Techdirt has been killing it since they decided to start covering politics.

That’s an ok mistake to make that has zero chance of then ruining someone’s life and reputation. /s

This is the true answer, hence I don’t need to sarcastically form my own.

Mod kids and punk kids used to hang out. So you could ask a punk to put you in touch. At least, that’s what I gather after watching SLC Punk (which is really good, btw).

“Lazy sherpas.”

I work for a state agency and that’s going well because the state’s values and my own overlap enough for me to be ok being part of the machine. This is in California. I would never have a state job in Texas. But I would never find myself living in Texas to being with.

Books on early christianity (first two-hundred years) have been super engaging for the past 20 months. I’m an atheist, so this was a surprising topic to be of such interest.

For mainstream opinions, Bart Ehrman has a bunch of books. “How Jesus Became God,” was especially good, as Jesus only preached that he was the Mesiah.

For stuff that’s a bit edgier, there’s the theory that Jesus was an ahistorical figure (three books into that topic and I believe this to be true), you could try Robert M. Price or Earl Doherty.

You could also check out random wikipedia articles. Plus podcasts:

Noble Blood focuses on historical events through the lenses of nobility (I’m a history nerd).

Stuff the British Stole is a seasonal show that deep-dives stolen museum items and their legacy.

(Are you detecting a trend?)

The Fall of Civilizations podcast deep-dives ancient civilizations. Phenomenal.

(Spoiler: I’m a history nerd.)

History of Rome is a long series of short episodes from a historian. It’s very amateur at the beginning.

(There it is again!)

Might be worth seeing a medical professional. My lifelong insomnia turned out to be bi-polar disorder. Getting properly medicated resolved that issue. But also a really rigid sleep schedule was necessary.

Learning Linux is nothing. Most people will never need anything outside of the GUI. There are distros that are very close to Windows in the GUI.

Oh well. Same people think switching to a Mac will take effort.

This is the book that got me on the train. I have so many tech books but they all started with this. I’m a terminal afficianado now; this got me started. Anyway, good luck and I hope you have a good time.

https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Unix-Paul-Love/dp/0764579940

Drive Savers has a cleanroom. They got my data back in 2001 or 2002. It costs a lot.

I used to do this to migrate user profiles on Macs at my previous employer. I’d ssh in and copy everything across the network and then have the user log in on the other computer like magic. Network copy is a beautiful thing.

I agree that you should grow it out a bit. How far is debatable.

Disclosure: I am a white guy currently growing my beard out trying to find what length I can get away with while keeping it trimmed.

FUCK. Yep, it worked.

Some people derive a great deal of pleasure from hand configuring their system to reflect all their ideals. For some people, it’s fun. Leave them alone and let the enjoy their computers.

On MacOS, to open the current directory in Finder: alias f='open -a Finder ./'

Jamie Lofus did a podcast: (My Year In Mensa)[https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-my-year-in-mensa-55379945/]

No, because it would lead to civil war. Do I wish it could happen? Yes. But is it realistic? No.

We sure do.

Pro tip: if you own your mistakes and never try to hide or diminish your responsibility, it’s like a secret weapon to diffuse blame. People will accept that you made a mistake and just move on.