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Cake day: January 1st, 2026

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  • Eh? US chiming in… In the last week I bought a 64gb usb flash drive for $15 and a 12tb usb external hdd for $189.

    Fittingly, the flash drive was for Lubuntu iso, and the hdd was because my other external harddrive was exfat formatted and I didnt want to lose all my TBs of media by reformatting to ext4. (Now my minipc diy media/file server has 18tb… Not a bad scenario.)

    Anyhoo…the external SSDs were super expensive at the store, but I didnt need that. If I were expanding my gaming setup, id be looking at external ssd.










  • My teenaged kid’s school has free lunch for all students. I often offer to pack a lunch for my kid, but they decline. If they don’t want me to, I won’t, and I like that my kid taking a lunch defuses the stigma of “poor” kids taking a free lunch.

    Broadly, there is a lot of food insecurity, especially in big cities, so cafeteria food may be the only meal some kids get. In the US, many school districts also send home backpacks stuffed with nonperishable food for the holiday breaks, and summer lunch programs are offered. The decision to close school for inclement weather also involves deciding if some kids wont get to eat that day. So fortunate is my family that we dont have to worry about that.





  • Fuck real life networking applications.

    But dude, the museum thing is rad. Also fishing – look at the water and learn the cfs and temp. Look at the fish you caught and get species and measurements. Or field dressing a deer or putting a part on a car – where you need to cut or bolt is highlighted.

    I want all of the people/personal info stuff left out, but i still want all of the practical shit.