I had the opposite. In 2007 my mom convinced me it’s conventional wisdom to buy as much house as you can afford, because historically it is one of the best investments you can make.

Thankfully all I could afford at that time was a pretty cheap house…

“Apparently”?

wtf you waiting for, get out there and experience that bliss for yourself!

I just keep mine in the kitchen fridge. Aside from the power consumption, I have had very poor luck with those mini fridges randomly losing temperature control.

Nah, this is for shower beers!

I was so excited when first got a roomba 5 or 6 years ago, but that faded so fast after it turned into an endless stream of notifications that it was caught under furniture, stuck on a cliff (the edge of a rug), full of dirt, couldn’t find its base, or trapped under a maze of dining room table legs.

I love the idea, but man that was $500 wasted. I’m sure they are better now, but I cant bring myself to buy another one.

Right!?

It’s also not safe to consume - drink too much or too fast and you can drown or die of hyponatremia.

None of the bullet points involved a pig pooping on its own testicles, nor the phrase “turbo-lib”, so of course they didn’t find them funny.

That’s my setup almost exactly, with the addition of Lidarr to grab new music. It’s been amazingly solid, no regerts!

If you’re moderately tech-inclined, its not super difficult to set up a streaming music server that you can access from anywhere. The most basic solution that almost anyone can spin up is a cheap NAS (or always-on PC), and setting up a VPN between your phone and router to access your library.

From there you can add complexity by configuring a true music server like Navidrome, adding web-facing access, erc

After typing this, I realized maybe you meant completely decoupling music from your phone, not just decoupling the storage

Honestly, pulling it out of my ass.

Now your turn… what is your definition of “very small”, and where is your citation that a larger percentage of the population uses their phone camera to discretely creep on people?

This comparison is like saying that, because a car can be used to run over pedestrians at any time, there is no reason to be alarmed about people installing the Crosswalk-pocalypse 5000 (now with 30% more spikes!) on their front bumper.

Of course we know people can discretely record you with a phone. The difference is that the fraction of people doing that is very small, while the percentage of people doing that with Meta glasses is basically 100%.

Yes, the kilo-wat. For when a simple “wat” doesn’t accurately capture the absurdity of the situation.

For example, asking junior to put an atomic wafer in the power box, when you are standing right fucking next to it.

Same age as you, and the only thing holding me back from stepping out of the way for the younger generation is the fact that bills dont go away when you step aside. But I don’t plan on taking up professional space a single year longer than I need to.

If you’re coming up on 60 and really passionate about your field, the best thing you can do is shift your focus to advocating for the next generation, making sure they have the skills and opportunities to follow you successfully.

Never put your dick in clouds of sulfuric acid.

I was ready to defend this place until I saw the back yard lol

The interior is not at all my style, but it looks like they made some relatively cohesive choices on a budget and pulled off a whimsical, colorful look like you might see in a children’s book or cartoon show.

But that garden is pure, unbridled chaos!