Dave

all purchased games are tied to the account

This isn’t exactly hidden detail. I do wish you could sell/transfer a game license though.

However it’s not quite clear to me how to go about finding that out and how to do it for each game.

Nothing special. Install the game. When you’re offline, play it. Of course things like multiplayer won’t work, or games that require you to be online like an MMO, but that’s about it. The online and offline experience are identical.

#2 Support sucks. It’s automated as hell far as I’ve experienced. Nobody human to speak with.

What do you need support for that isn’t documented, out of curiosity? I’ve been on Steam for 20 years and have never needed to contact support.

it’s a Monopoly.

It’s the biggest, but it’s not a monopoly.

Privacy issues. Mainly, no access to full friends list chat logs. Surely Steam has full access. Why withhold it?

Why would you assume that Steam has access? Chats are auto-deleted after 14 days per Steam policy. This has been the case for at least 5 years now.

Walmart

True, but even the worst offenders have exceptions and older games that didn’t yet require it.

That said, thanks for that because I didn’t know you could block a publisher outright.

First thing I look for and any for any game that has one I hit the ignore button.

I wish Steam offered the ability to blanket ignore anything that required a third party launcher.

“The Department of Justice, like it has in Republican and Democrat administrations in the past, is sending election monitors to places where there have been problems with the integrity of elections,” Dhillon later said

[evidence needed]

1. Yes! Here’s how to do that on Windows: https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows/Experience/Backup-Recovery/recovery-drive. Note this only includes system files and a recovery environment and is not a backup of your data.

2. Good question. The recovery point is what is needed to recover your files, and that can be used from within the Windows Recovery environment that the USB will boot. However, you’ll likely need your Bitlocker key to get to them, since your hard drive is encrypted, so make sure you’ve got that backed up somewhere safe (and not on the same computer)! You can also leverage a cloud service like OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud, etc to backup your documents, photos, and such as another safeguard, if the pricing for those services makes sense for you. Here’s more data on System Restore and checkpoints: https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows/Experience/Backup-Recovery/system-restore

3. Most systems boot to the internal drive by default, but you can temporarily boot to something else. You’ll need to look it up for your manufacturer, but it’s pressing a key when the computer is starting up to get a boot menu. Lenovos are F12. Pretty sure Dell and HP are too. Some are F3. Plug the USB in, turn the computer on and hit that key, then pick the USB and voila!

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Microsoft Support has been shit for at least 10 years now.

Now look at 10TB drives.

As a tall person that must now pay extra for the privilege of not having to cut my legs off to fly comfortably, I appreciate having another soldier in the fight.

Fuck that. I’d ask him to stop and then tell the flight attendant immediately if it doesn’t. If he wants a footrest, he’s welcome to purchase a second ticket for the seat in front of him.

Looks like two bodies and I need to reevaluate who I think a true friend is!

I have the Sony WH-1000XM4 headset and I love them. The jump from Gen 4 to newer isn’t huge for my needs, so I haven’t had reason to upgrade them. I say this because you may save some money going with a previous gen depending on your use cases.

I wear them mowing the lawn, on airplanes, trains, even doing the dishes— ANC on them is amazing. Music sounds amazing. The app is easy to use and completely unnecessary if the defaults are fine. Connects to two devices simultaneously. Mic works quite well and sounds good to the other parties. Battery life is excellent. They’re pretty great.

I agree they might be too bulky for working out, especially aerobics. They get a little sweaty when I mow the lawn but I wipe them off right away and let them dry. Still look brand new and on the original cups years later. Definitely worth the money, in my opinion.

Same for me. I want to like earbuds. I get the convenience and form factor advantages in certain situations, and I would like them, but they don’t stay in my ears, ever. Even the old school wired ones of yesteryear never for me. In the end I just accepted it and bought a really nice pair of wireless headphones. But I’m curious what suggestions come out of this discussion.

Bose? Ew!

/s

Tell the kids long stories all about the cool (or not) car they used to be on!

Watch more Craig Ferguson. Genuinely the best late night interviewer ever, in my opinion.

https://youtu.be/12OlAe2Sfes

He won a Peabody Award for this one.

But to answer your question: money. They’re getting paid to.

Wisconsin trying not to get Foxconned again?

Laugh tracks come with the territory for comedies, sadly, and especially those from the 90s when it was probably at its most egregious levels.

As for the show, yes, please keep going. John Lithgow and Jane Curtin are so perfect together, and then throw in French Stewart craziness, Joseph Gordon-Levitt in one of his first big roles, and Wayne Knight, among many other cameos along the way— it’s definitely a must watch.