Excellent read, thanks!

Too true, I hope they make it home safely

I sure hope so, I’m encouraged by the town hall videos with angry republicans and veterans.

Sadly, you’re probably right. At least about most of them

It’s awfully brave of them to mess with this particular voting bloc that may be armed and have arms training.

Can’t wait for Musk to claim he’s somehow a hero even though this launch was planned before they were stranded.

All true, but I think Twitter was a “good” bet. He controls a surprisingly large amount of the media landscape now and it got his bff rapist in chief elected.

I think this is due to credit card companies screwing over retailers in the US, and overall driving up all prices. The EU has a lower set % they can take per transaction, so there’s less impact on prices but also less fake incentives to use credit cards that ultimately just drive up all prices.

Pretty sure it’s this video that I learned it from: PolyMatter about credit cards

Fellow noob here, lots of great suggestions already. I agree with the “find a specific idea and start there” so you can be vested in what you need to learn.

I suggest starting with an old raspberry pi or other old hardware that may not get the job done, but fiddle with it toward your goal until you prove you can do it. It’s so rewarding!

Once that’s done, move on to getting whatever hardware you need to execute the vision well. Mechanics don’t start learning by working on a Ferrari!

I agree, these helped me a ton. I’m still a noob but message me if you can’t find links with what u/lemmyingly said

I’m patiently (cf impatiently) awaiting the arrival of an Aoostar WTR Pro and components to build my first NAS and full Arr stack for Linux ISO’s.

I completed a proof of concept and learning a month ago on a Pi 5, and I can’t wait to get my hands dirty with something more real!

I’ll take any advice anyone throws my way :D and thanks to this community for the learning and inspiration since I joined Lemmy!

What I sent:

Senator, thank you got voting no on cloture and for opposing the insanity of the GOP CR. I’m paying attention closely and I respect you for doing what is right.

Please consider partnering with your colleagues and removing Schumer from his leadership position in the senate. He is not a leader, and is unfit for the role, especially now with how radical the Republicans have become. He clearly does not recognize the danger that we are now in. People will die because of his cowardice. Please oust him as leader of Democrats in the Senate.

Thank you

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This is correct! Massive quality of life improvement

Hahah I’d so take a bumper car

I second the Tailscale recommendation. It was easy and has spoiled me. I notice immediately if I’m browsing my phone at work and I’m not connected to my pihole lol

I was in a similar dilemma with similar preferences a couple years ago. You have good tastes!

I went with a 4th generation Prius (2016-2022 I think) when I found a 2021 with 37k miles for 17k. It was more than what I wanted to spend but honestly I couldn’t be happier.

I’m averaging 62 mpg with city driving, best is 72.1 mpg, and 46 mpg when I drive 300 miles to see my family at 90 mph. This generation is averaging over 350k miles on the battery in NYC taxis and doesn’t have favorable catalytic converters to steal either. Steering wheel media controls, tons of space for camping, comfy enough on bumps, I even got gently rear-ended and the bumper absorbed it all…no damage at all! Just had to pop a sensor back in place.

This will last you forever, cheap to maintain, cheap to run, cheap to insure, aaaaaand nobody will steal it lol.

I wish I could afford to move to their districts just to vote them out

Gaslighting from fascist twitter users more than circling firing squad. Definitely took an opportunity to try to dig at the GOAT.

Exactly true for me

Yeah I definitely have to agree there. I don’t want to side blindly with a manufacturer, but I like how you said it about the YouTubers being just as susceptible as anyone else to falling for hearsay.

I will try a third party toner on my Brother when it finally needs a refill to see. Looks like I’ve been running the newer firmware a long time but haven’t had to refill toner since well before. Might as well be moot with how rarely I print lol