That is such a strange looking steering wheel.

A big selling point for Android is that it isn’t controlled by a single manufacturer (in contrast to Apple). Yet they all seemed to converge on the same design so the choices are quite limited.

I want my fucking buttons back. Not only easier to type on, but on-screen keyboards eat so much of the screen real estate. Give me a slide-out keyboard.

Most “SUVs” are actually crossovers. Which are just hatchbacks, wagons, and non-sliding door minivans. Take an Impreza hatchback and lift it 3 inches, and suddenly it’s an “SUV.”

But yeah, sedans w/trunks are becoming a bit of a rarity.

Yay, I never left having physical controls for things like HVAC controls and volume.

Touchscreens are great for context-sensitive controls, but less so for things that should be accessible at all times and usable without looking.

I use Beeper to aggregate messaging from various platforms and for easy availability of text messages on my PC. It has a specific “Note to self” section that I’ve found useful for messaging myself.

At its core, Beeper is just a Matrix client with some pre-packaged bridges for common services (including SMS, MMS, RCS messages). You could probably do the same thing with an Element client.

Millennial here. I’ve definitely noticed a shortage of people entering my technical field. Great for job security, and I’m treated very well at work. But this is going to be a problem down the road.

It’s sad that they keep trying to make PCs more like phones. I want phones to be more like PCs.

I have a “not Lexar” 8TB NVMe that I’ve had for almost 3 years with no trouble. Should I be worried? Or is Lexar just bad?

Incidentally, looks like the price has barely come down on these since I bought.

Is there a “positivity bias” counterpart to “negativity bias”?

Reminds me of a time one of my friends was happy that it was going to warm up and said something like “it’s going to be twice as warm tomorrow”. It was going from maybe 20F to 40F or something.

That led to an interesting discussion.

I have to use a lot of static IP addresses, and I’d take this over what I normally deal with.

I’m not personally interested in the tech, but I could see it being relevant if your refrigerator is connected to the internet and you are at the store. You could find out whether to buy more or not.

Reminds me of the Alpha Grip controller. Has a (really janky) trackball and an entire keyboard on it.

Owning and still loving the Steam Controller, the haptic concaved trackpads could be set up to really feel like a trackball and, in my opinion, had all the benefits of the trackball without the downsides.

I also use a Steam controller. I like the touchpad so much that I wish there was a stand alone one that I could use for day-to-day computing activities instead of having a physical ball.

I know there are square touchpads you can buy for pointing devices, but the ergonomics are completely different. They are more replacements for finger trackballs rather than thumb trackballs. Like just give me a Logitech MX Ergo with the pad.

I miss the old days of Youtube where people made stuff for fun or because they were passionate about a topic, before the big Youtubers pushing shit out the door to get as many views as they can.

Monetization shifted the focus from niche hobbyist content to gimmicky shit that is tailored to get a bunch of views. When I see a thumbnail of someone with a weird facial expression, it’s my cue to look elsewhere.

Cyberpunk 2077 - been on my backlog for a while, finally got to this and am having a blast

Last Epoch - big fan of ARPGs and was waiting for it to get out of early access,

V-Rising - played quite a bit over the last few months but am easing off since v1.0 is coming out and will mean wipe to everything

I am not a morning person, so I consider the best mornings to be the ones I sleep through.

It was a fun game for a bit, but the game also felt rather tedious at times.

I’ll probably play it more at some point, but I’ve stepped away from it for the time being.