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  • I did a report on that book in high school. I got through maybe 15 pages before losing all willpower. Then I read a bunch of summaries and other reviews. I got an A. I think my teacher hadn't read it either.

  • Why IS dating rule for guys
  • Therapists et al aren't trying to cure autism. They help people navigate social situations, personal and social problems and confusion, and (this part is unrelated) emotional and psychological issues.

    You may be able to benefit from a therapist helping discover a set of unspoken rules that certain social interactions are based on, and create a plan of action to engage using those rules, instead of "curing your autism" which isn't possible.

  • AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: obliterating the competition
  • Is that the case with most 7's and 9's? I did see people recommend 7 more for gaming, but I couldn't tell if that was just because it was a better price to performance ratio or if 7's were objectively better for gaming.

  • AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: obliterating the competition
  • Will there be an equivalent Ryzen 9 upgrade coming soon as well?

    Edit: I'm not as familiar with AMD as I am Intel, but I want to switch over next build. It looks like the last major relase was in August, with a 7 and a 9. Does this mean the 9 will get a similar upgrade to match the 9800X3D?

  • What's the grimmest job you ever had?
  • This is why I hate ACAB. The time it could take for a random good person to realize not only is their profession infested with evil, but then also find a new job and quit, is substantial enough that combined with the churn rate and number of cops, I may be calling millions of good people bastards for no good reason, which may actually make those people tend to disagree with me and my ideas that the police system itself is corrupt. They know they aren't a bastard and from their perspective I'm just insulting them mindlessly. Someone insulting you for no reason can't be that wise of a person, or have that good of an argument, they might think.

    The system is corrupt. Many of the people are fine. Stop name calling people you've never met like children. Lower police funding. Demilitarize them. Restrict their powers. Investigate them more. Make punishments more strict for those with any power at all. But don't call random people you've never met or even heard about bastards.

  • Nobody came trick-or-treating :(

    I moved to a house (my first) recently and we bought full size chocolate bars and beef jerky sticks to give out (in case someone doesn't want chocolate).

    Not a single child came. I didn't see or hear anyone under 20 the entire night. We all stayed out on the porch for hours.

    The only chocolate bar we gave out was to the pizza lady.

    Does nobody trick-or-treat? We have kids in the neighborhood. I see them rising bikes during the day.

    How was everyone else's Halloween?

    Edit: We got one! Long after trick or treating hours were over, a little cowboy knocked on our door. I gave him like 5 candy bars and 2 jerky sticks. He was very happy. His dad stopped in a car and he got out to knock on our door. I reckon it had to do with the fake neon LED "trick or treat" sign we hung on the porch.

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    Yet another "What distro should I use?" post, but at least I did some homework.

    Edit: Tumbleweed and bazzite are currently the most attractive options based on what I've learned from the comments. I will trial run those and 1 or 2 others.

    I am currently on Pop OS.

    I am dissatisfied with the DE/UI and I've been playing with others but half the point of this distro is it's custom UI. So I figured I would try another. I have several criteria that may narrow it down.

    1. I am going to use KDE or KDE Plasma (preferred). This is the only non-negotiable criteria.

    2. I will be gaming. This means I would like relatively up to date kernel and software. Rolling or semi-rolling releases are preferred.

    2.5. I also work from this pc. This mainly entails using discord and Firefox though so no special requirements. I do have 4 different sized monitors with 3 different refresh rates that I use for work. Only one for gaming. One is vertical. I can tell I'm pushing x to its limits with that setup.

    1. I would prefer Debian-based as that is what I'm used to and because .deb packages are so common.

    2. I don't want it to be a ton of effort to set up. Pop OS worked out of the box with my Nvidia GPU and all other hardware. I am willing to put in some effort though.

    3. I have been using and very much like apt and flatpak. This is not a requirement, just an observation.

    4. Wayland is neat

    5. Active community with lots of support to search through. Pop OS has been good for this as it's Ubuntu based and has its own great community.

    Ultimately I want an easy to use desktop OS that uses some sort of KDE, supports up to date packages and drivers, supports most games and isn't a pain to maintain.

    Here are some contenders that fit at least some of my requirements.

    KDE Neon user edition

    Opensuse tumbleweed

    Kubuntu

    Endeavor OS

    Debian

    Manjaro

    Bazzite

    Mint Debian edition

    Right now I'm leaning toward KDE Neon, Kubuntu, or Debian (whatever the rolling release version is), but the others all have their draws. I've heard the aur is great but I have come across several applications only available in website downloads of Deb packages so I'm hesitant.

    I have been using pop as my first desktop distro after Windows and I've enjoyed it a lot. I barely run into anything I can't solve with some effort and headache and not a single game I can't play. I'd like to keep it that way.

    Now that that's out of the way, does anyone have suggestions? Am I looking in the wrong direction? Am I asking the wrong questions? Should I just install arch, live in the terminal, and throw away my mouse? /s

    Thank you all for your advice in advance.

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    Yet another "What distro should I use?" post, but at least I did some homework.

    Edit: Tumbleweed and bazzite are currently the most attractive options based on what I've learned from the comments. I will trial run those and 1 or 2 others.

    I am currently on Pop OS.

    I am dissatisfied with the DE/UI and I've been playing with others but half the point of this distro is it's custom UI. So I figured I would try another. I have several criteria that may narrow it down.

    1. I am going to use KDE or KDE Plasma (preferred). This is the only non-negotiable criteria.

    2. I will be gaming. This means I would like relatively up to date kernel and software. Rolling or semi-rolling releases are preferred.

    2.5. I also work from this pc. This mainly entails using discord and Firefox though so no special requirements. I do have 4 different sized monitors with 3 different refresh rates that I use for work. Only one for gaming. One is vertical. I can tell I'm pushing x to its limits with that setup.

    1. I would prefer Debian-based as that is what I'm used to and because .deb packages are so common.

    2. I don't want it to be a ton of effort to set up. Pop OS worked out of the box with my Nvidia GPU and all other hardware. I am willing to put in some effort though.

    3. I have been using and very much like apt and flatpak. This is not a requirement, just an observation.

    4. Wayland is neat

    5. Active community with lots of support to search through. Pop OS has been good for this as it's Ubuntu based and has its own great community.

    Ultimately I want an easy to use desktop OS that uses some sort of KDE, supports up to date packages and drivers, supports most games and isn't a pain to maintain.

    Here are some contenders that fit at least some of my requirements.

    KDE Neon user edition

    Opensuse tumbleweed

    Kubuntu

    Endeavor OS

    Debian

    Manjaro

    Bazzite

    Mint Debian edition

    Right now I'm leaning toward KDE Neon, Kubuntu, or Debian (whatever the rolling release version is), but the others all have their draws. I've heard the aur is great but I have come across several applications only available in website downloads of Deb packages so I'm hesitant.

    I have been using pop as my first desktop distro after Windows and I've enjoyed it a lot. I barely run into anything I can't solve with some effort and headache and not a single game I can't play. I'd like to keep it that way.

    Now that that's out of the way, does anyone have suggestions? Am I looking in the wrong direction? Am I asking the wrong questions? Should I just install arch, live in the terminal, and throw away my mouse? /s

    Thank you all for your advice in advance.

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