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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • The ID on the phone thing is weird. Like I’m gonna give my phone to a cop when they ask for my ID. That’s a nope from me. Same reason why I still print out my car insurance cards even though the information is on my phone. I ain’t giving my phone to a cop for any reason.

    In the US, not every merchant accepts phone payments, so we still have to carry physical cards around. Your patronizing tone was unnecessary.


  • I’m a young Millennial and I don’t understand why you wouldn’t carry a wallet. Mine is a slim front pocket one, but I need somewhere for my ID and cards. I despise phone wallets and I use tap-to-pay where possible, but not everywhere accepts them for some reason. I also don’t carry cash because I’m not a Boomer. If I’m buying/selling something off Craigslist or whatever, I just use Venmo.

    Who doesn’t use a wallet? Are they referring to those card holders and not calling them wallets?




  • ThinkPads are my go-to. I just got an X1 Carbon Gen 9 (i5, 16GB) for $350 and put Fedora on it after upgrading the SSD to 1TB. It’s a beautiful laptop.

    Of course, there’s the tried and true T480. Love that thing, especially if you get the right display panel and touchpad upgrades. Swappable batteries, upgradeable RAM. Those laptops can be had for cheap on eBay. Also check r/hardwareswap or the Discord for ThinkPad deals.

    XPS 13 units can do well with Linux, too. I’m just a ThinkPad fan.









  • I have attention issues, so I have to sit in a distraction-free area. No noise of any kind. My wife can read in a war zone, bless her. But I mostly read non-fiction nowadays, because fiction gives me anxiety.

    I’m not sure I entirely understand your question. I just sit down and read. I engage with the book much like I engaged with your post — I read the content, consider it, and move onto the next piece of content.