MrVilliam

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[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I took my now wife window shopping for rings when we were getting close to engagement time so that I'd know what she would want. It was clear that the answer was gonna be yes no matter what, but I knew she'd have a ring preference anyway. She saw prices and explicitly said that she'd like white sapphire on sterling silver. I found a bridal set that she adores which very much did not cost a month or two of salary.

Because we didn't blow a ton of money on engagement/wedding shit, we've had much more resources to support the marriage itself. I've heard of regular everyday people spending $3-4k on a fucking ring. We spent 9 days in a few different places in Spain for about that cost instead lol.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 119 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I for one believe that the question of whether a food service establishment has rats is very relevant to the business.

The character of the staff and clientele as well as the financial state of the staff as a direct result of how stingy their employer is can also be very relevant. Do you want to eat somewhere if the people preparing your food there will sell their morals and decency? Kinda seems likely that I could pay somebody there $100 to put their pubes into your quarter pounder.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't think they want the identity of the rat getting out. I'm willing to bet that there are plenty of people who really want to publicly remind everybody that snitches get stitches. Word on the street is that this rat can suddenly afford a $60k hospital bill, unlike UHC customers whose claims get denied every day.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Their opinion on your opinion is more interesting than your opinion. Ratio, my dude.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why is CNN's CEO Sir Mark John Thompson looking to draw attention to himself? Could he be hoping for a new trend to develop where people surprise CEOs named Thompson in the streets? Seems weird, but maybe he's optimistically hoping that his surprise might be cake or something.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

Breaking news! Conservatives are bad at media literacy!

Guys, are you all just now realizing this? You never noticed a lot of people liking RoboCop and Starship Troopers for all the wrong reasons? Are you just now noticing how many shitty douches were fans of Rick and Morty, and it never occurred to you that they didn't recognize the toxicity of the characters and that they legitimately thought that they were brilliant people who need not show any amount of patience or respect to others because of the invincibility awarded to them by their sheer incomprehensible genius? But really they're just cringey, frustrated losers looking to bully a world that has always bullied them, and they want to drown their dino nuggets in their goddamn Szechuan sauce while bellowing "PICKLE RICK!" into the corners of their smelly studio apartment from the comfort of their used futon bed. Things aren't getting better for them, and things were allegedly better before, so in a fit of frustrated desperation, they vote Republican to try to live a life like they saw in those older movies and sitcoms.

They want to be Ferris Bueller so badly, but they're nostalgic for a time that never really existed. They completely miss the point of fiction. These stories they love were written with intention to deliver a purpose, and that purpose is rarely just surface level entertainment. The audience is supposed to learn something. It's like reading The Fox and the Grapes and thinking "yeah, grapes suck."

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 122 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Now we know the answer to "why is Gamora?"

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago

Oh no.

Anyway...

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Dope! I appreciate you taking the time! So it sounds like a slightly less bloated version of 10 that gets more support, but it may not be exactly legal and breezy to obtain for my personal home use.

With the possible exception of finding drivers for a device or two, it sounds like I'll be better off just pivoting to a Linux distro mid 2025. I have been happy with SteamOS on my docked steam deck with m+kb and controller, so I'm sure I won't be missing much by picking a popular distro that I can find troubleshooting guidance for when I hit inevitable snags.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Two wrongs don't make a right, but if a wrong today prevents millions of wrongs tomorrow, I think that's a little different. The directive of that man was for the insurance company he led to deny lifesaving care to people which is effectively a death sentence to them. This isn't one life versus another, it's one life versus a fucking swath of others.

Executing a man in the street is evil, but let's not pretend that it's more evil than the white collar mass murder that he was ordering.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not hating, happy to be educated! I'm not prideful enough to be upset by you taking the time :)

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A few questions since you seem to know much more about this than I can probably even find from searching:

  • What is "IoT"? What is "LTSC"?
  • Other than update support, how is this different from my existing home laptop's Windows 10?
  • Is this free? Will there be obnoxious limitations or reminders to pay to activate?
  • Why should I as a medium skill home computer user without work needs opt for this over Mint, Ubuntu, Nobara, Arch, or whatever other distro somebody would insist I use? I don't need Office.
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