Sure I’m only a small bourgeoisie for now

Jeff Bezos is a smaug

Are you using Voyager?

Linux Mint on desktop, laptop, and home server. Doesn’t hurt to have the full install on the server, and I have a monitor hooked up anyway - but makes maintenance easier with everything the same distro. Batocera on the retro gaming pc.

Android on phone, but if there was a distro for my phone I would use Linux there too. F-droid for apps where possible, but Play store for some essentials.

I used to live in an apartment block where the common door locks would get bad, so I put some graphite on my key every time I went in or out for a week, and that made them good as new for the next year at least

• Die Hard
• Mean Girls
• Elf
• Grinch (Jim Carrey version)
• Klaus

I wasn’t thinking in detail, just addressing an assumption I think a lot of age verification discussions include, which is that the verifier would have to be trusted to maintain some sort of account for you, retaining your data etc.

I have no idea what the legislation says, but I’d be a happier privacy-conscious user if the verification platforms were independent (i.e. not in any other data business) and regulated, with a requirement they don’t retain my personal data at all (like the liquor store example)

So the verifier gathers data from you, matches it with a request from the platform, provides confirmation that some standard has been met, and deletes almost all personal information - I acknowledge that this may not rise to the double-blind standard of the original request

Edited to add:

• you don’t have to ‘buy’ a token, the platform needs to pay verifiers as a cost of business

• some other comments are asking how you prevent the verifier knowing the platform - to my mind you don’t, instead the verifier retains a request id record from the platform, but forgets entirely who you are

A joke answer, but with the kernel of truth - IRL age verification often requires a trusted verifier (working under threat of substantial penalty) but often doesn’t require that verifier to maintain any documentation on individual verification actions

https://chinwag.au/verification/

So many people I know have no concept of maintenance - if something is not working correctly they’ll just keep using it, and when it breaks put it outside to rust (doors that don’t open, gates that don’t close, bikes that don’t shift well, mowers that won’t start…)

I was given a leather ottoman last weekend which came from a $10k plus sofa set, which had sat in a sunny room for 8 years without any maintenance. Almost a full tub of conditioner and about 2 hours of labor went into that piece and now it looks and feels amazing

A few years ago I read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and while I understand the mental health journey of the protagonist, I really liked the basic conception of Quality which has at least some alignment with Zen - whatever you are doing, that’s what you are doing, so do it with focus and care

I use the Video Background Play Fix extension in Firefox for Android

Tuna Mornay loaded with veggies. I’ve got sweet potato in the air fryer already, going to add corn peas onion and mushies

https://www.recipetineats.com/tuna-mornay-casserole-pasta-bake/

I found the same about engagement - every post had 5000 comments but only the top 100 could generate actual conversation, everyone else might as well be talking to themselves

Sounds awesome. I’ve done full moon rides where you specifically start after dark, but not a full overnight

“Although FBI file reviews are standard for presidential cabinet candidates…”

I don’t disagree with you, but this is a non-story. The committee asks for and receives this information as a matter of course

Needs an extra panel for LMFAO where the last panel shows a slight exhalation through the nose

Inflation hits the most vulnerable the hardest. Their incomes and savings are eroded directly by inflation

Those who already own houses or are mainly invested in stocks are able to weather inflation long term (while being affected short term by higher interest interest rates on debt)

If inflation is still high, and unemployment not rising, in who’s interest would we lower rates?

Is it such a bad thing for home borrowers (which is who we’re really talking about) to have less disposable income while preserving the purchasing power of those who at best would like to buy, or at worst are already living paycheck to paycheck on minimum wage?

I like this song, but not everyone does

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=boKihmOqypc

I cringe if I hear someone use a hard Z

It also reminds me of Requiem for a Dream in that I don’t want to ever watch it again