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monsterpiece42 ,

Libre Office can save and open .docx/.xlsx etc

Is "food" a social construct?

Hear me out. There’s nothing innate to an object that makes it “food”. It’s an attribute we give to certain things that meet certain qualities, i.e. being digestible, nutritious, perhaps tasty or satisfying in some way, etc. We could really ingest just about anything, but we call the stuff that’s edible “food”....

monsterpiece42 ,

TEDx

monsterpiece42 ,

Similar to what other have said, I’m allergic to gluten. I helped my nephew with a middle school project where he had to build a tower from dry spaghetti sticks and marshmallows, and about five minutes in my fingertips were extremely itchy.

I also know my version of this is very mild compared to some.

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@games What demos did you try today? | DAY 2

Greetings festive fellowship of the fediverse, it's the second day of the , and there are still many games to discover and discuss, let's share our mutual discoveries of today

monsterpiece42 ,

I played the new Creeper World IXE demo, and it was excellent. Looking forward to the full release!

monsterpiece42 ,

I’m not a gastroenterologist, but I do believe when you have an o-ring issue you specifically do shit your pants.

monsterpiece42 ,

Don’t forget that you’re also allowed to ask them to play, if you should feel like it

monsterpiece42 ,

Noob here, also curious to this…

monsterpiece42 ,

Proton is incredible. Linux has come so far in the last couple years for gaming. I’m running Intel/Nvidia (which used to be a big no-no), playing 99% of what I want to play with no issues. If I ever see issues it’s usually a game that uses anti-cheat. Even the vast majority of my games work fine now. Controller support is simple too.

I’m guessing another year an I won’t have Windows in my setup at all.

monsterpiece42 ,

I mean…

Do you use both a personal desktop and laptop?

I’m moreso curious if laptop functions have been offloaded to phones. If you have a full gaming desktop, do you see the use case for an additional laptop? or if most people here don’t see the need for the increased processing power of a desktop, do you just use your laptop and a phone?...

monsterpiece42 ,

Curious and trying to learn:

How does Linux extend the functionality of a laptop?

monsterpiece42 ,

Looks like it. His name is William Henry Davis

monsterpiece42 ,

Aww fuck, is that what does it?

What is the best model of used ThinkPad to purchase?

I’m thinking of picking up a used ThinkPad on eBay for cheap to serve as my daily driver. I’ll likely run LMDE, and primarily use it for web browsing, office programs, coding, and FreeCAD. Any recommendations on which model would best hit the sweet spot of capability vs price?

monsterpiece42 ,

I have a T580 and a T15g2 and the T580 is 100% a more rugged build–not even close.

The T15 is way lighter, so maybe that feels like stiffness?

G1s do not just “have brighter screens” than Gen 2. Those are spec-able options.

G1 had three screens, 250nit, 300nit, 500nit (4k only)

G2 had three screens, 300nit, 300nit, 600nit (4k only)

Both have the same 57wh battery. Not sure what you’re talking about there.

monsterpiece42 ,

You should contact Lenovo and let them know their spec sheets are wrong. Because they say exactly what I just said.

Not my problem if you have aftermarket modifications to them.

monsterpiece42 ,

Could be. I do have some significant Thinkpad experience (going back to the IBM days) and I do know that they will not alter the model number regardless of what’s in the machine, but you can pull a build sheet from their website with the serial number. Do you know if your HPs could have had this happen? Was your distributor HP or elsewhere? (Not hating, just curious!)

Capacity loss over time is a decent idea. The 2nd Gen machine has an 11th Gen chip, vs 10th Gen in the Gen 1, and quiet possibly is able to burn more power quicker as well. Thinkpad power consumption is also definable in the BIOS or Vantage software for many of them, so those settings all could vary.

Normally I’d be happy to help troubleshoot this sort of thing but frankly I’m not sure OP was looking to chat.

monsterpiece42 ,

Aaaand that’s my new phone background.

monsterpiece42 ,

It explicitly said you do not need a PSN account to play, in a number of places. Both on the game page, on the Sony FAQ page, and the Steam page too I believe.

It was bait and switch, which is why so many people are upset.

monsterpiece42 ,

I perceived the comment you’re responding to as blatant sarcasm.

monsterpiece42 ,

I mean he’s not. But I’ve been pretty happy with his administration overall

monsterpiece42 ,

Don’t be like that, my comment was not a partisan one and I did not attack you. I would appreciate the same courtesy.

No one is perfect. I think this administration is doing decent. I’m independent, so I rarely fully agree with a party.

That said, my comment is more about the same criticism that I have of most of Washington… They’re way too old. There is no 80yo that’s still firing on all cylinders.

I have found that the news has done a decent job covering positives and negatives. Or at least I’m hearing about both.

monsterpiece42 ,

I want him and others like him to stop trying to be president at 80.

I would also like him to speak in full sentences and stay awake at important outings.

That said, my comment is more about the same criticism that I have of most of Washington… They’re way too old. There is no 80yo that’s still firing on all cylinders.

monsterpiece42 ,

I had the same laugh. So tone-deaf.

monsterpiece42 ,

Poor guy just trying to live his life.

monsterpiece42 ,

Did you look this up or do you have encyclopedic knowledge of Generals quotes ^(too) ?

I read all of these in-voice haha.

monsterpiece42 ,

I do love me some Toyotas.

Had nice ones, had shitboxes. They all make some monkey brain in me so happy to drive.

No hate on other cars. I respect all builds. But Toyota seems to have some blueprint of my nervous system that makes me have fun in them.

monsterpiece42 ,

I want an all-Tacoma C&C now.

monsterpiece42 ,

I mean it pretty clearly says that User insights will be put into development and user benefit is first.

…will that happen? Well. Probably not. But I hope so.

monsterpiece42 ,

Not sure if you are per se, but this is a commonly felt sentiment in the neurodivergent community. Especially ADHD and Autistic peeps.

monsterpiece42 ,

Ok well if you are neurodivergent, a couple things:

Autism self diagnosis is valid if you do your research. University of WA recently did a study that figured that out.

ADHD typically needs a diagnosis from a professional to be sure, but it’s not super hard to guess if you have it. Some symptoms of ADHD can be caused by other conditions (anxiety especially) so navigate that one with caution.

If you are neurodivergent, typically the answer is routines rather than habits. I find them much easier to implement. Just decide the task you want to make into a routine, decide the steps you want to do it in, and then decide to always do it that way, or at least until you want to optimize or tweak it. A simple routine I do is “keys, wallet, phone, ear buds” while tapping my pockets on the way out of the door.

monsterpiece42 ,

Good luck on your travels! The road to enlightenment is lifelong, not a race. I wish you the best!

monsterpiece42 ,

For sale: Logitech submarine controller, lifetime warranty.

monsterpiece42 ,

Jokes aside I think this is a good demonstration of why they do it.

monsterpiece42 ,

I’m thinking self worth issues.

In another comment you said you are egoist. Fair, but a lot of people with self worth issues cope by essentially talking themselves up (or tearing others down) internally. Can you elaborate on how you feel like you’re “a disgusting egoist”?

monsterpiece42 ,

I would recommend researching the terms “executive dysfunction” and “demand avoidance”.

Demand avoidance is not the same as Pathological Demand Avoidance, which is a Autistic profile type, but maybe for fun look into that too!

monsterpiece42 ,

Weirdly Maine is/maybe was the only state that did ranked choice voting. But it also kinda sounds like this new system supercedes it.

www.maine.gov/sos/cec/…/rankedchoicefaq.html

monsterpiece42 ,

Even a decent driving rig can be had for under a grand. Way cheaper than almost any car.

monsterpiece42 ,

I have had great luck with random people. There is in-game voice chat and you don’t run into the really serious try hard types until the very upper difficulties

monsterpiece42 ,

100% this. I was on Reddit for nearly 10 years and this “type” of joke is super common.

That said, it was taken too far imo.

monsterpiece42 ,

As other have said, please do an SSD swap.

If it’s “unbearably slow” that is an indication of drive failure especially on old boot drives. Linux will not fix this.

After that, Cinnamon if they like windows. Gnome if they don’t or don’t care.

Pop os is a great “fire and forget” OS for normal users. I work in a computer shop and have seen tons of not-knowledgable people run it without issues.

monsterpiece42 ,

Probably a Prius V. Kinda good at most normal things.

monsterpiece42 ,

I work in a computer shop and we put Zorin on machines for some instances, like if it’s a old/low performance machine or if the customer is trying to stick to a strict budget. We haven’t had any come back, and people seem to like it.

monsterpiece42 ,

I work in a PC repair shop (mostly Windows stuff) and I do the same with Ventoy and Mint. I especially like it for gParted but have a variety of things I use on it.

monsterpiece42 ,

A variable resistor would do a perfect job and still be very low cost. Some high quality LED lights do this, but it is rare.

monsterpiece42 ,

Good, keep the prices low for the smart people who do.

What are Some Good, Recent, and Available Dumb Cars?

I have a 2010 Toyota Corolla. She’s been my trusty steed for the last 14 years and is in good working order. I recognize she won’t last forever, and if, god forbid (mostly for her) I get in an accident, I will need to get a new car. So what dumb cars do you drive, and what would you replace them with?

monsterpiece42 ,

I switch back and forth between my 96 Tacoma with 250k miles and my 06 Scion xB with 190k miles. Love them both. Bury me in one of them.

monsterpiece42 ,

The northeast USA looks a lot like this in early fall. Any chance it’s up there?

monsterpiece42 ,

Partially dead CPUs can absolutely still POST and boot. I work in a PC repair shop and see it all the time. Everything will work totally “fine” and you’ll get weird errors here and there similarly to failing RAM. You have to run a dedicated CPU test like the ones in OCCT (Windows-based, don’t lynch me) or similar to see if you’re getting WHEA or other errors.

The reason for this is that a lot of CPUs have built in redundancy to get around having imperfect silicon, and sometimes that is enough to make the system still work, but not be quite “right”.

The good news is, if you are producing such errors, you usually have a 3yr warranty on most CPUs and the OEM will RMA them for you.

monsterpiece42 ,

That’s the name of the program. You can search it and it’ll pop right up. It is now owned by Cooler Master.

Once you download it, you can run either the CPU Srress test or the Linpack test (this is for Intel mostly as it is their proprietary test) and it’ll run while looking for math or WHEA errors.

While you’re doing science, I would also recommend doing a RAM test with memtest86+. You download the .iso and make a bootable drive, and boot into it. Both RAM and CPU can make similar weird failures so checking both is a decent idea.

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