Zucchini. I'll still eat it when someone else cooks, but I've given myself permission to stop using it when I cook. 9 times out of 10 it's just really uninteresting to me, and there are plenty of other veggies to choose.
It's not about the age of the device, hut whether it is still meeting (or able to meet) the needs of its user(s).
If it was fully functional, would it still be meeting your needs? If yes, it's worth trying to resolve the problem(s). There are some good suggestions here for things you can try.
If the laptop wasn't really meeting your needs, or the issues the laptop is having can't be resolved, then yes it's time to replace it. (And you may not need to scrap it: sometimes an older device can be repurposed for a new job, either with you or with someone else.)
Petrol prices are the highest I've ever seen. I guess that's true everywhere.
But also, on Weds when we went to Canberra we drove past two petrol stations with their signs turned off (suggesting they were completely out) — one in the city and one in the country. I've never seen that before. The country station was back on when we passed again a couple of hours later.
Once you have the money and resources to do so (probably not in year 1), consider investing in animals. I'm increasingly convinced that they are a better option in terms of the gold return on your time/work input, which frees you to explore other parts of the game. You can still grow crops in the greenhouse when you need them.
I'm getting back into it after a hiatus. Went back to a farm in progress rather than start new. One of these days I'll actually finish the game (whatever that means for me, I know you can play a farm for hundreds of in-game years if you want to).
Trying to finish Ginger Island, and for the life of me I cannot find the last golden walnut in the west — even with the help of the Wiki map revealing locations. I think I'm going to have to pay the bird for that one, which is pretty unsatisfying.
I grew up in the USA and live in Australia. I think of and refer to myself as both 'expat' and 'immigrant'.
Which word I use depends on context. I'm an American expat (context: my relationship with USA), but I'm an immigrant in Australia (context: my relationship with Australia).
I guess I'm really just using "expat" to mean "emigrant". ¯_(ツ)_/¯
There are maybe half a dozen platforms I see people suggesting as Discord alternatives. So the list of options is fairly short.
I guess my questions would be:
Do any alternate platforms look like they would meet your needs (or your desires for the community you're trying to build)?
Which of the platforms that fit (1) are your followers willing to join?
Which platforms that fit (1) would your Discord community be willing to move to?
And I think that if you see an option you like the look of, there's no harm in trying it out. Create a space, invite a few of your Discord people to take it for a test drive with you. (Wait to advertise it until you know whether you'll keep it.) If it seems like a good fit, then you'll be free to drop Discord.
My personal situation with these platforms is that I am willing to create an account anywhere, but there's no point in signing up to a platform unless there is someone I want to contact or a community I want to join. So far, despite the backlash all my connections are still only on Discord. And therefore, so am I. I'm probably not the only one like that.
My current cats have Opinions (capital O) about what is or isn't food. I tried giving them variety, at least in flavour. They don't want it. The want one specific brand of fish-flavored wet food (in jelly, not gravy). They'll eat some kinds of fish-flavored kibble if wet food isn't available. Anything else, they have to be pretty desperate.
At least they both like the same stuff! But the lack of variety is 100% on them, not me.
(My previous cats would eat most things. These two are just weird.)
I've always been underweight. In the last 5 years in particular, there have been times when my weight was concerningly low. Times when all I could see was my ribs and hips showing through my skin, and despair about ever reaching and maintaining a healthy weight.
But right now, it's okay. I'm still not in the range I would consider ideal for my height and build, but I noticed recently that I can't even see my collarbone anymore. That's amazing, and right now it's all I see when I look in the mirror. I don't know how long it will last so I'm trying to appreciate the small amount of extra padding while I've got it.
I spend a lot of time lurking on Lemmy. I read discussions. I don't post or comment much. There's no social element to that experience. (This is an indictment of me, not Lemmy.)
I just recently rejoined Mastodon, and there I find myself replying to people's posts and having short discussions even though I don't "know" anyone. It's not "community" at this stage, but it could become that if I continue using the platform that way. And when I made a post introducing myself, there were several comments offering direction toward finding "my people" (a.k.a. community) on that platform. It's just up to me to make it happen.
I'm originally from the USA. I've lived in Australia for over 20 years now.
The last 10 years have been hard to watch from afar. The problems go back way further than that, of course, but it really felt/feels like everything comes to a head in Trump's presidency.
There's a kind of grief that comes with watching your country go through what's been happening in the USA over the past year (not that awful and worse things haven't been happening elsewhere in the world, but it's different when it's your home country and people you love still live there).
And another kind of grief comes from watching people you know personally and otherwise consider to be intelligent, rational, and caring become Trump fanatics who can no longer be reasoned with on any subject remotely related to Trump or the Republicans. I still can't understand them.
How does this all play out? Badly. I expect it's going to be very hard for the people in the USA, and I expect things are also going to be bad for many other countries and their people. We're looking at a reorganisation of global order, and maybe that's long overdue but it's going to be a painful process - the more so because it's happening all at once via abrupt chaos rather than planning for smaller transitions.
How has it affected me personally? My sister left the country. I don't know when I'll get back to visit friends and remaining family, now. Sister was the main reason I've gone previously, and now I'll likely have to choose between USA or visiting her in Europe (finances don't typically allow me to do both). Additionally I would not feel comfortable travelling to the USA right now.
I am actively advising my Australian family and friends to avoid the USA, and not even use their airports in transit to another country. I don't see that advice changing before 2029, and it may not change very soon after that.
My struggle has been lack of address data in my part of the world. I primarily use maps to help me navigate to a destination address, and it seems that here they can only take me as far as the street, they don't have the street numbers.
I could probably figure out how to add that data for my own neighbourhood, but I can't do it for the town I'll be visiting 5 hours away from home.
And so every time I have tried FOSS map apps, I've had to go back to Google's for at least a portion of the journey.
Suggestions welcome, because I would really like to be able to drop Google completely, one of these days.
Yes and no. That kind of diversifying is ideal, but much more achievable in a city. And I know plenty of people who simply don't have the time to make so many stops. There's a reason the big stores get most of the business, and it's not that we approve of their practices.
For my part:
We do use the butcher.
We don't have a fruit and veg store.
Markets are twice a month, but they're an unreliable source of produce here.
Specialty shops are also limited outside of cities, and often more expensive.
I'll continue muddling along as best I can, which already involves sourcing things from non-duopoly options when I can. But that's a far cry from the ideal.
I just think it is too simplistic to say "just stop shopping there". Many people don't have that luxury of choice.
Coles is getting into bed with Palantir . We already decided to stop shopping there.
Now Woollies is doing this.
The only other option in my town is Aldi. They're great for some things, but don't have the range of the duopoly.
What do you suggest as an alternative?
(At least this AI thing Woollies is implementing seems to be only online orders. I usually shop in person, so ought to be able to avoid it... for now.)
Zucchini. I'll still eat it when someone else cooks, but I've given myself permission to stop using it when I cook. 9 times out of 10 it's just really uninteresting to me, and there are plenty of other veggies to choose.