Gosh that sounds lovely, especially the Linux part. Actually, mostly the Linux part.

Someone should plot the price of things (eggs, gas, the Big Mac) against the (date-referenced) count of times he played golf.

Why would I spend a ton of money to go out in public and play golf, when I can stay at home keeping that Teams icon green while playing videogames and watching mid-week Europa League fixtures?

Source: currently home sick, but feeling good enough to clock a few hours of required training and data backups.

“…the funeral was an excellent networking opportunity, and I was able to share my amazing experience working for [ChatGPT rebadge “AI” company] with all of my friends and family. I spent extra time showing Grandma how she can chat with our product NeedAFriendAI since Grandpa isn’t around anymore.”

This ended up working! Great suggestion, thank you!

I’ll look into that, wasn’t something I had considered yet. Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestion!

I have not tried that - thanks for the suggestion!

Wolves with laser beams attached to their heads!

Luigi unavailable? Try a pack of his furry nemeses, Wolfuigi

Germany woke af by having a gender-neutral pronoun already

What’s weird about this broader “conversation” on masculinity is I feel more masculine than ever

Same. The more I read stupid quotes from the Tates and Musk’s of the world, the more I feel like I’m doing something right with how I’m living my life, raising my kiddo, and engaging with my community.

Between that and a wider understanding/acceptance of neurodivergence, I’m feeling pretty comfortable in my own skin for the first time in a long time. And I’m ready to fight for women, minorities, and the LGBTQ+ communities to feel the same way.

Part of my house is an old house…I’ve just learned to accept that things that should be straight or square are crooked 🤣

My theory is related to your #1, but I’m guessing that the military is testing the detection capability of their systems. It would explain why the sightings have been all over the place. They are basically sending them out to fly in various different patterns from different approach vectors (“coming in from the ocean”) to ensure that the radar and likely more sophisticated drone-specific hardware can detect them. It would also account for why there have been such a variety of reports of different sizes and characteristics of the drones (the credible ones, not the people filming airplanes).

I think the success of drones in the Ukraine conflict has accelerated the concerns of the military and DHS, and they felt the need to accelerate the install/upgrade/test of their defenses.

Wer früher stirbt ist länger tod (english title: Grave Decisions) is an absolutely incredible movie. It won a ton of awards, but is relatively unknown in the US.

Wiki summary. “The film is about an 11-year-old Bavarian boy (Sebastian Schneider) who feels responsible for his mother’s death, who died during his birth, and naively attempts multiple ways to reach immortality (procreation, reincarnation, sanctification, rockstardom) to prevent his tenure in hell.”

While this description may sound somewhat dark and serious, it is a light-hearted, inspiring movie with great music, visuals, and proper Bayrisch dialect (I have to use German subtitles to understand any of it).

Side note - if any EU folks here can help a brother out with getting an electronic copy with proper English subtitles, I would be very grateful. I’ve been wanting to show it to all my friends, but only have a German-subtitled version.

That’s exactly what it is. I just had this happen where two US highways merge, and it told me to “keep straight on HWY 20” at that location. You’ll also often see this where two interstates merge for a while in and around cities.

It’s just down the hall, around a slight bend to the left. Not sure why there are lines painted in the halls of this building…hope I get there first!

A guy who went through such an experience made a webcomic about it. Very long read, but incredibly powerful.

https://elan.school/rude-awakening/

“Somehow…Stark has returned”

Hi friend, what are the immigration policies for your country? Asking for myself