Question for the smarter/more experienced people than me, would a hardware key help with this sort of thing? I know they’re not available everywhere and you essentially need two (or like a safe with your backup password), but I’m curious if those are just like… better.

Maaaaaaan, this really does seem like a pretty amazing set of updates. And right after I thought I’d finally made up my mind about Tuxedo. 🤣

I just got into a habit. I listen to the same few playlists, sit with my coffee in the same chair, keep distractions away from me (out of arm’s reach) and I write. It was hard to keep up for a while at first, but now it’s not so hard even on ‘off days’. Usually, I just turn those into revision days. I also take breaks so I don’t burn out, toooooooo hard.

I would get into fanfiction, both reading and writing. Places like Ao3 are so batshit insane, that they sort of force you to recalibrate creativity for yourself.

Just write for fun, don’t carry any baggage about turning it into something serious or long term. You’ll randomly get feedback to improve (some good and some bad) and soon you’ll recognize what you value in feedback and what you don’t.

You’ll also start recognizing stories that you like and that you don’t like. Use those moments as opportunities to really sit and figure out why you like and don’t like those stories. Imagine how you would improve them or write them differently.

Eventually, you’ll find that you have your own ideas, your own voice, and opinions on what makes a piece good or bad.

N is for no survivorrrrrrrs!

I’m curious if this includes those who died in the internment camps or if this is just those gunned down in the street.

“It is imperative that the cylinder and the larger structure remain unharmed” always kills me. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that thread.

I think it’s just because the answer doesn’t really contribute much. OP is asking about something specific (and kinda interesting, too!) and your response was “I don’t know, I don’t use that software”. It doesn’t really add to the conversation or help to answer the question.

Imagine if every question that got asked was responded to by the entire community, even if they had no answer, and every thread was just filled with “I dunno”.

No hate on you specifically, just thinking out loud a bit.

I was gonna say, that flies in the face of like everything I’ve heard about Korea, haha.

Wait, wait, wait, you have weed in south Korea???

Det är samma för sköldpaddor.

But also my Swedish is terrible, so that might be completely wrong.

Not to poke extra fun, but they even give examples to better visualize it. 😅 I have to think this post is just a bit of trolling anyway, though.

Can you please mark this nsfw? Your slug is VISIBLY horny.

This is so absurdly funny

I wasn’t criticizing, just checking to make sure I had the right one. I can’t really afford to do even more subscriptions, but maybe one day if I ever get back into the ‘youtube style thing’ in the future.

Do you also need an invite?

Is nebula not a subscription only platform?

And doing heroin

I’m fairly certain the RAM is soldered and capped, but it has 16gb, so more than I could reasonably touch anyway. It has a 500gb soldered SSD, but I know there’s a slot for another. The only reason I wanna ‘start’ by getting a rack and hard drives is because I watched my friend lose his mind one weekend while he migrated multiple terabytes of data and he has since repeatedly recommended keeping the storage separate and plug and play, haha.

I’m 100% down to give all this a shot, though. As soon as I upgrade, this laptop is immediately getting recycled into the first step server (and very probably the final step unless something drastic changes in my life).

The unfortunate reality is ‘what I’ve got’ is a 6 year old laptop that represents 60% of my net worth. 😅 Hopefully soon that will change, but for now, I’m taking the free/borrowed friend’s setup.

My game plan in the future is just to turn this laptop and a couple hard drives, though. I think comments like yours and a couple others have convinced me I really don’t need to invest all that much to get started, or really finished with the setup.nif you’re running all that on 8gb of RAM, I think the only thing I’m missing is the storage.

Don’t ask a MAGA voter to reconcile any two of their conspiracy beliefs and expect anything more than blank staring and excuses, honestly.