The meme is spot on. The more we learn about Google, the more glad I am that some of the steps are already behind me.

Also, congratulations on your journey.

Hail Satan!?

True. Starting with a fresh install can be more of a performance boost than buying a new drive. Add them together though and your computer is going to feel like future tech. I’d also just reinstall, unless its a server or a pain to rebuild.

Agreed on the exclusivity thing. Matching apps could be a big benefit. I don’t read across devices (or if I do, it is for different books), but I want to give cross-device syncing a try once I get my Calibre library all fixed up.

Good point on the AMOLED. I actually like the different UI. It keeps me zoned into my book and zoned out of Android.

You already received a reply to this, but I recently had both installed and also recently reviewed my apps to uninstall duplicate-purpose apps.

KOreader looks like what comes on a Kindle, Nook, etc. I have it loaded on an old Kindle 4th Generation I inherited from my Grandpa. If you like eBook readers, this one is for you. Librera is for people who are Android users, especially those who download and store books on their devices. It follows more typical Android design conventions and functions more like a full eBook suite vs a reader tool.

I think I’m going to go with KOreader for my uses, but have immense admiration for the developers of both.

The roads here are so wide (usually 6 lanes plus turn lanes and a median) that we could build wall2wall apartments/condos/flats on on half of the road and still have enough road left for 3-4 lanes of traffic and a detached dedicated bike path and sidewalks.

Cars take up way more space than people realize.

I had a similar experience with the XPS 13, which is odd because Dell explicitly supported Linux on this laptop. It was a good device and ran well for at least a decade.

I’ll wait to hear how the Canadians feel about it,

My US state did away with some old blue laws in my lifetime. We allowed liquor sales on Sunday, we allowed grocery stores and gas stations to sell real beer (previously 3.2% beer), wine, and weaker mixed drinks.

I was for it at the time, but now I feel like the Sunday sales ban gave employees and often small liquor store owners a needed day off. Apparently a giant brewery owner would pick up all the local liquor store employees with a party bus a few times a year on Sunday and that doesn’t happen anymore. The liquor store/gas station sales ban protected a niche for real liquor stores which tend to have much better selection than a grocery store isle.

We do still allow only one liquor store license per person, so there are no chains (except a husband/wife/kid each owning a store with similar branding). I know where to go for wine, for liquor, where to go late at night, and who carries seasonal and foreign products. Some places have discounts for first responders, teachers, military, etc. Some will let your have their cardboard boxes. I would hate for all that to be replaced by Amazon Liquor or Walmart Brews.

Some of the issues might fix themselves updating the mods over the next week or so. Most of my maps have missing textures and I’m waiting for the creators to update them to work with the new release. I’m not sure how long that usually takes.

I saw an fps drop too. Normally I can play between High and Ultra with the latter only giving the mildest of stutters. If I tweak individual settings, even ultra runs well.

After the update, I can only run High and I have to tune the settings to make it work well.

Having said that, high looks pretty good right now, so I’m not sure it is really comparable with the old high setting!

Agreed, the privacy costs of driving modern cars are absurd.

I was doing okay before AI replaced me. I wouldn’t have bought anything I couldn’t have paid for on the day of purchase but I’m glad that I didn’t because unemployed me has to drive even less than work-from-home me did. Pouring $3k into my car would hurt, but not as much as buying a $40k mobile babysitting device that’s going to surveil me everywhere I go.

Worth noting, at least for those in the USA, your local chain auto parts store may lend out tools. The one around the corner from me used to.

My fan clutch seized up (it’s supposed to let go when it cools down so the fan isn’t always spinning at full speed). I needed a very wide wrench to get it off; even my biggest crescent wrench was way too small. They had a tool that fit perfectly and since DIYers buy their parts from them, it makes perfect sense that they’d happily lend these tools out as long as people bring them back. They put a hold on my card for the borrowed tool, but dropped it when I brought it back.

The broken fan clutch took my fuel economy (this was a late 90s vehicle) from 15-17mpg to 7-8mpg, but it roared like cross between a very angry hippo and a lion when that fan was pegged at 100%. I was a little sad when it was fixed… but my wallet was happy and the vehicle had a little power again instead of just sounding powerful.

I lean left, but I have similar frustrations. There’s an authoritarian wing to both parties who think they can make rules for everyone else, but won’t subject themselves to the same rules. Will the data be collected from these politicians car cams the same way they want to spy on you and me? This is clearly about data and power and our leaders have shown time and time again that they’ll make moves to enrich themselves and then wrap the approval in something like climate change, save the kids, or some other cause that it barely touches on. I need my leaders to lead by example and live openly and honestly in a way most people don’t.

The politicians are the ones the cameras should always be pointed at.

So cool. Die Maus under der Elefant takes me right back to my childhood. I am glad to see so much varied representation and thankful all of you are here.

I tried MX for a while. It was alright but not the distro for me beyond that short period of time. I’m glad it exists but a bit mystified at how it ended up topping the charts.

Seriously, the way things are going I’d be happy pouring more cash into a bucket of bolts than it’s worth just to keep it running. Mine is only a 2015 but I’m gonna keep up the maintenance because it was one of the last model years not to have an upgraded radio with the newer round of anti-features and spyware. I drive all of 20-40 miles a week. Not really worth buying a $50k car, is it?

Exactly, when you have as much power as a politician or c-level executive, you should be the first one to have every waking moment streamed online for anyone to see. Your bank accounts should be 100% public, and you should have to share your ID with 10 different companies just to buy a pack of tictacs. Why? Because everything you do will impact many, many people and you have incentives to lie, cheat, and steal.

They could pump the water back to the start of the creek and make it into a lazy river. Moving water doesn’t get as icky and kids could race paper boats down it and run across the bridges as they follow.

No article, but from the pic alone: a hedge around the outside to absorb traffic noise would make this a more human-enjoyable space. Also, the best shade tree in the park appears to be in a place where no one can easily sit under it without walking though a fountain. How about some stepping stones across the pond?