I have been running Linux full time on my gaming PC for a number of months now. I have found only a few instances where a game hasn’t worked. I know that certain games won’t work because of their invasive or Windows specific DRM, but for me personally I don’t want to play those games anyway. Some examples of games I can play without issue: Horizon: Forbidden West, Brotato, Plate Up, GTFO, Dome Keeper, Noita, Enlisted, Power Wash Simulator, Risk of Rain 2 …

Colorado enshrined the right to abortion and removed anti-gay marriage language from their constitution.

Hello fellow Stumpt fan! Huge plus one to Stumpt

Probably not super unique but a glass breaker/seatbelt cutter. If I’m in an accident or I come upon one, I want that ability with me.

When my cat is hungry and I’m at my computer, she will put her front paws up on my chair and then gently tap my leg to ask “food plz”. She increases in frequency over time.

Save money into a retirement fund. Be consistent about contributing to it. Compound interest is very much your friend at this age

Obligatory XKCD: https://m.xkcd.com/977/

Pro-moted? What’s that?

Assuming you’re in North America, the North American Charging Standard (NACS) is now a thing and manufacturers are starting to move to it.

Is this accounting for inflated C-suite salaries/stock?

AI. Bitcoin.

Every so often I listen to Lady Gaga. I really like a few of her earlier songs but haven’t listened to most of her discography.

I hate that music and gender are somehow connected, but unfortunately that’s the world we live in. Anyone who gives me crap for listening to/doing/etc. “girly” things is a person I don’t want in my life.

Can you clarify what the distinction is?

• I tried a different USB with a fresh download and got the same error.
• I’ll try a different distro :+1:
• I’m not logged in when I get the error in the photo. That’s what ends up coming up as the live USB boots. It won’t even load into live mode. The only time I was able to get that working at all was with safe graphics mode but it failed to even start the install

It depends on the context, who is saying it and why. If my manager is trying to say that after I’ve made it clear that I’m not interested in frontend development then it’s insulting. Mostly because my manager isn’t listening to me.

Myth: software engineers replicate value similar to a factory worker making the same item over and over

Truth: software engineers are closer to artists than factory workers IMO. We find and create new value, not replicate existing value

World Central Kitchen

Does going into my garage workshop count? If not, then no. I didn’t have anywhere to be and it was really cold out.

I have over a dozen years of experience as a software engineer and I started learning Scala and monads recently for a new job. I’ve come to the conclusion that monads are terrible and make things more difficult despite the on-paper description. Don’t worry about it, you’re much more competent than you think.

Have you seen Bones Cafe? It sounds similar to what you described.