Rocco’s Modern Life

Can someone ELI5 for me?

That’s a very good deal. Hard to escape the AI stuff in new hardware anymore. That’s maybe the only downside.

Late to the party, but my Sonos home theater system has been an absolute joy.

I’ve always considered millenials to be 1981-1995.

Your rectum is fairly airtight is my guess, boxes not so much. Can’t believe that’s a sentence I’ve now typed.

QuickDraw McGraw here!

Well then, how is the picture selected?

I try to generally push back my protection instinct with a “Give it a try, I believe in you!” On each success I readjust my “I’m not sure if they are ready for that” meter and look forward to the next hype opportunity. I’m guessing eventually I’ll get a “God. Stop. You’re so embarrassing.” Then I’ll know my work continues.

I did my normal amount of grocery shopping as I generally keep a decent food supply already. Closed as many blinds and curtains as I could to improve insulation. Kept the thermostat at the daytime temperature instead of letting it drop low overnight. And beer and snacks.

Dammit, I was coming to the comments to drop that one.

I do still enjoy the game, but much less than before. On one hand, it’s nice to have time to play other games in my catalogue. Still, I miss wanting to pursue something in the game and that been lacking since I finished the endgame of the Final Shape.

Ironically, it’s the 11th anniversary of Destiny’s release.

So a Catholic priest isn’t forbidden from consuming alcohol or other drugs, provided they were legal wherever he lives. However, he would get in trouble and perhaps defrocked if his behavior while imbibing did not reflect the morals and attitudes of the Catholic Church. I’ve seen in my childhood many a priest having a beer in the beer tent during the church festivals or enjoying wine or bourbon at a dinner with a church family. It’s expected of him to act responsibly at all times, so perfectly fine for him to do so if he can be a responsible adult about it.

I got a random app and just increased the difficulty as I start winning consistently. That helped train up a bit.

Chess.com is a pretty great resource.

I know that HubSpot has chosen to keep their internship program intact for a similar reason.

Tacking onto to that. I’ve read that historically things get worse not better in a power vacuum after a supreme leader’s death. As Putin isn’t going to relinquish power prior to his demise and he has such total control over Russia, it’s going to get worse not better once he’s gone. I can’t imagine there’s a secret pro-democracy figure in the cabal that can wrest control of the military and state to transform Russia in the next era. It’s likely that the next leader is more antagonistic towards the west as they try to consolidate power and quell domestic unrest by asserting that “external forces” are oppressing Russia. Regime change is going to be destabilizing and dangerous.

Destiny 2 has some fantastic pieces. Deep Stone Lullaby, Journey, Aethenasia (sp?) to name a few.

Win11. If my games (looking at you Destiny 2) would support anti cheat on Linux I’d be gone.

I get more crashes than I’d like in the Word program (whatever it’s called) so I wish it would stabilize there. But with frequent saving and auto recovery I don’t usually lose anything. Just a nuisance I’ve adapted to in the spirit of open source.

Well I think it’s gonna be awkward no matter what, but you’ll have to push through regardless. (If you approach with love, you’ll do fine). Probably a good time to discuss what’s also happening to girls and begin the rolling conversation about developing healthy and consensual relationships with love interests.

And deodorant. Just because he can’t smell it or doesn’t mind, everyone else can. Teens are stinky! Good luck!