Most of the countries that are deciding to join recently are getting absolutely eviscerated by the dollar when it comes to foreign exchange, they all have very weak currencies because the dollar is just so incredibly strong relative to everywhere else.

It’s a lot more complicated than just that, but that definitely seems to be a catalyst at the moment

Judas goat! Judas goat! Judas goat!

They voted for Selena Meyer too

They’re probably just leveraging the good will they have as the plucky underdog. I personally found the app clunky and that the videos loaded really slowly, but I don’t blame them for offering a lifetime subscription.

Either that, or it’s just price anchoring and they weren’t expecting anyone to spend $300, but it made the other options look cheaper

If an app asks me to rate it, or checks what my rating is going to be before sending me to either a feedback form or Google Play, depending on my response, then it instantly gets a 1 star review

SmartTube is some of the greatest software ever made

I think all these other countries only care about the fact that India has a burgeoning middle class and is going to become the next consumption led market. Everyone has too much of their own stuff to deal with at the moment, but they love the idea of huge cohort of new customers over the coming decades, regardless of who’s in charge

Not to take away from your post, which is nuanced and interesting. But I think the buck stops at the economics for most

Heathrow is literally 1984, I hate the place

Nut rice, gawd

I suspect that these big corporations were advised by banks and the government to scale back work from home policies to avoid triggering a real estate market collapse in cities by vacating expensive office space en masse. This could cause defaults by landlords and a housing crisis as workers no longer need to pay premiums to live near offices. An exodus from cities would crater housing markets, which would severely damage the overall economy. Thus corporations are pushing for office returns to shed some staff but also to avert an economic crisis, despite the cost savings of remote work

She’s a native of Port Douglas originally so she’s been up to her ears in reef stuff for a while. Thanks for the response, seems like it’s a good spot for now

Hahaha, thanks

Looks like Cinnamon is the way to go, thanks. I’ll give it a spin tomorrow, thanks for your help

Plenty of good info there, thanks for the thorough response. I’ll probably go the live USB route, which I’d forgotten was a thing. That way any hardware issues should be apparent pretty quickly

Yeah, there’s definitely a big sunk cost thing going on too

Absolutely, this return to office stuff has been an absolute gift for CEOs wanting to downsize, it’s the perfect fluffy PR way to turn the thumbscrews. Factor in the popular idea that you’re a slacker if you don’t work hard all the time and you basically have public support too.

I’m sure plenty of people will just suck it up and view the past few years as a very extended break from office nonsense and commuting hassle, but enough will jump ship to fill quotas

What version on Linux is most like Windows? I’m not a gamer and nearly everything I do runs in a browser so compatibility isn’t going to be an issue, but any time I’ve tried to migrate over it’s been a nightmare of weird errors and non-stop troubleshooting

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Some sad movies from the last decade, courtesy of Claude:

• Manchester by the Sea (2016) - A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.

• Moonlight (2016) - A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough Miami neighborhood.

• Lion (2016) - A young Indian boy gets lost on a train and is subsequently adopted by an Australian couple. Years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

• A Monster Calls (2016) - A young boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom’s terminal illness.

• The Fault in Our Stars (2014) - Two teens with cancer fall in love after meeting at a support group.

• Short Term 12 (2013) - A supervisor at a facility for at-risk teens connects with a girl who reminds her of her troubled past.

• Fruitvale Station (2013) - The true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Black man killed in 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit police officers.

• If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) - A pregnant African American woman tries to clear her fiancé’s name after he is falsely accused of a crime.

• Philomena (2013) - An Irish woman searches for the son who was taken from her decades earlier when she was forced to live in a convent.

• Still Alice (2014) - A linguistics professor is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

• Boyhood (2014) - Filmed over 12 years, this drama follows a boy from age 6 to 18 as he grows up in Texas.

• Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - In a Louisiana bayou community cut off from the rest of the world, a six-year-old girl goes on an adventure to save her ailing father.

• Precious (2009) - In 1987 Harlem, an abused, illiterate teen pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school.

• 12 Years a Slave (2013) - In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup is kidnapped and sold into slavery.

• The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) - The story follows two fathers - a bank robber and a cop - whose destinies collide and whose sins haunt their sons.

• Room (2015) - A young boy and his mother escape captivity and adjust to life outside Room.

• Blue Valentine (2010) - The relationship of a contemporary married couple deteriorates into heart-wrenching crisis.

• Rabbit Hole (2010) - Becca and Howie Corbett are a happily married couple whose perfect world is forever changed when their young son dies in a tragic accident.

• The Impossible (2012) - The story of a tourist family caught in the destruction of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

• Amour (2012) - Georges and Anne are an elderly couple dealing with Anne’s debilitating health issues.

• The Tree of Life (2011) - The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.

• Biutiful (2010) - A man involved in illegal dealings sees ghosts of the people he’s killed. He’s also diagnosed with terminal cancer.

• Never Let Me Go (2010) - Friends at an isolated boarding school face a haunting reality.

• Her (2013) - A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need.

• Dallas Buyers Club (2013) - An AIDS patient smuggles alternative treatments into the US since they aren’t approved by the FDA.

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