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Will they be canon with the original Dave series?

You'll get used to it with practice. It's fine if you prefer to type differently, but you'll probably hit a plateau with how efficiently you can type (or you'll rely on looking at the keyboard, which is not ideal).

I just switch to the num pad. Also worth practicing on if you do a lot of typing.

I've been running Linux on my laptop for a few years now (started with Mint, on Manjaro now). I have our HTPC set up with Mint, and the family is good with it. When my kids are old enough for their own, I'll probably keep them going with Mint as well, we'll see.

My wife's laptop still has Windows, but I'll likely move her over if she gets a new PC at some point.

Assume spherical chicken

So I've heard. I'm avoiding it for the same reason I avoid analog crack cocaine.

That's been normalized for ages. It's just that before Musk, the billionaires didn't advertise their ineptitude like this.

Mobile gaming is like dumpster diving--there are a handful of good ones among the utter trash.

One of the good ones I found is Exiled Kingdoms--it's an homage to 90's RPGs, and it's good on mobile.

#No

According to the BLS, the median wage (as of May 2023) is $23.11. At a 40 hour work week, 50 weeks per year, that's a $46,110 annual wage.

Median rent for a 2 bedroom apartment (as of Nov 2023 is $1,904. That's $22,848 annually.

So rent is 22,848/46,110 = 49.6% of income. Traditionally, this would be closer to 30%.

Wealth inequality is the highest it's ever been. While I admire your optimism, the situation isn't that great for the majority.

It's one of those ambiguous things that employers seem to be leveraging to their advantage. Where I work, plenty of people do 8-5. Those of us who have been around longer and don't give as much of a shit will count lunch as part of our day.

It's been a year of utter atrocities, I suppose it was time to finally do something about it. /s

Assume spherical duck

Soy sauce, maybe some diced vegetables

my sink after I shave

That's what I said: sprinkles.

Sprinkles make everything better

I'm actually on Manjaro, but ( AUR ) probably wouldn't have been as easy to recognize, and ( Flatpak Repository ) or ( AppImage Install ) seemed like a lot.

Gender my_gender = Gender.random();

( Crowdsourced )
( Snap Store )
( Emulated )

A few assumptions:

• There will be some sort of PC available, with a keyboard and mouse and speakers, and basic programs to play audio/video, read text/PDF documents, etc. that don't count toward my 1GB limit
• I will have knowledge ahead of time about this PC and its specs, OS, installed programs, etc.

First, I'd make sure to include a stripped down version of 7zip, or whatever compression I use (y'all don't wanna get on there and realize you can't decompress your files). Hopefully only a few MB for a CLI utility.

Second, I'd include a decent library stored in a compressed text format. Some fiction, some non-fiction, classics, some of my favorite series, a bunch of "Intro to ___" type of books, that kind of thing. Probably up to 50MB or so.

Third, I would include some low-quality audio of some favorite music as well as a few audio books. Maybe 200MB or so.

Fourth, I'd include a copy of a simple game engine system (maybe something like libgdx) as well as Inkscape, and whatever compiler I would need to create programs/games for my PC, and relevant documentation. This would give me both a creative outlet, and allow me and my companion to make new games for each other to have something novel. Hopefully around 100 or 200MB.

Depending on the size, I might also consider including something like FruityLoops, again to be able to create new content. Ideally something that's 100MB or so.

With whatever space I have left (300 or 400MB-ish), I'd include things like emulators and a couple favorite older games (Lord of the Realms 2 comes to mind) that have good replay value and would be small enough to fit. Ideally some multi-player options as well (assuming a shared keyboard).

Without previous knowledge of the available PC, I'd include multiple builds of 7zip for most common architectures, and prioritize the books and audio. Maybe bring a couple variants of GCC and minGW (if I can write programs, I can eventually replicate lots of the other software).