I mean we're making parallels here, but somehow I can see a not-so-far dystopian future with such IoT balls.

Does the ball come with a drug test before you can use it with your friends for fun? Because this ball in the article does.

Don't forget that. Previously, if you had money to spare, you could game the system a bit. Now with genAI everybody can easily game the system.

And let the Higher Education Darwin Awards begin! Shame that they'll drag so many students down with them, but apparently some learn only by experience, rather than foresight and putting 2+2 together.

So, these people can't be bothered to make music themselves and can't be bothered to keep it at their own computers. Sounds like Entitlement with capital E, including a very, very false sense of trust on entities outside their little bubble.

Boo hoo.

I'd upvote if I had mod points. Not being able to middle click paste is absolute garbage especially on laptops where middle click is on the same surface as left/right click as you describe.

Wait, not for this one please!

Hahaha I meant if it was console or PC, but yeah pretty good list there :D Go buy a few from GOG and give them a go, worth it. Since you've enjoyed the HoMM games, if you haven't heard, definitely check out fheroes2 and HotA

Out of curiosity, what did you game on as a kid? My escape begins when I run the executable, but it has to be a desktop PC, but laptop is ok. Because that's what I grew up with, and associate escape with.

It's Microsoft, and they're shoving AI to it too - better run for the hills with your GabeCube instead.

I'd rather lay bricks rather than do this nonsense flimsy ritual that makes you hate computers.

Heh, of course it would be...

Blame my vocabulary! Well, new word acquired...

It's Steam Deck, not Stream Deck

If the algorithmic feed is opaque, no thanks, because it's going to be the same old disaster like Twitter, it's just too easy a direction...