AlexanderESmith

I know that there is a large difference between CAD and general 3D modeling, but I've designed all my custom 3D printed parts in Blender and have had zero issues with fitment or scaling.

The authorities should be able to dig through the possessions of massive companies that are fucking up so bad that planes fall out of the sky.

Then it still doesn't matter. If an identified source gives information that isn't verifiable, it's still not actionable.

I don't care who it is, they give the information, then authorities verify it. If it comes up verified, there you go.

That's basically a character on Rick and Morty (except its like a million ants)

I already have it on hand.

You assume "pretty ass" is limited to women, for any given male player...

Obviously subjective, but;

• Smaller hitbox
• Better animations
• Many awesome games where the equally awesome protagonist is female (Metroid, Portal, Hellblade, Tomb raider, Horizon, etc)
• If the story is based on the character, it's often more emotionally intelligent
• Usually more agile, fast, stealthy, and has long-range attacks (magic users, snipers, archers, etc)
• Usually has more of a flourish in attacks, so fancier and more graceful

I'm male, 5'7", 150, athletic build. Definitely male in appearance, but I'm not bulky. To your point about "the character looking as much like you as possible", depending on the game, my frame is more similar to the female than the guy who's neck is bigger than my waist.

I like smash-em-ups just fine, but sometimes I want to approach the mechanics as I would in real life, and that's intentionally, and executed with subtlety. A lot of male-focused paths/stories are forced to be blunt force and loud.

I mean, lack of consensus notwithstanding, the logic tree should be pretty simple;

• Employer demands secure device

  • Employee has one personally and is willing to use it for work

    • Employer allows use of personal device

      • Problem solved

    • Employer isn't comfortable with BYOD, provides a device

      • Employee accepts the new device

        • Problem solved

      • Employee doesn't accept the device, can't do their job, is fired

        • Problem solved

  • Employee either doesn't have one, or refuses to use their own

    • Employer provides one

      • Problem solved

    • Employer refuses to provide one

      • Employee realizes the company sucks, quits

        • Problem solved

      • Employer gets shitty about it, fires the employee, employee sues and easily wins

        • Problem solved

• updated for more scenarios

Reasonable to allow only secure devices for work: Yes

Reasonable to expect the employee to provide such a device: No

Work should only be done on company hardware (including auth). Especially if they're going to be that concerned about security.

There are absolutely online stores that do that, but they're usually gamer-focused, so there's three issues;

Note: I'm taking about laptops, because it's all I've bought for the last decade or more;

• The non-gamer focused stores rarely (if ever) have the option (Lenovo, Dell, Microsoft, etc).

• The gamer focused stores usually sell hardware that runs Linux like shit because the hardware needs extremely specific drivers (which isn't necessarily an issue for Linux, but if it doesn't exist yet, you're either building them yourself, or waiting for someone else to do so).

  • Note: Most Clevo systems - that are private-labeled by the likes if IBuyPower, OriginPC, etc - run Linux really well. Some of these sellers make custom hardware, or sell other private-label systems, so your milage may vary.

• The gamer focused stores are usually patroned by people who are all in on Windows gaming, because they don't do much else with the system, so they don't experience the kinds of annoyances that power users would gripe about (which is why the above point doesn't compel those sellers to do anything different).

  • And before someone corrects me: Gamers are not inherently power users, they just have powerful systems. It used to be that powerful systems were only buildable and maintenable by power users, but that hasn't been true for years. If all you do is install and click "play", you aren't a power user.

As for desktops, I really couldn't say. Haven't been paying attention for years. It's possible that you could buy a system without a hard drive, never mind an OS.

I may be spoiled in that I don't play AAA multiplayer games, but I do play AAA single player and indie single/multiplayer (usually the type where one of the players is also the server, e.g. Terraria).

Been running Linux on my systems for more than a decade, and - especially since Proton/SteamDeck enchantments made their way upstream - I haven't had any major ssues (except having to wait a while to play RDR2-PC in Ubuntu because of a weird game-specific graphics card driver issue, but even that was fixed in due course).

Fuck Windows, and fuck the assertion that it's the only way to run games.