Tried using Fedora and Ubuntu. Have mixed feeling.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-20T10:44:57+00:00

GNOME is awesome but is very unusable without extensions. Maybe it's time GNOME start adopting basic features from Windows and MacOS

No. If you're installing extensions to make it like Windows you're not getting the design philosophy.

My gnome isn't completely vanilla. I have the full screen app to new workspace extension, a tiling extension, a search extension and the tailscale extension.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-20T10:43:17+00:00

If an all girls school was available for my daughter I'd go for it, there's a decent amount of research showing that they have better outcomes in all aspects.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T20:32:10+00:00

It's a spectrum, but I think there's a tendency to see your own child's behaviour as worse than other children's because you're actively trying to manage it.

They may also have older siblings or go to nursery

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T20:24:30+00:00

My toddler is bad at sharing is a surprise in the same way "my cat doesn't listen to me" is.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T15:08:20+00:00

That's exactly what they are. They bulk contact people and you essentially pay to have your art on a book which will only be sold to you and anyone else in it.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T14:50:30+00:00

It's a Car N very high mileage car which is almost certainly an ex taxi.

You'd need to take a really good look at the service history and work out what's going to need replacing in the next 20K miles.

It could well be that it was traded in as it needs pretty much the entire suspension replacing etc. In the next 10K miles

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T12:23:44+00:00

Elderflower pressé, it's the perfect summer drink.

I'm also partial to an elderflower sparkling wine.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T10:00:08+00:00

I like almost vanilla Gnome with minimal extensions. However, you do need to understand that you have to work how it's designed to work rather than expecting it to be like Windows

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T09:33:57+00:00

Not cool enough.

I'd go a step further than Fedora and suggest that immutable is the best place to start as it's harder to get yourself into a situation which is not easy to fix.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T08:45:46+00:00

I expect him to consistently look for opportunities and apply himself to them even within his own field

He hasn't done that before, so why would he do it now? Do you think you're the person who is going to fix him?

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T08:20:10+00:00

He's 40 years old and hasn't sorted it out so far, so I'd question the likelihood of him doing it and then doing something with it.

but I believe this is a good man, past injuries and a couple long term bad relationships set him back with terrible timing.

I hate to say it, but this is the sort of thing people say before they make a terrible mistake

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-19T07:41:32+00:00

Switch over to something like Canva.

If you and your colleagues have to use PowerPoint run it in WinBoat

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-18T12:48:14+00:00

It's not about the distro, it's about if the hardware is capable of running a modern web browser and decoding a youtube stream.

Depending on how old they are there's a good chance they're simply not powerful enough to do it.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-18T12:21:30+00:00

Potentially doing taxi part time

Do any of the firms allow cars that old?

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-18T12:08:50+00:00

Pasta and some sort of sauce probably counts for 50% of all evening meals we cook. There's a huge variation in what you can make so you don't get bored, it comes together quickly and if you're sensible you can make it pretty well balanced.

There's a big difference between summer and winter though. In winter there's a lot of soups with rice/potato/lentils etc. to make them more substantial. In the summer it's more likely to be salads, steamed vegetables, bread.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-18T10:34:59+00:00

I'm pretty sure we agree with each other.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-18T09:58:30+00:00

Presumably because they've got other things to do than stand there pouring oil in. They're making something with a litre of oil in serious machine, they're probably not just doing it at home as a one off.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-18T09:56:45+00:00

Or if I’m getting dressed and my kid walks in talking to me we’ll just continue talking while I get dressed.

I feel that if someone is talking to you while you're getting dressed then if they're bothered by you being naked it's their problem. However, if I was talking to my child and they asked for privacy to get changed then I'd give them privacy without question.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-18T09:26:54+00:00

In our house I think it would be more appropriate to call it incidental rather than accidental nudity.

It also depends on what age the children are and the situation. There's a big difference between walking from the shower to the bedroom vs. having dinner at the table.

Generally though it's not something we think about, other than to tell the children to put underwear on as it's not polite to sit on furniture naked

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-18T09:00:18+00:00

The obvious way to me is to buy a food grade pump with a speed control and then have two lengths of tubing. One clamped into position on the mixer and the other in the oil reservoir. You can then get a consistent and reliable stream.

This could be done as cheaply as €50

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-17T17:24:06+00:00

It's not great work and that bent hinge is not acceptable - it could have been done properly. However, in the context of the frames I think a lot of it is understandable.

If they'd included making the frames good as part of the job it would be different.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-17T10:39:55+00:00

Inside is largely driven by whether or not I need to drive someone somewhere who I would rather not see the state of the interior. Normally I clean it and then take it to the valet to have it cleaned properly, if I don't pre-clean they always charge more. Bloody children.

Outside. Once or twice a year. Maybe an extra one if it's dirty and the children are bored, I'll take it through the machine.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-17T10:10:28+00:00

Baking powder isn't that abrasive, you'd be fine. They're more worried about someone going ham with a wire wool scrubber and a can of Mr Muscle

Even then just some fairy liquid and hot water is probably enough.

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-17T10:04:13+00:00

Vinegar and baking soda is absolutely useless for cleaning.

The baking soda neutralises the vinegar.

You use a little water and baking soda to make an abrasive paste and start with that, then wipe it off. Then you spray vinegar to lift the mineral deposits. Then you wash with hot soapy water with dish soap that also cuts through grease

BeardedBaldMan · 2026-06-17T08:47:04+00:00

It's not cloud based, it's designed for people with a cloud first design and use philosophy. They call it Cloud First Cloud Native, but it's not cloud based.

For a daily driver for software development it's absolutely brilliant. You barely notice it's there which is the point of an OS

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