There’s nothing wrong with being content where you’re at. Your mental health is more important than a better wage, IMO.

They want their greasy tendrils all up in your PC’s guts. Every bit of info flowing in your system can be monetized. All they care about is money and dominance and their “AI” in everyone’s devices is their wet dream.

Cancer is preferable to tech bros as cancer doesn’t know its killing the host. Tech bros know full well their actions are killing the planet and its inhabitants. Their actions are willfully vile and toxic; completely at odds with the needs of humanity.

Don’t expect them to ever do the right thing for anyone but themselves.

Yup. A price that respects their user base. On that basis alone I have had (and will continue to have) no issue paying for another license if needed.

When I switched to Linux I just bought a new copy instead of figuring out how to transfer the license I had for my Windows PC because the Reaper team just straight up deserves the money.

Reaper.

Mainly just the satisfaction of supporting a project we like. IIRC, my Mom’s PC is on the version they’re sunsetting too. Pretty sure we’re gonna need to update it anyway.

Likely wasn’t a stud where they were expecting one and instead of getting a different stand or something they were just like 🤷

My mom loves Zorin OS! We’re strongly considering the pro version now.

Rust is repairable unless the frame’s structural integrity has been compromised. That much rust is an oddity, even in the rust belt. Many owners undercoat their vehicles which significantly prolongs the life of the vehicle.

If you’re really against purchasing a modern car, as I am, you still have plenty of options.

A new car is going to cost you thousands anyway. Why not just invest that money in a car you already like?

There’s plenty of older cars sitting in used lots. You can avoid newer cars if you buy one of those or simply keep up with the maintenance on your vehicle. Even if the engine dies, its replaceable.

I wish Youtube operated like a PiHole where you could upload a list of channels and block them all in one fell swoop.

Its just failing on the giving you the right thing part.

I’d wager 70% of what’s on Spotify is not worth preserving since its AI slop.

I’ve always wanted a massage table so I could lay flat on my stomach with my head in a neutral position and read by looking through the hole.

… and nothing of value was lost.

Yup. Limitation just 'cause. Capitalism at work.

All I can give you is an anecdote about my own experience. In said experience I’ve not had any non-starter issues with those two tools. They work for me until Youtube changes its algorithm.

This is why I mentioned the NFL channel as an example. It’s my canary in the coalmine of Youtube. When the NFL channel (among other sports related channels) pops back up on my feed, I know that YouTube has changed something in the algorithm.

I just click Not Interested and Don't Recommend Channel and away it goes for another year or so until they make another change. Simple as.

I’ve curated a recommendation feed that is highly specific to my interests as a result. Not sure why that method wouldn’t work for you.

They definitely do because my recommendations are squeaky clean 98% of the time and those buttons, along with not clicking on shit that I think will poison my feed are the main tools I use to keep things clean.

One thing to keep in mind is that YT makes changes to their algorithm every once in a while. For me, that typically manifests as sports channels, especially the NFL, or political stuff making their way into my feed. A few clicks of those buttons and I’m back to normal.

The Not Interested and Don't Recommend Channel buttons work surprisingly well for this. I am very protective of my algorithm so I try to avoid videos that I think will open up the flood gates for shitty content but in the event that it does, a few choice clicks of those two buttons usually has things bavk under control pretty quick.

Safe speeds are not whatever speed is comfortable to drive a given street. Part of the posted limit is considering how much of a wrecking ball a vehicle would be if it suddenly left the road.

The limits in suburbs where I live is 50km/h. The roads are wide enough to land a plane on and you could very easily drive most of them full throttle as they are flat and straight. With that in mind I still think it should be 30km/h.

When I was a kid a car hit a snowbank and was launched straight into someone’s living room not far from my house. If they were driving 30km/h, that nightmare scenario pretty much becomes an impossibility.

We just need to stop making residential roads that look like drag strips. More curves, more trees close to the road, more speed bumps. I’ve driven in some places in Europe where it’s very clear that it’s unsafe to drive any faster than about 30 km/h due to roadside obstacles. I think that design is much safer than the NA standards.

You’re telling me you can’t get a hold of an HM-2 and a Peavey Rage 158 or a Bandit? Three of my friends had the Rage 158 as their first amp and you can just buy an HM-2 on Reverb if you don’t know anyone that already owns one.

People have recreated the LHP sound countless times. Entombed is not the only band to ever do it.