They talk about it in the article.

In theory, any phone with the right hardware for a carrier’s cellular frequencies should be able to use VoLTE, and any capable phone with a supporting plan should get VoWiFi. The reality, however, is more complex. Many carriers only permit VoLTE and VoWiFi on devices they sell or have officially tested. This means that even if your imported Pixel has the necessary hardware, the carrier can still block these features, potentially preventing you from making voice calls entirely.

Great job on the drawing! His character is one of my favorites as well.

Sure, I’m not much of a critic, but I’ll write down some of my impressions.

The show centers on a group of workers who willingly “sever” themselves to work for a corporation, so fundamentally it’s already based on loss. The loss of a part of yourself. Then there’s the reasons that they chose to become severed in the first place, and the consequences that severing places on a person. Really, I saw it as a commentary on unhealthy coping mechanisms.

Apologies, I know that’s rather vague, but it really is a great show and I’d hate to spoil it for you. I highly recommend it.

I think Severance was that show for me.

This is what worked for me in transitioning to Linux. I had tried dual-booting previously and reverted to Windows for essentially the reasons the author listed. Ease of use, familiarity, etc. It was only once I fully committed and deleted my windows partition that I stuck with it, and I couldn’t be happier. Not having advertising spyware as my OS is top tier.

I’ve always hated this phrase. What does it even mean?!

Maybe even a picnic basket

Well, this couldn’t possibly go wrong.

That’s the best you can expect for employed adults. She might even be an overachiever.

Oh, c’mon! Where’s your sense of adventure?

This sounds like a Dark Tower reference. Thankee, sai.

That’s the read I got from it too. She asks what’s keeping her from being content with life without conventional markers of accomplishment. I don’t think she says outright that she wants to be like her husband, but the point she’s making is that women in tech feel more driven to accomplish things as a way to prove themselves in the industry while men don’t feel that same pressure or not to the same extent.

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Suits_You,_Sarah

Love to see the Dems fighting back. Especially on something as crucial as congressional districts.

Is there a link to the original Mastodon post from Lemmy?

You’re welcome. I just really like adding context to things :)

Hurrian Hymn

RIP your inbox

For anyone, like me, who doesn’t know about the meaning of the Black Sun

I can speak to a few of your questions. I’ve been fully on Linux, both my laptop and gaming PC for two years now.

1. Gaming - I use Steam for all of my games, and have had few issues. Steam uses Proton to allow non-native games to run, and it happens all within the Steam client. New Proton versions update within Steam just like your games. I’ve run across a few games that wouldn’t launch or would CTD, but those are few and far between and similar to my experience in Windows.

Sample of games I’ve played without issue:

• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Helldivers 2
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Dwarf Fortress
• Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Sea of Stars
• Factorio

I have an Nvidia 3080Ti and use the proprietary Nvidia drivers. From what I recall, the install was painless and I haven’t had driver issues.

2. OpenOffice - I use LibreOffice, because to my understanding it is actively maintained unlike OpenOffice, and I haven’t had any issues casually using it to view documents.

3. I use Thunderbird for my mail client and haven’t had any issues setting it up or using basic functionality. It works just as well as it did under Windows.

4. I installed VS Code or one of the foss alternatives, can’t remember which, and haven’t had issues with it.

TL;DR that’s really my experience with everything in Linux. Some things are a learning curve, but most stuff just works. I’m also not a tinkerer. I just wanted an OS that works and stays out of my way and Linux has been great for that.