The folks who downvote me should read more history 🤣

The best way is to be a charismatic leader who draws people to your cause.

Revolutions aren’t started by people joining groups and building committees. They are started through cults of personality (for a person or a thing).

Wait for it to cool down first.

I mean, unless you’re into burns.

You do you.

Try MX Linux. I’ve used lots of distros, but I always go back to MX as my daily driver.

Based on Debian. Good mix of non-invasive built-in utilities. Really good GUI package manager.

Mega Man II.

Dr. Wily’s castle stage 1.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8tRMB0J4rM&pp=0gcJCYsCo7VqN5tD

I see that, by sharing a joke, I have unintentionally started a discussion.

Whoops.

/4 year old Motorola

But it’s obsolete, so they throw it away and buy a new one the next year.

no

–everyone

Narrator: They won’t.

Just as solid as the day I got the thing.

It helps that there aren’t excessive seams.

What you want is a Nivisto kangaroo wallet, handmade in Australia.

https://nivisto.com/

Kangaroo leather is the toughest and lightest leather that exists. I’ve had my Nivisto bifold for well over a decade.

It’s worn in, not worn out.

Once a year, I give it a good cleaning with Bick 1 and conditioning with Bick 4. That’s the only care it needs.

It’s developed a great patina. Sure, it developed a few scars, but that only makes it more mine.

But I haven’t died yet, so I can’t truly call it BIFL!

Might I suggest Hesperium (earlier alternate name recommended by Fermi) or Plutium (a name Seaborg considered before deciding plutonium sounded better)?

Yes, and?

That’s mentioned at least one other time in this discussion, lol

Eh, Bezos is a rich bastard. Rich bastards invest in lots of things. I try not to hold it against the product.

https://www.slate.auto/en

I really hate how every clickbait headline focuses on Bezos.

He’s an investor. He doesn’t own the company or anything.

I get better performance on Linux than Windows.

The significantly lower system overhead more than makes up for the translation layer.

I mostly game on Steam, occasionally Lutris. The only thing that just plain wouldn’t work was Control from Gog - I probably could have gotten it to work if I played with the configuration. But I didn’t really care that much.

Do not dban an SSD.

SSDs do not physically store data the way platter drives do. It may reduce the lifespan of the drive.

There are other methods for securely erasing SSDs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/secure-erase-ssd-or-hard-drive

So, like the spherical cow argument?

Seconding Weber.

It’s not the only good brand out there. But no matter what type of grill or grill-adjacent hardware, Weber is safe for BIFL.

My Weber charcoal grill is second-hand, from a friend who really didn’t take care of it. But even after years of abuse, it’s still in great shape without any rust. I didn’t even need to replace the grate, just thoroughly clean it.

My Weber smoker is 15+ years old. When a handle on the door came loose, they sent me a whole new replacement door at no charge (since the handle isn’t intended to come off).