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Upping the original as a matter of course.

Sauce: https://the.me/making-the-iconic-1989-tank-man-photo/

In regards to the perceived lightbulb conspiracy:

Technology Connections - Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated

In short:

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I had no idea LTS could go up to six years... that's crazy.

Is this picture as huge for you as it is for me? :s

This vast infringement is causing publishers and authors serious financial and creative harm, publishers allege.

Creative harm? As in switching out one graph for the another? Mixing up the table of contents? Maybe adding a sentence or two every few years when that research paper is in the public domain?

*worlds tiniest violin

an average of over 9 million visitors per month from the United States

Who wouldn't be able to pursue a credible education otherwise.

Publishers should shut the fuck up and take the money that is given to them by rich kids parents. Everyone else can't afford their shit. They're making the decades old mistake of thinking that everyone that downloads their books freely would've paid for it.

Be sure to keep tabs on yourself, sometimes these things can really sneak up on you.

It's not hate (why would I hate a phone), it's ridicule. Reminds me of the term "bulshytt" from Neal Stephenson's Anathem.

bulshytt: Technical and clinical term denoting speech (typically but not necessarily commercial or political) that employs euphemism, convenient vagueness, numbing repetition, and other such rhetorical subterfuges to create the impression that something has been said.

They could've picked any other word and used it for the same purpose. Maybe an iPhone Pretzel Rectangle, but of course those are more syllables then the marketing team would've liked.

Even with your helpful explanation, I've only a vague idea of what it means; specifically, points 3 and 4. It has "Pro" specifications and it is "Max" size. Professionals use this phone? This is the largest item this company can currently make? ¯(ツ)_/¯

These titles mean nothing and I think it's funny.

iPhone 20 Pro Max Ultra Platinum Triple Plus

I don't think I'll ever need anything like a streaming box or whatever. I'm fine with the computer monitor I have right now, which is a bit wider then an early 2000's CRT. Anything I stream is done through Firefox with NoScript and Origin to block the bullshit. I'm not entirely sure why anyone uses streaming boxes and whatnot when you can just do the same thing, but safer and cheaper on a desktop. Maybe so you can more easily watch stuff with people in the same room? Find a use for that couch? ¯(ツ)_/¯

Here is the AskUbuntu thread on how to re-install firefox outside of snaps:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to-install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22/

I see from another comment that you're using flatpak; though, if you're using Ubuntu it will probably install firefox via snap anyway, or 'update' to the snap version. Good luck.

If you're using Ubuntu, try to re-install firefox via the mozilla team ppa. I'll link the AskUbuntu thread on how to do that in a little while.

The snap package, ime, has some weird bugs like that. For me the tabs would freeze sometimes and I had to restart the browser.

*https://askubuntu.com/questions/1399383/how-to-install-firefox-as-a-traditional-deb-package-without-snap-in-ubuntu-22/

From what Timeshift tells me, yes. Just restore it on another system; however, I've never done it myself. I don't see how it wouldn't work though, as long as your not also switching distros.

Yup. It's getting to be fairly old GPU, I'm feeling anxious about getting a new one because I'm poor af but... ¯(ツ)_/¯

You can use Timeshift to backup your apps + configuration and restore after install. Honestly it's what I would do if plug n' play doesn't work.

I have a 1070 Ti, but I'm on Ubuntu and I haven't had any issues at all for ~5 years. IMO the issue then is Arch, and how the drivers are handled. I also have only updated the driver once (450-server to 525-server), when Satisfactory switched to unreal engine 5.

I would still recommend AMD though, and I also plan on switching when I have the money for it.

Pretty much same for me. Also you might not want to place your plutonium out of bounds. There might be an update in the future for Nuclear Waste recycling since that is ostensibly possible irl, just really expensive and not worth it atm.

Yup, or at least re-federated.

I have two accounts. One for another instance that's mainly local, and one for Beehaw when I don't want to deal with bullshit; which is most of the time.

Take my 2 cents too. Well put.