For me, I’ve kind of figured out that I love the idea of the game more than the game itself. I played for the first time when the reviews for NMS first started becoming more positive.

On one level I kind of enjoyed it but not enough to keep me coming back regularly. Theres just too much to know when it comes to the knowledge base of the game. Felt like I was spending more time searching how to do everything rather than just playing the game.

If you’re from the US and you think it’s better, then let me remind you that it’s not:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/07/juvenille-judges-cash-detention-centre

And if you think that’s too long ago, then maybe you’re not aware that AI surveillance tech is currently being used to monitor students in thousands of schools across the US. According to the AP, over 65% of alerts from the software are false alarms yet they still result in students being arrested and spending time in jail all because AI can’t understand the context of jokes.

https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/best-of-the-week/honorable-mention/2025/students-have-been-called-to-the-office-and-even-arrested-for-ai-surveillance-false-alarms/

So a few years ago, if you made fun of your vice principal online, a corrupt judge would throw you in juvenile detention and in 2025, if you crack some jokes with your friends online, AI sends the goon squad to arrest you.

So much freedom…

I guess if you’re a student in the US these days you need to have a dark sense of humor since you never know if your school will be the site of the next mass shooting.

For any sweet pierogi, sprinkle some sugar on top of the sour cream or mix it up properly if you want to be fancy. So damn good.

I’ve never read an answer from an attorney specializing in GDPR, but I’ve been seeing this for years. It’s very popular in Germany and seems to have spread to the rest of the EU.

I assume it’s catching on more recently because I’ve started to see people asking about it online more frequently.

In my layman’s understanding, it’s compliant with the law because they still provide a way to opt out of cookies and no one is entitled to read their articles for free.

So the choice is pay or allow tracking.

Tbh, you can easily just open the link in an incognito window, or if you’re paranoid, an incognito/private window of a browser you never use. Then once you close the window, their cookies get wiped anyway.

Google VPN is/was only available in select countries.

https://support.google.com/googleone/answer/7582172

There are 2 lists of countries applicable here. The list of countries where the VPN is included with a Google One subscription and the list where you could use the VPN while traveling.

You’ll notice that countries known for internet censorship are missing from both lists, so using it for that purpose wouldn’t work at all.