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  • I spent $50 a year on wallpapers once as a monthly subscription. It was to support an independent artist that hand painted video game scenes I enjoyed, produced 1-3 new paintings per month, granted access to his back catalog, and the deliverable was high quality scans I could download and use at my leisure.

    Since he is an artist, and you could feel that each painting took weeks to complete, I felt justified.

    Never had a desire to pay for an app with generic wallpapers though, or to financially support someone who generates my annual salary per sponsorship deal.









  • It sounds like we’ve had drastically different experiences.

    I’m saying they are better than fine, and a great technology for mobility as an alternative to cars for single riders, and if paired with other methods of transport (busses, light rail) they’re a fantastic last mile solution.

    I’ve personally nearly been run over by bike riders going way too fast on the streets of Amsterdam, I doubt the extra 20lbs of a battery would have made a difference in the danger there. Lack of education, personal responsibility, and enforcement doesn’t equate to a wonderful technology being discouraged for those who would most be positively impacted, and I personally think they’re a fantastic way to encourage a decline in the number of cars in the road in urban environments.

    Your points aren’t invalid, and I agree a self centered asshole zooming around at 25mph is an issue in a crowded sidewalk, but I think that speaks more of our current post-covid society of selfishness than the technology itself.


  • What I enjoy about Q is that he seems to adapt to the environment he’s in and who he’s with. Spoilers be ahead, but I think we’re past that.

    • In TNG he’s the ultimate antagonist to Picard’s intellect and diplomacy. This energizes him.
    • Sisko is a half god who punches Q. He backs off and goes back to the playful one.
    • Janeway is a cold hearted killer who tells Q what’s up helps Q navigate a conflict and bring factions together, much like they premise of Voyager.
    • Mariner most likely encountered Q as a child on the Ent D, so he has a playful and respectful report with her.
    • Not touching Picard S2, although there were some fun parts
    • Assuming T is Q jr from Voyager (not canon and BTS contradicts this, but it’s my current head canon), it’s logical that Q is more “mature” at this point, and doesn’t want to alter the timeline any further. Also, I love this as it nods to John’s head canon from S1 of TNG.






  • I don’t think I did originally, but I don’t recall secure boot being an issue with it when I did do the switch. I may have had to install a key or something, but I honestly don’t remember.

    I’ve had driver issues with Fedora 42 under secure boot (RTX 3060ti), and Ubuntu seems to be the winner so far that’s playing nice with everything. I haven’t run into any gaming issues yet besides the latest Sonic Racing game not starting.

    I love the philosophy of Atomic distros like Kinoite and even run Bazzite on my AMD living room “console”. I’d recommend them all day long to folks new in the space since they’re hard to break by design - especially Bazzite for a gaming machine if invasive anticheat isn’t needed - but it’s not for me.