Check them out again around Black Friday! If you’re ok paying annually they usually have some pretty deep discounts then.

My first year was on a Black Friday discount and I got their high end plan (usually $45 a month) for $225 for the whole year (made it cheaper than the low end plan)! It renews at like $450 but that’s still so much cheaper than other carriers in the long term.

Sounds like you have multiple lines on TMo. Visible is a 1 line per account setup but with inner circle you can pay them all together and get another $5 a month off.

The ATT reps at Costco HATE me because they can’t offer a good enough deal to switch 😂

I’ve been very happy with Visible. They’re owned by Verizon and in the long term, it’s the best value I’ve been able to find. They have a 2 week free trial period and frequently have awesome deals during Black Friday and in the Spring. Even without a discount though, plans start at $25/month with a plan that is probably enough for most people. Their highest tier (of 3) is $45.

Moved off T-Mobile for Visible after getting sick of their constant data breaches and haven’t been this happy with a cell carrier since Jump On-Demand was a thing.

The only real catches are:

• Support is basically a chatbot and social media teams. However, human support reps do exist if you’re insistent enough, and I’ve only needed them maybe once in the past 3 years or so

• Plans are for smartphones (and smartwatches with an existing smartphone line) only. No tablets or other devices.

You’re right, this is why what we really need to do is tax the rich and make them pay their fair share while also moving off a car-dependent infrastructure.

Oh agreed I’m all for making the rich pay their fair share. If they did maybe this wouldn’t even be a topic worth much discussion

Kinda figured it was something like that, in both cases lol

Personally more of a fan of a pay per mile system but this is actually a really cool sounding alternative.

Trump :(

It’s the US we get taxed on everything, it just isn’t always obvious.

Oregon has a pay-per-mile system that would be more fair, IMO. Not sure if they still have it but at one point, they let you choose between having a tracker or just self-reporting your mileage. Makes sense if you use the road less, you should pay less and vice-versa.

Flat tax just spreads the estimated additional wear and cost around to everyone, like going out to dinner with a group and splitting the bill evenly vs just paying for what you ordered. I’d rather just pay for what I ordered.

I own an EV and already pay an extra road tax for having an EV to my state, on top of more for tires, more for insurance, more for repairs, and more for public fast charging thanks to the government’s failure to build up charging infrastructure at a decent pace. Why should I pay another tax to the federal government?

performance isn’t really my main concern with DB.

Yes I was using the db implementation but didn’t know there was a MD mode, that’s nice! Might give it another go.

You’re right, you can use logseq without a db. Nice!

There is a version that uses SQLite which is what I was using, it seems like that’s required for certain features like db graphs, so a bit of a bummer:

https://github.com/logseq/logseq?tab=readme-ov-file#-database-version

Yep same reason here. I use git for backup and sync, if my notes are in a db I can’t easily do that.

In addition to those benefits, I’d like for my information to outlive the tool I’m using to manage it, which is less likely when using something db-centric.

I was so impressed by logseq……until I realized my files are all managed in a database. Obsidian just saves your notes as basic markdown files. That ended up being a big enough reason to go back.

If that’s not a big deal to you, absolutely logseq 100%.

I simply asked for an overall count of how many versions, altogether. All years, all revisions, all models, simply count and give me a number, how many?

I gave you that, cited my sources, explained why the number given wasn’t more accurate, and what you should do about it if it still isn’t up to your standards.

What more do you want???

And yes, there are that many versions. That’s why it’s so difficult to give you a simple number. The DS was in production for almost 20 years. A fuckton of versions were released. That’s why your best bet at a 100% correct number is probably Nintendo themselves, because when you consider it was also a global device with region-specific models the actual count gets even more difficult for any one person on the Internet to find.

As evidenced by my many sources of people attempting to find this answer, it’s hard as hell to do. If you’re still unsatisfied, go to the people that made them and quit raging at anons who are just trying to help.

And maybe show a little goddamn appreciation for so many people choosing to take time out of their life to try and get you what you’re asking for, nobody is paid to appease you here or has to respond to you, especially when you act like a dick.

We’ll manage.

Are you asking the total number across all generations, revisions, colors, sizes, limited editions, variants, and regional models?

The answer is somewhere around 202+ individual SKUs last I checked. Only Nintendo knows for sure.

I found a couple sources attempting to catalog them all, but even they probably don’t have 100% coverage as I’ve found others pointing out a handful of specific versions that weren’t listed.

https://altarofgaming.com/nintendo-ds-models-color-variations-limited-editions/

https://www.torsive.com/2024/10/nintendo-ds-consoles-all-model.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS

https://consolevariations.com/database/nintendo-ds

Happy? Because I don’t think anyone else is ever going to give you more satisfying of an answer. Now calm down and go to bed. People here aren’t your enemy just because they don’t quite know the exact answer. Just be appreciative they’re providing what they can, that’s all anyone can expect of anyone else.

If you’re still unhappy, ask Nintendo.

why so many versions?

16 years, 4 generations, global audience, capitalism….