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Traveler ordered to pay more than $5,000 in fuel costs after flight diverted due to bad behavior
  • Honestly that’s way less than it should be given how much other passengers were inconvenienced. That might be harder to quantify the value of, though, I suppose.

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    [Serious] What should every young person do?
  • Learn to cook!

    It’s great fun if you can get into it, it fulfills one of your basic needs in a much more fun and satisfying way, and it can be a good and attractive quality in a future partner and / or fun to do with them.

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    Some basic info about USB
  • Tbf my work Dell Latitude 5440 has a USB A with a SS5, an A with a SS5 and charging indicator, a C with a thunderbolt indicator, and a C with a battery and a thunderbolt indicator.

    So at least some of their laptops do in fact have the indicators similar-ish enough to what the infographic shows.

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    Student dorm does not allow wifi routers
  • This is honestly quite reasonable from the university. They will be putting in a lot of work to get something set up that’s strong enough for all the students, and messing that up is kind of a dick move.

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    Bluetooth 6.0 adds centimeter-level accuracy for device tracking — upgraded version also improves device pairing
  • I mean my AirPods are fantastic. I think they’re great at playing my podcasts and I’ve not had any problems with random disconnects. Granted I’ve only ever used them with my phone but still.

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    Is Linux (dumb)user friendly yet?
  • Also: should you wish for something with Fedora literally in the name, Fedora Silverblue and Fedora Kionite are the upstream—published by the Fedora Project—versions of Bluefin that use GNOME and KDE, respectively.

    Either could be an excellent choice should you wish for

    Atomic

    The whole system is updated in one go, and an update will not apply if anything goes wrong, meaning you will always have a working computer.

    https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/silverblue/

    https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/

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    Is Linux (dumb)user friendly yet?
  • Only thing I might add would be potentially Bluefin. It is Fedora with Gnome, except Atomic. It markets itself as:

    The best of both worlds: the reliability and ease of use of a Chromebook, with the power of a GNOME desktop.

    It’s been fantastic for me with automatic updates and everything installed through flathub so you don’t bork your system with any misconfigured installs.

    https://projectbluefin.io/

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    What is something you SHOULD cheap out on?
  • We got out cheap at about $25… we had a smaller (100 person) wedding, went budget on the food, had a DJ, cake, etc. (basically just what the OP said), and we were still hand crafting stuff to reduce the cost. Shit is fucking expensive.

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    Any non-tech-background self-hosters?
  • De-Googling was what got me started as well. Wanted to be able to have my own Google Drive clone with Nextcloud. From there it was just one little improvement / additional service at a time as I learned to use Linux and docker. Now I run a Linux laptop and am considering an android phone.

    Engineering background for reference.

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  • www.eff.org Taking Back the Web with Decentralization: 2023 in Review

    When a system becomes too tightly-controlled and centralized, the people being squeezed tend to push back to reclaim their lost autonomy. The internet is no exception. While the internet began as a loose affiliation of universities and government bodies, that emergent digital commons has been...

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    www.eff.org Taking Back the Web with Decentralization: 2023 in Review

    When a system becomes too tightly-controlled and centralized, the people being squeezed tend to push back to reclaim their lost autonomy. The internet is no exception. While the internet began as a loose affiliation of universities and government bodies, that emergent digital commons has been...

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    When sharing a post, the app defaults to using the URL from the home instance of the poster. I’d prefer to share the link as it exists from my home instance.

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    www.insider.com Dior has released a $230 'scented water' for babies. It's significantly more expensive than its bestselling fragrances for adults.

    Baby Dior's 'Bonne Étoile Scented Water' costs $230 a bottle, significantly more than Dior's bestselling adult fragrances like Sauvage and J'adore.

    Other relevant quote from the article:

    > The scented water is part of the new Baby Dior skincare collection, which also includes a $115 moisturizer for babies and a $95 cleansing foam.

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    With the state of Amazon currently, I can’t tell what is good and what is crap on there anymore. So I wanted to ask you fine people if you had any recommendations on cappuccino mugs. Not super worried about cost, but also don’t want to break the bank for some mugs.

    Any recommendations / thoughts appreciated!

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    Hello!

    I recently got a new espresso machine (a Breville Barista Express if that helps at all), and I have no idea how to get started picking espresso beans. I think I’d like a milder, darker roast for either lattes / cappuccinos but also good for drinking straight.

    Where do I even go about finding a good bag of beans? Are there any recommended sites? Do you just go to your grocery store?

    Any other advice for a brand-new first timer?

    Any help is greatly appreciated!

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