That depends. AI replaces consultants that just make up slop that feels good. Consultants that annalyze things in depth can’t be replaced by ai slop though. I’ve seen both.

Welcome to inflation. If a price isn’t going up regularly someone is getting ripped off.

When my boss gives me a raise I always compare that to the yearly inflation rate - it has more than once turned what looks good into a loss for me. (I might accept it once in a while, but I’m looking for new jobs soon if they don’t fix)

What makes you think it is just one song? In the 1980s it was a mix tape that took the good tracks from several albums. With computers it is a playlist. Or more often it is a play random tracks from my large collection until I hit stop.

I do listen to just one song once in a while when that is all I have time for, or when some song comes to mind that I want to hear. However mostly it is a playlist that I created.

There are a few albums that are related collection and work best listened together, but most are just a bunch of songs and you can listen in any order.

Green is a myth. (I’m colorblind)

Mouse with your off hand means your main hand can do other things - type or such. Most keyboards have a numberpad to the right, so the left is the more ergonomic place for a mouse.

I have two computers, and two keyboards and two mice. I keep a mouse on each side. (I tried a KVM and didn’t like it). YMMV.

I need the mouse cursor to be better at drawing attention to itself at times though. When you have a couple big monitors often finding where that cursor is hiding becomes a problem.

Your kids should inheirit the desk your great granpa mades, those plates that have been in the family for years. Your lost $40 should be used to pay the taxi driver who brings you to the hospital where you die.

give them love now. Teach them to care for thenselves. They should expect to get nothing. Spend your money yourself for what makes you happy.

Don’t give the bills - pre-pay your funeral. (Careful - there are a lot of scams here).

Core or Scale? If running Core I’d say install plain FreeBSD on it. Even if scale I’d consider that in a full wipe - FreeBSD is great as a server and supports ZFS out of the box without problems.

Then grow a long beard (not optional, even if female) so you can be “the old guy who has seen it all”

That if assumes something wrong. Some degrees will make you worth a lot more - doctors and ingineers skew the averages. Pick a degree in history or teaching and odds compare to someone who became a plumber without college and things can be different. History can still be better - but only because who you know matters and you can meet the right person - but odds are you won’t

i know the party schools near me, but if you go to one half way across the country I’ve never heard of it and so I can’t judge you.

Blackboards were often real slate. Chalkboards (note the different name!) were wood painted green. I don’t know why the name was different, but that is what I always saw.

I had the first G1 android, overall better than the flip it replaced. Replacing that got me something better. Every other one the specs were better on paper but in reality I couldn’t tell the difference. Which is why I replace when it breaks.

There are a lot of people invested in trying to make their drug of choice ‘safe’, while others are invested in making it ‘unsafe’. Thus a lot of studies are done and any result that fits a narrative is amplified by those who care. meanwhile real science is mostly lost in thd noise. I take all studeis with evtra salt.

There are two clipboards in X11 - but MMB pastes from the selection not the clipboard. I have never heard of the other clipboard being used for anything and I first heard of this more than 30 years ago. (I don’t know what wayland does about clipboards, butiit acts live X11)

Some people care. Those who don’t should just respect them by always leaving it down. Understanding isn’t asked for, just respect

even if their country has a port that doesn’t mean they keep their yacht there. better to fly to a Carribian island where the weather is nice than keep it near home and spend all that time sailing to where you want to be - boats are typically so slow that they would need to leave before they get there. If you want the yacht is some port you have the crew move it there and then you fly to it.

Rose colored glasses. I got married in my late 30s and while there are things i don’t like I won’t go back. There was too much lonelyness

depends - the capactiy changed over the years. My floppies were 90k, while 8 inch at the time was a full megabyte. 5.25 floppies did reach 1.2 megabytes on other systems but they were never available to me - even if I could afford it the drives were never compatible with my atari while the 8 inch drives were (with adapters I only ever saw in magazines)

5.25 inch floppy as homage to my childhood. Or maybe 8 inch - but while I lusted after that much space I never used one.

3 homemade tractors that my mom’s uncle made before he died (IIRC in 1984). 1.5, 3, and 12 horsepower, so not really useful machines for any work, but they have meaning. If anyone comes across a “Pearl” tractor let me know, there are about a dozen out there (if not scrapped) that he made and I want the rest.