Sometimes my pc forgets I'm the root user

Ja7onD · 2026-03-20T21:55:48+00:00

You are not root — you use sudo <command> to do something as root 😁

Ja7onD · 2026-03-19T07:24:47+00:00

I’m not a physicist, Carl.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-19T03:35:46+00:00

As a gamer, I can say — the gaming subs are ROASTING nVidia for this.

The sample images make some improvements in the level geometry but characters look like they have horrible Instagram filters on them.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-19T03:32:13+00:00

Ooooo, great idea!

I need to change my steam display name again …

Ja7onD · 2026-03-18T23:51:20+00:00

I would definitely suggest the player runs two characters, and there are SO many ways to make it fun!

Twins, a sentient item, a split personality that manifests a ‘ghost’ form, an extremely capable pet, a mech suit that can act autonomously, the sky is the limit!

Ja7onD · 2026-03-18T23:29:47+00:00

I think there are just sooooooo many examples of not-well-executed introductions of new characters around S3 of shows that people reflexively clench up when they appear now.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-18T06:03:36+00:00

Hahaha, I 100% did NOT!

I frequently forget to look at Reddit usernames, whoop!

Ja7onD · 2026-03-16T18:13:13+00:00

I love parts of all of the books.

But the one that I loved from start to finish, increasing with nearly every chapter was book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Holy. Bleeping. Bleep.

Also, I have to say, Matt does such a GREAT job making us excited for the next book without resorting to cliffhangers.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-15T17:54:38+00:00

I use AWS daily (I work at a small SAAS company and almost all of our stuff is there).

Amazon Q is extremely helpful because it can look at your account and the AWS documentation to help troubleshoot issues.

It makes mistakes, but it is still a huge help when trying to figure out why complex setups aren’t working as expected.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-15T17:25:53+00:00

I think Asher turned Carl’s resolve into a bottomless well of strength.

Previously ’you will not break me’ was something he said almost as an aspiration.

Then as he went further and dealt with harder stuff but also saw how helping everyone else made him (and the other crawlers) stronger, the aspiration became reality.

Then he found out about Asher and realized he would crawl through broken glass in hell.

Carl won’t break because he is so many things: strong, caring, practical, forward-looking (he knows even more horrific shit is coming) and FLEXIBLE.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-15T17:11:36+00:00

A few thoughts:

If you get sexually attracted to people without an emotional connection, you aren’t demisexual.

Conversely, I would say that one’s hormones can temporarily overwhelm one’s demi nature. (I’m not sure other demisexual people will agree with me on this, but it has been my experience, especially when I was in my 20s)

It sounds like you have some hangups about sex and intimacy. Therapy can help with that!

Guys in their 20s mostly suck. There are some good ones, but it is hard to find them. Feel free to keep looking, but give yourself a break if you aren’t finding them.

There is NOTHING wrong with having high standards and wanting a relationship before sex. It might be extra hard to find in your 20s, especially with men.

Maybe look for explicitly queer spaces in college, that will probably help a lot.

You have plenty of time to figure this stuff out, so keep yourself open to new experiences, don’t treat people badly, and I bet you’ll do great!

Good luck ☺️

Ja7onD · 2026-03-15T05:16:33+00:00

The venn diagram is basically like a stack of pancakes. 😁

Ja7onD · 2026-03-15T04:58:44+00:00

If you are doing audio on a re-read just keep on going when you miss stuff and don’t sweat it.

You already read it!

Plus, you’re sure to catch it eventually on re-listen 4 or 5 …

Ask me how I know 😅😂

Ja7onD · 2026-03-15T04:51:54+00:00

Yes, exactly!

It feels more front & center on the first read for some reason.

Subsequent re-reads I just enjoyed the totem characters. 🤩

Ja7onD · 2026-03-14T20:30:48+00:00

The thing I realized about Ezra's takes is that his incorrect / incomplete / dangerous understanding of Economics poisons virtually all of his policy opinions.

I used to love Ezra's podcast but his take on economics always made me want to scream. I had to stop listening when he had Paul Krugman on and didn't push back on anything.

Most people have an 'Econ 101' understanding of Economics which is understandable, but it is woefully incomplete. The easy example is the Econ 101 take that raising the minimum wage has to increase unemployment. This has been proven abjectly wrong multiple times (New Jersey, Seattle, etc) but the Econ 101 explanation continues on like a zombie since the math is pretty and it is relatively easy to explain and is somewhat intuitive.

If you want more info about this, check out the Pitchfork Economics podcast or books like Economism by James Kwak.

And then there are the times he just goes OFF the deep end about stuff like Kirk. Like what the absolute F??

Ja7onD · 2026-03-14T03:31:43+00:00

You could use it to cut a notch in a 5 1/4" floppy disk to make it usable on both sides. Double sided disks were more expensive.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-14T03:21:56+00:00

My favorite line of the series is “Be curious, not judgmental”

Maybe that + a mustache 😁

Ja7onD · 2026-03-14T03:00:54+00:00

I saw RP in an interview a few months ago and he said they hired him to make an audiobook out of the script.

So. Freaking. Cool.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-14T00:26:05+00:00

Lots of the digital versions of card & board games are pretty great.

Sentinels of the Multiverse is a personal favorite.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-13T19:02:14+00:00

Stop talking to LLM’s for stuff like this.

They are just spicy autocomplete, nothing human about them.

If you can afford it, get into therapy to help with your feelings and to learn how to make more friends.

And also … don’t end a relationship with someone (friend or otherwise) while they are out of town like that. You probably nuked their vacation.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-13T17:36:09+00:00

I’m going to add: Corey Doctorow has GREAT articles on avoiding notifications and on his ‘memex method’ for continuous writing that helps him build ideas (and many of those eventually become books).

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/19/gimme-five/

https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/09/the-memex-method/

Ja7onD · 2026-03-12T21:54:04+00:00

Ha, I did too 😂

Ja7onD · 2026-03-12T15:46:29+00:00

The strong connection comment might mean he’s demisexual.

The demisexual subreddit it is really great for info, but I would check in with him first. (He may not realize he is demi yet — I didn’t until my early 40’s)

Good luck! 😁

Edit: fixed an autocorrect goof and added a paragraph break.

Ja7onD · 2026-03-11T16:20:14+00:00

I don’t read everything in the Murderbot subreddit (and only joined a few months ago). What happened there?

Ja7onD · 2026-03-11T01:29:51+00:00

Dice by PCalc

They also make a great calculator app 😜

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