Long time and still current hater of all things Apple here.
I have to use a locked down enterprise managed Windows 11 laptop for work. If given the choice of that or a locked down enterprise managed Mac, I'd switch in a heartbeat.
It'll be my second time to the Philippines. First time in Hong Kong though.
I consider myself a fairly adventurous eater, as compared to most Americans anyway. But I admit balut is well outside my comfort zone.
I wouldn't mind getting a pulse on what traveling in China is like. I'll shoot you a message later!
As I'm sure you're aware, it's a real shit show here. You'd be right to be terrified! Abroad 15 years is awesome. Part of me envies that for sure.
I will check the community out for sure!
I do. Headed to The Philippines and Hong Kong in November.
I think that's part of it for me too. I mailed it priority even though I have quite a bit of time (next trip is in November) just because I knew I'd get a tracking number. So I can know it arrived, at least.
Two weeks is so fast! That's awesome.
Nice to hear the turnaround time is fairly short. That's comforting.
I am in the USA and that's a great tip! I previously only had the book but ordered both with this renewal. I'll try to remember that!
Here's an HDD synth project for that very thing I saw the other day! Though probably won't work for your use case, admittedly. It's intended for retro systems and goes in an ISA slot, and isn't available for sale yet anyway.
YouTube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sASOfpzPjxg
Project page: https://www.strifestreams.com/hddsynth
Yeah, I realized how it was problematic pretty quickly after posting.
Mostly I agree. I have no kids and won't (vasectomy), and I'm a bit on the antinatalist side. Not so far in that I think people should never have kids. But reproducing at the rate we do is unsustainable and thus unethical. So there's a bias there.
I do think maternity and paternity leave should be given. And some grace should be allowed for small things. Like having to come in a little late or leave a little early for having to pick up/drop off kids, that kind of thing. To a point. If it's causing more than a minor burden to coworkers, then that's a problem.
But getting preference in scheduling, time off, etc? I don't agree with that. I shouldn't get the short end of the stick because they have a kid.
Edit: In reading some of the other comments, I saw a common sentiment which I'll sum up as "don't blame the parent, blame the system" which I can agree with.
I also had a "chose to breed" line in my last paragraph. I softened the language there, because it's not always a choice.
TIL the UK has publicly available hygiene ratings. I like that.
And MacOS is a BSD variant, so also Unix-like under the hood. So Microsoft is the only real black sheep in that ecosystem.
Was kind of surprised how long my list ended up.
Burn Notice
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Schitt's Creek
Star Trek (TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, Lower Decks, could see Strange New Worlds in the rotation in the future)
The Good Place
Community
The Expanse
Firefly
Parks and Rec
Ted Lasso