Yahoo just gradually died as people started slowly abandoning it.

The same can happen to Facebook, but it won’t die with a bang.

There weren’t consequences of Twitter blocking mastodon, nor Reddit blocking lemmy, so I expect nothing will happen here either.

When the platforms see their users as chattel you should leave.

It’s surprisingly affordable with this 84 month loan!

The criminal thing about car loans is they often increase the loan APR as the duration increases, so it’s not just exponentially more expensive, the exponent is larger too!

It looks affordable until you find out your 84 month loan means you pay 25% more for the vehicle.

Also the second criminal thing is the depreciation curve is front loaded, so when you go to sell or upgrade you owe more and your asset is worth less.

For me it strikes the right balance of usability and security.

I’ve been a Mac user for almost 20 years now. I’ve had periods using Linux on desktop, but not for some time now. I’m very much a macOS power user.

The things I use my computer for: desktop publishing via Affinity, photo editing, programming, some app dev, playing mostly older games, and I do a lot of data analysis. There are a few macOS apps I could not live without: Automator, Preview, and I use Apple Numbers a surprising amount (I like that it’s table based and not sheet based).

I also find the right usability and hardware quality makes a huge difference for me. What stopped me before was Linux high DPI support and trackpad quality, but that was years ago.

An example of why I like Mac: I have a script at work that spits out Google cloud buckets in gs: format and I can’t change the script. I set up a simple Automator workflow so now I can right click the url and format it as a link to the bucket viewer in my browser instantly.

I have a ton of these little workflow improvements that I’m sure you could do with Linux but already work well for me.

Rosetta 2 seems pretty good still. It’s not free translation, but it’s viable.

I don’t expect macOS to be the best platform for games, I just want them broadly playable.

When these language models are trained, a large portion is augmenting the training by adding noise to the data.

This is actually something LLMs are trained to do because it helps them infer meaning despite typos.

As a Mac user I too want SteamOS to succeed, because it will indirectly result in more games that are compatible with macOS via game porting tools and wine.

Honestly windows is just annoying to deal with. I don’t like the ads, and I don’t like my start menu bar being reorganized. I run it in a VM and managing my install keys is a huge pain with their login system.

Linux is awesome, it’s neat watching its developer friendliness result in snowballing market share.

Someone has to treat Airbud and his puppies.

I got a company branded reusable tote bag this year.

ETA: forgot to mention I already shrank the tote in the wash.

And that’s why I shouldn’t read at 3am

That’s still crazy, I agree

It’s not mentioned in the article, but how on earth did they cite her for 2000 in fingers in 5 minutes?

Hopefully any judge who saw that would dismiss it as unreasonable

Two things for sure:

1. Mathew 7:12 “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.” That really should sum up Christianity.

2. Jesus throwing the merchants out of the temple, because really religion and making money should never go hand in hand.

I don’t really remember much of childhood, but I do have kindergarten memories

Similar experience for me. It wasn’t that I felt my thoughts were invalid, but I didn’t feel like it was impacting me in the moment, and then every session was like “sure, that was illogical, but I still felt that at the time”.

I’ve been trying ACT, and while I don’t know if it’s been effective yet, at least it’s helping me process and understand my thoughts better.

Syrup?

I’ve been on vacation since Christmas and I have been this relaxed and happy in years

My job has been killing me the last couple years, but I just interviewed for a new job that sounds perfect for me (and I them) and I really hope I get it!

Edit: I don’t actually have an answer to your question, but I get this feeling every week. The only thing that really helped was antidepressants which toned down my anxiety so at least I can enjoy Sunday’s without constantly thinking about work.

I binge watched a lot of Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares (the UK) one

The best tip ever given on those shows is Gordon Ramsay yelling “taste taste taste!” at everyone.

Tasting as you go is what improved my cooking the most. I also vigorously smell everything too.

I probably put herbes de Provence in too many things, but I like how it tastes.

I use salt and pepper, how could you say my food is bland?

I watch a lot of baking shows and your cake is easily the most beautiful cake I’ve ever seen!