Yes, hence the second part of the sentence.

Unless you need to use the precise word for communicating the “context difference”, just use the word impact(ed/ing/s). Makes it a lot easier for ESL speakers as well.

Even then, most people can understand the meaning of the misused word due to the context of what’s being discussed anyways.

Effect vs affect: Use ‘impact’ instead of having to worry about two words that essentially mean the same thing but are context based.

How does a massage parlour help with your brother’s eye issues?

Since a lot of Furries work in STEM, and Seattle has a ton of STEM folk, a furry that’s flirting or making a nuclear innuendo joke has a much higher probability of happening in Seattle than most other places (except for maybe Portland).

You probabaly won’t have to wait too long. At this rate, the US is going to fracture soon and as a result I predict a large part of WA will become a new Canadian territory/province.

I mean, that’s kinda the cost for low volume sales + computer support.

They’re not selling computers for the average Linux user, they’re selling computers for independent professionals and businesses that need the support licenses to confidently run their operations.

For the average Linux user, they have put out an incredibly stable version of their OS that has a professional in mind (docking station ready, highly optimized GUI workflow tooling, familiar OS styling, and more). We can then go grab a bare machine and toss their OS on ourselves.

I get it though. I’ve strongly considered snagging one of their laptops in the past. Especially since I want to support them. I’ve even considered some other machines for niche purposes (HTPC, home lab VM host) , but always wind up snagging a Lenovo or IBM laptop or building my own desktop instead.

Zorin has a commercial license for additional GUI front ends, installation support, and a bunch of “professional” apps. It’s not clear if they’ve done something to make adobe/Autodesk/pro audio stuff work on Linux, pre-bundled their FOSS alternatives, or have made software themselves.

Personally, if I was looking for something “professional”, I’d go PopOS!. But if I were a small or mid-sized business I’d consider Zorin Pro if I could get license to include additional support outside the installer… Or just buy System76 computers with PopOS! pre-installed and support built-in to their sales pipeline already.

That said, Mint is also very Windows (classic)-like in their GUI experince (intentionally). It also has one of the largest Linux communities focusing on GUI usability.

Depends on your use case on which flavor you should go. But for $50, I’m curious what Zorin’s software suite is and might dive in.

Generally no, but food allergies could cause death depending on the vegan alternative contents. Have a severe allergy to wheat, seitan is a no-go. Have a severe allergy to legumes, chickpeas and bean altertanives are a no-go.

However, I’ve never seen vegan alternatives not clearly labeled as vegan or meat alternative is some very obvious way. And the people I know with allergies severe enough to cause severe reactions read the ingredients carefully of everything they buy. And ask what’s in things before eating something prepared by somebody else.

Screen space.

I work in tech doing performance, memory management, and developer workflow tooling and automation for a large 3D Rendering/Creation tool.

Being able to throw a long setup doc, or a large class file on a 4k portrait monitor allows me to read things through with a ton of context and far less scrolling.

It’s also useful for putting two window tiles that have related content, or one is a reference content.

I currently have a tie-fighter monitor setup (2x4k portrait on either side of a ultrawide) and will put comms and email/calendar on my left monitor, core work in the center, and overflow reference/research on the right.

It’s less hectic for personal use, but I still use all the space.

4k monitors in portrait orientation are amazing for productivity. It’s a shame more people don’t do this

If you’re just looking for an engine that recommends you music based off your likes, the FOSS community could utilize the Music Genomoe Project to build a tool too do that based one a folder or Playlist of music provided to it. I would be surprised if there already wasn’t a FOSS tool to do that.

One of my biggest fears of riding MTB in grizzly country is spooking one while out riding.

I’ve seen videos of people that have been chased and I don’t know if I’d survive.

There’s also been some major leaps in dark matter physics in the last few years. Revisiting primordial black holes using lasers and microlensing might actually be able to get supporting evidence here before long if the hypothesis holds.

PBS Space Time has a good video breaking this possibility and methodology down.

https://youtu.be/wh75ubECL8I

SG1 was amazing. I really wanted to like SGU but the drastic change in story telling and direction made it difficult for me.

Wasn’t it the Beatles sueing Apple and not the other way around?

Hell, in 2000 I had teachers that wouldn’t take printed reports because not everybody had access to a computer for their work even though I did. Kids these days will never know the finger cramping pain of doing 20 page, college ruled, hand written papers.

There’s been a push in higher education and professional markets for a STEAM education paradigm over STEM. Especially when you consider that there’s a ton of crossover between tradition STEM education and arts in modern day professionals (User Experience relies on all 5 domains for delivering truly great UX for example).

At least they were used incorrectly to be just as unpredictable.

Fun fact: Many cultural artificats do go on tour!

For example I’ve seen both Pompeii & King Tutt exhibits in San Diego that have since rotated. I’ve also seen other traveling exhibits in several other major cities I’ve lived in that were far more than art.

Many cities also have free admission days to museums for people that live nearby (depends on the institution but it could be for City/County/State).

With this knowledge, you too, can now learn and explore societies that predate written word.

Or create leaf mold (a pile of sticks and leaves) in targeted areas of your yard/property that are ideal for breeding fireflies and other desired native insects/spiders. Especially if you live in an HOA community that requires reqular raking and can hide the leaves under bushes/shrubs/trees/garden beds as mulch.

Raking of leaves isn’t really the problem so much as is the complete removal of leaves from the property & neighborhood (which also removes the nutrients from the local top soil).