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• Post #4067236

  The way it should work is that during the OS install the OS can ask to have a cert added to the keystore at which point UEFI pops up a screen that says something like: An application has requested to add a new certificate to secure boot which will allow new software to run at boot up. This usually happens when installing or updating an OS. If you would like to allow this press and hold on the keyboard for 5 seconds. If you don’t want to allow this press and hold escape for 3 seconds. This...

• Post #3244526

  Multiple companies have tried to become the de facto games store and every last one of them has failed not because Steam uses its dominant position to crush them, but because not a single one of them has been willing to invest in the features, capabilities, and pro consumer policies that Steam has. Every single one of them thought that doing the bare minimum and then throwing cash at ads and publishers would be the path to victory. It wasn’t. Yeah, Steam may be effectively a monopoly, but it’s b...

• Post #34700

  I’m convinced at this point they’re letting the vibe coders write the OS updates. It’s the only reasonable explanation for how they keep breaking core OS functionality that shouldn’t even be getting updates.

• Post #31173

  My power company recently contacted me with an “exciting offer” where instead of billing me based on my energy usage they’d just bill me based on what my average usage was previously. I politely declined. I think I’ll keep paying based on something measurable instead of vibe based billing.