Porcupine, hedgehog, echidna? Armadillo is probably 0.75?

Beat me to it!

Thinking about this, and how I would ask someone how it works (it's on the underside of the shelf and has a J-shape with some kind of set-screw) makes me think this is meant to mount on two horizontal rails, one at the back of the shelf and one at the front. The rails would likely stretch across a large gap in the cabinet and be rod or bar shaped. To mount the shelf you probably hook it on one rail, drop it down and then use the set screw to lock it in place so it can't slide back and forth.

That "for reference" is very confusing...

Yeah, this is definitely the catch. If you can afford to do it this way, document every interaction the whole way along. Take screenshots of the prices of all the tickets going to your destination when you're making your purchase,so they can't argue they should be able to pay you less. They will definitely try to weasel out of it and will absolutely string you along so you will need to advocate for yourself.

They hope that will scare you off.

I'm pretty sure the contestants get to choose what is said (for some time now.)

During the conversation portion he'll come up and say, "Next we have John Smith, self-described stay-at-home uncle. Tell us about that, John."

Good thing he didn't actually say it would be the next Windows doing any of those things. He didn't even say it would be the OS:

"I think we will see computing become more ambient, more pervasive, continue to span form factors, and certainly become more multi-modal in the arc of time ... I think experience diversity is the next space where we will continue to see voice becoming more important. Fundamentally, the concept that your computer can actually look at your screen and is context aware is going to become an important modality for us going forward."

The important and scarier part is actually the last sentence, not anything from the article title.

That's why I said "that book", not "any book".

a) Anywhere you buy that book from that isn't using DRM, isn't paying the author.

b) If they're using DRM you'll have to use some sort of proprietary software to use the book (i.e. not a straight PDF you can open with any PDF reader)

c) Owning the physical copy doesn't give you any more right to scan the book than it does downloading it DRM-free or bypassing DRM. Depends on the country, but making your own copy is a grey area. (so if you're going to scan it or crack it, just download it from the internet archive or something - otherwise you're just wasting time, money, and resources and contributing unnecessarily to the heat death of the planet/universe.)

VitalSource provides lifetime digital licenses but requires their proprietary software (Bookshelf) which is available on a lot of different devices. They work with publishers to pay royalties which should go to authors. I think they have a return policy if you try it out and it isn't working for you. (I've never used it myself)

It's also on Kindle 🤮 and Kobo and a bunch of other places. The publisher probably provides links to sites where you can get it.

You can also check your library for a digital copy and take it out whenever you want to search it, I suppose.

Source: https://xkcd.com/2347/

One nice thing I've found with quitting is that it's a lot cheaper... Club soda with a lime wedge is about the cheapest thing (other than tap water) you can get at a bar/restaurant, and a lot of places give refills for free. At first I didn't love the taste, but beer was an acquired taste too! And if I do get non-alcoholic beer or cocktails, I tend to not want as many, so I naturally save money there too (on top of them usually being a buck or two cheaper.)

I wasn't the first, but slowly my friends are all starting to quit drinking and we still hangout regularly. I still go out with friends that drink and make sure I have a non-alcoholic beverage at hand at all times. Any "friends" that make a big deal about it (which isn't very many tbh) are cut out of my life now...

Conversations are definitely different than they used to be and our get togethers tend to be shorter, but we've slowly been adjusting and we do things a little differently now. More games, destinations other than a bar, etc.

I'm not belittling how you feel, it's different for everyone. Just letting you know that it can be different.