It's good he got to be with you at the end. Sorry for your loss. You will miss him for a long time and that's ok

I enjoyed the streak!

Building my first set and i dont have any paints. Will panel lining still help, or should i not bother? I plan to go over some of the hardware details with metallic sharpie once it's all assembled

is that dark spot in Northern California Redding? I we account for smoke cover that part of the valley should have a ~ 2 weeks less sunshine than the mountains around it.

You can use a combination of shift, meta, pgup/pgdown and arrow keys to move between workspaces and to move applications between workspaces, and you can alt-tab to switch window focus within a workspace. window management and manipulation can be entirely keyboard-driven

edit: i just pulled out my laptop to find out how you do it. i only know from muscle memory.

super(windows) + pgup/pgdown to move between workspaces

shift + super + pgup/pgdown to move focused window between workspaces

and of course

super + left/right to tile

super + up to maximize

super + down to un-maximize

super + h to minimize

super + number to launch from the dash

The difference in visual air quality on the mornings of July 3 and July 5 tend to be pretty stark in the Bay Area. I'm not surprised to learn LA is the same.

Fireworks are illegal in most cities but that hardly stops anyone

What's special about EA hockey 2?

17 is impressive. I think the furthest i got was 14.

I had a buddy who got to 20, before there was a title iirc

Nonsense.

Browsers on iOS are all just Safari, there is no meaningful difference. On older Android FOSS Browser or Fennec + Ublock + Noscript are both faster and more stable than Brave.

Fedora has gotten much more stable and reliable in the past decade. 15+ years ago it was generally regarded as nice but unstable. I'd say nowadays for a moderately technical user it offers a better experience overall than Ubuntu or Mint. There are still unfortunately some pitfalls for new users (media codecs come to mind). In fact, the only issues i've had in most of those 10 years have been related to GNOME plugins or the Plasma 6 transition, problems that also occured on Ubuntu.

I have 2 computers: one running Ubuntu, one Fedora. This has been my setup for over a decade. I have lately been finding Ubuntu more and more cumbersome to use, with less of the "just works" experience i remember having in the past. Perhaps the focus on cloud computing has caused the desktop to languish a bit.

I would like to try Pop!_OS, but i haven't had a free evening for a while to do a backup and reinstall on one of my computers. It's also been a while since i used Mint, so my impression could be out of date.

The nice thing about Linux overall (compared to macOS and Windows) is that each update generally improves on the experience. On commercial platforms the experience gets worse as often as it gets better, usually both at the same time. GNOME and Plasma are both overall much better than they were a decade ago (despite a few regressions) while macOS and Windows are both worse in general.

YSK: Brendan Eich left Mozilla over his own homophobic beliefs. He is also a coronavirus denier.

Brave is homophobic Chrome with crypto on top

Bay Area: Linda Vista Native Plants (Saratoga)

Larry has a wider selection than most Native Nurseries I've been to. He seems keenly interested in manzanitas, ceanothus, dudleya, and bulbing plants like calochortus. His stock is a mixture of Bay Area, Central Coast, Channel Island, and San Diego species with a smaller selection of Sierra Nevada, North Coast, and SoCal species. The nursery is pickup-only by appointment. My impression is that Larry would rather lose a sale than sell an unhealthy plant, so be prepared that part of your order might not be there if he doesnt like the look of it. I highly reccomend this nursery if you are in the Bay Area

Linda Vista Native Nursery

California Flora Nursery (Just outside Santa Rosa)

One of the great institutional nurseries of California native gardening. Their overall stock is unmatched, but only a small fraction is available for purchase at any given time. This is the only nursery that commonly carries clones of the Vine Hill Manzanita other than the common hybrid cultivars (such as Howard McMinn, Sentinel, Harmony). The non-hybrid species is usually (but not always) low-growing, with smaller darker leaves and more delicate flowers, absolutely stunning IMO. The pure species selections will be named stuff like "VHP - A11 'low growing'" or "VHP - B3 'tall one'" since they are from stock also used for ex-situ conservation plantings

This nursery is also responsible for the introduction of many popular cultivars, especially Ceanothus. Some of my favorites are Ceanothus "Better than Ray Hartman" and Arctostaphylos "Reina de la arena". Their selection is wide, but especially covers the North Bay Area, Northern Coast, and Inner Coast Ranges. Good variety of oaks, pines, cypresses, grasses, and even annuals. In my opinion, it's worth the trip from anywhere in California.

California Flora Nursery

"quotes" are my words, i will write up a few more when i have time. Those are my favorites however

I sent Lutris a DM on Patreon. I've been a patron for almost as long as it has existed. I'd really hate to stop supporting them but if they continue to tolerate racism in their official Discord I will have no choice.

Anyone else who is a patron should consider messaging the project as well.

Edit: Seems like the offending comments have been deleted, which seems appropriate. Hopefully that's the end of it