Wym “just as”, those sponsored links for Firefox have been around for a while, haven’t they? I definitely remember turning that setting off a while ago.

Same account options as yours here on mobile, marketing is also off for me.

Thanks for comparing notes!

I have no doubt there is at least one small, enthusiastic group in Tokyo dedicated to building/promoting miniPCs lol. That city has a niche for EVERYTHING that has penetrated Japanese social consciousness.

I don’t even see this option on my account. Old Canadian account, but my phone/Paypal app is EU.

…well that’s just great, I wish someone had told me this before my eyesight was at -6.00

The stuff you put on poutine

It’s delicious. No need to deep fry it 😭

I think the entire province of Quebec just shuddered at that description of cheese curds.

Net cafes are already a thing there, but personal gaming at home has always been dominated by the portable market or consoles, partially because Japanese companies are the ones making 2/3 of them, but also because the majority of the “gaming” demographic are younger people who live in small studio apartments in Tokyo, and would opt to have a TV with cable television and consoles in their living rooms.

With streaming becoming a big thing, at home media centres are slowly shifting to personal laptops (especially during the pandemic). I have maybe seen two actual gaming PC towers when I lived there (because again, you can go to a net cafe/PC bang for that), but a lot of the gamers I knew were slowly shifting to modest gaming laptops for their at home setups.

I think my eyesight getting progressively worse every year is a bigger contributor to the glasses industry than planned obsolescence 😭

Yeah, honestly I tuned it for a bit and was shocked at how shocked I was about the debate being just a normal(ish) political debate.

It’s bothering me how desensitized I’ve become to Trumpian rhetoric in politics, not only in the USA, but globally. Almost a decade of this shit in the public, and a whole new generation of voters who think it’s normal, too. It’s pissing me off.

I should have guessed you’d be a gaming connoisseur and already had played AW1 just based on your daily posts (which I enjoy daily too btw).

But playing Alan Wake 1+DLCs more than twice? Damn, you’re not a lake, you’re an ocean 😭

I have a cat that is not vaccinated for FIV/FeLV because they don’t do that in my country for single, indoor-only cats. The garage was the only space I had where he could be comfortable (don’t worry, it’s a winterized garage with a heated storage room, and that’s where he stayed the night).

Gorgeous screenshots though, I don’t remember this game looking so good

IMO, as someone who played Alan Wake 1 back to back with Alan Wake 2…don’t do it, AW2 as a game feels sooooo much better in every aspect. Unless your tolerance for jank is really high, the difference in the gunplay alone feels like you’re using two different skillsets.

Well…AW2 didn’t completely get rid of the jank, just made it a smoother part of the gameplay lol.

Also the story of 2 is really heavily related to the ending of AW1, you might just spoil yourself for a big part of the mystery.

Yes, thank you so much for your advice the other day!

And funny enough, when the vet asked me for a placeholder name for him, the first thing I thought of was “Todd”. Sorry I stole your cat’s name :')

He has a microchip, but the vet had no luck getting in contact with the owner yet, sadly. They’re hoping to at least find a vaccine record associated with it so they can clear the FIV/FeLV faster.

Just a regular ol’ Pokeball (aka wet treats and an extra thick blanket)

He is absolutely so adorable and friendly! He was purring so loudly that the vet couldn’t get his heartbeat or his lungs. He really just wants a home 😭

I followed your advice to the last detail and 48h later, it worked!

Thank you so much for writing this up, I cannot emphasize how much it helped with my confidence to get this done. You were right about the desperation too. The little guy has a missing bottom fang and a potential injured/broken-and-healing jaw, he can barely chew his food. He just wanted some help 😭

Bonus loaf