Both of those mice have weights you can add or remove to your liking. Maybe you took a few out of the old mouse so it was lighter?

The data brokers can still sell your data, it’s just a lot less useful to the marketing teams or scam artists that are buying it in bulk. For identity thieves, it may become more valuable, at least until word of your death works its way through the system, as there’s no living person to contest the impersonation.

Terry Pratchett wrote, “Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?” but I don’t think he had data brokers in mind when he wrote it in 2004.

Shortesy is a spin off of Letterkenny. Great show, so long as you’re comfortable with some blue comedy.

I’ll take the UK version any day. Robert Llewelyn did a great job as host. Did anyone ever have a successful build using hydraulics?

I don’t understand the appeal of a wireless mouse or keyboard in most situations. You still have it on the desk right next to the computer, it’s not like you’re using it from far away, and now you’ve got to think about keeping the battery charged. Wireless headphones make a bit more sense, because you’re wearing them.

Lt. Kim says, “Everybody gets promoted before OPS.” In addition to Harry never getting promoted on Voyager, Enterprise D / E operations officer Data was a Lieutenant Commander from his first appearance in “Encounter at Farpoint” all the way through his final appearance in “Star Trek Nemesis,” a period of 15 years both in-universe and real world.

Yeah, but it reminded me of the other quote.

I’m curious, what voice to people hear these lines in, the default epic male announcer voice, or the super horny female announcer alternative?

“Join the army, they said.”

“See the world, they said.”

“I’d rather be sailing!”

“Stay awhile and listen.”

A commodore is a one star flag officer. Commodore, rear admiral, vice admiral, admiral.

Counter argument: Geordi’s in a gold admiral’s uniform.

Yakuza maps have never been particularly huge. Even in the most recent game, the new map is maybe on the scale of GTA III or Vice City. Still, they manage to pack 15-20 minigames into each game’s word map, some of which involve driving or riding around the map, plus the inevitable scavenger hunts and hidden collectibles.

Ok, and what do you think the memory managers were written in?

Next up: Skyrim. “Hey, you. You’re finally awake.”

GeForce 256 on my first Windows computer when I went to college. Before that, I was using motherboard graphics on a series of Macs growing up.

Welcome to the world of Monster Hunter.

It’s super annoying, but even though they’re all airing at the same time, Picard, Lower Decks, and Prodigy all take place at slightly different times. At least they’re consistent with TNG stardates, where 41000 is 2364, and each 1000 stardates equals one Earth year, so you can get a year from a captain’s log entry. From Memory Alpha:

Lower Decks: 2380-2382

Prodigy: 2383–2385

Picard: 2399-2341 (Ignoring flashbacks)

I miss the TNG / DS9 / VOY era, when shows airing concurrently all take place at the same time.

Such an upgrade over the previous two. Three whole cities to explore, plus the countryside. They managed to stream the world data from the disc as you moved about, so no more loading screens between islands like III and VC had. This was the first GTA where you could swim, so water was no longer a death trap, and the first to introduce skills, so you could swim further and faster as you got better.