Best explanation I’ve come up with (or maybe I’ve heard somewhere?) for Arnie’s accent is that it’s a cover for unusual behavior if he needs to blend in (vs blasting everyone in sight). If he sounded like a local, he would be expected to act like a local, even down to ‘modern’ lingo and pop culture references of the time/place he’s been sent to.

With his Austrian accent, it’s immediately obvious that he’s “not from around here” which would disarm a lot of suspicion around any odd behavior.

This comes back around in T2 when he’s introduced as “Uncle Bob”. It’s obviously a cover for the relationship but the accent somewhat masks most unusual behavior. Doesn’t talk much? Perhaps he isn’t strong on English. Doesn’t pick up on social ques? He’s just not from here. Drinks motor oil instead of tequila? Wait, what!?

I would watch this. Have long thought that the Muppets should remake iconic movies but it would make sense to remake one-off episodes of tv shows too

That’s a good point and something I haven’t really considered but will keep that in mind moving forward - that’s part of my problem is not really being aware of what already exists or the most suitable method (or for different distros).

That’s what ended up getting me into trouble on Bazzite when I was attempting to use Fedora documentation thinking it’s similar and broke boot trying to mess with fstab. Only recently found out why that didn’t work!

Oh, thanks will look into those, might be a good alternative!

New Zealand.

Maggi Onion Soup (powdered soup mix), reduced cream, a splash of malt vinegar. Mix and cool in fridge to set.

Scoop and press between two potato chips of your choosing.

Excuse my dumb, does this mean when I close a window/application in a particular location/size, when I launch it again, it returns to the last known size/location? Or does this only address crash/restore scenarios?

Trump is preparing the us for invasion. Invasion by Russia. Exhaust the military supplies, run the world’s fuel supply dry so that tanks etc are useless and no one can come help, then Russia, still flush with oil can walk in with their remaining hardware unopposed

Looks perfectly acceptable to me!

Think of something you’ve never mentioned or discussed before, then out of nowhere, start having a conversation with a friend about it, how much you like it and are thinking about getting it, taking lessons etc then see what happens over the next week on either your or your friend’s ads (turn off ad blocker if you use one).

I recommend something completely unusual for most people like an instrument (didgeridoo or cowbell)

At midnight, on the 12th of August A huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars Jupiter and sped towards Earth Across two hundred million miles of void Invisibly hurtling towards us Came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth As I watched, there was another jet of gas It was another missile, starting on its way

And that’s how it was for the next ten nights A flare, spurting out from Mars Jupiter Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it A beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote Forbidding planet

Popup on the screen:

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Trump: why won’t supreme court do something about this injustice

Also Trump: supreme court? You have no power here… I do what I want!

They aren’t even waiting for market saturation, they’re just speed-running straight into enshittification now

Except often a good number of their assets exist in the real world. Businesses, buildings & land. These can be taxed regardless of their global location.

We can find fun new ways to apply horrendous taxes that penalize this behavior but reduce them for those who behave in a decent way. Maybe we start taxing turnover on companies use the Irish double sandwich-whatever trick to minimize tax. Either they play ball and contribute to society or they GTFO and someone else takes their slice

Someone with enough know-how to automate (or if we coordinate), could overwhelm ai chat bots one target at a time with the most expensive requests possible, blowing up their ai budget until they pull the plug

“NO, just candy Ned. $90!”

Bush moves in across the road

Maybe it’s just me, I can’t see that image for what it is until I focus!

What it it is: painted fists tied in rope.

What I see: two painted bones with rope arms posing for their pre-boxing match promotion…

Buck’s face looks like the Temu Adam Scott

*No hate to Adam Scott but in that Walter Mitty movie, his face and entire being was so punchable! He’s an excellent character villain!

Indeed, I personally think the purpose is to tie AI so tightly and interwoven into these huge, important companies, when the bubble pops, it’ll take down the entire US tech stack… Unless the US govt bails out all of them!

New Zealand is similar, on a standard car license, you can ride a 50cc scooter (up to 2kw I think and max 50km/h). Anything bigger/faster requires a motorcycle license. I really hope we get these too!