I use a mini PC with a wireless keyboard and mouse. There are also remote controls for media PCs if you don't want to use a keyboard and mouse.

Hurricane Electric provides free IPv6 tunnels. They will give you a /48 if you request it. I used them for several years before I got native IPv6. It does require a public IPv4 address, so it won't work with CGNAT.

Now you can just buy a CH341 dongle and clip it onto the BIOS flash chip if you need to unbrick the motherboard. It's easy as long as the motherboard uses an SOIC or DIP flash chip.

Not for what I need. Some of them have an electron program, but that's just chrome bundled with a web app.

It's about time. I hate having to use another browser so I can use a few web apps that need to connect to serial devices.

Just add another digit and watch the entire country break down because they can't find someone to update their 40+ year old software written in COBOL.

You can do almost anything with a website that you could do with an app. The only reason they are pushing the apps so hard is because they can collect a lot more data than a website can.

This is why you don't buy any hardware that requires "the cloud" to function with no option to self host. At least they are giving refunds this time, but that's usually not the case.

Discord keeps getting used for things it shouldn't be used for like tech support. I will be glad when it dies. Don't hide your support behind a platform that can't be searched from the web. It's not a replacement for forums and issue trackers.

Touch screens should not be used for any controls needed to operate a car. You can't use them without taking your eyes off the road.

Why the hell does a vending machine need a facial recognition camera to "activate the purchasing interface"?

There should just be a set of buttons to select what you want and a window so you can see what items are available.

If the content is not stored locally and DRM free, then you don't own it. Don't pay for content that you can't own. 🏴‍☠️