https://youtu.be/OoVV1WThyZ8?si=LT84Gqg9RBAK5m7n just parry it!

It is really rough starting without any pointers, since the game does kind of expect you to have a wiki open (imo). You can talk to the guide repeatedly (granted he isn't dead) and he gives you some of the picture, but not the full picture.

Usually I build houses (check wiki page for details on this since the guide does not explain it well)

-> go caving to get a few heart crystals and silver/gold armor (usually caves are accessible from the surface, break the pots too for money)

-> visit corruption/crimson to bomb 2 demon orbs/heart thingies, then gtfo

-> visit jungle for some better gear (including an ivy whip) (you may die, so put your money in a piggy bank!)

-> build boss arena (just a line or 2 of platforms with a few campfires and sunflowers works wonders) and summon him (or wait for a "you feel an evil presence" night)

-> after that, you have a pretty good basis to explore the different weapon/armor build options, go deeper in the ground, try some different events, find new accessories, etc.

Terraria is all about exploring and the main progression is tied to bosses that may need a specific place to be spawned, or are tied to some other condition. The guide does update his dialogue as time goes on, so you can keep talking to him to figure out what is next slowly. The wiki can point you in the direction of the next armor set to build, or the next accessory/weapon to try to get for your chosen archetype (which is pretty flexible, you are totally free to mix and match your weapons-- like using a summoner weapon on a melee character). And the wiki can tell you about what boss or event you should prompt next. Enjoy!

Afaik, it is just pre customized to be usable for windows users. Goal is no terminal required for the average user that just needs a browser and maybe does basic unmodded gaming. Good for parents and siblings who are getting fed up with windows.

The paid bits are extra support, more preconfigured layouts and some apps that people new to linux may not realize exist (for stuff like school IT systems changing to linux, or a vfx company changing away from windows b/c they are worried about ai stealing their art).

Sleepy princess in the demon castle is mine!

Make sure you check the website that people link before downloading stuff--

Zen is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

It is not on mobile, so you might want to try some of the others listed in the thread

In my experience, loading up the steam wallet with the money beforehand helped my controller order go through immediately. It will be an absolute pain to add that much to the steam wallet for such a big purchase though.

From what I am gathering, the main issue is with the payment processor handling the volume of orders. If you can sidestep that by having the funds already, then you might have better chances

Also if it isn't sold anymore, my go-to website for games is myabandonware.com It tends to have descriptions of the compatibility with modern systems, and for hit and run it has the modding tools linked. For other stuff it has the patches you need to run it, usually

It isn't quite the same, but marking viewed posts as read and automatically hiding viewed posts seems to do the trick for me

Not that it absolves them of their bullshit, but you can set their router to bridge mode and use your own. It still removes the bandwidth limit.

It is a PITA to set up bridging though, thanks to their fuckery with the software. Fuck comcast

I personally had some trouble wrapping my head around distrobox while using bazzite and trying to install coding dependencies, but I've been having a great time gaming and programming on Nobara! The nice thing with Bazzite is the integrated distrobox which lets you run something under any linux OS (and even windows, I think?), and should theoretically be good for coding, so if you spend more time than me you should be able to program just fine. Maybe VSCode with remote ssh addon or something.

This is very interesting in that it also collects water. I have been following a scientist's series as he has been researching infrared cooling paint that has gotten similar, if not better results in terms of cooling: https://youtu.be/KDRnEm-B3AI, along with hydrophobic coatings for other purposes.

It is a great idea to combine those two things and look into how much water a fully painted roof can provide though, so I'll look into passing this paper along to him.

Just saw this today! https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps. It runs a full vm but integrates it natively as far as I understand, but it can run w/e with a bit of performance loss.

If you are in America, you can get a passport card!

The card is for U.S. citizens who travel by land and sea from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and some Caribbean countries.

The link also mentions you can use it in place of other id cards in domestic flights, but I've heard some TSA agents don't believe it exists.

Certainly not as useful as a full blown passport, but it is a thing. I am hoping it gets more usage over time.

Just dropping this here: https://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma/

I had the hardest time getting used to the dev stuff with bazzite, do you just use distrobox for installing foss apps and then rpm-ostree for dev dependencies? I heard you can use rpm from inside distrobox (or apt, pacman, etc depending on the container) but wasn't ever sure how to expose that installed executable outside of distrobox

I had this problem the first time using it, but once I learned about how to use homebrew with it (included by default now, by the way!) and distrobox with universal installer, I got a lot more comfortable with it!

Just wanted to mention since you love apt, take a look at nala!

I'll dm you the link! Not sure if there are any rules against sharing links in this comm.

Looking at it with the perspective that low effort gacha games and gambling drivel makes for tens of billions sales, it makes sense why investors see this as disappointing. I agree with you wholeheartedly, though. Be it 10 million or 10 billion in profits, it is crazy to see either of those as a "failure." This whole era of business suits driving game development is insane

Have y'all taken any trips there? Honestly just living out of an airbnb, taking the chance to go to the grocery store and cook at home a few times, (like you are "living that life" in the smallest sense) and taking day trips with the trains is what eased my family's fears.

Arriving in a beautiful airport, walking downstairs to the train station, learning that the paper train tickets can be tapped to let you in (and later just the credit card), then being at our bnb in like half an hour without stepping foot in a car was so magical to us. Then we stopped by the grocery store (surprised at there being 2 within a 5 min walk), and we noticed that the prices of everything was a fraction of what we normally pay, but also tastier and healthier. Then compounded over the next few days with day trips to other cities, seeing actual historic places (unlike the US, at least the west), and seeing that everywhere just has... a better quality of life-- Strictly speaking from locality to parks, grocers, cafes, and the very low risk freedom of movement without a car.

It also helps that their english literacy rate is equal or better than the US... I'm learning dutch so I can assimilate better when I move, and you'd probably need to know it for many jobs, but luckily it isn't too difficult to learn. Hardest part is finding resources imo, but the discord for learning dutch has weekly practice sessions.