I refer to them as LSUs: Lasagna Sustenance Units.

Your comment is good too.

This is probably the most beautiful thing I’ve seen online in a while. I’m glad she’s messaging you back! Good luck!

Nice! Take it easy with her. If she’s too tired to chat, give her room.

And like someone else mentioned: go slow. Ask questions. Get to know her.

Good luck dude. I hope it works out.

Yo. I’d go with honesty. Something like: “I read these messages, and they’re really cringy. But I like you. Can we talk? If you don’t answer, or you say no, I’ll leave you alone.”

That gives her the choice. If you don’t get a yes, leave her alone.

I don’t know how you screwed up. Or how long she’s left you hanging.

If it’s a couple of days, I’d let it lie and then send her another message.

If it’s been a few weeks, maybe drop her a message, admit the screw up, and see if she’ll overlook it.

Loss

This sounds terrible. I’m sorry for your loss. I hope you find your way through this soon.

I did something similar during highschool. I get more sleep now, but I’m usually clocking six hours a night.

I notice I get sick more often than my wife and kids. Stuff like colds and flu.

Get more sleep.

That’s (more or less) my experience. I’ve installed a couple of other launchers, and it’s fine.

Generally speaking, you need to use social signals: does it seem like other people are using the software? Is it recommended by people you trust? Does the author look legit (other projects, a presence on social media, etc)?

That’s because it’s really easy to hide malware. Developers can’t read an entire codebase, and the codebase of every library required by the tool.

In the ideal scenario, permissions on your home directory are configured appropriately so an attacker can’t do too much damage. I’m not sure if that’s realistic, however.

There have been lots of stories about supply chain attacks that steal developer’s crypto wallets, which is a perfect illustration of the problem.

Edit: running everything in a VM is probably the safest way to deal with untrusted code.

Trolling is how we express love in my household.

Isn’t that where Amazon makes 1/3 of their money?

Why try to reconnect? Everything you’ve listed is (more or less) true. If you’d rather not contribute to that shit pile, then don’t. You don’t need to be in control of a bunch of this stuff. If you’d like to opt out, then you should. It sounds like that would be more fulfilling to you.

In the beginning, we were weirdos doing it for fun. It was a hobby. Now there’s a bunch of people trying to make a living from content generation. It’s a job.

2028

wow, nobody mentioned the open source thing yet. I’m here because I really like the open source thing and the idea of federated servers run by hobbyists.

If you find anything, lmk. Lemmy is a fine reddit clone, but it doesn’t have enough niche content.

Dude is right: parental controls suck. I suspect that’s because they kind of take a back seat in most purchasing decisions. Of the various platforms I’ve enabled parental controls on (Apple, Nintendo, Android, Xbox, Epic, Roblox), I’ve found Epic’s to be the most straightforward.

It’d be nice if there was a mandated API that any kid-platform had to support, and a nice simple app to control it.

I’m thinking more along the lines of sticking the dishes they just used into the dishwasher. Although I’ve also asked them to pick up their candy wrappers.