What’s something most people don’t understand? This is an interesting prompt, because there is no way in the world I could possibly know what the average consensus of people usually don't understand. I could say, "Most people don't understand that the genre of Cyberpunk is a warning, not an aspiration."...

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How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? This is kind of an ambiguous question, at least for me, because I have a lot of goals. But by and large, most of my goals have to do with either learning new things, doing creative...

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In my last post, I suggested you, the reader, abandon Windows, jump ship, get out while you still can, and dive directly into Debian. What I didn't talk about, was how to create a bootable flash drive so that you can install it! This is, of course, sparsely detailed on...

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How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? In my lifetime I’ve failed many times, and I’ve had many successes. There are things I fail at more than others, but the one big takeaway is that failure precludes success. What I mean by that, is...

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Do you believe in fate/destiny? Today’s Wordpress prompt is all about a theme featured in one of my favorite movie franchises: The Matrix. Are our fates already foretold? Normally, I would say, no. Absolutely not. The universe exists in total chaos and we, the human species, exist entirely by biological...

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If you're a user of Windows, and have been for a large portion of your life, you're probably astounded that, via Windows 11, Microsoft is both trying to mimic Apple, and embedding information theft directly into your desktop. What do I mean? I mean, Apple does Apple better than Microsoft,...

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Describe the most ambitious DIY project you've ever taken on. Well, this is quite the prompt. Not because it's a complicated question, but more-so that the answer is the complicated one. I've been a sort of "DIY" person since I graduated high school, even if I didn't really know it...

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If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? I’ve been spending parts of my day reading other people’s thoughts on this topic. A lot seem to say or have the same train of thought, “I wouldn’t ban words, I believe in freedom...

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What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? I think the most challenging thing for me will be establishing myself in a new place of work, and in-turn working through consolidating or otherwise lowering the amount of debt that I owe. Debt’s a troubling thing,...

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Hello, and good day to the denizens of the world, and also, the virtual world, Second Life! Today I'm writing to make available some information about what's going on at Neo Machina, my future-city sim within the virtual world. For a full year, Neo Machina mostly only had on-sim rentals,...

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