And I imagine Antarctic has some relation to being the antipodean arctic

Well I got aphantasia, so I’ll stick with tv and films thanks

America is a broken country that rewards the rich few and has no empathy for the rest

This is just one symptom of that

My current role gave me an ultra wide and a second monitor mounted vertically

Almost immediately turned off the second monitor, and the ultrawide I maintain my terminal in a more standard widescreen area

I really hate distractions outside my field of view

UK, a few chains tried it here but I imagine it was enough to drive people away so you don’t see it much anymore

I went to the US in 2024 and it was outrageous, every card terminal asked for it

I was under the impression it was just for sit down meals and not stuff like Starbucks or non food related things

I guess the point is that if you don’t have the disc then they can take it away from you

The way I see it is this has enabled companies to upgrade and rerelease games and keep them operational on newer hardware

They don’t know that yet, it’s like 4 months away from release

Would you rather it be sold as a piece of cardboard with a scratch off reveal code?

I have workmates who desperately try and make friends with people at work, I need to socialise with different people outside work

The entry level models have been the best value computers for a while

I had a thread ripper pro at work and it get beaten by a 5 year old m1 Mac mini for most use cases