Please take it from me. I and many others have also carelessly bet on RAID as a backup and lost. I know storage is expensive but you’ve got to at least back up the important things.

I’d definitely rather boot windows, but to each his own.

It’s a shell corp they use to buy up all the residential housing in cities across the US, and with a nice name like Invitation Homes who would ever guess that they’re a multinational conglomerate? As long as you’re not renting you should be fine other than the fact that corporate rentals, ‘investment properties’, and Airbnb have cannibalized the housing market. Good luck.

Societal drug abuse is indicative of so many systemic issues. It’s far beyond a shame that conservatives used ‘the war on drugs’ to attack minorities and political dissenters and enrich pharmaceutical companies instead of focusing on the roots of the issue.

All corporations are evil, but this one has a special place in my heart’s hell. Blackstone’s Invitation Homes robbed me of $3k and ruined my credit for years.

Yes.

My oldest was easy, we just brought the potty chair into the living room and removed the diaper, and she figured it out fairly quickly. Supposedly girls are easier than boys though.

My youngest, he has been a real headache. Having other kids around makes the whole just not wearing pants and peeing in the living room thing a bit more difficult. He’s starting to get it now, at five, but it’s been a long road of positive reinforcement. Finding the right treats was essentially the key, and now it’s routine. Like a dog!

So I guess-
Girls: Make it convenient for them.
Boys: Train them like a dog.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Dang, I’ve heard a lot of good things about Vietnam, but that takes the cake!

Unfortunately for Macro photography the kit lenses aren’t going to cut it. Now full disclosure I use Nikon and not Canon, so I haven’t used this lens, but the Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro STM lens looks like a solid choice for 1:2 magnification at a super reasonable price. If you have the option you could rent some equipment and see what works best for you.

Definitely a solid choice. You’re going to need a macro lens and Canon has some great ones for the RF mount. That’s going to cost you about twice the budget you’ve described, though. At least in USD.

Fact is photography is an expensive hobby and depending on your definition of quality and the type of photography you’re into $600 could be plenty or it could be nothing. Here’s some options, though.

Canon EOS M50 Mark ll: A mirrorless camera with a 24.1 MP APS-C sensor. Iť’s small, portable, and comes with a kit lens to get you started. As you go you will discover what your needs are from a lens and you can upgrade accordingly.

Sony Alpha a6000: Another mirrorless option with a 24.3 MP APS-C sensor. Compact, good image quality, and fast autofocus. Again the kit lens should be enough to get you started.

Panasonic Lumix FZ300: This one is fixed lens, but you get quite a range out of that one lens. It’s also weather-sealed, which is handy for outdoor use.

Buying refurbished or from a reseller like B&H or even eBay, if possible, could really help you get the most out of your budget and reach a little higher than what I’ve suggested.

You don’t need much to start, an SD card, preferably 64GB or higher. Maybe a waterproof camera bag for hiking, but it’s not essential and many new cameras will come with a bag. You may eventually want a nice tripod, and backup batteries for longer trips.

Seeebox and VPN.

I think the real question is what is the value we are getting out of the resources used? Do we need AI forced into every platform? Personally, I don’t think so. But just to be sure I asked Chat GPT and here is its answer:

“Rather than integrating Al into every possible application, a more measured approach might be beneficial. Assessing the actual need and impact of Al in specific use cases can help avoid unnecessary energy consumption. Al should be implemented where it provides significant benefits and improvements, rather than as a default addition to every platform.”

So even the AI itself knows it is used frivolously.

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That’s a good point. How is Assassin’s Creed the only way to explore ancient cities?

As a kid who loved Kingdom Hearts and The Matrix, I wanted to make a game where you could choose from the standard Magic, swords, guns, OR you could whip out your keyboard and hack the game.

It’s not nearly as exciting in retrospect, as it’s basically just Skyrim with console commands, but the thread brought it back to me so I thought I’d share. It felt like a cool idea in 2002, though.

I’ve also been writing and designing a Pokemon game in my head for the last 25 years, but I’m keeping that one closer to my chest even though there’s no universe where that happens.

Yes. Give me the opposite of a soulslike.

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1126523766/water-batteries-could-store-solar-and-wind-power-for-when-its-needed

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They may still for enterprise customers.