“Linux is free because is barely a functional desktop OS”

Wrong. Linux today, especially Linux Mint, is great. It kind of just works, even with nVidia GPU’s. It’s a bit of work to get to the point of “I didn’t open the terminal in 3 months”, but it’s still fine.

Let me guess: "barely functional" to you means "the start menu is in the wrong corner."

Did you enjoy your 10 year nap?

My mother prefers to use my Linux Laptop to hers running Windows. Mainly because it boots faster, and doesn’t tell her it needs to boot to apply the latest patches - every time she tries to use it. 

Shower gel: plastic bottle

Ah, a hack from back when Lifehacker hacks were pretty good. I miss those days.

My solution to passwords AND security answers is simple but highly effective: I use a pattern to derive a password or answer from the name of the service or the security question itself.

A simple example for security questions might be “use the second letter of every word in the question”: So “where were you when you…

Sigh... My employer, in it’s infinitely questionable wisdom, has decreed that no password managers shall be in use on company-owned hardware. Until recently, that was the policy, but there was no enforcement. One of those things that, if you gave them the desire to dismiss you, they could use against you, but in…

“Toyota Corolla: tough enough to hold a Toyota Tacoma off your skull.”

This kinda sounds amazing

I’m pretty sure you covered EVERYING.

Had no clue this was the case. Thanks. I have cornmeal, so I might give this a try then.

Grits are good. If you like polenta, you will like grits. It is basically just porridge made from ground corn, and tastes exactly like you’d expect. If theirs were a greasy mess, it’s because they didn’t make them right.
The best part about grits is that more so than oatmeal or other porridge, they’re a good match…

I served an LDS mission in Buenos Aires from 2002-2004, so a lot of my knowledge is outdated. Thanks for taking the time to write so much detail. I need to visit again. Las Medialunas del Abuelo was always my favorite pastry stop.

I mean, that’s exactly what’s happening. They’re not death camps, but they’re absolutely concentration camps. As a matter of fact, here’s someone that literally wrote the book on concentration camps calling them concentration camps:

I mean, I too thought the “concentration camp” label was a little harsh, but when you post a definition like that, it’s hard to see your point... That label fits perfectly.

Trump made it very clear all along that he is a bigoted monster. He made it clear when he launched his racist conspiracy theory that Obama was not a real American and thus an illegal, illegitimate president. He made it clear when kicked off his campaign by calling undocumented Mexicans “criminals and rapists”. He made…

He threw them a roll of paper towels and told them to handle it themselves. I wish I was wrong.

Here’s the version from Harper’s... sans the bake-off competition. The longer, unedited-for-length version is in the essay collection A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.