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by sweetbthescrivener
Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:26 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Linux, continued
Replies: 44
Views: 10438

Re: Linux, continued

Testing the KDE versions of the distros, I realized I have just gotten used to Gnome, and ended up installing the Fedora workstation version. Great advice Pointedstick. Easy as pie to install, much faster on my old Thinkpad than Pop, in fact, running Pop in Boxes, something else new to me, it is act...
by sweetbthescrivener
Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:58 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Linux, continued
Replies: 44
Views: 10438

Re: Linux, continued

Thanks Pointedstick.

I am testing the live USBs of KDE Fedora and MX Linux Fedora. Both look good and I read that the developers of Fedora have gone out of their way to address battery life out of the box which is a thorn with Pop and a lot of other Linux Distros.

Thanks for the advice.
by sweetbthescrivener
Sat Oct 08, 2022 1:02 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Linux, continued
Replies: 44
Views: 10438

Re: Linux, continued

@Pointedstick Holy cow. Thanks for the heads up. So for a casual user like me you would recommend Ubuntu? I saw you advised against Debian which I was leaning towards. "I would recommend staying away from Debian, Arch, openSUSE, or anything else directly based on them." Are there internal problems w...
by sweetbthescrivener
Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:44 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Linux, continued
Replies: 44
Views: 10438

Re: Linux, continued

I would recommend Pop!_OS. I installed it on a whim after seeing a bunch of great reviews and now I am completely a fan. There is a company called System 76 that sells computers with Linux preinstalled. Instead of using a default Linux system they made their own variant based on Ubuntu. Why I like i...
by sweetbthescrivener
Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:10 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Would you wear a mask?
Replies: 240
Views: 63763

Re: Would you wear a mask?

Well, you really can't be too careful.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status ... _&ref_url=
by sweetbthescrivener
Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:39 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Monkees’ Michael Nesmith Dies at 78
Replies: 10
Views: 2022

Re: The Monkees’ Michael Nesmith Dies at 78

For some reason this post is making me want to invest in Liquid Paper.
by sweetbthescrivener
Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:36 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Kyle Rittenhouse
Replies: 29
Views: 7046

Re: Kyle Rittenhouse

One of my favorite things about this forum is that there aren't 60 pages of Rittenhouse.
by sweetbthescrivener
Wed Nov 17, 2021 9:51 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1227
Views: 582686

Re: YouTube Junkie

I have no idea why this ended up in my suggested videos since I never watch skating, but I watched it anyway. This is Galina Valieva, a 15 year old Russian skater, skating in her first competition as an adult. She ends up scoring higher than anyone has ever scored in woman's skating. Quite an amazin...
by sweetbthescrivener
Sat Nov 13, 2021 10:59 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Still Here... By The Skin Of My Teeth
Replies: 120
Views: 26265

Re: Still Here... By The Skin Of My Teeth

I suffered from a Major Depressive Disorder for years. Therapy and Wellbutrin worked for me. I don't know if you are ready for this or not, but there are plenty of men out there in the same boat and the worst thing is that feminism has hijacked men's protective instincts and no one believes you, eit...
by sweetbthescrivener
Sat Nov 13, 2021 10:38 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: For those using the PP or GB in retirement
Replies: 42
Views: 11868

Re: For those using the PP or GB in retirement

Can anybody read that or is it paywalled? It is paywalled. Here's a link to the text. The trick is to take the WSJ url, run it through an URL shortener , and then extract the text via outline . There's also the Bypass Paywalls browser extension. Worked for me. If you are using Firefox, use this ext...
by sweetbthescrivener
Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:32 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Anyone investing in farmland?
Replies: 6
Views: 2365

Re: Anyone investing in farmland?

This looks interesting. Organic Farmland fund with annual returns of 10% https://fortune.com/2021/04/15/bill-gates-investments-farmland-billionaires-jeff-bezos-thomas-peterffy-stewart-resnick/ A groundbreaker to watch is Farmland LP, America’s largest investment manager of organic farmland (you can ...
by sweetbthescrivener
Wed Sep 29, 2021 11:59 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1227
Views: 582686

Re: YouTube Junkie

This young woman discovered a surprisingly touching cure for wokeness:


https://www.facebook.com/bradandlex/vid ... 514265696/
by sweetbthescrivener
Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:25 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1738927

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

@boglerdude All of this gets dismissed so easily by most everyone. None of it will be vindicated until vaccine status gets tied into bio-metrics which becomes a de facto ID system. If this is then connected to payment systems then the conspiracy theorists are right, only it is too late. Until that h...
by sweetbthescrivener
Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:03 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Spreadsheet Organization Methods
Replies: 6
Views: 1499

Re: Spreadsheet Organization Methods

I’ve heard good things about OneNote and Obsidian. I don't know how good Obsidian is for tracking finances. I have been using it for organizing a writing project and it has saved me months of work. My favorite feature is that you can view a group of documents in a three dimensional view that operat...
by sweetbthescrivener
Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:44 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Kids: Then and Now
Replies: 105
Views: 56143

Re: Kids: Then and Now

I think young men are much smarter than they are given credit for, even than they give themselves credit for, and that they are just doing a simple cost/benefit analysis. In the sixties you could get a job and raise a family straight out of high school. In the seventies and eighties there were good ...
by sweetbthescrivener
Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:43 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Russian girl looking for a man with money
Replies: 23
Views: 7044

Re: Russian girl looking for a man with money

Damn, you guys-- Do you have any idea how Russian women age? Sure, they may look good to you now, but when those warts start popping out and their noses sag worse than their boobs, you're going to regret it deeply. Besides, what's wrong with WiseOne and me? We may not have sex tapes, but we come wi...
by sweetbthescrivener
Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:45 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: What Did Nietzsche Mean by ‘God is Dead’?
Replies: 16
Views: 3196

Re: What Did Nietzsche Mean by ‘God is Dead’?

This is obviously a deliberately provocative statement, meant more to define the state of humanity than the state of God. I think it can be read either of two ways, and I'm not sure which is correct. Either Nietzsche is lamenting that people no longer have the proper regard for God, or he's exaltin...
by sweetbthescrivener
Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:17 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: What Did Nietzsche Mean by ‘God is Dead’?
Replies: 16
Views: 3196

Re: What Did Nietzsche Mean by ‘God is Dead’?

This is obviously a deliberately provocative statement, meant more to define the state of humanity than the state of God. I would imagine that he was referring to the way that the scientific, mechanistic world view was supplanting the idea of a benevolent creator for people. No longer would we look ...
by sweetbthescrivener
Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:08 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Want to lose weight & treatment for diabetes
Replies: 127
Views: 23698

Re: Want to lose weight & treatment for diabetes

Thank you, WiseOne. Will check that out.
by sweetbthescrivener
Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:05 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Want to lose weight & treatment for diabetes
Replies: 127
Views: 23698

Re: Want to lose weight & treatment for diabetes

Okay, but not really addressing specifically where Ornish is wrong. Here is Ornish's point in a nutshell: While Dr. Ornish admits weight loss is possible on a ketogenic diet, he asks whether ‘you are mortgaging your health’ when doing so. He says: “The answer is yes. When you look at the arteries of...
by sweetbthescrivener
Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:13 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Want to lose weight & treatment for diabetes
Replies: 127
Views: 23698

Re: Want to lose weight & treatment for diabetes

@WiseOne I am curious about this ketogenic diet and am sure you have your facts in order but I am experiencing serious cognitive dissonance having in the past read and put into practice the Dean Ornish diet, and the keto diet appears to be the opposite of that. My question is, has the work of Ornish...
by sweetbthescrivener
Mon Jun 07, 2021 10:45 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Whatever happened to ISIS?
Replies: 8
Views: 3238

Re: Whatever happened to ISIS?

It isn't just ISIS. It seems like most of the terrorists have very considerately halted operations while we were getting COVID under control.