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OBS was the first I tried, but ran into some issues with certain audio channels via my DAC. I actually found a workaround while trying another option later on, but never tried it with OBS. Thanks for the reminder!

I've been using it in beta for the past 2-3 months or so on my windows pc, and it's been excellent in terms of functionality and customization. Twice, I started up a game, and Steam immediately notified me that game capture ran into a problem and isn't recording (resolved by just restarting the game). Other than that non-issue, it's been perfect.

Anyway, was very happy to replace the nvidia spyware with something that works. I'd still feel better about a FOSS alternative for screen capture though. Anyone have a suggestion? The handful I've tried weren't working out.

A re-usable PCB is a hugely important development if it proves profitable. Some of the most heinously environmentally unfriendly "forever-chemicals" are more or less irreplaceable for use in electronics, in terms of function, price, and raw effectiveness (looking at you, flame-retardants), so reusability would create incentive to reduce waste and therefore our environment's exposure to pollutants. I could imagine an electronics return-for-cash system, like the extremely effective "pant" system in Scandinavian countries. I believe that the availability and ease of return for empty bottles (automated return stations at virtually every grocery store) is what contributes the lion's share of the pant system's effectiveness, so if there were a similar system implemented for electronics, with electronics stores being required to take in any old electronics using these reusable PCBs, I could see it being extremely effective in reducing e-waste.

However, if these new PCB's aren't profitable to implement, I'm sure we'll never see them used in the first place, unfortunately. But it's definitely something I would use for my own home electronics projects, no question.

The article also mentions a water-soluble PCB at the end. It sounds like an interesting solution to simplify the material/component recovery process (and most likely reduce the cost of material recovery dramatically), but I also wonder how easily and quickly water-soluble PCBs would degrade from humidity.