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I would never call someone a bigot for talking about Harry Potter. It does absolutely reduce my opinion of them, though. I keep it to myself, but I see it as pretty thoughtless.

Definitely not true. I drove a cab for 12 years, it went great. I don't tailgate, I don't get in people's way, and I don't drive like a feckless confused imbicile.

Honestly, having to listen to people babble about Harry Potter just feels like a slap in the face. Like, I know people who have the best intentions in regard to supporting trans people, but they'll still happily make endless references to this garbage in front of me as though it wouldn't immediately bring to mind someone who is actively engaged in trying to get others to agree that I shouldn't exist. Some of them also buy merch that I guarantee puts money directly in her pocket.

It bothers the shit out of me.

Being able to drive safely also means being able to prioritize. It's not to anyone's benefit to be so blinded by the rules that you'd drive into a brick wall if one appeared in the road.

Spineless drivers are nearly as dangerous as arrogant drivers.

Why not just pull into the empty left lane and have them pass on the right? One less thing for you to think about.

If I'm on a road that isn't the highway and someone is tailgating me I literally just pull over and wave them by. Same with people blasting me with their high beams. It is infinitely safer.

I mean there's also 0patch.

They're trying to protect you from insects that might have the audacity to try to eat your soap or climb into your scrubby things.

If they're alive, that means they're eating, which means they're doing pest control.

I guess if it's primarily intended as an experiment that makes sense.

That is an extremely goofy way to moderate a community.

Unfortunately there are a few things that keep me from switching to Linux.

• The drivers for my mouse don't work properly
• JACK is not a substitute for Voicemeeter
• JACK's latency makes it less suitable for recording guitar
• I use FL Studio
• I need access to a Windows testing environment
• Having to suddenly troubleshoot in Linux completely breaks my flow

Microsoft is going to stop providing updates, but 0patch is specifically providing security patches after EOS so that people don't have to upgrade to Windows 11.

This may be a shock, but.. Some memes are cringe.

For those who aren't already aware, you can continue to get Windows 10 security updates after EOS, as well as updates for legacy windows systems, with 0patch. That's what I plan on doing. https://0patch.com/

Yeah, that's the part I agree with you on. I just don't think recognizing pictures is a meaningful metric as far as that's concerned.

I don't know about you, but when I took classes on this stuff we weren't like, staring at the pictures of the authors. We were talking about the material. The faces I picture in my head when I think of this stuff aren't the people who wrote the books we read and discussed, it's my professors and the people who were in my classes.

How dare I disagree with Lenin! Oh no!

You misspelled tankies.