No it has not. I am not using it. And if I would, it’d be anonymized and isolated. If you freely use those things, you’re a product. Who still really wonders about those things?

Being called a cheater - while not cheating - is a great comliment I cherished some decades ago when I was competitive 👌🏻😁

Have you ever tried buying a key to save some bucks (because you’re a fucking cheapskate), redeem it…only to get greeted by “you already own this game”?

Then I usually gift the key to my bff. She thinks I’m such a generous nice guy, but sadly I’m just a dumb fuck that buys twice. Too often.

And I have learned nothing from it. Once I even bought the same key AGAIN the next day. I would actually save money buying directly on steam…

ah lick me sideways and call me sally…

No i haven’t…two weeks ago it was at “just” 4000,- here…now it’s double. nvidia and llms: go fuck yourselves.

“Need” is a strong word 😁 Mostly I totally don’t. But running a windows-vm for some stubborn games takes a lot and still leaves plenty e.g.

Shortly before these fucking price hikes I upgraded my servers with 5090s and 256GB each. Plus my gaming rig with 5090 and 128GB.

For the ram alone I could now buy a used compact car and for the 5090s another one.

If this isn’t total madness… And I once thought that 300 moneyz for a 3dfx is “a bit exaggerated”. Haha haha h haha haha.

Yes. I don’t ponder, I know. It’s a choice, not something that somehow happens… Doh!

Nonsense. What we need is less population not even more unhumane stapler-boxes where noone would live if they had the choice. I did my part and didn’t procreate, even though we would have more than enough dough to rationalize such a decision. So, you probably have kids so you added to the problem. More housing won’t solve our problems. BTW, here, in germany, situation is not that bad because a few people build bungalows instead of skyscrapers. It’s even very rare to find if you don’t wanna build.

And yeah I’m selfish in that regard, I can’t stand people, so I don’t want them around me, if avoidable. And still be in a city not some fucking rural desert.

Please, don’t tell me you’d prefer a human shoebox if you could do otherwise. For the sake of other people.

PS: “free land” means larger properties, no neighbors, tiny houses.

It’s not efficient if it’s efficient for me? But only when it’s efficient for ALL people? So, good food isn’t good unless everyone loves it?

And do the Dutch call it HOA or would they have said its dutch name?

If I’d care for that efficiency, I’d propose for gargantuan skyscrapers next to each other. Each apt. 1 square room, 20 per floor.

Efficiency for wifey+me. And considering how immensely fast bungalows sell, not just for us.

Hmmm yummy!

Hmmm…I’d wait for a discount though. Maybe see and touch for 50% off as a combo deal?

In what context? For what and for whom?

As I expressed a personal opinion, it’s obviously for me and my wife. For 2 ppl it’s efficient. Why 2 stories? A cellar is fine for a pool, but we also could do without it…

Here you would find traditional craftsmen though. You just have to pay more, where I also failed to see the benefit. But yes, not easily accessible for sure. Which is sad.

I’m not a murican, why would I care for the HOA 😁 Always this defaultism… And space-efficient for whom? We don’t need a castle, we’re just 2 ppl. A few rooms plus a cellar are totally fine.

Why the heck should I care for that? Instead of more houses, maybe procreate less? Also my places have enough of free land around them, I’m not eating anything up.

While I’d marvel at the architectural diversity, all our houses are bungalows. It’s simply most efficient, one floor is more than enough. Boxes rule! And if you throw a pizza on the roof it’ll just stay :-)

But…but…i don’t want to touch him. Or feed him. Or see him. I already saw him right now…

Errrr…what? Why? Who? But…WHAT?

OK, then you, personally, are kinda safe-ish if you never do personal stuff on your work-machine. Fine. But most apple products are in private hands, not a mandated work-tool people can’t escape.