in school you learn how to do 2 + 2 and understand why it is 4. its not the actual answer that is the goal, its the understanding of why it is so and how the steps are applied to get the answer. knowledge layered on knowledge happens over years of learning, but eventually you know some stuff about things that people already learnt before you. as the saying goes- this isn’t rocket surgery, people!

you need brawndo

make it real for your dad - every chance you get, capture the price of a few things and chart it out over time… actual real evidence that you collected yourself is harder to refute than a graph produced by anonymous sources online.

feel like thats a notepad++ problem? in general, breaking it out into manageable human ingest-able chunks is A Good Idea

how refreshing :)

“… too much more power than me”

nextcloud is awesome, highly recommend.

“opt out” to looking at my data ✅

and google isnt? and meta / facebook isnt? etc

yep, do this all the time with my own code… even for yesterdays code prior to second coffee time!

for appearances? so you can pass the buck somewhere? … etc

<citation needed>

about having salt and vinegar in a food combo

whaaaaa? are you… sure?

i’m grateful for your service!

“best worst case?”

good answer :)

nope

its the speed of the change innit. for example, the fact that google power requirements has increase 50% in the last year must have a tremendous impact.

sounds like a frog in a saucepan… sure is getting warmer!