Some key software I need to use doesn’t work on Linux, and is unlikely to be able to in the near future, sorry. I did use Linux for a while, mind you, and I more or less like it… but a computer is only useful if it runs the software you need to do the things you want to do with it.

I don’t want to downgrade to windows 11, but I’m going to be forced to. And to even do that I’m going to need to bypass the hardware authenticator, as I’m apparently ever so slightly behind their so-called minimum requirements, which aren’t really minimum requirements but just a push to get me to buy a new PC I don’t need.

Seriously. The effort of actually trying to pull it off would make me play along with it. But if they weren’t actually sitting on another kid’s shoulders and doing their best to pull it off, I’d probably bust ‘em.

Why do Japanese people use umbrellas when it’s sunny? Because the sun is fucking hot and painful and shade is good for survival, you morons.

Why do Shinto priests and adherents in the middle of religious ceremonies use umbrellas when it’s sunny? Read the article.