I was wondering what Virgin had to do with Sonic… it has their London address under the Sega logo.

“Off course!” (I want to continue in the Battle Square)

Reddit started charging per API access, making all the third-party apps infeasible. I know RedReader managed to get an exemption for being particularly useful with screen readers for the vision-impaired. Reddit’s API changes still apply; NSFW subs now can’t be accessed without logging in, although NSFW posts in SFW subs show fine without log-in.

I consider Linux Mint Debian Edition to be the starter distro that Ubuntu was, >10 years ago.

One-third of that page: Samsung is being really annoying!

The other two-thirds of that page: advertising for Samsung

Humanoid must not escape!

10th enemy has the bomb

They’re explaining how enemy’s loot isn’t totally random. If you kill nine enemies without getting hit and kill the tenth enemy with a bomb, you are guaranteed to receive more bombs from it.

“Wall warts” AKA AC-to-DC adapters do draw a small amount of electricity as long as they are plugged in. Unplug them when not in use.

As for the consoles, capacitors dry out and go bad even when not in use. If you power up the console at least once every few years, it is possible for the caps to “re-form” and stay useful before needing replacement.

Sadly, my previously working PS2 no longer outputs audio or video after being in storage for a few years. I haven’t had time to investigate it further, but I have had several other pieces of quality Japanese electronics go bad after their supercapacitors leaked.