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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • Good choice on Mint.

    I have been using Linux exclusively (personal) since 2008, distro hopped for a few years then settled on Ubuntu, until they shot themselves in the foot with 22.04 and the snap debacle; moved to Mint (after trying Pop, MX and a few others).

    I have to say a big well done to the Mint devs, it is better than Ubuntu ever was; part of this is newer drivers etc…but it is very polished and it gets out of my way and lets me do my work.

    Been working with the various flavors of Windows in a work capacity over the same stretch, in my opinion windows peaked with XP, 7 was ok, and 10 is also ok. But it really has been down hill since XP was retired.






  • As someone with a 5yo.

    Sit on the floor when interacting with them. Literally being on their level can help a lot, that and talk about stuff they are into.

    As someone else mentioned, don’t baby talk to them, unless they have some specific learning disability, a 5yo will know a lot about what they are into (a dinosaur kid will know heaps about dinosaurs)

    My boys all love Lego, build cool stuff, then let them have it, don’t use instructions.





    • RadioLab: so many great episodes on random topics, some absolute gold here.
    • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: relatively new, from the author of the best still book of the same name. So far, great!
    • Planet Money: US focused but still really interesting. Economics focused, non political.
    • The Inquiry: BBC deep dive on current affairs.
    • The Forum: BBC deep dive on various topics, some really interesting stuff.
    • Critical Role: its critical role…
    • The Kākā: NZ focused economics and politics.
    • Unexpected Elements: BBC science podcast.
    • The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: very deep dive into the history of philosophy.