll miss the low-poly graphics of the OG, as I’ve always had a soft spot for that kind of 3D art

Pretty good! I’m going to be able to get the first part to my custom PC next month (GPU, Raedon 6800 XT) so I’m pretty excited!

VPNs protect your IP address, which is useful, but it ends there. Your IP is known to your VPN provider and can even still be found by those tech-savvy enough if you don’t take the right precautions. Basically, VPNs are useful, but don’t expect them to be the ultimate privacy multi-tool. It’s more like one of many different tools to protect yourself online

Oh they’re really sticking by this stupid decision aren’t they. Well, they can’t complain about being laid to rest if they’re the ones who dug the grave, I guess

Will probably use Reddit every now and again but Lemmy has been a MUCH more pleasent experience overall, I can’t see Reddit becoming nearly as nice

The apple ecosystem is incredibly helpful, and even if I haven’t used it much myself I can see the appeal. I feel like more Linux distros should incorporate it more. As for design and privacy: the design is sleek and pretty, with desktop environments similar existing, and the privacy is. Well. It’s an Apple product, what else is to be said

Yeah, that’s why I wanna dual boot myself, except there’s some software I need on Windows that isn’t available on Linux along with games. Also, what distro(s) do you use? I’ve already picked out a few candidates for what I’ll use, but it’s nice hearing firsthand experiences

Trust me, I know (I tried running Linux on my current NVDIA PC… Never again). While I plan on running Windows (mainly due to how much support it has for like. Everything) I do plan on running Linux on a laptop in the future and possibly dual booting

As sad as I am by how Reddit turned out, this was the kick I needed to start truly indulging in the fediverse! Everybody’s been nice so far, and I hope that it continues to be that way

No, sadly. Besides, I don’t know if I would go with that option even if it was. I’ve been wanting to build my own PC for a while and I am willing to run the risk, although it would be nice to have somebody with experience help

I would, but unfortunately I don’t know anyone with experience in this area. But I won’t be doing it by myself, and I’ve done quite a bit of research, so I at least think I won’t mess up to the point of breaking anything

I didn’t know micro center existed, thank you! I believe I do have one in driving distance as well

Ah, thank you! I’ve already been using PCPartPicker, but it has been an AMAZING help. I don’t think I could handle the stress of making a parts list without it

I care less for what happens to the website and more what happens to the users. Having a website where you build and found such large communities fuck you over like this must be heartbreaking

All your points are very true, unfortunately. It just saddens me seeing companies hurt the very community that even allowed them to rise to popularity

It’s sad to see this happen but I’m (unfortunately) not surprised. Whenever a site/software/etc becomes the main/only thing most people use it starts taking advantage of that. I just hope it happens less in the future with the rise of decentralized nd federated social media

It makes me sad that a site as big as Reddit is letting down so much of it’s userbase for a quick buck. At least it’s making people look for decentralized sites like this more, I suppose

It’s sad seeing Twitter take such a nose dive (more so then it already has). I met quite a fee friends on the platform and, despite it’s many, many, MANY flaws, was still nice to be on when you interacted with friends. I hope my friends start using more decentralized social media soon with how much of a toxic environment Elon is trying to foster

An all pronouns using aroace agender with a deep love of tech, videogames, writing, art, and gender non conformity. I recently graduated from high school, and I am planning on going to tech/writing. I’m also planning on building my own PC soon! It’ll hopefully help me understand technology a lot more :3