I assume it has to do with the fact that along the equator it's typically warmer and the equator runs through the northern part of South America. So if temperatures go up they'll go up there first and head north south respectively. I don't think they meant Souther Hemisphere as much as they mean Southern Mexico / South America.

From comments I've read in other threads some lemmy instances show the number of up and down votes respectively.

That's still a job that previously would have gone to a human.

Yes, but no. Cable didn't used to let you watch all seasons of a specific show on any given day and time of your choosing.

I also was initially very confused why Mario was upset about the rainbow flag.

It already does on my laptop. They also keep setting my default browser back to Edge. I don't use my laptop much anymore and keeping up with the BS of having to disable stuff I don't want running has become tiresome to the point where I don't even want to use it.

I know, I know, something something install Linux! Question I have there is my laptop is a gaming laptop so my question to all you Linux folks is. Can I continue to game using Linux. Will it work with my Nvidia Graphics card and Steam. If so I might consider it.

I think it's an amazing advancement and that's awesome for a quadriplegic person to interact with the world.

The part that I haven't heard anyone mention is what is the life cycle of these chips. Computers and cell phones all become outdated so quickly. Are recipients guaranteed upgraded chips as they become available?

I was reading an article recently about people who have had implants in their eyes that help them to see become obsolete. One because the company stopped supporting the specific version that was in the patient. The other because the company had gone out of business.

It's a step in the right direction. But I don't see anything of substance coming from this. The U.S. has become a Corporate Oligarchy. Apple has enough money and desire to fight this through appeals and lobbying. Pay attention to who they lobby and make sure they are voted out of office. It's going to take a long time to correct what has happened over the last 20 or so years. It will require slow gradual change.

I've been on the Sony side of things my entire life. I have the disc version of the PS5. I however also have a gaming PC and play a select few titles there.

What concerns me is the lack of physical media that we are headed towards. The entire Software as a Service model drives me crazy because at anytime licenses can change and you'll lose access to things. I've read about it happening with things recently on PS where people that bought and owned movies from the PS Store suddenly the license expired and Sony didn't renew so they just went in and removed those from people's library. Then there's the whole issue some people have with their PS+ games not working suddenly despite having a current subscription and the game in their library.

I've seen it happening with Streaming Services as well and I understand that all of them are just paying for limited term licenses of the content. But at the end of the day I can go to my physical game/movie library and pop the disc in and they can't take that away from me.

I think if some sort of consumer protections were in place to stop those kinds of issues. I could get on board with not owning the disc. I saw the winds of change coming when Google made Stadia. I also knew that Google wouldn't be in it for the long term as I've watched them start and stop services for close to two decades now. So I didn't buy into it.

I will say though I have some friends that have XBox Games Pass and I can understand the appeal. You buy a controller and any PC with a decent internet connection can play a massive library of games. So that is definitely the future of gaming whether I like it or not.

As for the exclusives I for one welcome a day when everything is cross play and we all can game together in one happy ecosystem. Except that m&k will always be superior to a controller and I don't know how they could level that playing field.

I have the first hammer I bought 20 years ago.

The only thing I've ever done on Amazon Games was link it to PSN so I would get periodic cash in GTAV online.

Test a small area of the laptop that you can't see to make sure the Goo Gone doesn't haze or discolor the plastic.

The greatest midnight launch I attended was GTAV for PS3 at GameStop. They hired a DJ and had it setup just outside the shop and they were spinning songs featured in GTA soundtracks across the series. There were tons of people queued up and the line wrapped around the store. Everyone just chatting about what they thought it would be like.

I swear I saw an article about someone whose tesla shorted out in the rain and they basically said you shouldn't have gotten it wet.

I have bookshelves in my office for my library of Hardcover Star Wars books. I bought a couple digitally when I was traveling that I have since bought physical versions of. I think if the book really resonated with you having the physical book seems like a no brainer.

When we called Customer Service about this they pretended like they didn't know what we were talking about and wanted to know where we heard that information from.

Penny Arcade has been around forever so they have a deep backlog of gaming/nerd culture related comics.

Ted Faro wants to know your location.

If we are together one of us will use the phrase "Is there Lemon in this?" And hold up our drink which is code for get me out if this conversation/situation.

If we aren't in the same room. We pull out our phone and text Save Me. Then the other person comes and finds you to say that So and So needs them immediately. Yadda, yadda.

Great point. I guess there's maybe someone that doesn't need internet in there home. But the average person these days can't function without it.