Sure, Jan.

I’ve dumped FF for Zen and Waterfox.

Zen’s only downside is that it can’t play some DRM media like some sports websites. Waterfox can, so I use it for that.

I wonder if Waterfox allows this. It’s MOSTLY Firefox but without going down the AI trash route.

My Windows 10 PC’s only function at this point is to play FFXIV in my living room, so I’m not super worried about viruses or anything.

But maybe eventually I’ll switch to Linux on that box and do that weird set-up to get FFXIV running there.

Yep, 100%.

I have arrow keys, Home/End/etc., function keys, and a 10-key set up on different layers.

I use a Lily58 for work, and it’s excellent. Obviously mine looks much different than the ones on this product page, but it’s this layout.

https://keebd.com/en-us/products/lily58-pro-keyboard-kit

I think last night I hit HR38 or so, so I have played it about 40 hours.

And I will start by saying this my first Monster Hunter. I have zero old baggage or knowledge coming in (other than trying Rise for maybe an hour because it was free on PSN+ and that not clicking at all).

Performance: I fortunately have a 120hz VRR OLED, so the 40fps mode on my PS5 is pretty solid. It feels good. No, I will not be taking questions from PC zealots at this time - though I do feel bad for you guys that it sounds like there are some issues there they need to resolve. On console it’s pretty solid.

The game: I’m really enjoying it. Like I said, I don’t have any prior experience really coming in, so it’s all new to me. And after what felt like climbing a sheer cliffside of learning curve to understand how to just play the game, I’m vibing with most all of it now. It was really hard to adjust my brain to think that Square is NOT the attack button, but rather Circle and Triangle. But once that clicked finally, I’m Charge Blading and Bug Lancing all over the place. It’s fun.

I’ve read some complaints here and there about the wound system, but I like it. I like doing cool moves in the middle of a fight for big damage.

The worst part of the game is playing with others. Once you get it working it’s fun to play with friends. But just getting to that point is awful. I’m reminded of that meme of the three dragon heads where the two, serious ones on the left are the graphics and gameplay, and the derpy one on the right is multiplayer. I shouldn’t have to look up online how to do what I’d assume is a simple thing: play with my friends. No one knows what a lobby is versus a link party versus an environment link party versus a squad…It’s all too much shit up front to learn and untangle. It took my brothers and I about an hour to set up a game the first time we tried. It’s madness.

But overall, I’m still enjoying this game. I don’t care that it’s “easier” like I hear from some people. It’s fun. My sword and shield turns into a chainsaw. I’m having a good time.

Those eggs are still cheaper than the ones today.

As I understand it, these changes don’t affect browsers that use FF as a base, so Zen Browser might not be affected.

I’ve been trying it out this week, and it’s good. And can still use all the FF extensions.

https://zen-browser.app/

Now that it has been three years, while I’d like to have one, I feel like I’ll just wait until whatever the next version is - even if that means waiting another year or so.

I don’t need one, particularly, and I don’t want to be caught at the tail end of this hardware.

I hate this dumbshit as much as trump, but we shouldn’t be sharing fake twitter posts. It doesn’t help anything.

My 1070 still plays Final Fantasy XIV just fine, so I think I keep my $3,400, thanks.

This reminds me that someone set up a donation link via actblue where donations via that link come with the message that she and her campaign should set up their own mastodon server.

They are up to $40,000 as I type this.

So if you were thinking of donating anyway, you can go through here to point that money to a “cause” you want her to consider. May not happen, but at least we might get it on their radar.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

The originator of this started with this Masto post:

https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/112831902073897712