Humanity has seen crashes like this before, and worse. There’s a lot of philosophical arguments around natalism, but at the end of the day, there’s an argument to be made for having kids–even in a rough time.

All we can do at this point is try to equip our kids for the worst, and give them our best while we can. Their lives will be harder than ours in some ways, but possibly better in others. For example, kids today have such better emotional intelligence at a younger age than anyone in my generation did. They’re not perfect, but overall I’m super proud of how the newer generations are turning out. I hope to inspire my own kids by working for positive change, to eventually pass them the torch to do the same. And if I can find some value in that, I hope they can as well.

Ubuntu minus snaps plus a better DE? Mint.

The stock market.

Even more apparent is when you draw the parallel to birth defects, diseases, or literally any reason we affect our bodies.

Pretty much all bigots don’t realize it. There are almost no Bond villains in real life–humans can’t really exist in a state where they truly believe they’re the “bad guy.” Some people know they’re wrong, but they see themselves as a victim, not a villain.

Not only do they not recognize their bigotry, they believe themselves to be the “good guys” in this situation, with opinions on other people ranging from condescending pity to complete disregard.

If you’re genuinely curious, I can give you a glimpse into their rationality (though I strongly disagree with it).

Say, for just a brief moment, that you consider trans people to be mentally ill. Calling them by their preferred pronouns would be like giving a drink to an alcoholic–you’d be encouraging it, which would be to their detriment. And worse, you’d be liable to whatever diety might be displeased with your actions that caused someone else to continue in their sin.

Of course, that only works if you have a very poor understanding of both gender and theology. The real reason the bigots don’t like trans people is because it challenges their worldview, which is uncomfortable. And instead of facing that head on, they’d rather try to justify their current view.

The Oatmeal wrote a great info comic on this.

I generally blame the instructors when that happens. I’ve taken classes on the most menial subjects that were great because the instructor was great. Almost anything can be enjoyable to learn if you have the right teacher.

Then sell it to a demolition derby show.

7, trying to stay away from a 6.

Relevant self-promotion: I created a custom launcher, Mere Launcher, in part to help someone with tremors. This launcher uses no swipe gestures on the home page and the favorites are fairly large by default. Hope it’s useful!

Someone who asks for help with their laptop, then opens it to reveal what appears to be several years worth of snacks smashed into the keyboard and on the screen. No, Doug, I don’t want to drive.

To be fair, I’ll use the more convenient shortcuts (cut/copy/paste, select all, save) that are genuinely easier to do with one hand. But Alt+F4? It either requires two hands or else your hand needs to qualify for Cirque de Soleil to hit it properly. Some of the “standard” keybinds are often more trouble than moving the pointer.

It’s still the result of robbing the working class, and concentrated wealth like that is bad for everyone (even the billionaires).

Okay, more suggestions:

• for the clusters, Gus and Buster
• for ingress, Ingrid and Igor
• for the nas, Cass
• for your Mac mini, Bach
• for your development server, Jessop (short for Jessop the Desktop)

Just give them ordinary names. Then when someone hears you say something like, “I think Greg is due for a reboot” you’ll make their day that much weirder.

I’ll sometimes pick ordinary names that are loosely related to the function for memory purposes. ingress01 becomes Ingred, cluster01 becomes Gus (i.e., Gus the Cluster), etc.

And of course, if there’s a machine that you expect will give you trouble, you name it Richard.

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For me, this show is kinda like McDonald’s ice cream. It’s barely able to be called what it’s trying to be, and it’s not that great, but I’m gonna eat it either way.

My first (and still my favorite) thing I designed from scratch is my Happy Mug.

It’s a good idea to change those periodically.

Honey can change consistency, depending on how it is packaged and stored. In addition, you have to consider the cost and risk of storing it. But if you think the bees are going to die off, it could be a lucrative investment.