I don’t like real time because then I panic. Turn based is my kind of combat!

You got a lot of shit just laying around on your floor?

if it’s small and you pickle it, I’m down.

Sorry but you are a big fan of cucumber.

Why not turn based games?

Don’t you have to wait 30+ days between tests to do the deed and avoid STDs?

They have pills now that will keep you “ready” for 30+ days

I have one that just sits on top of my coffee cup.

The pour over press is the best coffee flavor I’ve ever had. And so inconvenient.

at least large enough for the corpse and me

It doesn’t look like anything. It’s an invisibility umbrella.

It also lets you walk through walls.

I’ve never had those problems. I’m especially surprised by the boot script issue. Mint and Ubuntu are the main “beginners” distros. You’d probably be fine if you went with mint again. Pop_os is supposed to be good. I use EndeavourOS with kde plasma desktop and it’s fantastic. But you have to run the update script weekly to be safe.

Oh look at Mister-or-Missus Fancy Bagel Pants up here flaunting their bagel 🥯 wealth, oh and look it was fresh they just “got” it this morning so it was still soft and delicious

What flavor bagel?

Did you graduate high school or university/college?

I know you’re not looking for advice or anything, but I do think you should find something to dedicate yourself to. It could be a marketable skill or just learning to build something. Lifting and writing code is a great way to spend a day. Or maybe gardening or woodworking, electronics, rock climbing, I don’t know lol. Something to nerd-out about, not just something to pass the time. Your system wants you to pursue something more seriously.

a few minutes

do you have any hobbies? get any exercise?

EndeavourOS is really good. Arch-based but easy to maintain. You’ll never have to do a major release upgrade. The only issue is to keep it updated, make sure to do little updates weekly. They have a great community and it’s a wonderful OS.

the meta key

Reading. Writing. Coding. Studying. Exercise.

Is the HDD removable? I’ve swapped hard drives between thinkpads before and linux didn’t seem to care that it’s suddenly on a different machine. So maybe you can install something on the HDD on a different machine (that has a usb) and then swap the HDD back into the Surface. Maybe there will still be things to smooth out later, but it’s something to try.

It’s all grotesque mimicry. I haven’t seen any ai-generated erotic content. I’m afraid to ask where that keeps showing up for you. But I see ai content everywhere else, and the word “slop” is perfect.

Sometimes I use my X380 yoga as a tablet. It’s an actual mini laptop (13" screen) but it will turn sideways as a tablet, it’s touch-screen, and it has a pen built into the side. You can fold the keyboard around (thus the “yoga” element), which disables the keyboard and makes it an actual tablet. Really great. 10/10

There are newer yoga models but I can’t vouch for them because I only have this one.

Homesteading, or just growing your own food, is a great idea.

However, if you simply buy fresh meat and produce then you’ll have an amazing diet.