wand = double nerd alert.

I put on my robe and wizard hat…

This is the ENRON swindle in a nutshell during the California energy crisis back in 2000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000–2001_California_electricity_crisis

Who is that and why does it appear she’s turned herself into a blow-up doll?

What do you mean, you don’t like slop?

If the games are using the music in violation of copyright and valve acquired it and is selling it, the distribution rights part of copyright law allows the copyright owner to sue anyone in the supply chain. If the music was originally licensed properly, then PRS is just looking for a settlement.

Once you purchase a legally distributed work, you are protected by the first sale doctrine, which allows you to do pretty much whatever you want with your single copy.

fungible

adjective fun·gi·ble ˈfən-jə-bəl

1: being something (such as money or a commodity) of such a nature that one part or quantity may be replaced by another equal part or quantity in paying a debt or settling an account

Cura has appimages right on their download page if you can’t be arsed to figure out pacman

I got an .org domain from hover.com for $16/yr. They knock $5 off for the first year. They price domains based on popularity of the tld so that can get expensive. Whois privacy is standard and you can buy additional add-ons

Is a Paregrine falcon any relation to a Peregrine falcon? They look remarkably similar.

I switched to Linux full time almost two years ago when Win 10 started saying my CPU wasn’t supported. My CPU is in the i7 family and I think they all got that treatment. Since then I’ve had no major issues with Linux Mint. As for gaming, I do get some frame drops with my Nvidia 3060, but I was getting the same on Windows.

Steven Patrick Morrissey. Fuck him and his whiney bitch voice. He’s also an asshole.

It’s the index on 1 that ruins it for me.
Edit: come to think of it what would zsh print out for echo $0?

So if I eat all my fruits and veggies and then chase it with a frosty mug of delicious root beer, does that cancel out and I’ll spend the entire day just feeling ‘meh’?

The Land of Oz is home to all kinds of fantastical creatures, some of which are living objects. I remember in particular the Glass Cat and the Sawhorse. There is also a region entirely peopled by porcelain figurines, so it’s not really a stretch to think that the Emerald City would be prepared for any manner of being.

Sure but this seems to be a planned procedure rather than emergent. Also you get into areas of implied consent during emergencies.

You know it’s possible to donate blood to yourself before a procedure. I’ve seen this Jehovah witness no transfusions thing several times but no one ever brings up using your own blood.

The first picture on this blog is an example. https://www.proswimwear.co.uk/blog/the-swimmers-guide-to-buying-a-tech-suit/ That suit is probably the least bad among the leading brands. And that’s not just coloring on the suit, it’s actually see through.

This happens in swimming too. The racing suits that the girls wear (called tech suits) need to be very form-fitting to get the best streamlining in the water. What they don’t need, however, is translucent body panels that make the girls look like they are wearing bikinis underneath. It’s gotten better in the past couple of seasons where they are offering different patterns and colors of suits. But the problem remains with the basic black suits.

The only routine sound issues I have on mint is the output settings don’t stay the same through a reboot, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to permanently disable output for monitor speakers that I don’t have (eg HDMI sound).

Bring back the 70s ski fashion.