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The issue with the combination of rabbit holes I'm going down is all the damn pis Im gonna end up being lol

I had basically the opposite experience. Probably 90% of my homework assignments required some sort of janky website to function.

In general life? Sure. Students? Absolutely not, at least not once you get to college. Sure you can get away with only using school computer labs, but trying to do homework without a computer is borderline impossible these days. Most online homework sites either outright don't work on mobile or are such a pain in the ass that they may as well not.

I think I generally agree with all that. One good side effect is I think this will be the push that gets Linux a bit more mainstream*. It's pretty easy to sideload Linux onto most Chromebooks, so I think a good chunk of kids that like tinkering with stuff are going to try it out, more so than the past. ChromeOS is a lot more restrictive than windows, so there's a bigger incentive to get around it.

• emphasis on a bit. Frankly I don't think I see a world where Linux has a proper foothold in the mainstream unfortunately.

As much as I don't want to give LTT credit, I think Linus has a point with Chromebooks. Google is playing the long game with them. Students almost exclusively use them these days, and anecdotally, most of them are getting chromebooks and the like for college now that they're getting to that age. That's at least been the case for almost every family member I've had that's started college in the last 5 years.

It's only going to continue as the average Chromebook legitimately is becoming more powerful, and Steam compatibility is improving. You're going to see a whole lot of people who see no need for a PC/mac.

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No shit we are lol

What does that have to do with calling them what they are, a recall.

The fact that anyone who thought buying one of these was a good idea has enough money to do so is proof that we don't live in a meritocracy

It's almost as if a bad thing can get worse!

Funnily enough, taking my glasses off in a dream and still being able to see is how I've realized I was I a dream a couple times. Unfortunately I immediately get way too excited at the prospect and immediately wake up every time haha

I was referring to the usage of masks

I make use of that trick a lot, unfortunately it wasn't a ton of help this time.