At what point does a twig become a stick? Are all twigs also sticks?

I feel like the difference between twig and stick must be not intrinsic to the stick, but a property of the observer. To a bird, a twig is already a stick, and to a giant, that which we call a stick is surely nothing but a mere twig.

Please name it and provide some information so we can check it out.

You shoud definitely build it soon, even if just to test it.

If you don’t, it will invariably be your bad luck that a component doesn’t work and you are then past the return window…

My bad sorry, I completely misread what your comment was replying to!

On the subject of Minecraft alternatives, I haven’t tried it myelf but Vintage Story seems pretty interesting. Started life many years ago as a Minecraft mod and is now it’s own thing.

I’m not sure I understand you.

Java edition is also developed by Mojang/Microsoft and is basically identical to the bedrock edition in core features.

It was the original Minecraft edition, and if you remember playing Minecraft 10 to 15 years ago it would likely be the Java edition you were doing it on.

Java edition, my friend.

I have been playing Minecraft with a small group of friends on a self-hosted private server on and off for the past 15 years. No ads, no coin shop, no annoyance.

As for the screaming YouTubers, obviously they exist, but there are also some nice chill peeps out there. EthosLab or Bdoubleo100 for example - especially their single player worlds where it’s just them working on projects and building.

The way I interpret it, Chihiro’s parents wouldn’t ordinarily act like that and did so only because the food (which we later know to be cursed) existed specifically to be a trap, and so had some magical lure on it that made it even more seductive and impossible to resist - like how siren song draws sailors to their deaths, even against their better judgement.

Indeed, her parents acting out of character is at least part of why Chihiro is uncomfortable with the situation.

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There is no way the Crucial brand was not profitable.

They aren’t leaving an unprofitable brand, rather they are killing a profitable brand in order to pump its resources into an even more profitable b2b segment.

That’s why people are annoyed. Micron didn’t have to leave the market at all, but they are doing, because they are greedy.

On your other Arch laptop, obviously. You need multiple pre-owned ThinkPads loaded with Arch at any given time to maintain workable redundancy, just like you need several clean pairs of programming socks.

Like, yes and no.

For people who are somewhat familiar with Linux, Ubuntu is certainty recognised as being about as mainstream as any distro is able to be, and a safe haven for Linux noobs for decades.

In recent years however it’s Mint which has for whatever reason been constantly recommended as a go-to distro for people fleeing the evils of Windows, ramping up especially with the discontinuation of Windows 10.

So right now, Mint might be more of a beginner distro than even Ubuntu.

I don’t think there’s any pride in it, they are just going after what is the most profitable at any given time.

That’s exactly why I suspect they will choose to resurrect the Crucial name later, because given a choice between launching a new name nobody knows, or a name people recognise (even if it’s been tarred a bit) then recognised will be the winning and more profitable option.

That is, if they haven’t sold the Crucial name to someone else first.

Probably just the same brand, honestly?

News two years from now: “Crucial back in business”

It doesn’t make as much sense, to me.

Like sure - they could design a Linux phone with their own polished UI, and Proton so it can run Steam games natively, and that would be super cool! But what about the apps?

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that for most people out there a phone is all about apps - in fact, completely synonymous with apps - and the sad truth is that Android and iOS have an absolute stranglehold on the app market.

There have been (and still are) efforts to develop Linux phones, but they are generally seen as rough experiments which for most people require far too much compromise - with one of the most significant compromises being that you give up all your apps.

Valve’s recent hardware successes haven’t come from making experiments for dedicated nerds, but from making polished hardware devices that you can put in the hands of a consumer and just work, and do everything they expect. That’s the strategy.

Now don’t get me wrong - I’d love to see a big-hitter like Valve with some financial clout try to make a phone. But this is an arena where even Microsoft failed, and heavens knows how much money they poured into phones before pulling the plug.

I’d love it, but I don’t think it aligns at all with Valve’s strategy, and I don’t expect to see it.

And yet ‘ship’ is masculine in French, despite even in genderless English being referred to by sailors throughout history as a ‘she’

Could be!

Deciphered:

Fast drying, and writes on any smooth surface without running. Replace the cap tightly after use.

“Sweetie, isn’t he a little scary? Don’t you want a soft owl instead?”

“He’d not scawy! He’d nice! 🤗”

Plap plap plap

Similarly, youtube channels about disaster events that are just reading the Wikipedia page with some spooky music.