NaibofTabr

I am you and you are me.

Second, that reincarnation frameworks usually also include a structure where it's not random what you reincarnate as next time around. Karma doesn't usually boot people back down to bacterium right after human. It's usually more of a leveling up in order to experience deeper and more meaningful lifetimes. But YMMV.

That sounds extraordinarily arbitrary. Who decides what counts as a "level up"? Does that mean if you start as a bacteria you're stuck like that for a few thousand or million cycles? How would you earn enough karma points to level up from being a bacteria? What counts as "deeper and more meaningful lifetimes" if you are a bacteria?

A well-reasoned and thoughtful response, with a clear demonstration of an experienced writer's capacity for nuance.

*Edit: sarcasm aside, my point is that the comic should be interpreted as an indictment of a socioeconomic system which forces people into situations where they must burn themselves up in order to survive. It should not be interpreted as an indictment of Margaret's life choices. Margaret is doing her best in a world that has not provided her the opportunity to really flourish as an individual. To judge Margaret for this is at best narrow minded.

This is an expression of privilege.

Beatrice comes from a background where she has access to affordable housing that doesn't require her to work a high-income high-effort career or multiple jobs just to pay rent. She has a stable enough life that provides time to spend on personal hobbies rather than constantly working to cover expenses. Beatrice's lifestyle is being subsidized by someone else. Beatrice does not have to work for a living.

Margaret is providing for herself, at the cost of luxury time. Her housing situation is less stable, and she's aware of it, and feels trapped by the cost of it, which is her personal life and free time. Margaret has to work for a living.

Beatrice is privileged, and is judging Margaret's life from her own place of privilege. Margaret is realizing that no matter how hard she works, she will never gain access to Beatrice's level of privileged lifestyle, and that is crushing her soul.

is that a crab wearing a monocle?

Anyone know if massgrave still works?

Hmm...

+1 for Torque, pay once and it does exactly what it's supposed to do and doesn't bother you with anything else.

Especially if you're an Active Directory shop. Switching out that infrastructure is a heavy lift.

Win12 will be decent again

Windows 12 may stabilize a lot of the functional problems occurring in 11, but it will also have all of the new AI-powered end-user surveillance features they're currently trying to implement fully integrated.

I do admit that I run Win10 IOT in VirtualBox for a few small programs that won't run under Wine. Once a week, for a few minutes. I'm sorry. I don't wear the shirt, because I feel like a fraud. Please forgive me.

Dude, virtualize all the things! In open source land, you run whatever code you want to because you can, and you don't feel embarrassed about it.

Just... layers of self a contradiction... how many of those people do you think understood the lyrics they were singing?

So, yes actually. Check out earthwatch.org, they offer trips where you participate in ecological research and/or conservation efforts. For example, here is a 2-week trip focused around counting animal populations in the Mongolian steppe:

https://earthwatch.org/expeditions/wildlife-mongolian-steppe

These trips are somewhat pricy (this one is US$4250), but typically include room and board for the entire period and all local travel. Also:

As a paying volunteer, you directly fund scientific research by covering permits, equipment, and other costs while supporting local vendors.

Here is one studying sea turtles in Costa Rica:

https://earthwatch.org/expeditions/costa-rican-sea-turtles

You do have to make your own arrangements for traveling to wherever the research location is.

Earthwatch Institute has been around since 1971 and has a pretty good reputation, so I believe the trips are reasonably safe.