OldFartPhil

Aside from the social issues mentioned by Jim, if you're looking to move somewhere on the I-5 corridor be aware that Oregon's reputation for ceaseless rain is, in some ways, well-deserved. Fall through spring is very cloudy and rainy. It gets gloomy and if you suffer from SAD it can be hard on you. On the other hand, summers are beautiful, with mostly sunny and warm days with the occasional heat spell.

Being a fairly large state with varied terrain, there are several climate zones:

• Summers are hotter on the I-5 corridor south of Eugene.
• The coast is cool and cloudy year-round, and rainier than the I-5 corridor.
• Areas east of the Cascade Mountains are much drier, with hotter summers and cold winters.

No extra steps, just update as you normally do. The only thing you'll notice is that more packages are updated. The updates you get between point releases are for security issues and high-impact bugs. Lower priority bug fixes and updates are rolled into the point releases.

I would be linking to the thread. Does the cross-post button not work as expected?

In flight

Okay, this comment made me LOL. Well done.

Yes, although I'd argue that it's a pick your poison thing. You can use a system where the content of your texts aren't secure, or you can let Meta add even more personal information to the dossier it has on you, your friends and the family dog.

I've seen a lot of discussion about why most of the rest of the world uses messaging apps instead of texting, so I understand. And messaging applications are objectively better in almost every way. But the threat of enshittification is always present when people choose a corporate walled garden. Hopefully some of the new EU regulations on account portability will make lock-in less of a concern.

Well, I didn't wake up this morning expecting to see Santa's O face. I guess that's enough internet for the day.

This is one of those times when I’m glad we Luddites in the US still use mostly SMS/MMS. I have managed to avoid anything Facebook/Meta and I would have been pissed if the messaging app that all my friends and family were already using was sold to Zuck.

Create Firefox launchers

Launch the Firefox profile manager:
$ firefox -ProfileManager

Launch a specific profile:
$ firefox -P "ProfileName"

I’m part of the cohort of programmers that learned to code in pre-dotnet VB. VB6 (my precious) was the most popular programming language for years.

I'm part of the cohort of programmers that learned to code in pre-dotnet VB. VB6 (my precious) was the most popular programming language for years.