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Yeah I think we're in violent agreement to an extent

as I said in my last graf, if it's effectively changing the user agreement, absolutely not ok. But if it's a shitty product to begin with, then I'm just not going to buy it in the first place.

So yeah, Windows doing shitty things for users who have already paid for the product is definitely not cool. But for all users going forward to have a shitty experience? That's... shitty, yeah, but I personally don't think it should be illegal?

I think War Pigs/Luke's Wall is one of the best anti-war songs. While so many of the era were very hopeful/happy (Youngbloods, Buffalo Springfield...), Sabbath's take on the war song genre was a giant middle finger to the military industrial complex, saying "you are literally doing Satan's bidding." It's awesome.

Fortunate Son, Gimme Shelter, and I'm gonna say Rooster round out my favorite Vietnam songs.

even though the bank technically owns this shit

Nah, they just have a substantial lien against the property :)

In the US, I think you would be entitled by law to know the reason why you were rejected ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Credit_Opportunity_Act ).

Does the UK have something similar?

We tried personally evaluating people for loans on their individual merits, and shocker, there was rampant racism and sexism. Having strict metrics, instead of relying on the whims of a dickwad loan agent, is a good thing.

The new system isn't perfect, and yeah, it completely favors people who have parents who know how the system works. But at least it's not explicitly racist or sexist (again, there are of course systemic issues that feed into it).

I get that it's frustrating to, for example, need to have debt in order to qualify for more debt. But in other contexts this is pretty standard

it's essentially "financial experience."

But yeah. It sucks that you should pay expenses with a credit card rather than debit in the USA. Personally it doesn't matter to me (I pay them off every month), but it sucks for merchants who get stuck with the credit card transaction fees.

As a social construct, I like that I can be anywhere in the world and know that around noon is probably an appropriate time for lunch, etc.

Yeah, but Primus sucks.

I just use one account.

As others have said, it's a bit outdated. Being slow is one thing, but having limited software support can be very frustrating.

If possible I would try for a raspberry pi instead, as those have very strong ecosystems (yes, there are problems, but still

it's a big community). A 5 with 8GB would be ideal, but something lower spec (even a 3) would probably still be more capable.

I share via Signal, and with links to my Immich instance (sent over Signal). Certainly susceptible to security problems since yours truly set it up, but what you gonna do...

Yes, the taxation is regressive, but the benefits are progressive. E.g.,

According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, for people in the bottom fifth of the earnings distribution, the ratio of benefits to taxes is almost three times as high as it is for those in the top fifth.

( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States) )

It's certainly not a perfect system, but personally I think it has some merit. And it's by far not the worst aspect of USA tax structure (in my opinion).