this is a notebook with an Intel Core i5-4278U @ 2.60GHz (2 cores, 4 threads) with 8 GB RAM and installing and upgrading on xubuntu 23.10 was already really, painfully slow.

Have you put an SSD in there, or are you still running on spinning rust? In my experience, even a cheap SSD will make a huge difference.

They're almost exclusively being imported as antique vehicles. I don't think you're going to find a cheap, useful, 25-year old Chinese EV, but all the power to you!

I definitely agree with you about the data, but people's feelings do matter, that's why we're currently experiencing a vibecession.

Can it? Certainly. People have been doing so for years now.

Should you? None of us can answer that for you. None of us know your needs, your technical proficiency, or your willingness to put up with bugs/quirks

If you're interested, you should go read/listen/watch the experiences of users and ask questions once you have some specific ones.

CityNerd's maps tend to be much prettier than this (not trying to throw shade, I would literally do much worse than this) and lately, he's just be using this instead of making his own.

It's even better when it's done in a different colour. Then it makes it really clear that the freeway is wider than the 3 parking that abut it on the left.

If a currency is agreed upon being valid by multiple parties, I'd argue it is "real money".

That right there. The vast, vast majority of people don't think it's valid, therefore it's not real money.

EVs are an inefficient solution for the ~85% of Canadians who live in urban areas. We need more investment in efficient solutions in areas like public transportation, active transportation, and liveable cities.

Per Jellyfin's hardware guide, that's only for recent AMD CPUs. If we're looking at budget options (as OP seems to be heading), then we can go with older, used Intel CPUs.

I want to preface this by saying I am against the death penalty.

The argument

The state tells you murder is illegal. Except when the state does it.

really falls apart when you consider all the other things the state is allowed to do that would be otherwise illegal. The simplest comparison is imprisonment but there are dozens of others.

So does that mean they’re finally going to make clicking on the address bar compatible with the Linux method of doing things (a single click puts the cursor where you clicked, NOT highlight the entire address, which is completely different from every other application on the desktop)?

I've never heard of this before, do you have a source for this? I got this same behaviour on Epiphany, Chrome, and Chromium, so it's not just Firefox. Is there any web-browser that handles this the "correct" way?

I kind of doubt it. There's a lot of value for Russia in being able to say Wagner operates at arms length, even if Russia actually has full control.