The main hurdle is modern anti cheat. Many old games actually work better on Linux because of fans making dedicated tweaks.

In case you haven’t seen it, Tom7 created a delightful exploration of using an LLM to manipulate word counts.

Google removed “Don’t be evil”

Still parading that lie around? It’s easily verified as false. Their code of conduct ends with:

And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!

The Fedora flatpacks are pretty shit, not the overall concept.

They have individual people maintaining over a thousand flatpacks. There’s no time to test anything.

Additionally, if you go to install the real flatpack, Fedora pushes you to use their poorly-maintained unofficial one instead.

Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus - Incredible cast, strange film. Very enjoyable.

Mario AI

One of the things Notch (of Minecraft fame) was known for before MC was a Mario remake that infinitely generated levels and had API hooks for quantifying progress. This was used in AI competitions.

Similarly, one of the old Trackmania games has been modified to output position and track info around the player along with fitness measures, allowing someone to train AIs.

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Your description of Taco Time captures it perfectly. It should be their slogan.

TACO TIME

Not Mexican Food

They are very high on my list of things I miss from Washington.

Adding to this, some of the AIRCARE humidifiers are just a plastic tub, a wick that sits in it, and a lid with a fan. You’d have to break the tub to leak water.

Jesus was born in the spring, not the winter. Christmas is an adaptation of northern winter festivities and they slapped a Christian justification on it.

The Logitech K845 only has a white backlight. It’s a really clean, professional looking mechanical.

Rakuten is up front about it. They force their affiliate links, then pay you part of their cut.

Honey forces their affiliate links in exchange for maybe finding you a discount code.

My wife does. It’s rough in a one-toilet apartment some months.

Fake. I can use the same tree year after year.

Notch worked at King before, so MC is directly related to one of the companies on the list.

Expanse does too, though it isn’t common in that world.

There are various methods, but from a practical standpoint it is gone regardless.

They are trans.

Warhammer or Gears of War?

I can only think of one TPS currently released (another on the way) in the Warhammer series. It’s more known for strategy and tactics games.