I haven’t had any issues. Then again I usually purchase equipment that is known to play nice with Linux.

Depends on the specs of the minicomputer you get and what you want to do with it. It really doesn’t take much processing power to run just streams. As long as the distro runs smoothly on the machine it will work just fine.

I ended up getting a mini computer with Linux and getting a Rii keyboard remote. Then I can browse to any streaming service with a browser or kodi.

It’s windows 11 - it overwrites settings and installs whatever the fuck it wants. It’s not as bad where you are because of the EU laws. I then spend some time removing all the shit etc it forced onto the machine this time.

It’s a never ending game of whack-a-mole.

That has come in handy over the years.

What do you have against beautiful 🌽.

This sexy little 98 day variety did 285bu.

It was in college and I sat down next to her in the library. I did my best to ask her out but she shot me down.

2 years later we were in the same genetics class and I sat down next to her the first day. We ended up being assigned as lab partners much to her dismay. She immediately requested a new partner. Professor told her to “Either work with him or take an F.”

4 weeks later we were counting fruit flies and she invited back to her place for dinner. After dinner she pounced on me (she has a different version of the story).

Couple weeks later the genetics professor caught us in the stairwell kissing before class and about died laughing.

We got married a year later after she graduated. Been married for 25 years now.

Acceptable excuse. I am all in with Linux except that one program that uses .net and I can not get wine to work.

So the laptop with win11 comes out every month or so. After the 3-4 hours of updates and 2-3 reboots, it’s up and running for the 30minute task I have.

We got a 3’ toy grabber for my younger son when he was like 5 years old.

He is 16 now and we use it to reach all sorts of things behind the dryer, under furniture, etc. It’s a plastic toy yet it has lasted for years and works surprisingly well.

Just staring here now. First 20 minutes her so only about 30. So far a little girl is dressed as odie and her brother is dressed at Garfield. She was happy because she got to lick her brother.

I get around 250+ trick or treaters every year. So I have 30lbs of candy ready, I might need another 10 or so. Maybe I’ll go get some of my favorites. You know just in case I need it.

Last year I barely had enough and only had like 5 pieces of candy at the end of the night. I had to wrestle my 16 year old to get into his stash the next day. It was so much easier to steal his candy when he was little. Little shits been hitting the weights this year as well.

Push more of my customers to prepay or to 3rd party financing.

To be honest my industry has been in a recession for 3 years already. A global recession that cuts the costs of inputs would be awesome.

It’s not unusual in the U.S. for people to study one subject in school and end up working in a completely different field. Not to the same extent that I have. I am a bit of a outlier.

Early on in my career I took advantage of my employers “continuing education” programs. These allowed me to continuously take graduate level courses for years. I have attended 6 different universities. Education, experience and not being afraid to apply to all sorts of positions is how I have such a varied career path.

How can I be so optimistic? I have done it several times. It was nerve wracking the first couple of times I did it, but I succeeded every time.

Context: Historically there were two separate types of scouts: Mormons and everyone else. The two programs were only tengentally related. Mormons made up around 50% of the numbers. For Mormons 100% of the teen boys were enrolled in the program (whether they wanted to or not). The scout leaders were voluntold to run the program usually with zero experience. Parents did fun things like make rules they had to have their eagle scout before they could drive. etc… So let’s just say, it was a complete and absolute clusterfuck.

I was forced to be in the Mormon version. I had zero interest in it. I thought the whole merit badges and stuff was bullshit so I never completed any of them.

One of my fondest memories was the jamboree I got to go home early from because I was kicked out. Apparently a snipe hunt, unauthorized bonfire, a hatchet throwing contest against the main lodge, and flipping off the camp leader and walking away was a no no. Before I got the boot, I did win all sorts of contests like knot tying, fire building, and first aide (had a bit of practical experience for some reason). That was the last one I had to go to for some odd reason.

I have changed my career multiple times: Ranching/farmer, Statistician, Microbiologist, Geneticist, International Marketing, Agronomist, and eventually Sales. 2 years ago I started my own business at the age of 47. I have had to learn bookkeeping and accounting which is not fun (fuck QuickBooks). I have also lived in 2 countries with many moves of 2,000 to 3,000km to new jobs.

Here’s the key: You don’t have to choose permanently. Pick the one that you are comfortable with doing now and go for it. If you fail, try again or try the other option.

The guitar sounds like it has the lowest barriers for entry. So I would do that one first. If it doesn’t work out, go do the medical route. If that doesn’t work out, try something else. There’s always options and you have another 20+ years to work.

Looks like you have one cup. Do you have 2 girls?

I’m sorry…

The reddit UI sucked in the past and sucks more now. The main reason that reddit grew was because of the incredible apps that 3rd parties made like RiF.

Lemmy now has a bunch of mature and efficient apps that are easy to use.

Fines should be separated into two categories.

Fine applied against the company for minor regulatory issues (avoiding fees, mis-reporting finances, accidents, etc.)

Fines applied against the executives personal assets for criminal activity. This would be for deliberate actions that causes harm. These should start out at a minimum 1 years gross income per instance and go up from there.

It would take redefining the limited liability of corporations to only apply to minor things or true accidents.

Ever since they introduced the facial recognition software I have opted out. I always approach the station at an angle if possible or with my passport between the camera and my face if not. Then when thy ask me to step in front of the camera a simple “No, thank you” has always worked. Polite yet firm and they hand me back my passport and away I go. It’s pretty much always faster.

Every so often you get a dickhead that makes a show of it taking longer to verifying it by their own eyeballs.

That being said, if you a flying internationally anymore, your picture at least will be taken when you enter.

Piracy decreases the cost of discovery and increases the probability that those engaged in it will attend events, buy merchandise etc.

When Netflix was originally expanding out it reportedly looked at the highest active shows on piracy sites to select their material.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24108673