That it won’t matter. At most, debates only move polls by a couple of percentage points. This one is so early and the US has become so polarized that it won’t move the needle at all.
Eh, traps don’t work all that well. What you need is something really effective and more vicious. Get a cat and very slightly under feed it.
I've been really enjoying my current Pathfinder:Kingmaker run going for the true ending.
Forty years too late, but I guess better than never.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W3q8Od5qJio
Edit: Be sure to turn the volume and bass up all the way before clicking play.
Even if you don't have anything material to leave behind, there are still a few questions that it's good to have the answers written down for, mostly advanced directives. You can find free AD forms if you live in the US at https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/free-printable-advance-directives/ and most other countries have a similar system.
Nope. They do require some form of 2FA, but that can be any of: phone number, security key, authentication app, or a secure device. They also support one time use backup codes that you print out and keep secure. Personally, I use security keys for day to day and keep the printed out backup codes with my will.
I know that’s supposed to be a jokey edgy comment but advanced planning is really important for those you leave behind. They will absolutely appreciate it if you have done the basics of estate planning (will, advance directives, digital account planning) so that it’s not one more burden during one of their most difficult time in life.
In my filing cabinet that contains my will and other emergency documents I have a printout of the emergency backup codes for my password manager and my google account. That should be enough for my heirs to get whatever they need and want.
Oh, nothing about it sounds unrealistic, just kinda pointless. There absolutely are rugged laptops and gaming laptops and probably even some combination of the two out there somewhere. But they both tend to be quite expensive and nothing you mentioned seemed to indicate the need for portability. So, why a laptop and not a desktop? You’ll get a lot more bang for your buck and can have the exact keyboard, cooling system and whatever else you want, plus a much more repairable system.
With those requirements why bother with a laptop? Just build yourself a desktop and setup up ssh and/or Remote Desktop if you really need access on the go.
Since I work in Bay Area tech I’ve met a bunch of people who do, like Guido van Rossum and Sergey Brin. But I only really know one, an astronomer I used to work with.
Fun fact: Texas gave that strip of land to Oklahoma so they could keep slaves.
Actually, that’s not really a very fun fact.
I once heard them as “everlasting thought stoppers” and now I can’t call them anything else.
Well that really whips the llamas ass.
I mean, Microsoft pulled off that for Windows all the way back in 1995.
/s, obvs
Oh you’re in for a treat! The Baroque Cycle takes place much earlier, but has family ties to Cryptonomicon.
I don't mean that literally, of course, but metaphorically. Back when Prozac first hit national consciousness here in the US in the early 90s there was a huge backlash against it, much like the one we're seeing against the GLP/GIPs.
Every magazine had a special issue with a bottle of pills lit by scary, dramatic lighting for a cover. There was a constant discourse of hysteria and pearl clutching like: "you'll have to be on it forever!", "it doesn't really fix anything!", "it's so expensive!", "what if they give it to children?!?", "oh no the side effects!". Every self appointed expert had a reason you shouldn't take it: "you don't need it, you just need God", "you just need to get tough", "it's a cop out for the weak", etc, etc. Even many therapists and psychiatrists spoke against it, often more afraid for their jobs than anything else, "what if we fix everything with a pill, what does that mean for psychiatry?"
And now, 30 years later we have a much better understanding of anti-depressants. They are a common prescription and much of society accepts them the same way we accept people being on statins, insulin or ibuprofen. They didn't destroy psychiatry, make everyone become mindless drones or create a bunch of psychopaths. And they became a whole lot more affordable.
On the other hand, Prozac itself would be an odd prescription today as there are much better, more targeted medications with fewer side effects.
I strongly believe the same thing will happen with semaglutide and tirzepatide, but probably much faster due to the much larger number of potential patients. In ten years the new family of weight loss drugs will be commonly used and accepted by society, but they probably won't be semaglutide or tirzepatide but rather some new, more targeted meds that are cheap and have far fewer side effects.
But that doesn't mean I'm going to wait a decade to lose this weight.
GLP Wieght Loss is a new community for people who currently are or are interested in starting losing weight using the new GLP1-RA and related medications, such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, AKA Wegovy, Zepbound and other brand names. !glp_weight_loss@lemmy.sdf.org
40s M, 5'11, SW 255, GW 200?
I've been overwieght almost my entire life. One summer in elementary school my weight shot way up and it's been high ever since. I've been on every diet, have always done sports, hit the gym regularly, and am generally active, but I've never been able to keep it off long, or even make it down to a "normal" BMI, generally floating somewhere between overweight and obese. Over the last two years, my weight has started climbing at a pound or two a month and I haven't been able to stop it.
I took my first dose of semaglutide tonight, after trying to get a hold of it for the last six months. My insurance denied me said I had to join Weight Watchers for six months. Then, two months ago I was laid off. But, a couple of my friends have had success with one of the compounding pharms, so I though I'd give them a try. My partner also did the same thing, and took their first dose last week. Here's hoping that this is the change I've needed!
I printed a complete set of gridfinity bins for my desk drawer. It’s so much better than the drawer of chaos.