I came here to post this video, because it’s really great. For anyone who cares to separate the myth from the reality: it’s worth your time. She’s honest, and realistic, without being mean or hyperbolic. (Ok, but maybe a liiiiittle sarcasm, as a treat!)

Yeah I think that sounds right. The other mentions of Mint here seem particularly suitable for this situation.

To try pop os, they have a separate iso already including all the Nvidia stuff. It works great, rock solid, seamless. (You’ll see info about their new cosmic DE, and I think it will eventually be good, but I wouldn’t suggest trying it now, especially for a new person. It’s not ready for non-enthusiast use, and mixing it with their current Gnome-based DE introduced some small issues for me.)

your average black rubber oring isn the same material

That has got to be the most amazing typo I’ve seen in a while. This comment seems legit and knowledgeable. So, did they mean is the same material, or isn’t !!???

(Context says they mean isn, but still, it’s a fantastic typo)

Gnome and KDE are two different “desktop environments”. Each distro has a default desktop environment (DE for short), but it’s like a regular application that you can swap out for a different one that does the same thing. The DE is (roughly, I think) the graphical interface to the operating system. So it can feel like the DE is the operating system (especially on Windows or Mac, which don’t have options to change the DE).

Most Linux distros, and certainly all of the beginner friendly ones, make it relatively easy to switch to a different DE. (Or, so I’ve heard. I’ve been using Linux as my daily driver for I’ve a decade, and I barely understand what’s involve in installing a new DE.)

I came here to mention 3d printing as a solution (that comes with it’s own problems!).

Board gamers watch videos about board games too!

I’ve really been looking forward to this! This announcement post is really sweet, and makes me glad for all the folks who worked on it.

I genuinely didn’t notice the bossin’ design on the toaster until I saw the even better picture on the manual!

Actually my first time; I had to order them just for this, and they’re great! Now I have extras ready for the next project.

Haha, same here. We’ve been on this ride before, and it wasn’t fun the first time.

Lol, yeah it does add up!!

Shout out to everyone who’s not drinking today, for whatever reason! Good luck to you. Make a plan for something better tonight.

Congrats on 4 weeks! You don’t have to let this shit election screw it up. If you want, the folks at stopdrinking are pretty supportive:

https://lemmy.world/post/21650016

This is my take too. Bad situation, and stressful middle part, but reasonably good resolution. How you and your daughter move forward is a good way to refocus your pent up frustration.

I hope the vent helped! It sounds like part of what’s bothering you is that you expected better. That’s reasonable, but I hope you regain some confidence in her school and the teachers. The apology from the teacher is direct, takes responsibility, and restores the grade. That’s pretty good!

They can’t undo the stress from the miscommunication, and they can’t promise it won’t happen again, but the systems for catching these kinds of mistakes seemed to have worked. That’s pretty good too!

(For context only, I’ll add that I have two kids who did online public school during the worst of the pandemic, and are back in person now. We’ve had problems similar to this one in every format, almost every year. So, that doesn’t change anything that you experienced, but I have some idea of how bad it feels, and what it takes to move on. You can do it!!)

7 hellhounds howling

No, you’re supposed to buy a loaf, use 1/3 of it before it goes bad, throw away the rest, and buy another loaf.

A YEAR ago?? Was there a second one!?

👀 did not let me down

I thought it was over, and then it just kept going hornier and hornier