Done!

Thanks for all the great ideas everyone, it seems so much less overwhelming now.

I’ll pick up an external hd today and start trying things out.

Azure is the cloud backbone of many businesses and services, so if Windows went away, MS would still have their fingers in a number of pies.

I gave that a shot a few months ago, no dice, the Wi-Fi chip on my motherboard is too new.

I’ll flash it again with current FW and see if that helps.

I’ll give that a try, mine didn’t come with a dongle.

Yegods. My first foray into VR was at a high end arcade at North Pier in Chicago. I think the game was Dactyl. The headset was super heavy and none of the goals of the game were explained to me. I basically wandered around for five minutes, shooting green polygons in the sky, then time was up.

Dad was pissed that he’d blown $20 on it.

Edit: For historical reference, in the mid 90s $5 could keep your kids occupied at a regular arcade for a couple hours. $20 could have gotten us a couple of movie tickets and some Twizzlers.

I’d of been angry too.

So, I’ve been wanting to buy a controller to play classic games.

After doing some research I got an 8bit Do classic 2, which looked and felt great, but I guess couldn’t work with my Bluetooth.

Should I just get an Xbox controller, or hold out for this new Nintendo tech (I only game on PC and Switch, currently).

I’ve bought three controllers for my PC over the years, and none of them have been universally usable.

Edit! I’m a 90s kid, and I’m really disappointed that VR hasn’t taken off the way scifi suggested it would. Back then, being absorbed in pure information sounded awesome, but now it is just going the way of 24/7 misinformation advertisements and micro transactions.

I’ll hold off on VR until there is a decent open source unit that isnt $800.

There’s a reason we don’t see any big Let’s Players do more than a couple episodes of VR games.

For most of my life VR has been, ‘VR is a great way to experience shitty games and you just have to pay a grand or more for this interactive tummy ache, and your unit may not be supported next year! Buy!’

I’m going to hold out until I can pick up one of these at the pawn shop for a bill.

I’m waiting for my sweet 200 in tax returns and rolling it into scratch tickets.

Bizarro! I love you! Bizarro!

I had a group of friends that moved there from the Midwest in the 10s, and I hope they have the presence of mind to get the fuck out.