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I learned about the method of accurately and comprehensively describing cultures and civilizations. It's interesting.

— Zasit Olinedtûl, Potash Maker

a ghost is simply a roommate that your landlord can't evict

as of the latest windows 10 update, w10 home users can no longer opt to use a local account, microsoft accounts are mandatory

...unless you disconnect from the internet before starting the installer, in which case the supposedly removed option is back again

https://www.howtogeek.com/442609/confirmed-windows-10-setup-now-prevents-local-account-creation/

Hot take, The Grinch was the good guy all along

Not got much to say other than I feel "ban cars" and the subsequent backlash shows the need for us to not try to compress politics down into as small a soundbite as possible. Like, I doubt anyone saying "ban car" wants all cars gone tomorrow without properly implementing public transportation everywhere. But, the nature of politics today is to have compressible soundbites, so even "ban cars *after we get good public transport*" is too much to say.

under communism everyone will be given an Edsel and it is the only car anyone is legally allowed to drive

Remember a month ago? That was two and a half years ago.