Shihali

The three tax prep firms named are H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer.

Really? 3,000 characters or more? By default?

Tumblr is still popular with the 2000s LiveJournal crowd, i.e. people who need 500 words not 500 characters or 500x500 pixels.

Amod Lele raised the same question of whether there is an end to suffering here: https://loveofallwisdom.com/blog/2009/09/one-and-a-half-noble-truths/

I don't know a strong argument for the claim that the end of suffering is possible outside of claims made about the Buddha himself and other similarly ancient figures, although the experiences of a few monks are evidence that greatly reducing suffering is possible for some people.

It's very confusing right now because the check is to show posts that you have already read. Posts that you have already read are hidden by default.

Hobonichi Techo is always good, but more oriented towards keeping a diary and a little expensive (though you get what you pay for).

I ordered one since I was curious about the Sailor Pro Gear Slim when it was a lot cheaper. I'll see how it feels in the hand since so many pens are uncomfortably heavy (Pilot Metropolitan) or wide (TWSBI Eco).

Bitcoin was designed to gain value over time by making minting more bitcoins increasingly expensive. I don't think speculation was the intended use, but widespread adoption would be strangled anyway by making holding onto the bitcoin more profitable than most things you could buy with it.

What pens are these?

Kbin federation appears to be working indeed if someone had subscribed to a community before the 0.18.0 update. Waiting to see if a community that no one had subscribed to on this instance syncs in.

Edit: it hasn't been pulled in overnight. Maybe it'll only pull their content in after a new post is made?

Edit 2: It pulled in, but I didn't see that it had because the current default is to hide all posts that you have already read. So confusing!

Some disappointment that microtransactions have pushed out unlockables, and annoyance at using DLC to push up game prices. It makes me less inclined to buy a game any time near release and I'm already disinclined.

But mostly not noticing cosmetic microtransactions, unless I really like what it's selling.

My parents had copies and somehow Fellowship of the Ring was recommended for a book report. I loved it and went on to read the others over the next two years.