Im not a psychiatrist.

But the things you’ve described here don’t sound normal. There’s a range of strength of most illnesses, so it’s possible you have it but not the strongest form of it.

The first time an app does it I delete it. If I really need it that bad I can just redownload it when I actually need it.

It’s more than just the header information. The graphics and audio checksum can give away details of what your device is, even if those details don’t match what header information you are sending. That mismatch is itself information they can use.

First of all, a university having a police force is already crazy.

You’ve already said the university having its own police force isn’t what you are really concerned with.

but dealing with protesters with grenade launchers?

So here’s the part where you keep straw-manning. I’ve agreed with you on this point several times. Tear gas is excessive. I find it hard to come up with a scenario where tear gas isn’t excessive. There should be limits on the amount of force police can use.

Ah, so the problem you see is the university having its own police department.

I definitely do think it’s a bit weird that the university has its own police. That’s not uncommon for universities in the United States. I’ll be honest that I don’t fully know the history behind it.

I just don’t think it’s unreasonable to use force to stop things from actively being destroyed.

Do they have “protests” where they go smash any business in the surrounding area that’s a franchise of a recognizable brand? When it started as a protest about a politician?

In general the Steam Deck is not the kind of device that is going to run things at max settings. You are gonna play at 720p30FPS low settings but be happy you can play at all on a train or airplane. It’s really meant to be a competitor to the Nintendo Switch than a replacement for a gaming PC.

You can stream from your PC to your couch or bed if you are at home.

The tear gas is definitely excessive, but the right amount of “weapons” to buy is not 0.

DLSS doesn’t work that well. I’m not looking forward to AI replacing artist’s work.

What people in this thread are missing or ignoring:

• The University of California is known for being a place for political protests
• These protests do not always stay peaceful
• These protests are not always primarily student-run or consisting of students

All combinations have happened. Peaceful student-run protests with overreactive police. Violent non-student protests with police doing their job to control things. And everything in between.

It does happen today though. The price for things on Amazon is unique to you and constantly changes.

To add to this.

Here’s a website to help you check your own trackability:

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org

It can also help give you advice on how to improve your privacy.

Things that help: (tldr use adblockers but otherwise it’s really about blending into the crowd)

• using a browser that respects privacy (e.g. not Chrome)
• using a “popular” browser (using something weird can help narrow it down to you because not many people are using that)
• (Firefox is a good browser choice. Safari is fine, Edge is probably ok. Avoid Chrome).
• using an ad blocker
• using a VPN can sometimes help but can also sometimes hurt because, again, it helps narrow you down.
• using a popular device can make it harder to track

Hard to track: uses Firefox with uBlock origin. Maybe using a popular VPN. Uses an iPhone or a popular model of Android like the Pixel (although Google owning Android/Pixel might mean they get your data anyway…)

Actually very easy to track: uses a niche Chromium-based browser you got from GitHub with niche GitHub project as blockers and a little/known VPN. Uses a niche brand of smartphone with a niche non-Android based OS on it.

And it’s not just things you search on Google. Anything you type into any website that has an interest in your data or has a deal with a company that’s interested in your data. Anything you post publicly on the internet. Anything you say near any Google or Facebook software that is microphone enabled. Anything you type into messenging software run by those companies (especially if there’s no pretense of encryption, like Discord or Facebook Messenger).

And anything they collect from friends and family that might be related to you.

They don’t need to recommend you the shows you already know about. They want to recommend you things you haven’t heard about in the hopes that you will find something new that you like so that show will keep you paying once the ones you already are watching are done.

It’s a simple story about a guy trying to build a fire.

The “Shortcuts” app for iPhone. Not sure what the Android equivalent is.

MOBA but 3D. You can’t choose your role and have to choose 3 characters and get randomly assigned one. The game will sometimes assign you a support character and a solo lane.

From my experience most sites that support YubiKey support multiple YubiKeys already

The attacker would need physical possession of the YubiKey, Security Key, or YubiHSM, knowledge of the accounts they want to target and specialized equipment to perform the necessary attack. Depending on the use case, the attacker may also require additional knowledge including username, PIN, account password, or authentication key.

Yeah that’s not a dealbreaker IMO