Wow, a completely sensible and rational take on the issue.

Safety and quality? Have you never driven an American car?

Not sure if this will fit the bill, but I am a huge fan of Joplin for general note taking and to dos.

Ok, that is their choice. Don’t like it? Don’t work there and don’t buy their product.

“I refuse to do my job, but you also aren’t allowed to do my job.”

That is known as wanting to “have your cake and eat it too”. Most people learned this fact before they hit middle school, but apparently these guys missed that day.

As someone who lives in a country that formerly had a nationalized phone company in the internet age, and currently has a nationalized power company and airline. Dear God fuck no!

I don’t use Uber because it is cheaper, I use it because I know the fare ahead of time, I don’t need to dial a dozen different cab companies, and the vehicles are generally nicer. I don’t use streaming because it is cheaper, I use it because I don’t need to worry about time shifting, and can access much higher quality content than on cable. As for the cloud? You can pry my big iron from my cold, dead hands.

I was actually a Xubuntu user for a long time, but tried Mint with Cinnamon, and found lots of things much easier and more polished, while maintaining the lightweight feel that XFCE provided.

I find that installing things from repos you typically get something far more up to date with Ubuntu than Debian.

I’ve been a Linux user since installing Slackware from floppy discs. These days I run Mint on my desktop/laptop and Ubuntu on servers. Does this make me weak?

Again, proof that more regulation is the root cause.

And the Hilux isn’t available in the US. I use one as my daily driver. Seats four, has a useable bed, hauls anything I throw at it, gets car MPGs, and is narrower than a Camry. It is as much pickup truck as pretty much anyone really needs.

This. So much this. I own a compact pickup truck, and a few SUVs, and really wish I could have station wagons instead, but the used market is the used market, there really isn’t anything available.

Not sure how long I was there, but well over ten years. Deleted my account and am done.

u/spez is a complete and utter piece of shit

Hikvision also has some serious baggage from the Chinese govt. Hanwha is really good stuff, South Korean, a spin off from Samsung.

I’m going for the “Meh, good enough” award.

I have a healthy mix. Hitachi table saw and miter saw, Makita framing nailer, Bostitch trim nailer and roofing nailer, and a Bosch corded circular saw. All my cordless tools are Milwaukee though, since I’m standardized on the M18 battery. Have a cordless drill and impact, jigsaw, hackzall, a bunch of lights, and a circular saw.

I like to lay them out on paper towel or newspaper and salt them. Let it draw out a bunch of moisture, then I put them on a sheet pan in the oven until crispy.

This. Audi is the new BMW.