Bless those subbers. I love those walls of text.

For me personally, VR is the last thing holding me back. Hopefully that changes soon though. My laptop has already been Windows-free for a while.

Yeah, it makes me think back to the CD days. I think just having a Windows install CD already premade for you made the process at least semi approachable.

Last month when I was installing an OS (it was proxmox, not exactly beginner friendly, I know) the first boot disk creator I used “worked” but ended up failing in the install. The second one worked though.

All in all, creating your own install disk is nice and flexible, but it really is a barrier for the average user.

The McDonald’s ice cream machines have a similar vibe, but that doesn’t seem to be as smartly/evilly executed as these trains. Remote kill switches are insane.

Is there a go-to source for diy product and instructions? I’m interested in doing this in the near future.

I have no idea what’s said in the article due it’s bs subscribe wall.

If you are actually interested in the topic, you can check out RepRap. The most popular of which I’m sure you’ve heard of are the various Prusas, which are popular because it’s also sold prebuilt.

I’ve always wanted to build the FoldaRap due to how small it becomes when you fold it down.

What’s the point of talking about consent in a TOS that you have to “Accept and Agree” to in order to use the service. Odds are that that’s enough consent for them.

Not to mention most people and their grandma have standalone Alexa or Google devices always listening.