TauZero
Don't understand why it wasn't done this way in the first place. RCV was approved as a New York City Charter amendment by a voter initiative in 2019, but only applies to primary city elections, not general. You'd think procedurally it would be easier to justify altering the general election process that the Constitution actually applies to, rather than what is technically internal business of independent private organizations (the Democratic and the Republican parties).
can I just slot stuff like program settings back
There isn't really much software that is A) cross-platform, B) popular enough on Windows that you would have been using it, and C) the best choice for the task on Linux. Maybe Firefox the only one? Firefox profiles actually can be copied over without change, I believe. A torrent client - you'd probably want a new one and configure the destination directory, re-import the torrent files, and re-verify local files. Photoshop would get replaced with Gimp. For software that runs under wine, you can and should copy over stuff like game profiles and savegames - wine creates a "fake" drive_c directory so they'll go into there. You just need to track each of them down in your Windows %APPDATA% directory or wherever it is Windows hides them in before you erase the drive.
Will the external drive need to be formatted in a specific way first?
No. It's easier to let Windows format the backup drive how it wants (NTFS) and let Linux read it later than to teach Windows how to read/write Linux preferred filesystem format. Most Linux distros already come with ntfs driver pre-installed, or it is a single install command away.
CSS was a mistake.
Didn't even need to translate to foot-pounds-force, since .50 BMG was already in freedom-loving units.
By denying the Constitution of the United States in violation of his Oath of Office, House Speaker Mike Johnson is unironically committing treason right now.
This. Full disk encryption worked on Linux long before TPM, and works perfectly fine now still. TPM to me seems only additionally effective in a narrow range of "evil maid" attack scenarios where your (unencrypted, unsigned) bootloader is modified at rest, such as to steal your disk encryption key later. However A) I cannot afford to hire a maid, let alone one also skilled in editing Linux initramfs images and B) I don't see TPM evangelists check their keyboard USB cable for in-line hardware sniffers every single time they step away from their desk.
Incorrect use of verifiable technical terms really grinds my gears! A true wet bulb temperature above 98F would kill everyone outside an air-conditioned space within an hour.
fight FOR the left in primaries, vote AGAINST fascists in the general
That's how it should have worked, except that in the 2024 Democratic Presidential primary, when Biden was the only name on the ballot, we were STILL told to vote for him and only him or we'd be supporting Trump. In the primary! Voters in Michigan tried to campaign for "uncommitted" option in protest of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and how the administration was ignoring it, and they were crucified by establishment Democrats. Even Bernie Sanders distanced himself from the protest vote, saying to vote Biden no matter what. In the primaries!
All three are Democrats. There is still the Republican candidate in the general. In the 2021 election, the Republican got 28% and Democrat Adams got 67%. If Adams and Cuomo as independents split Mamdani's vote, like 25%/22%/20%, that would be enough for Republican to win. Or maybe Republican voters will vote cross-party-lines for Cuomo just to see Mamdani lose.
EDIT: Come to think of it, you are right that if Cuomo and Adams both appeal to the same conservative part of the Democratic party, then it may be better if Adams does continue to run as independent in the general and splits Cuomo's vote. If Mamdani gets 55% of the 67% Democratic voters, and Cuomo and Adams split remaining 45%, then Cuomo can't win even if half of 28% Republicans switch their vote for him.
Both Cuomo and Adams have already announced their intention to commit political murder-suicide by disregarding the results of their own Democratic party primary election and running as independents. Adams was so embarrassed by the idea of losing the primary that he even withdrew his name from the ballot last minute.
Beautifully written!
My conclusion as well. Except that since Jigsaw has taken one gold ball out, door 2 must have slightly better chance of gold ball remaining on average (75% vs 72.2%?).