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Check out GetSimple. It's a flat file system (so no database to mess with) and can run with just basic PHP (though it'll guide you through installing modules if you want fancy urls, etc). Super easy to set up. I've been using it for years without a hitch.

How got-dang popular were those plates? Had me hundreds of (probably lead-tainted) dinners on those bad boys.

Consuming strange plants and yelling at technology they neither understand nor appreciate is textbook goblin behavior.

Yeah, you tend to see the best of humanity during a shared struggle (and sometimes the worst too, but seems more often the better).

In 2003, there was a massive power outage over a big chunk of the midwest. Power was out for about three days. My entire city just kinda... shut down and took a break.

It wasn't all great--a few elderly folks even died of heat stroke (it was hot, in the middle of summer if I remember right). But there were some positives: the city functioned as a community in a way I've never experienced before or since. It felt like we were all on a broken elevator together--a sudden sense of camaraderie in the face of a shared experience.

Most businesses couldn't function, so everyone was pretty much outside in the parks and at the waterfront, and everyone seemed pretty welcoming to everyone else (they kinda had to be, there were a lot of people out). My dad had a portable generator, so we went around town taking turns at friends' houses to run their fridges and freezers for a while, and got to just spend time with them.

I don't expect that the world could function like that all the time, but it was kinda nice for a few days.

I had a buddy in culinary school. He apparently used a ton of them, especially when practicing knife work.

Fuck Nestle is always obligatory.

I've had pretty good success with a number of 8bitdo controllers. The wireless ones have a few different wireless "profiles" for compatibility with multiple devices, but after figuring that out, it's pretty smooth sailing. They take several minutes to turn off from idling, and it won't "idle" if you're holding it (i.e., if there's any activity on the gyroscope).

I have the SN30 Pro and the Zero 2, both have great battery life and work well on Linux (I'm using Mint). And they work wired as well.

If you're interested or curious about music theory (even if you don't know much about it), I recommend Charles Cornell. Here's one of him talking about Pure Imagination.

Yeah, that makes sense. I guess the difference is that you don't typically see the shape of a string as it vibrates, as opposed to seeing a whip move.

I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

Considering it's an acronym for Graphics Interchange Rasterization And Formatting Format Enhancement, it's pronounced giraffe.

Dang, it's been 10 years since this legend entered my consciousness?

Makes sense, the president usually isn't part of specific sub-departments. But what's the orange guy's job?

It's not dumb to feel sad about it. Enshittification is sad, especially when you see it from the inside.

Still more accurate than "assume spherical cow"

TIL Elon doesn't know SQL or have any basic human decency.

J/K, I already knew he doesn't have basic human decency.

If he knew anything about SQL, he could have run a quick search to see whether any SSNs are actually duplicated. (spoiler alert: they're not, he's just stupid).

Someone once told me that they thought the line in Uptown Funk was, "I'm too hot, hot ham!" and I've been hearing it that way ever since.

Glad to hear it! I saw your post on Mint and was a bit surprised, but I'm glad Pop_OS is working well!

If you're going fast enough for it to fly off, yeah leaving it on is a dick move.