I find exercise and meditation is really valuable. So much of life distracts now and this computer in my hand doesn’t help.

Pay attention to ear and nose hairs. They get out of control. If you already wear glasses don’t forget to put them on in the bathroom and pluck away the crazy ones. I once found a 1" long ear hair that was hiding. Still makes me shiver.

This might be the best Lemmy thread I’ve seen so far.

I just checked it out and Save Me feels very Dream Theater. I’ll have to dig around their discog a bit.

Please get out and vote.

This guy is unbelievable. Who the hell would pay a subscription to print? I print maybe once every two months and I have my own company.

I just don’t have the time or interest to comment. I sure as heck can be bothered to follow up on replies.

I’m not alone. Thank you.

Don’t try to redirect stupidity from people to computers. We’re more than capable of doing stupid things without the help of our AI overlords.

Ping/latency…and upload speed.

I’ve thought a lot about some of the recent laws passed here. On one hand I think I should leave and find a place safe to raise a family where extremists don’t lead the crazy law cycle. Similarly, I’ve not found a church since we left due to their harsh opinions on LBGTQ. One of my pastor’s comments to us was that by not providing an alternative opinion we can’t help other people see the world differently. That stuck with me.

I think being kind to others, even Abbott and his cronies (who I truly hate), and other of like minded colleagues, is the best medicine. There needs to be dissenting votes and different life experiences where love and kindness exists. I have very little social or economic friction in my life so it’s easy for me to take this stance. I get that. I just think if I can soften my heart others can too. I would even argue the Bible is a useful tool to help move alt rights more to the middle.

I try to teach my kids that name calling is bad and being kind and doing good is all that matters. I am hopeful that love and kindness will prevail.

For once I can actually speak with some level of knowledge. The only way you can change this circumstance is to push for an increase in the gas tax. These roads solely exist because demand has outpaced supply of lane miles and stupid ass lawmakers in Austin and DC won’t raise the gas tax even though IT WAS ENACTED TO PAY FOR FUCKING ROADS. Sorry. I get mad at this. They would rather not create an intelligent discussion on how taxes pay for things and instead focus on their all too important reelection approach.

Roads are expensive.

I was thinking I want just 4 or 5 kw of storage. Also wanting an electric car to plug in but that’s another coat I’m not ready to dive into. Ugh.

That would only make you feel good. It would not make real change.

I’m frustrated that I want to get a full off the grid solar setup but then it’ll cost 25K and won’t really offset itself until 10 years or more. I’ll feel good about being net zero in home energy usage but that is not a cost that the average person can afford.

Dumb question…what is Meow Wolf?

It very likely is tied to the firmware that bricked HPs around the world in May or so. HP is silent on it and customer service isn’t acknowledging the issue.

Sad day indeed.

I really enjoyed them… the middle of the series kinda dragged on. These two booked showed a very interesting evolution of the universe.

With Mastodon it’s less important I think with what local server you choose. You’ll still need to go out and find who to follow. With Lemmy, I think critical mass helps show good content quicker. I’m on hachyderm.io. It’s a solid Masto server. For Lemmy I’m on lemmy.world just because.

I’m for the relocation idea. Get some PEX and the related prices. Not cheap initially but very reliable and super easy to do as a DIY.

I should have taken a super short nick, but alas.