Honestly physicists don't actually know what measuring is either. We don't know when exactly the system is considered "measured" in the chain of entanglement, this is called the Measurement Problem.

Answers range from "shut up don't think about it" to "there's an infinite amount of universes split from each other for each quantum event!".

When programmers with ADHD/Autism get interrupted from a fixation (like a video), suppressing that interruption, even if unproductive or unimportant, becomes their new fixation.

I've been guilty of this many times, for better or worse.

Microsoft's bread and butter has been selling and servicing to businesses.

So with that in mind, the hell are they thinking? Windows 10 end of life guarantees that businesses specifically will have to switch. Then the next option in line is one that will by default vacuum up all your proprietary information to feed into an AI, effectively "copyright laundering" it?.

Even if there's ways to deactivate the feature, the non-tech savvy managers will just go off of the headlines and the tech savvy ones will recognize the security risk. And government/healthcare computer might just fork Linux into a non-open source version.

Ironically it feels like they're focusing too much on consumers (on extorting them) and shooting themselves in the foot for their business clientele.

I'd say believing that leaking military secrets is treasonous no matter what's being leaked is a more black and white opinion than believing the responsibility is on the individuals involved to determine if keeping the secret is unjust.

This is my brain:

[Chalmers rings Skinner's doorbell. Skinner opens the door.]
Chalmers: Well, Seymour, I made it, despite your directions.
Skinner: Ah, Superintendent Chalmers, welcome. I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable luncheon!
Chalmers: Yeah.
[Chalmers enters. In the dining room, he sits at the table and places a bottle in an ice bucket, while Skinner runs to the kitchen, only to find his roast is burnt, and gasps in horror.]
Skinner: Oh, egads! My roast is ruined! [Chalmers' knocking on the kitchen door can be heard] But what if... I were to purchase fast food and disguise it as my own cooking? [chuckles] Delightfully devilish, Seymour.
[Skinner begins to climb through the window, but Chalmers enters the kitchen and catches Skinner trying to leave.]
Chalmers: Ah-!
[Accompanied by a montage of scenes of Skinner and Chalmers from previous episodes, the theme song to an imaginary sitcom called "Skinner and the Superintendent" then plays:]

    Skinner with his crazy explanations,
    The superintendent's gonna need his medication,
    When he hears Skinner's lame exaggerations,
    There'll be trouble in town tonight!
    Chalmers:SEEEEEYMOOUUURRR!!!

[The scene goes back to Skinner's kitchen]
Skinner: Superintendent! I was just...uh---just stretching my calves on the windowsill. Isometric exercise! Care to join me?
[Smoke can be seen coming out of Skinner's oven]
Chalmers: Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Seymour? [points to the oven]
Skinner: Uh... ooh! That isn't smoke, it's steam! Steam from the steamed clams we're having. [Massages his belly] Mmmm, steamed clams!
[Once a suspicious Chalmers leaves the kitchen, Skinner breathes a sigh of relief, climbs out the window, and runs across the street to Krusty Burger, where he buys hamburgers and French fries to replace his burnt roast. The scene cuts to the dining room, where Skinner comes from the kitchen with the fast food on a silver tray.]
Skinner: Superintendent, I hope you're ready for mouthwatering hamburgers.
Chalmers: I thought we were having steamed clams.
Skinner: Oh no, I said 'steamed hams'. That's what I call hamburgers.
Chalmers: You call hamburgers 'steamed hams'?
Skinner: Yes! It's a regional dialect.
Chalmers: Uh-huh. Eh, what region?
Skinner: Uh...upstate New York?
Chalmers: Really? Well, I'm from Utica and I've never heard anyone use the phrase 'steamed hams'.
Skinner: Oh, not in Utica, no. It's an Albany expression.
Chalmers: I see.
[Chalmers takes a bite out of a burger and chews it a little, while Skinner sips his drink.]
Chalmers: You know, these hamburgers are quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger.
Skinner: Hohoho, no! Patented Skinner Burgers. Old family recipe!
Chalmers: For steamed hams?
Skinner: Yes.
Chalmers: Yes, and you call them steamed hams, despite the fact they are obviously grilled? [opens one of the burgers and exposes the patty's grilled pattern to Skinner]
Skinner: Y- Uh.. you know, the... One thing I should... excuse me for one second.
Chalmers: Of course.
[Skinner enters and leaves the kitchen swiftly upon seeing it is now on fire]
Skinner: [pretends to yawn] Well, that was wonderful. A good time was had by all. I'm pooped.
Chalmers: Yes, I should be-- [notices the intense light coming from the burning kitchen] GOOD LORD, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THERE!?
Skinner: Aurora Borealis?
Chalmers: Ah- Aurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen!?
Skinner: Yes.
Chalmers: ...May I see it?
Skinner: ...No.
[They exit the house as the kitchen fire grows larger.]
Agnes (voice): SEYMOUR, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE!
Skinner (looking up): No, mother, it's just the Northern Lights.
Chalmers: Well, Seymour, you are an odd fellow, but I must say... you steam a good ham.
[As Chalmers begins heading home, Agnes starts screaming for help, causing Chalmers to look back towards the house. Skinner gives him a thumbs up and a fake smile, causing him to keep walking away. Once Chalmers is out of sight, Skinner rushes back into the house to deal with the fire.]
Agnes (voice): HEEEELP!!! HEEEELP!!

If you want barebones Windows I'd suggest you cough cough obtain Windows 10 LTSC.

It's got most the bloatware cut out, you just have to reenable the old style picture viewer.

Though when I eventually make a new PC, I'm probably just gonna use Linux Mint because I hear running Windows games/software isn't nearly as bad nowadays, thanks Steam.

That's how my brain used to work.

Now I have two methods depending on how much I care.

Either I need all available options and have them listed out like a spreadsheet, then I'll painstakingly determine which ones I like based on critera and using my feelings like a vague sensor.

Or if I don't have time for that I'll use an algorithm of some kind, like Spotify's Smart Shuffle, then I'll determine what I like based on this new "optimized" list.

Because I can't just like a random disconnected thing, no no no, I need to make sure it's something I will definitely like and maybe incorporate into my identity.

I'm glad things aren't so dire!

I hope you get either the job I suggested or the others I'm sure you were sent.

Feel free to reach out to me on Discord if you want to get to know me or my friend group!

I think he grows around his skeleton.

I'm pretty sure that wolverine is technically not immortal (depending on canon) however the Adamantine casing which is pretty indestructible means there's always a piece of him to regenerate from.

They're different people, panel 1 is mom panel 2 is daughter.

It may help to realize that compared to other countries.

America's typical left is more like the center, the right are literally attacking the goverment and trying to make it authoritarian (Jan 6 and Project 2025), and the centrists are telling us to atleast hear out the people who led a coup and expect us to forget about it.

That's why the centrists sound ridiculous to us, it's one thing to hold centrist views (which is actually the right compared to the first world) but telling us to listen to both sides when the other side has given up on democracy and are testing the waters for a forceful takeover, it's absurd.

Then on Linux you have a sleep deprived goblin warlock who performs forbidden rituals that deletes the desktop and you have to fix your mistakes without fixing the original error.

It's me, I'm the sleep deprived goblin warlock.