This has been a thing for at least a few years. Luckily last I checked (pre pandemic) it hasn’t taken off bc

1. Eugenics reminds people of Nazis and is bad
2. Genetic diversity might be the only thing that saves us in another pandemic. Kind of like how strains of bananas all go extinct at once if they’re genetic clones.

So probably too dangerous to actually take off any time soon. Iirc a Chinese scientist tried it and got sent to jail, seems to be a pretty universal thing

Do work, get cheque, leave. Why get drained emotionally if you aren’t being paid for it.

Not everything is worth caring about

I’m 90% sure this whole fancy chefs knife thing is a scam. My knife is the cheapest one I could find. Been 15 years and it still does the job. I mean you have to sharpen it but that’s about it. Granted I’m also not a chef so this is for daily cooking

Moving offline is the best one I have. Talks about digital minimalism quality feed. Nerd fitness one is pretty cool too. The rest that I have are very location specific.

I’d be curious to hear which ones you follow as well. Always looking for new feeds

If you got a home inspection start there . it tells you all the potential problems. If something is a potential problem solve it as soon as you notice it so it doesn’t become a big problem. I buy things I need as I go. Screwdriver and drill get the most use by far

The thing is you’re describing the acolyte as well. Same approach one turned out great the other not so great

I do think we tend to underestimate how much you can accomplish with 5 minutes of study a day. My main problem with Duolingo is that it isn’t effective, but if I spent the same 5 minutes using anki or a better tool I get results

I have trouble sticking with things. Gamification is absolutely manipulative but it also worked for me. I tried to keel that streak going even when it did nothing for my goals. So I kept the gamification but changed the app so that I’m manipulating myself to further my goals and it works just as well

The gamification is genuinely so helpful. You can get it through other apps like habitica with some setup. I have ADHD too but I found Duolingo good for habit building but jot the greatest for actual language learning

Steamos might be cool as a gaming rig too arch based so you get the best of both worlds

I guess I am thinking of droids as not having free will even if they are sentient.

I don’t find the expense of a hyperdrive to be a valid point though mostly because even if they are expensive they can’t be that expensive. Han Solo has one and he never seemed like a character with money. I.e. an individual likely wouldn’t be able to try this but an army, with unquestioning soldiers and an immoral general would absolutely try it imo. 1 life/ship lost to kill a fleet is a worthwhile trade

It’s a bad star wars movie because of the hyperspace ram.

SciFi inherently requires suspension of disbelief and so I find the way these types of stories ground themselves is through the rules they set. For example fire/explosions don’t really make sense in space but its a consistent thing so w/e.

Hyperspace ramming breaks the entire concept of Star wars BC why hasn’t anyone done it before? Its the perfect weapon for asymmetrical warfare, its cheap and its very effective. Imagine how a weapon like that could be used with a robot piloting a junk ship, why even build a death star just strap a bunch of garbage to a hyperspace drive and ram it into a planet. Its so effective that every fight in the future needs to consider it as well.

I’d defend this movie far more if it didn’t do this. But it didn’t only damage its own movie it damaged every story star wars has told retrospectively.

You’re not wrong either I like reading enough that I still enjoy reading a book even if I don’t finish it. I think I tend to get hooked pretty far into a novel 100 pages or so… Its actually pretty rare that I’m hooked on a story immediately although they do exist. Lol I guess I’m saying I have no idea

I read a lot and at least once a year I encounter a book I almost put down but I decided to keep going and I had 0 regrets. A few of them ended up becoming favourites. Slow burns are a real thing unfortunately

Have you heard of Daryl Davis? Black dude who convicted KKK members to quit just by being friends with them. I think empathy might be the key, I.e. its hard to be homophobic if your friend is gay.

That’s the energy I like to approach discourse with. Its harder online but it is possible.

Genuine question, why do you need to change peoples beliefs? Idk I find that 95% of people are pleasant to talk to and share your views with if you just speak with them nicely and try to understand their POV. And that applies to people who I vehemently disagree with.

Protondb will be your best friend here. If I were you I’d look up the games you want to play on there and check peoples comments on how they got them running. Almost everything out of box using steams proton tools but often it needs tweaking. Depending on how much you want to play a game it might not be worth the trouble to setup. For instance I stay away from every live service game now. You should also check out the os people are using on protondb to make sure it works for you I use arch (btw) so I won’t take instructions from a Debian setup if I can find one with a similar os.

Worth pursuing and you sound experienced enough to get it set up. Idk about modding though that can be painful to get setup BC of how wine/proton work.

I’ve only seen this on a system I hadn’t changed the wallpaper on. But agreed the stock ones suck

Mostly BC its low effort. The most intimidating thing about arch for me was the troubleshooting when things go wrong. I’m cool with that in general operation but not during the installation process. Endeavor makes it painless while still being a minimalistic install

EndeavorOS if you want to have an easy time. Also be comfortable reading documentation.