Which version of Steam did you install? I think that’s a quirky one where the Flatpak version works better in some cases, but check out the native if you’re already running the Flatpak version (there are pros and cons to each).

9070 XT is new enough that driver issues aren’t surprising. Periodically check in for updates drivers, more than you would usually.

I recently played through Cyberpunk without any compatibility layers and it worked flawlessly, and I’ve played Hitman:WoA (I know a different game/version, but closest I had) using only the Proton compatibility. (It runs native, but has some menu issues.)

I bring these up because I was running into similar issues as yours at first when I switched to Linux, and it was all caused by the Steam version I had installed. I switched that, and everything else fell into place.

Best of luck!

In addition to this, non-competative online games generally are safer. Look into the individual games you’re interested in, but something like WoW or FFXIV should still work fine, Last Epoch or PoE2 work.

Stuff like Lethal Company (Platinum) or Rust (Bronze) are more case by case, depending on the anticheat they use, and even then it’s often a matter of whether the developers include support or not.

Space Marine 2 uses an anticheat, but they have support enabled for Linux (though they removed it in one of the patches, before reimplementing it).

(Also a slight pet peeve to OP, it’s “right off the bat”)

I knew it, I’m surrounded by Assholes

Yeah, it’s hard to see the lights at all until you’re up close, but the first color I can see for certain is a red light. It’s obviously horrible design on the part of the city, for angle and placement of the light.

They don’t comment “AI slop” as a shorthand for “I’m so clever, I saw this is AI”.

They comment it as explicit, negative feedback to the poster. Though you can still be annoyed by it.

It doesn’t surprise me for college level students to not know it, but for college students in a math heavy field to not know it. Both in terms of how do they pass an entrance exam for that program, as well as how does someone that is bad in a subject decide that is the career they want?

It isn’t the “quality” of the piece that makes it more valuable, but the intrinsic quality of being the original. An exact, molecularly identical copy might make that messy, in that you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between them, but the true original is still the one with the value.

I was prepared for it to be lib arts or humanities, not engineering

Your numbers are growing! I’ve met one of you in the wild 10 years ago!

I 100% would not pair my phone to a public toilet just to flush it

Korean BBQ places are meant as the experience and the prep of the food beforehand. You don’t just go to one because “I want some lunch”, you go for the social aspect with a group, like going out to a bar vs drinking beer at home.

Now, that isn’t for everyone, and I get that. But it’s different than just a typical restaurante.

I’ve switched over to mostly wireless charging, but have to say I’m not completely convinced of it yet. I switched phones in part because my old phone’s battery started having issues and the charging port became loose. I want to prevent that happening on my new phone for as long as I can, so I’m using wireless charging for the most part.

Though wired charging is still so much faster and more efficient. If I really need a charge, or I’m in a hurry, I plug the phone in to charge. I just try to be in the habit of setting my phone on the charging pad when I get home from work.