Random question for everyone from a bit of a noob. When I’m using Powershell (PS) in windows I can start to type the name of a built in command or one I have added to PATH and then press tab to auto complete the command. That part works the same in my Linux terminal.

What I can also do after I have typed that command into PS is start to type a file name that exists in the directory that PS is working in and then press tab to auto complete or cycle through the files that match and it even formats the name of the file correctly (meaning if it has a space in the name it will wrap the name in quotes so that it is understood by the commands they are fed to). This auto completing of file names even works on files that were created after the PS window was opened. This functionality doesn’t seem to exist by default in any distro I have used. Is it possible to do this in the Linux terminal?

Although I have done some distro hopping, most of them have ultimately been Ubuntu based. Currently running Kubuntu.

That has been my position all along. I think the best thing long term is if shit gets real bad really quickly. The slower the decent the longer the suffering will be overall, and the less people are likely to notice and remember.

I still spend more time on Windows than Linux and I find it much easier to do basic trimming, splicing, resizing, cropping, and other very basic edits of video with just the ffmpeg CLI.

That Accord was my first manual and as you said very forgiving. I actually think it’s an almost prefect car to teach someone driving a manual in. Because of how much torque it has you could just let the clutch out somewhat slowly and you would start going without stalling or touching the gas at all, which means the person doesn’t have to learn how to operate the gas and clutch at the same time.

My 8th gen Accord V6 6MT had the same pattern, I generally liked it a lot. The reverse gear is gated in some way such that it should not be possible to shift into reverse when traveling at speed. I don’t ever remember accidentally going into 6th when I wanted to reverse. My muscle memory says that to shift into either I always just pushed as far to the right and down and trusted the car to put it into the correct gear.

Hell yeah. Someone with “fuck you” money saying, well, fuck you. I’m not saying we don’t all need to do our part in this of course. I just know that if I didn’t have to work as much as I do to try and get by I’d be even more up these people’s asses than I already am.

I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.

Right, but two things to keep in mind.

If the same amount of money was poured into public transit we could probably get that travel time down.

Is commute time the only thing that matters and should it be given priority?

For example, if someone told you that taking their helicopter was a three times shorter commute than taking their car to work what would you think of that? I know you indicated that your car cost very little to buy and operate, but their are a number of costs with that car that are being externalized. The roads that it drives on, the pollution it produces, the space/parking it takes up when it’s not being driven, etc.

If public transit were almost as good (doesn’t have to beat it) as individuals driving, how much more space would we have for additional housing, public spaces, or other amenities?

If you take all of this those externalized factors into account and decide that commute time still trumps the other advantages then that’s where you are at and I understand. I don’t agree, but I do understand.

I personally LOVE driving, but hate commuting. Fun car on twisty back roads? Yes please. Sitting in traffic or even moving along at a decent pace on the highway but need to be hyper aware of everyone around me? Much less enjoyable. I personally would have no issue with a longer commute on public transit if I could read a book or play games while I did it.

The thing is, how much do we collectively spend on cars, infrastructure, and roads only for most cars to sit doing nothing 90% of the time? I don’t have specific numbers but it seems to me like if all of that money was spent on public transit then it would still be cheaper to have a tram coming by every five to ten minutes even in suburban areas with low passenger volume.

I don’t think it’s ever going to happen though given the lack of public desire and vested interests at play though.

I’m right there with you. I’m not super well off, but I have my emergency funds plus some extra and across a couple of close friends of mine I have given away $3k-$4k this last year because of life fucking them over with no expectation that I will ever see that money. The instant I made that decision in my mind the money was theirs to do with whatever they wanted to.

I have never understood people who expect to be thanked or paid back when being “generous” or charitable, especially with those close to them. It almost entirely defeats the purpose in my mind. I generally find being thanked kinda uncomfortable and the only thing I care about is knowing that they received it.

On the subject of buying an expensive car. If I ever did come into a lot of money, I probably would treat myself, but not to some shiny thing. Oh no. I would take the equivalent amount of money and use it to turn something like a station wagon or utility van into an absolute monster. That sounds way more fun.

A year ahead of schedule 😮‍💨

He also killed Hitler to be fair /s

Onward we march in goose step with history

Probably 😅

No, just verifying some things. Are you surprised? You asked that question like you would be surprised I’d say no.

Do you think the same thing for those living in China or Russia? What about those in Turkey or Hungary?

Shut the fuck up Bill

That is just horrendous. I am not a coder by trade or education, but I do a fair amount of it in my job. I may heavily use copy and paste, but I at least make sure it matches the structure of my current code, and I always include the URL to where I got it in a comment above the code.

I’m in the US and while Fairphone doesn’t sell the 5 here I was able to “import” it via Clover Technology.

I just bought a 1TB SD card and cloned the 512GB card that was in my phone over to it because I was running out of space. My phone is rooted which does make forcing or tricking apps to use the SD card for storage much easier.