Crash Team Racing would like to have a word.

I’ve got one of the original models. I just have it set up with the TRMNL cloud version at the moment and it’s pretty cool, but there is a setup where you can run a HA add-on to mirror a dashboard to the screen. I would miss my imprecise literature clock though…

I use it and find it really good. I have it running in a Docker container on my media server rather than a HomeAssistant add-on.

The interface is a bit clunky, but that’s my only real complaint. There are some third party apps available that ease the pain of this a bit - I use Ensemble on Android.

The main strength is the ease with which you can add multiple different sources and have them work side by side. I do get some duplication, but that’s usually because the Spotify version of an album is the deluxe or something along those lines.

HomeAssistant integration is great. You can easily automate playing tracks/albums/playlists - I have a wireless button under the kitchen table that triggers my choice of playlist on a double press and my wife’s on a single press.

Sendspin is fantastic - it’s practically effortless to have multiple players with different protocols playing in sync. Really looking forward to this protocol developing more, since the unfinished version is so good!

Yep, single most important difference in my view and the reason I pay an Office subscription.

Out of interest, when’s the last time you tried? So many games now seem to have Linux compatibility because of Valve’s push for the Steam Deck (and Machine). I’m in the same boat as you though, still haven’t taken the plunge.

Yes, and I think it serves as a microcosm of a lot of recurring ideas and themes that crop up again and again in the rest of the series.

Actually, they seem to be launching into a new phase of compatibility, with a version 2 component set being discussed on their website that has much broader capabilities.

For me it was the wire trap.

Yep, you said forcing it “everywhere”, not forcing it on you, which I think is completely appropriate.

And then suddenly ceased to exist.

I’d also recommend The Talos Principle and The Turing Test for similar itch scratches.

My favourite is In Which Children Suffer .

The Man in the High Castle has a pretty good take on this.

It was our grain that they were taking. The potatoes were attacked by fungus.

Ireland isn’t bad from a basic survival perspective - massive food surplus and plenty of water - but if we wanted to maintain current living standards, I think we would fall down on power as it stands currently. Plenty of natural wind and tidal power resources that are underutilised.

If you remember the “glory days” pre ubiquitous constant internet connections, you had to enter a big long code when installing any software. I think the principle is that the license key is some sort of decryption key that unlocks a core part of the software which would otherwise prevent it running.

I wonder how many obstacles there are to running the CD ROM that OP got? (Apart from my obvious one of not having a cd drive!)

How much of a learning curve is there with it? Is it actually feasible to type with?

A Softer World is defunct now, unfortunately, so all their comics would have predated the LLM apocalypse we find ourselves in.

That’s funny, I’m doing the exact same thing. Got credits on BP and then started into CO. I don’t think I’ll go for the full puzzle experience with BP, I’ve had my fill.