I've become anarcho-communist in my political beliefs and value system. It took being in disability for 8 years after a serious mental health episode that made me start to become more of a humanist. The ample evidence of the problems of society due to capitalism and the widening wealth and resource gap pushed me very far to the left. I think I became a better person through my turnoil. I started understanding that we need to live for each other in addition to ourselves. The notion of bootstrapping is essentially a myth.
Cats can be very much like human beings in the way they deal with trauma. Clearly your little girl has had a lot of trauma in her short life. The fact that she is following you and communicating with you are good signs. Just let the relationship grow on her terms. Also, remember humans and cats can be food motivated. 😸
By giving her treats, she eventually sees you as beneficial to her survival. As her comfort with you grows, she will surprise you pleasantly. The key is patience, understanding, and time. Just like a traumatized human takes time to recover, so does a cat's. She may jump into your lap when you least expect it and claim you as her own.
Hey, I can get behind anyone that goes all in on open source! Doesn't matter what distro they're using. Doesn't matter if it's one of the BSDs. You're all good in my book. 😁
It's probably best that we try to teach and encourage users to become their own instance admins. Knowledge is a lot of power in this case and we can really help people develop marketable skills in the process. I am all for helping but nobody has yet taken me up on my offer and my time is now more limited because I am taking an online class for web development.
That's certainly nothing to shake a stick, OP! Very well done. The last time I compiled a kernel was back in 1999 with Slackware. If I remember correctly it was a version previous to 7.
Sometimes it does because hearing the music might make me emotional and help to get the emotion and thoughts swirling out of my head. The emotional release can be very relieving.
I am sure he likes his person nearby more often. When I had a work from home system admin job, my kitty was at her happiest. She would lay on top of the tower, doze, and every so often wake up and meow at me for an ear or chin scritch. Cats are the best!
I really and truly hate scammers. They prey on people that have the least amount to lose. If you're going to steal from someone, go after the rich. Don't hurt someone that is already struggling. People that kick others while they're down are assholes.
Also, Amurica is not nearly all it's cracked up to be. You actually would have more freedoms living in Canada than you would in the US. Canada also has its issues with immigration but they're not nearly as intolerant as the states. N.B. I am a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. I was born in the US and am 50% Canadian.
Arch and Mint target a different user base. Mint is more appropriate for the beginning Linux user who wants to wade slowly into using Linux. It's for somebody that is coming from an entire GUI experience like Windows. This person may have no understanding of partitions, filesystems, bootloaders, etc. Arch is going to be more appropriate for either an intermediate to advanced user of Linux that wants more control over their installation or a Windows user that understands the more complex topics around the way a computer operates.
The above said, it is very possible to do advanced things with Mint as well and I have in the past. I just want to have a leaner system that does not make assumptions about what I want or need. I want fairly strict control of what goes into my installation but not strict enough that I would need to do something like Linux From Scratch. Both Mint and Arch are excellent distributions! In fact, I would go as far to say as I like all open source operating systems and software by the nature that they're open sourced. They can be customized, expanded, etc. I would also advise people to mix some FreeBSD and OpenBSD in their homelabs if possible because the more you can learn, the better. OpenBSD is my firewall and advanced router. FreeBSD powers my blog. Arch powers my desktop and Mastodon and Lemmy instances.
Aww. She kind of has a sad look on her face.