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3rd, I'm not so sure $1,600 direct payments to Oregonians is the best use of those tax dollars. It should be used to reduce our overall tax burden. Maybe increase the standard deduction by $1,600 or some such.

What a weird point. So instead of giving $1600 cash to people (and more to families) this author proposes tax breaks that will be less accessible to people?

I got a mailer this week calling 118 a "blank check for Salem"

That doesn't even make sense

Frau Blucher!

Look, I accept a sonic shower.

But I don't think anyone thought the way to improve the toilet was to make it more "sonic."

Especially because they only sell Pepsi products

Nothing about this outcome was a surprise

People mention eating it whole... I at least shave the hair off it first.

Is this putting any undue stress or problems on your mother?

Not to excuse your sister's behavior, but my experience with narcissists is that you can't teach them to be better or "fix" them unless they want that, and that's rare. Which usually means an you can do is make the best out of what you get.

Sometimes this means cutting them off completely, but when there's kids involved like that, if that's the way to get to see them, that's all you can do. Just make sure you (or your mother) have your own clear boundaries and stick to them when things get out of hand, as they often progress to eventually.

It sounds like you're describing every libertarian I've ever met

WSL is pretty good these days. Dual boot with Windows is still a pretty risky move with how easily Windows will overwrite your boot loader. I usually recommend you pick one os or the other rather than dual boot, so I'm in favor of WSL or virtualbox. Personally, I have never cared for needing to reboot just to switch operating systems. I tend to stick with one and the second one does nothing but take up disk partition space.

WSL lets you run both simultaneously without rebooting. Virtualbox lets you do the same with extra setup. Virtualbox makes it easier to do GUI setups than WSL does, and the network configuration is a little more obvious.

The best option is to get a second machine so you can run both. If that's not an option, virtualbox is the better choice for learning. If you just want a Linux environment on your existing setup (similar to using a Mac) then WSL is usually good enough

Yes, my experience with websites over the past few decades.

NSFW stands for "not safe for work." What do you think it means? It's pretty straightforward in its meaning.

It isn't censorship if you can just turn it off and see everything. It's a warning for people who want to browse at work but not view content that can get them in trouble

Just turn it off and ignore it if it doesn't apply to you. The rest of us want the tag to be used for its purpose.

Which you can easily turn off if you don't browse Lemmy at work.

Just because you don't use the tag for its intended purpose doesn't mean everyone doesn't. The tag has a clear purpose, denoted by what it stands for. Most people with adult jobs understand its purpose. Don't ruin the tag's purpose for the rest of us by devaluing it