The trick is to have someone prepare it who knows what they’re doing. Guy who made it for us opened it outside in a bowl of water to catch all the gas coming out. He rinsed it and then put it on potatoes with sour cream and chives. It was good, but we still ate it outside.

I always cringed watching videos of people open a can in a hot car in Texas during the summer to “see how bad it smells”

To each their own. I thought it was going to be like surströmming, which I liked. I’ve also eaten durian with no issue. Stinky tofu was not my thing.

Stinky tofu. It’s hard to describe the flavor. It’s like dead anchovies in fish sauce but with the texture of a slice of omelette. It’s like eating rotten fish snot. I involuntarily spit it out immediately after putting it in my mouth, almost like it fell out of my mouth. My hosts laughed and said I didn’t have to eat it, but I tried again and was able to keep it in my mouth but was not physically able to swallow it, like my ability to swallow was rejecting it. I spit it into a paper napkin and everyone laughed. I just couldn’t force myself to consume it.

I can understand your point. We did some minor changes for my wife’s peace of mind, but we bought the home with the idea that it wasn’t our forever home. The one we’re in now we are keeping though. We’ve remodeled the previous owners remodeled kitchen… Added things to the house that do nothing for value, but the pressure of knowing we’re going to have to resell it is completely gone.

We had a 15 year mortgage on the old house and the whole point was to pay it off and get rid of it while we looked for something better. We never even painted the walls, it was still contractor beige when we left. Our house was livable though and already open concept, so we didn’t really have to make any major changes to it. We just turbo cash dumped into the principal at every chance.

That being said, if my wife would have had any major issues, we would have changed things. It was just “acceptable” enough for us to treat it like a long ass lease and leave it almost like we found it.

That’s a good question.

Short answer, no.

Long answer, Jeff Gerling did a great blog on Red Hat restricting access to its flagship RHEL while still providing upstream access. https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/clearing-fud-surrounding-red-hats-actions/

I respect that, just not my personal cup of tea.

Great job though. Persistence really pays off. My wife and I bought a house in an ok neighborhood and struggled to pay it off for almost ten years. When covid hit and they were offering 2% loans we had about $20k left to pay on it. By the time we found the next place we wanted and saved a down payment, prices had shot up, interest rates were higher, but we ended up buying points instead of using all of our money for down payment and got our current interest rate below 3%. Our old house, which was paid off, sat on the market for almost 3 months before we sold it, put all the money toward our current home, and did a refinance for the same interest rate for six figures less.

Starter homes are especially great when you know it’s a starter home. You don’t dump a ton of money into it, everything becomes “will this decision add value when we sell it” and you don’t get emotionally tied to it. It’s a stepping stone to get you where you want to be.

Not at Google, Amazon, or Meta. Some companies are still hiring new grads to make entry level engineers into their future senior engineers, but it’s usually older companies.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-expands-entry-level-hiring-165921396.html

My youngest is a big fan of this movie. I like the plot, songs are good, I’m not a fan of the jerky animation style, but I can see why it’s so popular. I’m not a huge kpop fan, but if she asks to listen to the soundtrack when we’re driving somewhere I don’t mind having it on. Even the main songs aren’t as annoying as let it go or you’re welcome.

The Bible says so by Dan McLellan. I’ve always been interested in where the biblical canon comes from and how it became it’s current state. About four chapters in currently and I’m really enjoying it.

Don’t stick your dick in crazy. But if you do, it’s incredible.

I think the age difference is what really sells it. No one seems to care about the power imbalance. Look at Monica Lewinsky. She was an intern to the most powerful man in the country and still to this day people make jokes about her like she was a harlot gold digger and it was consensual so it’s ok.

https://newuniversity.org/2018/10/29/power-and-consent-the-clinton-lewinsky-affair-was-not-inherently-abusive/

The rapists own wife even insists that since she consented it wasn’t power imbalance.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/clinton-lewinsky-affair-abuse-power-no-says-hillary-yes-say-experts-211422910.html

She was Jay Leno’s favorite target for a year after the assault and the media constantly painted the victim as the bad guy.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/27/monica-lewinsky-says-bill-clinton-affair-was-gross-abuse-of-power

In the end, the kid was underage and legally couldn’t give consent. So rape is rape simply because of the age. In power dynamics though, the victim can end up being the butt of the joke for the rest of their lives. The culture behind supporting rapists and not holding them accountable perpetuates this no matter the sex of the victim. Here’s a perfect example from SNL

https://youtu.be/m6uvv1aS5_I?is=qzfX5Ou4qKZSzmyq

I don’t use UNIX any more, I use Linux. I don’t see what windows 11 has to do with the security focus of UNIX vs Linux. Can you help me understand more clearly what you’re asking?

Honestly when Linux was becoming popular (moreso than minix anyway) the future of BSD UNIX was uncertain because of active lawsuits by SCO UNIX.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.

It was in such a bad state that lots of businesses were paralyzed and the future looked pretty bad for BSD overall. Usage was dropping and Linux was just hitting the scene. Linus Torvalds even stated that if he had heard of FreeBSD, he would have not had to make the Linux kernel.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8641073

I was a sys admin and used FreeBSD for years and even ran it on the desktop until I tried Ubuntu and Debian shortly thereafter. The hardware support for laptops and GPU support for desktops were non existent in BSD, but Debian was easy to install and was much better at gaming.

Today I use a combo of Debian in servers and cachyos on my laptop and gaming computer. Linux and UNIX are vastly different in how they are implemented for security. Imagine two glasses, both 8 oz. One is titled usability and the other titled security. You have only 8 oz of water to divide among them.

UNIX Is all about security. Even though you can pour a little into usability to make it do what you need to do, you’ll have to custom compile kernels and add tons of pkgs to make it more usable and that affects security. Each pkg is potentially a security issue.

Linux wants to install on all the things, so tons of kernel modules are installed and gobs of software come by default. Most of their water stays on the usability glass because they don’t want you to struggle. They want it to just work right out of the box.

Because of this, BSD will always lag behind in usability, and Linux will always be more liberal about security. Just my 2 cents, take it fwiw

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I use Linux and have for decades. I struggled for years with wine and crossover to run games. I buy from steam, from blizzard, and epic. Heroic made the process of installing easier years ago, but Faugus launcher has become my go to when I install a new distro or change computers.

I’m a little jealous of how easy things are now to install games from back when I started but I’m so glad to see it’s an option for people who just want plug n play. I’m glad to see big chunks of the struggle are in the past, even if there are minor struggles still. But there’s always progress and the more lazy people who buy from people and companies who produce for Linux, the more likely they’ll continue to improve the experience for everyone .

Because physical stores don’t exist. No GameStop, no Walmart, no target. Plus it’s not like other game providers can sell you games like GoG, itch.io, epic, humble, or green man. It’s a monopoly. I just don’t understand how you can’t see that.

Clap like he gonna be clappin dem sofa cushions when he get home.

I’ve had tinnitus for a number of decades. The least useful thing is people telling you that it’s only in your head and it’s a phantom noise. Tinnitus has been recorded previously and it does not exist as just a mental issue. It is a real and physical thing.

I sleep with a humidifier, the small fan makes just enough white noise where it helps to drown out some of the ringing. I also gave up on my standard headphones and primarily used bone conducting headphones now to prevent further problems. Also, unfortunately, I no longer ride with the windows down in my car because the constant pressure changes make my ringing go off the rails. That used to be one of my favorite things to do in the winter.

With minor adjustments it doesn’t make things go away, but you can help to manage the symptoms. I still have tinnitus, even as I sit down and write about this. However, it comes and goes and not everyday is full of squealing and no day is completely quiet, but hopefully you’ll find some comfort in the middle.