I worked with an ex-paramedic who alluded to a similar factor in leaving to become a nurse aide.

Better than bitcoin I suppose

Sounds like a nice life? I don’t have much idea what beet farming is like…

Farming what though?

Small mention for Darktable as an alternative to Lightroom.

Thanks for asking about split on 18! I assumed it was about not trying to marry your highschool sweetheart or something!

With the recent publicity of LLM generated papers, would there be any strength of this platform to reject garbage science?

Those concepts aren’t exclusive to computers. Why do you think red triangles are used in road signs, or handles are only on one side of doors that open in one direction?

So UI and design

That’s an unfortunate lesson to learn in childhood.

There are good people out there, but even the best aren’t perfect. The good people will recognise when they slip up however, and try to make good on it somehow.

What a precocious child you must have been

Related concept: buy twice. Buy cheap the first time. If you use it enough to break it then buy a higher quality option.

So far the buy cheap options haven’t broken, so…

Looks a bit too deep fried

Find a well -rated outdoor store nearby, and go in and ask them to help you find a good pair. Be completely open about having no idea how to fit boots, and try to be as descriptive about the most common issues you’ve experienced. You can usually get free return if you wear them inside the house for a day or two to check fit.

It can be time consuming to find the right pair, but once you find a good pair it’ll make a huge difference and give you somewhere to go from one they eventually wear out.

Don’t take specific brand advice from the internet because everyone’s feet are different shapes. It’s a very individual thing.

Some people have questions because they just don’t listen when information is given, or have no ability to think for themselves.

I don’t have any regrets about making dead baby jokes when I was much younger, but definitely won’t be making them now with an 8 month old daughter.