I've got to start looking into joystick type things so I can suck in Star Wars Squadrons... and maybe finally play a bit of Elite: Dangerous! Reusing my Tweet: https://twitter.com/mythor/status/1277804783219269632 That's a Glorious Keyboard. Modular keyboard you install the switches in yourself, tho...

I don't think I've even used Discord for voice chat? Maybe once or twice. In years.

Such an improvement over the old days of IRC. Just having Discord on my phone is a huge benefit. No more missing messages because my computer was off, hurrah!

5v5 for humans but in some of the battles there'll be an undisclosed number of AI ships in there too, to make it more hectic. It does seem small though, especially when the canon Rogue Squadron had at least 11 members and 12 in the old non-canon EU. I'm assuming there's some kind of balancing act th...

Still tempted, but haven't caved yet. It does look a little lacklustre so far, but ARPGs are usually fun for a while even if they're not amazing.

Maybe when it's a bit more finished.

No reason for it to shut down as far as I'm aware? And yeah, Discord is good!

No, you can just download them from the website.

itch.io has a Bundle For Racial Justice and Equality, with proceeds going to legal defense and bail funds. Contains over 1,600 games at this point. Obviously you won't like all of them, but it's only $5! https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial ... d-equality

(Stuck and unstuck threads as appropriate.) I bought An Power Tool. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91xviDaxUsL._AC_SL1500_.jpg To sand my verandah railings down for repainting. It's horrible to use and very noisy. But the bits I've finished so far look nice so I'll keep chipping aw...

There might also be an electronics recycling place near you that will take it and do something useful with it, worth checking rather than just adding it to landfill. Just thoroughly wipe or pull the hard drive before donating.

Oh, Screenrant... >_>

Two episodes of the show are up now and I'm enjoying it so far. Story seems quite different to the movie, from what I can remember. Also don't think the movie train was 1,000 carriages long.

The tv series version of Snowpiercer is finally on Australian Netflix tonight so I am keen to forget most of what happened in the movie version and be surprised all over again!

Still amused we're getting the Snyder cut of Justice League. It's rumoured to be nearly 4 hours long, which would be HILARIOUS if true!

Next two freebies on Epic should be Borderlands Handsome Jack Collection, then ARK: Survival Evolved. At least that was the rumour that first predicted Civ6. There's a free game on Steam at the moment too, Aegis Defenders. Some kind of 2d side scrolling tower defense-like thing? https://store.steamp...

That's actually Civ 6 for free, not 4, in case anyone was disappointed.

Breakpoint is $29.68 while Wildlands is $37.47, which is hilaaaarious.
By the sound of it the sniping is even worse in Breakpoint which would really kill it for me. But $15 is preeeeeeeeeetty cheap.

If you have a bunch of spare time or want something to do while watching TV you could always pull the HDDs apart. Can get some very strong magnets out of them, and be really extra sure the platters are TRASHED while you're at it.

She's closer to the right age for Moxxie.

Woo! Vikings!

Though I bet the sailing is still somehow inferior to Black Flag.

Do you have Menulog in your area? I find some things are on there but not Uber Eats for whatever reason. It might not be too late for Grill'd!

Yes, I doubt they'd have an easy time of it, if they could even come up with a compelling reason to go snooping. But if the contract had been given to an Australian company... :-/

They're storing the data in the Amazon cloud. Which means US law enforcement will be able to access it with a warrant. So their promises about nobody else having access are a lie from the start. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-24/amazon-to-provide-cloud-services-for-coronavirus-tracing-app/12176...

That's disgraceful. Hope Disney go after them for it.

Went to Coles on a whim after doing my exercise/bottle recycling and THEY HAD TOILET PAPER! It's a week after Easter miracle!

[Edit: Should note, I also picked up some fresh food. Didn't just go to browse!]

No. Partly due to not trusting the Government to use the data they collect in a responsible fashion, but also because that data will be vulnerable to hackers. It's fairly unlikely to collect any data I particularly care about sharing, but I don't trust the Government's definition of essential data, ...

Don't fake symptoms, you can be arrested for inciting panic. Just take the necessary precautions (wash your hands, don't touch your face) and insist everyone maintain physical distancing and it'll probably be fine. The main danger is from people who aren't doing those things.