Oh, I absolutely meant the heritage foundation, but not just only them. I didn’t care to go with specific names because we could sweep away all the companies now and they’d be back with new names and new shell companies within a fortnight.

Not just painkiller, a bit of alcohol will kill tons of nasties, so it was often the case that lightly fermented drinks are safer and healthier than many water sources.

Not sure if you’re being silly, but that’s like 90% of pup play with a praise kink.

I have given so many adult humans scritches and would love to give you pets.

It may have started as a variation of a gimp suit, but pup play today is all about going to concerts and to parks and adults playing together and expressing their individuality with a colorful, (maybe customized) ‘hood’ (what’s worn over the face). The sex and BDSM stuff is generally de-emphasized or often prohibited (unless you go out of your way to find that stuff).

It’s great for people with anxiety or celebrity, the freedom to let yourself be “not seen as yourself” for a bit is empowering.

I agree. The reason Fox and similar think tanks like trump is because he keeps getting into scandal after scandal without time to digest anything.

I don’t think Trump plans all these scandals, but I do suspect there’s yes men teams deliberately arranging for the opportunities.

I still wouldn’t recommend it for business. Even when stable, the Arch philosophy is to empower the end user, whereas other distros like Ubuntu/RHEL are focused on getting stuff done. In 90% of situations the difference is immaterial. But if my client is angry and my boss is breathing down my neck, and I can’t work because a thing isn’t thing-a’lating, a support path is essential.

I just saw KDE Bigscreen got reboot. While it’s not exactly the same (its for TVs, like Android TV and Steam Big Picture mode), it’s nice to see major desktop environments(DE) adopt new UI features for small and large devices. This compliments work done by groups like PinePhone, who laid the groundwork for Linux phones.

It’s not that I can’t do basic research, but Lemmy is warm and nice, and the rage storm outside is getting worse by the hour.

Thank you for enduring the slop and muck for us and bringing home some relevant context to share.

In my opinion, a thought provoking primer on the state of the industry is PhilosophyTube’s “Sex Work”. Abagail’s work in making the topic entertaining makes it a great introduction, but that doesn’t prevent her from diving into some fairly deep and nuanced subject matter.

(It’s worth noting, she’s male-presenting in this piece as it was released before her public transition, not that it matters one whit for the context of the video. She looked incredible then and incredible now.)

https://youtu.be/1DZfUzxZ2VU

I think he really thinks ‘enough’ people won’t notice/care

I love technology and gadgets!

Got this Cuckoo clock, and it never asks me to sign in.

I have a compass gadget in my car - never have to sign in

My propane camp stove - fun fact, no sign in!

I have a #2 pencil - I sign in with it regularly …

I own dozens of screws - brilliant tech helps me keep it all together, no sign in though

We’ve been doing great tech since the OG ‘Fire’. I’m beginning to think what we call the ‘tech’ industry has a very limited understanding of what tech actually is.

It tares my heart out.

I expect this is sarcasm (can’t know, because of Poe’s)

But for anyone genuinely thinking this you can see the dashcam source in her glasses reflection.

Because the tech industry hasn’t had a real hit of it’s favorite poison “private equity” in too long.

The industry has played the same playbook since at least 2006. Likely before, but that’s when I personally stated seeing it. My take is that they got addicted to the dotcom bubble and decided they can and should recreate the magic evey 3-5 years or so.

This time it’s AI, last it was crypto, and we’ve had web 2.0, 3.0, and a few others I’m likely missing.

But yeah, it’s sold like a panacea every time, when really it’s revolutionary for like a handful of tasks.

Yes! We’ve gotten them up to 94℅ wrong at the behest of insurance agencies.

Chad died the way he lived … coating all his friends faces and bodies in a carnal blast of his essence.

Right? Like - talk about having the luckiest version of XKCD’s Ten Thousand!

Unless you we’re born with an expensive physical or mental anomaly in a county that has poor healthcare support?

Or you can’t be comfortable with the unhoused in your city and you build, run, and operate a private halfway shelter?

Okay - okay - I’ll cede. I think were both being hyperbolic. I’m genuinely not convinced that a particular income level makes you a monster, but I can grant that it is a yellow/red flag.

Oh! Is that the new “Science, Technology, Engineering, AI, And Math” Curricula? 🪦

All said, respectable - “live with almost no property at the cheapest rate available” is not terribly bad advice. But again, I think even following that advise would be a higher cost for lots of people in many places in the world.

But is that really the world we want to build? “Okay everyone, aim for the bare minimum?” I know I’ve been lucky in my life and haven’t had to struggle often - but I don’t think it’s unfair to assume that everyone should be able to enjoy luxuries from time to time.

Or maybe you lived in an environment where some of those expenses were socialized via a broad social net - or you have connections via friends and family that you’ve underestimated the value of (a friend with a truck is cheaper to buy lunch for than renting movers). If I had reliable access to food shelter transportation and information at negligible costs (assuming ~$800/month constitutes low cost rent), I can totally imagine living within a budget of $15k/year (covering pounds to USD).

However, I used to live in Phoenix but moved due to the rental crisis. Simple clean 1 bedroom apartments are going for $1600/month, which blows your budget in rent alone. (The lowest rate I could find was $750/month, but you had to be officially poor (“restricted income”) to qualify).

But before I condemn you in assumptions, maybe I’m wrong - would you be willing to break down your living expenses for those who would follow in your path?