Lol. Yup 100%

Yes, I'm aware they're real humans, but blasting someone, who specifically requests not to be blasted, with 10 texts a day, is emotional and mental abuse, and the human doing this is not a person a would ever respect (while I wish them no harm). I see these organizations only a couple notches above those asshole scammers. And it's because they're real humans that the berating actually works.

Also, I should clarify what I mean as 'berating' in this context: a simple "fuck off" or "who the fuck are you and why the fuck are you texting me?!". I do not mean that you should go calling them slurs or the like. Don't insult the person, only be extremely hostile in your response.

No number can encompass all that.

Maybe they should have a combo number would get us closer. But, still, the actual governing body must be completely impartial and logical in their rating. But also, we have to make a reality check on the priority of the rating in our own environments. Using your example, a 10 rating might be a 1 for that airgapped machine---judgement call.

We need a lifesize cutout of Carlos. Carlos for scale is the new banana for scale.

Absolutely stunning!

Sorry. That was me. I can't get enough of 'plumbing part', and am bathed in as I type this. Hahaha good point.

I didn't say ethics had no place in business, nor that ethics wasn't a thing. I said he renamed it, because business has no ethics. This is the same thing you were saying, but in a lot less words.

You don't need to worry about formatting. The installer can do that for you as part of the process. Just make sure you merge all of the existing Windows partitions into one, then let the installer partition as needed. I'm not 100% sure about the Steam question, but I think I remember reading somewhere that this is the case.

Keep in mind, Linux isn't magic. If the hardware sucks, the hardware sucks. Games can take a lot of resources. Just make sure your old LAN party laptop can handle the games you want to play on it.

Side note: Mint Cinnamon is a perfect choice for a starter distro.

Ok, so besides being mostly FOSS (Molly) or all FOSS (Molly-FOSS), the only difference, is that Molly encrypts your db on top of the laughably easy to decrypt Signal db encryption and OS encryption? Wouldn't that make push notifications impossible, though?

Same here. If I don't like it, I simply won't upvote. If it's overtly and obviously offensive, I will downvote (happened maybe 4-7 times on Lemmy thus far).

So... You were the hero they didn't know they needed