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Congrats!! I got a sewing machine as a Christmas present several years ago. Had no idea how to use it or what to do with it, but started just making stuff whenever the need arose. Bags, pillows, stuff like that. Objectively amateurish, but useful, and now they're some of my favorite things. The stuff I make is still rough, but it's useful!

Agreed; the emacs one is incredible! Emacs is also the ones I know the best, so maybe that's a core reason for my preference.

A change that was truly freeing for our family was to decide on just a few repeating standard meals. We did one night for tacos, one for some kind of fish, and one for some frozen food. Depending on how quickly you get bored, you can make the same or different things within those general outlines, but it helped narrow the decision tree at least for those nights.

After some time, we expanded to an even more thoroughly planned schedule, but that's not where I would try to start. Just a loose schedule for some go-to meals that aren't too repetitive but also don't require too much energy to plan, prep, and make. Then you have more energy for deciding on other nights, or some basis for planning the other nights if that's what you want.

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!