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Popos is based on Ubuntu, but maintained by a separate company and has major differences. I’ve also been running it on a couple of machines for years and have been quite happy with it.

Awww

No thanks

I mean… I’ve punched Nazis. I’d prolly do it again.

As an American, I read this, and it made me me want to cry

Long, long ago

The main story has really picked up since Dan Stevens took over the voice of Korvo. IMO, it was a huge improvement. Also, the wall story isn’t as compelling as it used to be.

Oh yeah

The hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy

Glad to help! Let me know if you have any more questions!

Haier is a Chinese company that makes their own appliances but also owns Hotpoint and the GE Appliances brand. I don’t know much about their own brand, but both Hotpoint and GE have increased in quality and reliability since they got bought up in 2016. GE appliances in the lower-end are rebadged Hotpoints and are “ok” in quality and reliability. GEs from the mid-range up are pretty good. I hear few complaints.

LG makes excellent washing machines and dryers and have a set on the lower-end that are suitable. Just make sure to get a washer with direct drive and auto load balancing. A direct drive has no belt (a common point of failure) and auto load balancing keeps the washer stable and helps prevent the drum from warping over time. Plus LG toppers (under the lid) are plastic so they don’t rust.

Of course, if you’re getting front-loaders those last two bits won’t apply, but the direct drive things still will.

You already do only one load at a time. Just because you’re doing 1/2 in the wash and 1/2 in the dryer simultaneously doesn’t change the math.

In any case, I happen to sell appliances. If you can get your hands on one of the 2-in-1s with an inverter heat pump, they seem to be pretty popular and have good reviews. And the cost can be offset by the energy savings as they’re very energy efficient compared to a standard washer/dryer pair.

I recommend the LG or GE model. Avoid Samsung.

lol. It’s funny how people fantasize about others who’ve upset them.

Did that make you feel better?

Fingernail length. Anything over 1 mm past the fingernail bed must be clean, manicured, and painted with at least a clear coat.

that was not my experience, as my world completely changed with the internet. smart phones had a massive impact by making it portable, but it wasn’t so huge since i already was using a mobile phone, a pager, and a PalmPilot. a smartphone was just the next logical progression.

However… for “normies”, i absolutely can see it being the inflection point that really made a lot of disparate and difficult-to-access or -use services much more accessible and simple for novice and casual users. broadband mobile service eased that explosion, especially considering that smartphones became most user’s first highspeed computer and broadband connection.

GenX-er here, FWIW. Grew up with an Apple IIc in the 80s then a pc the 90s. the IIc didn’t have internet at first, just games, productivity apps, and programming tools. that was what computers were for. back then. work and a little play.

eventually, we got prodigy for the IIc, and eventually a pc that also had Prodigy (an online service, a precursor to the internet). this was service you dialed into with a modem (screee!) and had services like an online encyclopedia and other information resources, chat rooms, some games, and other stuff to do online. it was pretty amazing for the time. eventually, we got AOL which had a lot more features, better chat rooms and email, and which eventually transitioned to an actual ISP-- then so did my family; transitioned to a local ISP, that is. Although, that was about 1994, and when i went to university a few years later, i had a dedicated T3 line in my dorm.

i was pretty fortunate, as most kids i knew didn’t have a computer at home, let alone an online/internet connection. i stayed up late most nights connected to IRC and screwing around on a lot of usenet news groups. i started learning html and building web pages. i got my hands on a copy of photoshop and immediately knew what i would be doing with the rest of my life. (and have been).

broadband internet soon became accessible to most americans, and the world changed forever. then i discovered mp3s, and the magic of torrenting was invented… the ability to instantly access any information instantly, communicate instantly with anyone, everyone, and the ability to get any media i wanted for free, whenever i wanted it… and to create anything i wanted… what a world!

growing up to see all of that unfold and to be a part of it happening is something i never don’t feel privileged to have been a part of. it was and still is amazing. i believe that the internet is one of humankind’s greatest inventions. not only that, but it’s an ongoing amalgamation of innovations, contributed to by everyone, which continues to evolve, and that makes it all the more amazing.

“ i’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes”

“The entertainer”

“My Darling Clementine” <— This one creeps me out, because it reminds me of that one episode of Star Trek Voyager

I’m an organ donor. Says so on my ID.

I extra don’t care what happens to my body after I die. I won’t be using it any more. If it can help others, that’s nice.

“Too many” if you’re referring to the beans themselves. “Too much” if you’re referring to refried beans as a dish you have been served.

Edit: just remember: “too many” as reference to a quantity of things, “too much” as reference to a volume or a quantity/amount of a thing. In this case, the “thing” was the dish being served (refried beans). Since it was the dish, itself, being considered (not each individual bean) the phrase was being dealt with, grammatically, as one whole unit— a dish that was served to you, of which you had too much.

I deleted it after I go to the wake. Otherwise, I just delete it.