Of course, of course. Nothing to do with corruption and incompetence of an authoritarian regime.

YSK that 20% of the population left under Chavez and Maduro. But those were of course all filthy counter-revolutionaries who just weren’t ready for the socialist paradise they built.

Selbstverständlich habe ich meine patriotische Pflicht getan.

How antisemitic of you!

It’s terrible. The other day I saw someone throw some non-recyclable waste into the recycling bin! Can you believe it? The country is really going to hell in a handbasket.

The Romans and Greeks were also influenced by the Far East. And all of these things can be true at the same time. All religions are built in the foundations of those of earlier cultures.

And the christians stole most of their lore from the Hindus and Buddhists anyway.

If you know what KDE is you can make an informed choice. Mint is the recommendation for people who just want something easy to get started with.

Wir petzen schon nicht.

For everyday computer use, the experience is pretty similar. Unsurprisingly so because that’s how they designed Cinnamon. Funny though, your colleague didn’t think of typing “screenshot” into the search bar of the start menu.

That sounds like the dumbest possible way to go about this.

Cool. Which university is that? How did it go?

I vividly remember my mother griping about how expensive everything had become and asking how anybody was supposed to afford that. Some things just never change.

Unless you want to go professional or do something for profit, I’d just get some cheap old box and start mucking about. Just make sure you don’t put any important data on it and be prepared to wipe it and start from scratch a few times. After a while you’ll have a better idea of what you want to do and a clearer way forward.

It would probably be cheaper to get a new cooler then, if you find one that fits better.

Came here to say that.

The defining characteristic of tankies is authoritarianism just like with fascists.

Moisturised. In my lane. …

The futurology angle is that these things usually don’t have much of a future.

It’s a SPAC. I wouldn’t touch that one with a ten foot pole.