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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • Breakups are hard. I broke up with someone after 5+ years, and it took a long time to get over.

    The best advice I have is, don’t wallow in it and find something else that interests you. Knitting, picking up climbing or cycling as a sport, redecorating your house, anything that gets you actively thinking about something else and spending time in a way that makes you feel fulfilled. Hell, even a new video game or mobile game.




  • That’s interesting, I never thought this would be a feature that someone would want.

    For desktops, standby totally makes sense. But for a laptop that’s meant to be carried around and runs on battery, I’m willing to bet in majority of use-cases, sleeping when closing the lid makes sense for the following reasons:

    1. Closing the lid usually means the user is packing it up and moving the laptop - in which case things like downloads won’t be reliable if you’re constantly moving out of wifi networks

    2. Again, if the user is moving the laptop, preserving battery life is important.

    3. Some laptops are designed so their airflow works best when open, so heat may be an issue. Not to mention you runt he risk of users putting it in their bag and then the laptop overheating.

    Of course its possible to detect when the laptop is plugged in vs not plugged in, but ultimately it just seems like your use-case is in the minority, so there isn’t much support for it - anyone who’s determined enough will find a way to disable sleep when the lid is closed like you did.

    one workaround is to perhaps set the screen to turn off after 5 minutes, and you can keep the laptop plugged in without closing the lid? The screen probably draws the most energy when idle - when you’re plugged in I’m willing to bet the energy consumption of a laptop with its screen turned off is pretty minimal.




    • The whole “humans went to space” storyline just died a quiet death and the writers couldn’t make a coherent subplot out of it
    • It’s totally impossible for a species clever enough to invent quantum physics to make fashion faux pas like wearing big ugly brand logos on their tshirts. Or wearing denim on denim. Was the stylist on strike during that episode?








  • The POS is still claiming to be the victim here.

    “After the quick suspension carried out by Fifa, plus the rest of open proceedings against me, it is evident that I will not be able to return to my position,” Rubiales’ statement read.

    “Insisting on waiting and holding on is not going to contribute to anything positive, neither to the federation nor to Spanish football.”

    Rubiales said he hoped his departure would boost Spain’s joint bid with Morocco and Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup.

    He added: "I have faith in the truth and I will do everything in my power to prevail.

    “My daughters, my family and the people who love me have suffered the effects of excessive persecution, as well as many falsehoods, but it is also true that on the street, more and more every day, the truth is prevailing.”