Knowing that maybe I brightened someone’s day on the internet :)

Damn. I usually got around that by having people send things to me to fix at my workbench, and then I mail them back.

“Sometimes, I dream about cheese…”

I plan on getting TF2ENGR on mine some day

Thing is, at the scale that a home server is likely to be providing, you don’t really need an upgrade at all for any of the components except storage and maybe a 2.5gig ethernet card depending on services available.

Also, like the other commenter said: SSDs. SATA ones (unless you have free PCIE lanes then use an m.sata adapter board).

For a personal server, just buy a liquidated office/business workstation and add storage as needed. Probably will still be cheap since the win10 EOL has led a bunch of those machines onto auction sites.

From “EV conversion kits” to “offline conversion kits”.

Depends on what state you’re in, but yeah. Sometimes stuff like GTA might as well be a documentary for how people react here XD

You can using the steam beta builds feature. I believe it’s the earliest one.

5 eyes originally, 14 eyes effectively through bilateral agreements.

Relevant Wikipedia section of the 5 eyes article

They’re probably operating out of a country where they are legally untouchable for copyright infringement. Or for that matter, just not in a 14 eyes country.

Tbf the only broken multiplayer is on the opt in unstable branch. It’s not like b41 mp vanished.

…and multiplayer, overhauled animations, 3d models, new textures, and mods galore :)

Harder to centralize control over the user. That’s the big reason, I’d imagine.

My comment was referring to the fact that it is difficult if not impossible for governments to restrict a civilian’s access to effective lethal weapons. Legally, a government does maintain a monopoly on violence, and they can attempt to continue restricting the civilian’s access, but the continued development of technology is eroding the barrier of entry for effective weapons.

I understand it’s not a department or office lol, what I’m saying is any average joe now has the ability to download a single file off the internet and assemble a functional, reliable firearm with no prior experience. Or manufacture effective fragmentation IEDs. Or 3D print a lethal drone that can be controlled with a phone or a portable game console. With those developments, no population can be fully or effectively disarmed - so governments must accept that the population can be armed regardless of their wishes, and can disrupt the monopoly at any time.

“Sir, the 17 pounder won’t fit!”

“Put it in sideways.”

“The radio won’t fit!”

“Cut a hole in the back and have it stick out the back.”

“The engine’s no good!”

“Grab 5 car engines and stick them in together.”

Portmanteau of “True” and “Escape”.

Because online spaces allow us to Truly Escape reality :)

“This was a Triumph.”

“I’m making a note here, huge success.”

Unlikely? There are 3rd party websites that allow liquidation, but that’s all outside of Valve’s sites. The closest you can get to liquidation officially is buying Valve hardware like a Steam Deck with your store credit, but they don’t ship steam hardware to russia.

Social Darwinism mindset becomes endemic? That’s not exactly a bright future…