I just bought a new mac mini.

Now I have to plug it into:

• power
• a monitor
• a keyboard
• a mouse

But I have all of those things on my MacBook Pro.

Is it crazy to think that if I plug a mac mini into a MacBook Pro it should be able to power it, display its video output, and provide its keyboard and its trackpad?

r/boardgames: My collection

I have a version of this up in my games room. It’s funny. But I’ve concluded I did have a problem.

There’s no way I can play even a tenth of the games in my collection. And my friends have lots of games too. I could have a handful of games and never have a shortage of great games to enjoy.

Modern marketing is so potent, I’ve seen so many people spend their fortune on games they’ll likely never have the opportunity to enjoy.

I really enjoyed collecting games. I did so in part to have the option of opening a board game cafe, a dream I got to live out. Now that I’ve been there, and done that, the only point to collecting is to get to play the games, but as I said, I can’t play nearly enough of them to justify the expense or space they occupy. I’ve concluded my collection now actively harms me.

At some point, hopefully in 2026, I’ll be divesting myself of most of it.

Onward.

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