Privacy and ownership

This is a much appreciated overhaul

I’ve been in a similar situation looking for a NAS setup that would work for me, and with my current limited knowledge. I settled on the HomePiNAS. It’s a custom PCB they make that mounts a CM5, up to 6 drives, 2.5G NIC, and x2 m.2 slots all in a 3D printable case they can ship for you too. Put on Open Media Vault or whatever else you want and it’s good to go. I was interested because it’s not a complicated setup, allows for AI chips to be added or whatever else you want to use, has a 2.5G nic, and is low power.

I used TrackIR back in the day but haven’t touched VR yet. TrackIR was awesome in Wings of Prey. Can’t remember if I played a car racing game with it

Keep swapping the OS (or have different memory cards) and play around with whatever software you come across that peaks your interest.

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I have no experience with this. Just sharing so you have more ideas to think about

I haven’t played anything recently but have been enjoying watching YouTube videos on the creation and history of classic games like Donkey Kong, Roller Coaster Tycoon, and others

Futo gave them a micro-grant this month

I totally agree with you

That looks awesome. Glad to see it’s on GoG

Pokémon Crystal (Polished Crystal ROM hack). It’s amazing. It’s a Vanilla+ experience of Crystal. The most notable thing to me is It’s now 60fps. Then all the QoL improvements but all the changes are within Pokémon lore. It feels like a GBA game now and takes my top spot as favorite Pokémon game

My brother-in-law got a Switch for his kid. They tried to play the “free” classic emulated games but then it stopped him and said he had to create some online account which costs money. That’s some scummy tactics to get you to pay a subscription for a “free” game

We’ll have to see if the general consumer is willing to pay full price. It seems likely as people generally just go along with things. If so then Nintendo will definitely keep prices high

If the price never drops and a “must have exclusive” arrives you would purchase one? Why would you let that change your principle on the matter? It’s just a game, probably overly priced too. Vote with your money. Let Nintendo know that it is too expensive for the average family.

Be prepared for your router to not work until you figure out how to set stuff up. So hopefully this isn’t your only router. I converted a router to OpenWRT and my knowledge of networking was super basic. It was very confusing but I did get it working in a few days. However, I couldn’t get some things working like a VPN or updating without wiping all my settings. OpenWRT is router firmware, not NAS software. You’ll need to run something like CasaOS, OpenMediaVault, TrueNAS, etc for that.

This website is a great starting point for router configurations: https://routersecurity.org/#StartHere

I tried it and it’s awesome. I like it better than Liquid Crystal. It feels way more retro but also modernized at the same time. The 60fps world is a huge improvement

That looks awesome. I might switch over to that version, or at least give it a try

The Pokémon Liquid Crystal ROM hack, a gen 2 remake for GBA

Thank you. That’s incredibly insightful. When I get the cash I’ll setup a PiHole

Fair