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I don’t think Linux as currently designed is built to be that effectively

I agree, but only in the sense that I think Linux is in its Windows 98 era and still making some things hard that should be easier. That’s ostensibly because of the Linux philosophy of user choice but it also bites people in the ass sometimes.

Depends on how much knowledge you’re interested in acquiring in the first 3 months and how much you like to play around. When I was a kid, I broke Windows a lot because I was learning what you can and can’t do. Adults don’t have that kind of time to explore and fix things that break and a lot of us aren’t intellectually curious about technology.

If you’re a tech person at all and like solving problems (or you have someone in your household who would admin your system), I think it’s ready for you. But if you’re an end user who wants every Windows feature and more on Linux and can’t/won’t fix things by searching, it’s not ready.

A lot of very online gamers are absolutely vehemently against anything they don’t personally find value in. I’ve seen Windows users on Reddit get smug like this because they’re operating on the assumption that the limitations on Linux from 10-15 years ago were never overcome and, thus, “Linux sucks because it can’t run games.”

To me, it’s just another version of the Android vs. iOS cope for users who think their choice to use a specific ecosystem makes them superior. The reason I shill for Linux is because it’s free, I like supporting underdogs, and most Linux desktops are ready for daily use including gaming, not because I think Linux is objectively better than Windows.

Is willingly going on a week-long trip with a stranger human trafficking? No.

You weren’t forced into anything and could freely leave at any time. It could have been dangerous, and for some who do this I’m sure it is, but that doesn’t automatically make it human trafficking.

If you were forcibly kept on the yacht or taken to another place and forced into employment/servitude/captivity by the owner, then that would be human trafficking.

Why are you entering commands that you read about online without knowing what they do? There’s a running joke that you need to enter rm -fr / to remove the French language from your system; it actually wipes the entire disk mounted to /.

When you know what the commands do, using the terminal is always going to be faster (i.e., more productive) and use fewer system resources than using a GUI. That’s just a fact, sorry if it annoys you when people point it out. Whenever I need to move a lot of stuff around, I will always use mv instead of Thunar (my file manager) even though I prefer a GUI for most tasks.

Yeah, it’s kind of annoying that women basically have their clothes sizes randomized and you have to look at their size chart online anyway.

At least when I go buy pants (as a man), I can reasonably assume that almost any pair I get off the rack is labelled by hip circumference and instep and roughly the size I’m expecting. Though there’s a decent amount of vanity sizing in a lot of men’s clothes these days too.

I would have to speculate, but I think it’s due to averages.

The average woman is much smaller than the average man. There are a handful of sizes that will fit most women, and a handful for men. Think of a standard distribution: there will be outliers, but most are in a certain range.

Over many decades, even centuries, sizing is more rigidly codified as larger scale production of textiles/shoes becomes common, but of course this sizing doesn’t apply to everyone for various reasons, so things such as vanity sizing and regional/manufacturing differences created an even bigger mess.

Not to mention that people are fatter now because of the caloric density of modern food, so it’s relatively common now that even really short people can be very wide. Plus sizing is also a huge clusterfuck.

Another factor is fit and cut, but this comment is already too long to get into that.

I don’t think I can really offer you any useful advice since I have never dealt with this. But I noticed you’re in therapy, that’s great. I couldn’t help but see that you wrote this:

those who love get screwed. so i must not get close to anyone i love

i have no support network therefore i will be badly hurt when this ends, and almost everything ends

I think these 2 statements are contradictory, or at least will prevent you from progressing emotionally while you hold both to be true. I would really recommend that you talk about these 2 things with your therapist.

Building a support network, even online, even with just 1 other person, even with people you don’t feel comfortable telling “everything” to, could really benefit you. But your current relationship style is holding you back from that, which seems like a Catch-22 that a professional might be able to help with.

Please take care, it must be horrible to experience what you’ve described. I imagine that it’s taking a large toll on you physically and emotionally, so try to go easy on yourself.

Mostly, you’ll only scare them if you’re quiet and sneak up on them. If you walk normally and don’t try to be quiet, they’ll run away before you can get close.

Skunks are considered a pest and they’re more than aware we don’t like them, so they generally employ the timeless strategy of scurrying in the opposite direction unless directly threatened.

I’d really love to see more representation from various indigenous groups and nations in the US and Canada, like stories and myths from the Anishinaabe people being made into a TV show or animated movie or something (just an example).

I think an anthology series (either one overarching story per season or one shorter story per episode) would be really interesting and probably also allow a lot more indigenous people to break into acting/production. Using music made by indigenous people would also be cool.

Not quite verbatim, but that’s a quote from Julius Nyerere. Just for attribution’s sake if anyone is interested.

If you want your climate control to be automated, you need to automate it.

I used to be a building automation technician for commercial buildings. Simple temperature control is standard for them and easily achievable on your own with consumer hardware, but you need to know what you want your system to do and then do your research on the hardware and software necessary to achieve it.

You may be interested in something like HomeAssistant, where you set it up on your own, or you might want an installation company to come in and set up something like Control4 for you.

You could also go super simple and run a wire from the unit to a thermostat or temperature relay. Then you just set up the temperatures you want it to turn on and off at.

The solution really depends on the problem. We don’t know why they told you to seek therapy.

I’m 30. At this point, 21-year-olds are nice to look at but generally horrible to talk to. I’d not really want to date someone under 25 because they’re immature, inexperienced with life/politics, and often annoying. I’ve always preferred people who are just above my own age because I like to engage socially and intellectually with my partners.

Maybe if I had a lot of money and wanted to hire a sex worker, I’d go for someone under 25 (depends on the person), but for actual intimacy with someone I want to keep around? Someone my age, please. I feel physical repulsion at the thought of being with a teenager or someone in their early 20s.

It’s probably somewhat normal to find younger people physically attractive, but what does that mean to you? Are you going to be marrying someone who is 21 at 50? That’s not typical and won’t be easily accepted.

You don’t have to fantasize about wrinkles or whatever to be attracted to an older person. Mariska Hargitay is fucking hot, so is Gillian Anderson, Jonathan Frakes, and Karl Urban. It’s not because they’re old, it’s because they’re still good-looking despite age and maintain their bodies.

Are you sure that the question wasn’t asking if you have a condition which prevents scab formation? That might indicate a clotting disorder or some other problem that may make donating blood/plasma a bad idea for you.