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The world is burning and apparently the most popular thing to do in response is buy bigger trucks and SUVs. Did everyone take Mad Max as a realistic post-apocalyptic vision without thinking two seconds about the fact that finding petrol will be impossible? Considering a fat-tire cargo bike play with a 100% prepper marketing narrative.

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I just went out into the 108F environment to check out a library book before they closed. It wasn't until after I had it checked out that I realized I'd put a hold on the Spanish translation of the book.

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I did briefly consider learning how to read Spanish in time to read the book before I had to return it to the library, but ended up just walking it over the book return and leaving the library in shame.

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My Ubuntu desktop crashed for the Nth time, so I'm installing PopOS. It's still Ubuntu underneath so I have very low expectations for improvement but figured it was worth a shot. I picked up a contract gig yesterday so I will probably be shopping for a Mac soon.

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Pretty well set up on PopOS:

- Update key mappings
- 1Password extension
- SSH key + added to Github
- Blog and Logseq repos cloned
- Logseq was in the "Pop Shop" which was nice

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Looks like a bought a Sublime 3 license for $30 in 2018. An upgrade to 4 is now $80. Seems fair if I like it, but it's so hard to compete with free.

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Getting close to two weeks without a crash. Got close once trying to do stuff on an external hard drive, but managed to save it. The major differences b/w Ubuntu and Pop are: X11 instead of Wayland, Flatpack instead of Snap. No idea which made the difference.

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The change to pop and lack of crashing also meant sticking with firefox, just in time it seems.

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This is based on a small sample size, but I make this statement with some confidence: no American conservative on Medicare finds their staunch opposition to the idea of state provided healthcare ironic.

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About to head to OKC solo for an art show and a lunch meeting tomorrow. I don't enjoy driving, but I'm not good for much else today for some reason so decent timing.

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"The flight into individualism and the obsessive search for exclusivity are behaviours that belong to a past in which people were born in communities, and individuality was not so specific that it led to loneliness. Today, we are born as individuals, and it is our job to seek communities instead of attention." normadesign.it/en/log/nothing-special/

Nothing special | Log | Norma
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Nothing special | Log | Norma

An essay about how buying a table is impossible, and why we should all stop wanting to be “designers”.

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My Ubuntu desktop just crashed again--actually froze and wouldn't take any input--this time while using VSCode. Waited about 5 minutes before I gave up and power buttoned. Frustrating.

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Worth mentioning that I've run Ubuntu in the past for a long time without issues. It was a different machine, though. But if I'm buying a new machine, the MacBook Air isn't that much more than some PC laptop I can put Linux on.