Yeah, I"m planning on getting one as well - the switch has made me realize how great having "real" games on a portable platform is - just waiting for a hardware refresh.
My computer doesn't meet the requirements for Windows 11 so I opted to stay on Windows 10 until support ran out. Then, as Windows does, the performance and reliability of my computer just started to deterioate more and more. A few weeks ago I completely wiped the system drive and did a fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04. Microsoft can pound sand I'm never buying a Microsoft product ever again.
Proton has been playing the steam games I've tried either just as good or even better in certain cases than Windows, which was the only thing keeping me on Windows anyway. Good riddance.
lol, i'm reinstalling a linux distro right now just because I want to try a new one
I work with seniors that are scared of the command line. I can somewhat understand why Microsoft might be trying to turn everything into AI Copilots because when I'm trying to explain to someone how to revert changes in a file with `git reset/checkout` they practically recoil in terror at the suggestion of using the terminal. They are married to their git guis and have no idea how it works. Best AI-ify as much as possible to keep people in their ecosystems.
When I need to explain to other so-called seniors how to revert changes to a file with git checkout and they recoil in terror in using the command line, then yes - I believe they are actually getting dumber.
Your mentioning of AWS devops reminded me of a story my dad, a mechanical engineer, told me. He travels a lot and works with engineers all over the world. He was talking to me about how the new "wave" of engineers (mainly in Canada and America) that he works with there is a a complete lack of people that know how to do things like manually calibrating various parts by hand.
He's had to completely rethink how they approach their industrial designs and build machines and transition to much more electronic based things with fewer moving parts, and build things they can just adjust with computers and point-and-click GUIs, because people just don't know how these old things work from a physical reality perspective. My dad was very distraught by the caliber of engineers he's seeing in the "next generation".
But that's not the only thing.
In Canada, our aging population of tradespeople are retiring in droves and we have a dearth of younger people to replace them. It's so bad, that in my province they've completely redesigned the Grade 11-12 highschool curriculum to have "fast track" paths into trades where 80% of their time is spent in coop/apprenticeship (good thing!). We have a housing crisis and we have nobody that actually knows how to build houses in our country while the federal government imports 1 million people per year with nowhere for them to live. Most kids these days just want to be "influencers".
Spelling and grammar in young people is absolutely atrocious because they are totally dependent on autocorrect; and they can't type using physical keyboards because they only ever used a touchscreen keyboard on phones and tablets.
It's not just programming being destroyed by copilots. It's an overall dumbing down of our entire civilization.
engaging with hobbies with your kids, which can also teach them useful skills, is one way
when I was a kid, when my dad was repairing the house or car I was always "holding the flashlight" or he would actually teach me to use power tools and do the repairs myself while guiding me along.
i was also tempted to just go the debian route - but the free Ubuntu Pro subscription for personal use with 12 years of bug/security updates (and ultimately, peace of mind) was what won me over - I hate reinstalling or upgrading my OS so over a decade of not changing anything is really appealing to me.
i've been playing my steam games with Proton so far and it's been solid
had a few small bumps getting everything I need configured and running the way I need it, but now that I have everything the way I like it it's damn near perfect
> Green Party leader Justin Trudeau was ejected from Canada's House of Commons after fiery exchanges with Prime Minister Jagmeet Singh. Mr Trudeau's removal came after he refused to apologise for calling Mr Singh a "wacko" and "extremist" during a question period.
And your service game up with
Green => Liberal;
was => was not;
fiery => factuality;
Prime Minister => NDP Leader;
"Mr Trudeau's removal came after he refused to apologise for calling Mr Singh a "wacko" and "extremist" during a question period." => did not occur as described;
What really happened was:
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre was ejected from Canada's House of Commons after fiery exchanges with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mr. Poilievre's removal came after he refused to apologise for calling Mr. Trudeau a 'wacko' and 'extermist' during question period.
Considering this happened yesterday, this is pretty impressive. Great work.
It's not a perfect analogy, but it's still corporate interests trying to entrench their position to prevent disruption by less politically powerful players.
mmmmmmm regulatory capture, wouldn't be america without it - nothing says freedom and open markets like sawing off the rungs from the bottom of the ladder after you've already climbed to the top
I got locked out my apple account the other day while trying to login to webmail - thankfully I was able to just unlock it again by reseting my password using my iphone. Kinda terrifying.