Right on. Glad to know Krugman and his friends in NY are ok. But him pointing at the numbers and saying “I’m right” really just comes across as ignorant. If you’re on minimum wage and you can’t escape it, then the times are worse than ever. His PhD students are probably in that income range and earn as much as they did 10 years ago, but he got his and probably doesn’t even know hardship…

That public defense is gonna be in for the case of his lifetime…

I’m actually surprised that the satanic temple isn’t pushing for him to be charged with some kind of hate crime. Pretty sure if so decapitated a statue of Jesus it wouldn’t just be destruction of property?

I’m not sure I understand. I’ve already been running ffmpeg from the command line and it’s been using multiple cores but default. What’s the difference, what’s the new behavior?

That sounds cool… Wish the article said what it does.

5, 3, 6 are all decent.

I cannot tell you how many towels the average person uses, or what the distribution is. Though it’s probably less than 4. What I can say is that it doesn’t hurt anybody, so if it feels good for you, just do it. That’s the nice thing about being an adult, you can do what you want.

I would note though that it’s probably much more important how often you change and wash your towels than how many you use.

If only we could do something about this problem which got inexplicably worse when we worsened regulations and working conditions…

That photo looks like the food looks better in person… ;)

Cable box, but roll your cables and tape them together before you chuk them in. Has saved the day, particularly before major trips.

Buy one that has enough space to open it up and put an apple airtag in there?

Lenovo/Thinkpad will certify certain models for use with Linux, other brands sell Linux laptops. Those are obviously good indicators that those models should be safe to choose. More generally, the more popular a model is, and the longer it’s been on the market the more likely they are to be compatible, just because they are in people’s hands and people tinker with them and add stuff to the Linux Kernel. So stay away from the latest model that is uncertified, and don’t choose the flashy, overpriced model that will see poor sales.

Love the Airplane Mode bit

You might be able to find a discounted ThinkPad X12 detachable with an i5. It does not officially support Linux, but most features work, except for the volume rocker. It’s become my daily driver – really won me over. The keyboard is great btw.

I have very vague recollection of it being relevant…

I thought the scripture was quite clear with that whole “Thou shalt not kill” part…

Stable as in rarely crashes, or stable as in rarely changes over the years?

The LTS versions of Ubuntu are stable in the second sense, they get ten years of support but you’re stuck with old versions or (stable) programs in exchange. I also have not seen any of them experience a fatal crash, too. So stability isn’t the issue, its more about what you want to do and compatible with most recent versions of software.

“In each round Tuesday, the lowest vote-getter will be eliminated until a single candidate secures a simple majority of those in the room.”

Ranked choice, how progressive ?!

If you only find that mildly infuriating, them you’re a more mild manner person than I am.

That’s an American idea that there are different races. The term is obsolete in a biological sense. There are different connections of color, but that’s not sufficient to constitute different races.