I watched my father go this way and I shan’t let it happen to me! I’ve bought a motorcycle like a normal fat, middle-aged man.

Bah, that’s nothing compared to “driving along and then waiting ages behind a parked car to let an oncoming car through, then they don’t wave to thank you”.

That sums up my experience too, but I have found it good for discussing functions for SQL and Powershell. Sometimes, it’ll throw something into its garbage code and I’ll be like “what does this do?” It’ll explain how it’s supposed to work, I’ll then work out its correct usage and solve my problem. Weirdly, it’s almost MORE helpful than if it just gave me functional code, because I have to learn how to properly use it rather than just copy/paste what it gives me.

Hot.

Absolutely agree with you, it’s about finding that value curve, where quality scales well with price. Say the cheapest ‘something’ is $10, the $20 one is twice as good, the $40 is maybe 70% better again but the $80 might only be 10% better than that.

As a beginner, I’d go for maybe the $20 option or the $40 if I were confident I’d stick with it. But yeah, it’s a pain when your ability to enjoy or succeed at a hobby is hampered by buying the cheapest option off AliExpress, haha.

It’s not perfect but PiHole will still catch a lot of the ads if you have the know-how to set one up. Tis a relatively cheap and easy solution that has the benefit of being able to block ads network-wide, providing your router lets you set a custom DNS.

https://pi-hole.net

My favourite alt text on Lemmy

Holy fuck, I have no idea what they were on before but 31% is monumental! Good for them :)

These orbs won’t ponder themselves and there’s nothing sadder than an un-pondered orb

SUPEEER MEAT BOOOOY!

The alt text is the real winner here. “It is a whimsical rainbow tampon she is extracting from herself.” Is one of the finest combinations of words I’ve ever witnessed.

1. Wait at bus stop for 20 minutes
2. Light cigarette
3. Bus will immediately appear

Show me the champion of liiiiiiiiiight!

.7z gang, represent

Seconded, Puppy is super lightweight and easy to get on with, definitely worth a try.

Well, well, well, if it isn’t fat, Armenian Corey “Spazkid” Delaminguez….

“Hey Corey, Sonic the hedgehog here!”

Yeah, but when they DO have their own shit going on, they know they can share it with you to halve their own sorrow. It’s a two-way street, amigo :)

Ah yes, chemical X, the perfect combination of lead, Teflon and microplastics 💪

Exactly, this’ll limit the exposure to them in things you wouldn’t expect them to be on/in. You can avoid Teflon pans and go iron or steel but the amount of stuff coated in PFAS is ridiculous. Hell, even sofas, rugs, blinds, etc all sorts of stuff. And before anyone says “you don’t eat that stuff”, try telling my toddlers that! I bought a black milk frothing jug for my espresso machine. The black coating? Teflon. Not mentioned anywhere, not even marketed as non-stick.

r/Titanfall would beg to disagree! Game was sick 6 years ago (7 actually) and is sick now (when the servers work)