I thought I just had a stroke. But it is not the first thing that I hear people do when I see a picture like that in a movie and it makes my brain go crazy because of that picture and it is the most accurate representation of what happened in my life that makes me think that it is a real person that has been in the past.

Go to their shows. Buy their merch. That’s where the creators get the most profit.

The vendor will absolutely take that custom code and use it to extract maximum profit from a different customer. I’ve experienced it from both sides of the transaction. Open source at least allows the functionality to be “developed” only once.

It doesn’t even have to be offshore accounts. Just a fat long-term maintenance contract would be enough to hide a lot of corrupt costs.

If you’re not worried about size or aesthetics, you should be able to wire up a replacement with a couple of rechargeable AA batteries or an external power supply.

Edit: there are “CR2032 batter eliminators” on the market, and here’s a diy version: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/24/a-cr2032-battery-eliminator/

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