The thought process that owns almost everyone, and that is central to our problems, globally, is thinking that some things should not exist. This causes, internally, big feels of violation, which are almost inevitably projected outwards in a way that disempowers the person feeling violated.

For example, thinking that totalitarianism shouldn't exist, or sexism, or racism - but these are all normal human activities that will repeat, regardless of how unhealthy they are. Accepting that they exist allows you to approach them honestly.

The real question is whether or not you'll respond, and if you do, what that form that response will take. But to do that effectively, one must fully accept that the thing exists, and/by processing the feelings that that entails.

once you're not fighting it's existence, you can respond naturally to it, and fluidly adapt to it.

yeah! we have our big outdoor freezer on a sensor (most just run on a cycle), so out uses significantly less power in winter, but handles the odd warm day. crockpot on a timer, electric fence gets paused and starts up again in a half hour..

..lotsa good little uses.

living this. although, more, a homestead.

Homeassistant keeps my water pump from freezing!

grass is always greener on the other side. ..but, sometimes, it actually is, depending on who you are.

In my case, the forest was, and still is, the greener side. can't really complain, and I don't think I'll be switching back to tech anytime soon.

Can confirm, though, a lot of people approach farming or homesteading with really unreasonable expectations.

The Gnome overview is simple enough to use that people think there's nothing to it.

I've never had a better tool for interacting with apps, and I've worked with a lot of tools / DEs. There are some that are arguably more fun, or that clearly give better customization options.

..but just being a clean tool that works, provides what you need, looks good doing so, and gets out of your way? Gnome, hands down.

thanks! You've satisfied my curiosity, and piqued my interest in MX Linux.

I wasn't asking for "proof", I was asking for curiosity.

I think that both putting your pet down and not doing so must be an honest consideration.

As their caretaker, you can empathize with them the most. Imagine what you would want in their situation, and do it. You have the ability to cognize this - they do not.

There are humane services that will come to your home so they don't even have to leave a familiar environment. But sometimes, your buddy still has joy in life, even though he's all wobbly.

..in the end, the truth is that it's a judgment call, and you do the best you can - and make your choices in a way that, if they were there in your head with you, and could understand your choices, they would love you for it, and that you can love yourself for.

He followed legal advice from lawyers and removed some russians from being kernel maintainers to comply with sanctions.

I don't agree with unrealized gains taxes in general, but the instant they are used as collateral, or if value in any way is extracted from them (even loan value), they become realized gains, and should be taxed.

This. Well said.

Kent is reasonable, and sees Linus's need to keep order. I think he just pushes it sometimes, and doesn't understand how problematic that can be.

That said - he has resubmitted an amended version of the patch, that doesn't touch code outside of bcachefs, and is less than 1/3 the size.

Wokeness is not the issue with disco, et al. It's terrible writing, poor science even for soft sci fi, and too many cringey moments.

I get that some people love it. But the emotional resolution porn is, to me, just icky.