maztaim

Every time I look at the release notes for Gnome, I continually find myself either not excited or disappointed in different decisions, additions and removals that were made.

I've tried i3/sway and hyperland recently. The problem is they don't work well with all the applications I need to support (zoom, slack). Gnome typically "just works" and is why I wind up continuing to use it.

I sort of understand it, but dammit, I’m enjoying my life.

I think we exist in a world inundated with chemicals.

Don’t do these activities and I bet you there is some other disease that gets an increased risk.

Ironically, I prefer pre-World War II Stanley hand planes over Japanese hand planes, but likely because I learned all the meticulous methods of restoring and truing them to get those addictive gossamer shavings.

I follow Shoyan Japanese Carpenter on youtube. Worth a watch or three. https://m.youtube.com/@ShoyanJapaneseCarpenter/videos

My favorites are always the grannies ("Oh no, my coins!"). My wife loves "Fairytale" because we both grew up in a far off place called the 80s and can relate to all of it.

You can dim the fingerprint reader from the BIOS settings to what I consider acceptable levels, though I hate that blue is the LED color of choice for so many things. I buy stickers to dim them in the office and bedroom.

I didn't have problems with the foam that the author did. I did have some initial boot issues where nothing happened for a few attempts. They quickly went away for whatever reason on their own.

I can't speak to battery life, my use-case keeps the laptop on power most of the time, so I set the charge percentage to 60% in the BIOS per it's recommendation to save long-term battery health.

It's too early to feel like it's a 100% solid, but it's good enough for me to use as the daily driver. I knew what I was getting into when I ordered it. I know it'll get much better within a short time. No intentions of looking back for me. I am very happy with my purchase.

A handheld bidet requires less butt-shimmey to clean more surface area.

Any attachment or seat that doesn’t require hot water or electricity. They are cheap, simple to install, operate, clean easily and last a long time.

The only problem is, they can be cold in the winter depending on water source. I do not mind and actually find it refreshing.

I also had a horrible experience with Citizens Bank, of which they allowed $5000 to be fraudulently withdrawn from my account in two days. The second $5000 was withdrawn after I was told it shouldn't happen again. That day I learned an ACH hold request is just that. A request that takes 3 days. I should have been smart enough to know that the support agent really meant for me to drop everything and immediately get to a physical branch where they could put an all hold on my accounts instantly, because I cannot do that over the phone.

I don't mean to say credit unions are always better, but I will say, I have been getting 2% interest earnings on my savings and 1.05% on my checking account. Most banks typically give you only a percentage of a percentage point in interest for either...

Edit: It is called Pilot Controlled Lighting. Some cool Youtube videos show it in action.