CobyCat

I had a fairly rough time at school, so the holidays were the highlight of my childhood.

We’d go to this holiday village once or twice per year, which had this central building that was themed in a very maximalist way, with lots of little nooks and crannies to discover. It felt like an adventure. I’d laze around in the big swimming pool all day, or pretend like I’m a pirate in this big pirate ship prop they had. It still exists, but I’m a bit afraid that it won’t live up to my childhood memories of it.

During the my family and grandparents would go to this kinda run-down recreational domain around a lake. Swim all morning, then eat something in the shoddy cafeteria. They put red cabbage in all their sandwiches for some reason! I’d give a fortune to experience that again, but alas, my grandparents are long gone and the domain’s been turned into an upscale glamping spot (where you can’t even swim).

Of the things I have re-experienced as an adult, building some LEGO sets has been great to do again. And I’m also getting to experience things I wanted to do as a kid but never had the opportunity for.

The article says:

When I listen to my interview audio, I find an additional hint from Griffais: “We intend for it to be positioned closer to the entry level of the PC space, but to be very competitive with a PC you could build yourself from parts.”

Poking around the web, I find I could probably assemble a computer with this performance for $800, not including labor. But it could easily consume half the room under my TV. A compact system with a similar GPU can cost $1,000 without storage, memory, operating system, or a gamepad.

Which makes it reasonable to assume it’s gonna be at least within that price range. And that is personally way too much for me.

I hope this succeeds, but personally I’d rather have a less powerful machine at a more affordable price point.

I’m from Belgium.

I suppose Technotronic’s Pump Up the Jam is now more well-known again as a running joke in Philomene Cunk’s show. In a similar vein, there’s The Immortals’ Techno Syndrome, better known as “Mortal Kombat”. But these are both English, of course.

As for songs in our local languages, on the Dutch side Gorki’s Mia always ranks highly (but I’m not sure how much you get from it without understanding the lyrics) while Laïs’ rendition of 't Smidje has some weird international appeal. On the French side there’s several strong hits like the entire discography of Stromae, Plastic Betrand’s Ça Plane Pour Moi, or Eurovision-winning Sandra Kim’s J’aime La Vie.

In order of preference:

1. Immortality
2. Shapeshifting
3. The ability to look at something and immediately know what it is and what it’s worth (would make flea market and thrift store visits a lot more efficient)