<![CDATA[It's probably a blessing that as a Linux user back in the day, there was no easy way for me to run Eve Online or Everquest or World of Warcraft, as those kinds of games would have destroyed me]]>It's probably a blessing that as a Linux user back in the day, there was no easy way for me to run Eve Online or Everquest or World of Warcraft, as those kinds of games would have destroyed me

I also don't keep Doritos in the house for that reason. I will eat 100% of the Doritos on hand.

Would be nice to imagine being a person with better self control, but I'm not. We don't have as much control over our reward pathways as we think, but sometimes we have control over what our reward pathways are exposed to.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c922e8ed-edeb-4d9a-83db-31581b380549/it-s-probably-a-blessing-that-as-a-linux-user-back-in-the-day-there-was-no-easy-way-for-me-to-run-eve-online-or-everquest-or-world-of-warcraft-as-those-kinds-of-games-would-have-destroyed-meRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:40:51 GMTThu, 07 May 2026 15:21:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It's probably a blessing that as a Linux user back in the day, there was no easy way for me to run Eve Online or Everquest or World of Warcraft, as those kinds of games would have destroyed me on Thu, 07 May 2026 15:34:52 GMT]]>@cwebber I can’t keep cookies in the house. I turn blue, fuzzy, and get googly eyes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/agentultra/statuses/116534024103639263https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/agentultra/statuses/116534024103639263Thu, 07 May 2026 15:34:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's probably a blessing that as a Linux user back in the day, there was no easy way for me to run Eve Online or Everquest or World of Warcraft, as those kinds of games would have destroyed me on Thu, 07 May 2026 15:32:51 GMT]]>@innocentzero @cwebber sure 😤
online, TV, press, offline…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.eus/users/txo_elurmaluta/statuses/116534016147332337https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.eus/users/txo_elurmaluta/statuses/116534016147332337Thu, 07 May 2026 15:32:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's probably a blessing that as a Linux user back in the day, there was no easy way for me to run Eve Online or Everquest or World of Warcraft, as those kinds of games would have destroyed me on Thu, 07 May 2026 15:29:11 GMT]]>@txo_elurmaluta @cwebber not when there's an entire online industry built on top of it and every company wants to harvest more and more of your data

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115969342344200452/statuses/116534001732460458https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115969342344200452/statuses/116534001732460458Thu, 07 May 2026 15:29:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's probably a blessing that as a Linux user back in the day, there was no easy way for me to run Eve Online or Everquest or World of Warcraft, as those kinds of games would have destroyed me on Thu, 07 May 2026 15:26:12 GMT]]>@cwebber maybe a little unrelated but that’s also why advertisment should be way way more regulated 😑

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.eus/users/txo_elurmaluta/statuses/116533990041329658https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.eus/users/txo_elurmaluta/statuses/116533990041329658Thu, 07 May 2026 15:26:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's probably a blessing that as a Linux user back in the day, there was no easy way for me to run Eve Online or Everquest or World of Warcraft, as those kinds of games would have destroyed me on Thu, 07 May 2026 15:23:08 GMT]]>@cwebber ah yes, the good old ice cream reward pathway.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://alvarado.social/users/dave/statuses/116533977955837536https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://alvarado.social/users/dave/statuses/116533977955837536Thu, 07 May 2026 15:23:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's probably a blessing that as a Linux user back in the day, there was no easy way for me to run Eve Online or Everquest or World of Warcraft, as those kinds of games would have destroyed me on Thu, 07 May 2026 15:22:22 GMT]]>Anyway the above post is and is not also about LLMs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/cwebber/statuses/116533974986650958https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/cwebber/statuses/116533974986650958Thu, 07 May 2026 15:22:22 GMT