A Fraser Institute op-ed has to be taken with a grain of salt the size of the Canadian shield.

Scale is off as well. That axe is ant-size compared to the firewood in the foreground. Not to mention the fire hazard of starting a campfire so close to a stump, the lack of smoke, …

Bit of a curveball, but for remote work have you considered Barbados?

I’ll make one exception for audio messages: the other person being in a situation where they cannot easily type the message, but it’s not an emergency. Hands full, driving, inclement weather, etc. I take it as an implicit “this message is important, but not drop-everything-else critical.”

You get the snoot AND the boots? I call that an absolute win!

“BuT mAnIfEsT v3 wIlL pRoTeCt UsErS fRoM mAlIcIoUs ExTeNsIoNs.”

Glassdoor is not reliable. Companies can pay to suppress negative comments.

Are there trusted impartial review sites?

They exist, but are very few - their articles get stolen by unscrupulous copycats, or the AI slop buries them in noise. It’s like panning for gold, but instead of a bubbling creek it’s sewage runoff. I hardly ever find trustworthy results on the first page any more, you got to go several pages deep until you stop seeing the “Top N <search term> you absolutely need to buy!” results.

If you’re not comfortable mucking with the kernel: Install a dedicated media distro and add whichever DE you prefer. Otherwise, sticking with Debian will likely be more convenient.

Skellige in Witcher 3 (minus the monsters). I can’t not stop to take in the sights. And the music is *chef’s kiss*.

https://youtu.be/0LkJBvocY10

Work laptop or personal laptop?

If it’s a work-supplied laptop then it’s their device, and you should not use it for personal stuff. Always assume that company-supplied devices are monitored. Having said that, IT won’t sit there watching your every move, but they will care if you watch porn or download torrents.

If it’s a personal laptop then they can go pound salt.

Not exactly “fan” theory since I hate that show, but Caillou is bald because has cancer, and he’s allowed to be a little shit because he’s dying.

In one where it’s the least expensive MCU show.

Vacalactica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF7tKWzkzi4

The Fifth Element.

Well it wasn’t so much paranoia as obsession. The person who found it wasn’t paranoid, they just went “Why is my connection taking a quarter of a second longer than it used to? This is unacceptable!!!”

Quino.

Off the commercial off the shelf “smart” TVs available, I started by looking at the OSes available. Choices were Roku, webOS, Tizen, and Google TV. I immediately ruled out Roku because of their recent changes to terms&conditions. webOS is pretty much limited to LG TVs, and I had bad experiences with LG warranties, so I ruled that out. Tizen (Samsung) was out for similar reasons, so that left me with Google TV. It’s… OK. Doesn’t require Internet connection to work, and doesn’t nag me about it. And it came with a hardware switch to turn off the microphone. Not sure if that’s a brand thing (Hisense) or applicable to all Google TV devices, but was reassuring.

It’s probably 4 or 8 GB actual RAM, with the rest being effectively swap.

Add Horacio Quiroga to make it a trifecta.

Does registry still have that problem of making it practically impossible to do garbage collection on old images?