>any valuable laptop is a tracking device anyway.

You say this but I've seen countless videos of Apple stores getting raided by thugs who steal all the devices. We all know those devices will shut down and be inoperable but they don't know and/or care.

I'm sympathetic to the title inflation issue but more on the problem of the "engineer" title, not to mention the "scientist" title.

For example, I work in Data & AI and we have:

- data engineer

- analytics engineer

- data scientist

- AI engineer

What I don't know is what's the alternative?

Data Engineers are basically software developers.

Analytics Engineers were Data Analysts or BI Analysts but the job has changed so much that neither of those titles fit.

My opinion is that basically everyone should just be a "Developer" or "Programmer" and then have the area suffixed:

- Data Engineer → Developer (Data Infrastructure)

- Analytics Engineer → Developer (Analytics)

etc.

Came across this piece from Discord on how they scaled dbt for petabyte-level workloads and a big engineering team. Some interesting ideas around environment isolation, faster compilation, guardrails, and CI/CD patterns that data and analytics engineers might find useful.

Curious, what have they moved on to? Is it better than Fortnite and the other games you've identified?

Steam Deck has a tiny install base.

Switch 2 does not.

I'm mostly a PC gamer but let's be real here.

Though, to be fair, my kids steal my Steam Deck from me more often than I try to get the Switch from them. The family share features of the Switch leave a lot to be desired.

That doesn't change the reality that the Steam Deck is a niche device.

I hope that changes though.

People rarely buy a platform for the platform, they buy the platform to do the thing they want to do. A game is just a genre of software.

It is far, far better to have tons of high quality software available for a platform, than to have an amazing platform, but a limited choice of software.

I tried all of these debloating scripts a couple of years back but nowadays I just stick with LTSC

I would guess that the overlap between people deeply concerned about display response times and those excited to buy a Switch 2 is tiny. Most Switch buyers aren’t chasing cutting-edge codecs, they’re buying it for Splatoon, Zelda, Mario, and Animal Crossing. Nintendo’s audience has always prioritised unique first-party games and portability over hardware specs.

Speaking from experience, I've been thoroughly enjoying the Switch 2. Even if I knew about this information before I bought the console, it would not impact my purchase decision.

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.

Mycenaean's were Greek. Same as the Macedonians, the Athenians, the Spartans, the Corinthians, etc.