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Yeah, it (in my case, ChatGPT) has been great for helping me along with functions I'm only passingly familiar with / trying to use in new ways.

One that I was really surprised with was that it gave me a surprisingly robust, sensible, and (seemingly) well tuned-to-my-case check list of things to inspect for a used car I intend to buy. I'm already mostly familiar with what I'm doing there, but it pointed to some things I might've overlooked / didn't know were points of concern for the specific vehicle I'm looking at.

Or you just hard-wire it to USB killer only and charge your phone exclusively with wireless charging.

That feels really insightful.

Saw this post earlier and was cranking some brain cycles in kinda the same way you were. My brain settled on a switch for the USB since you should just need a 5 pole/2 throw switch (think I'm using those terms correctly?) to go from regular USB function to kill mode. I think for my own peace of mind, I'd want it to be 3 throw though (normal, completely unconnected, and kill). My brain then went to the battery, which I see as the real design constraint.

Then I got to thinking about building it into a phone case. The case would need to plug in to your phone's USB port, then have an additional external connection; it would be this connection that is switched into normal/nothing/kill mode. Cases can be pretty bulky, so tucking a battery into there would be easier and still maybe evade detection.

All that said, I think I like your idea better.

Edit: spelling

Edit 2: additional thought: if you went with the case, you'd want to have it really difficult to remove. Like, requiring undoing some screws, especially if you can get some torx or other niche screw head design (bonus points for mix and matched screw heads).
My thoughts on that are that even if the case is identified as having a false port on it, it would be so difficult to remove that the "adversary" just plugs their info stealer into it anyway.

That's amazing to hear. Lol, I had just put together a fantasy campaign for 2e to start next month. Guess that's gonna get put in hold.

Ninja edit: *pathfinder 2e

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!!

Star finder 2e

I didn't know that was on the docket. Where can I fond out more about that?

TL;DR: Cancer is coming for us all.

Looks like a dead thread, but I've been playing PF2e since it came out. I bought the books to support Paizo, but literally haven't used any (minor exception for adventure path books).

Me and my group almost exclusively rely on free tools: pf2easy tools - encyclopedia of rules and monsters. Great for looking up specific rules/stats
Path Builder - For building / Managing characters. Has an 8/10 mobile app and google drive sync (extra handy for moving sheets between devices)
Archives of Nethys - Authoritative source for rules. I really only use it for "exploring" new content. I don't know if they've maintained this rate, but used to be new content/rules would be up on this site within 2 weeks of them being published in books.

Just engineering in general.

While my "google-fu" for finding resources is garbage, I have a cousin with nearly encyclopedic knowledge of engineering reference material. He's sent me things for figuring out where is safe to hang hammock chairs, acceptable bolt dimension/materials for car applications, and a bunch of other crazy niche things.

That reference material for all this just exists and is generally just accessible still blows my mind.

Better question, why did it take us so long to come up with this.

So what I'm hearing is we just need to return to tradition and start curing our own meats in our backyard smokehouses?

Looks unpleasant but generally not dangerous.

I think that's the point he was trying to make.

Damn it.

Could we perhaps grow a whale in the vacuum of space?