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Throwing aside the current administration... There's so much to see in the US. All the national parks and other sights. It's a roadtripper's dream. One of the most diverse countries as far as landscape and climate is concerned. We have Disneyland in Europe (Paris), but there's Disney World in Florida which is way bigger (never been to either, not THAT big of a fan myself, but I know there's loads of Disney fans). NYC, LA and SF are all great cities to visit I hear, though I've only been to NYC (lots of fun - there's so much to discover just by walking around)

Now as a foreigner I'm slightly scared of the current admin despite being pasty white, so I'm not going to visit again anytime soon. But one day I would like to come back for sure. Until then... I do still have a LOT of Europe to discover as well, I've only spent any real time in my neighboring countries, others I've visited very briefly.

Of course it's not what we want, I'd also like to have the luxury of working as much as I want to, on what I want to. However, a lot of people, including software engineers who create said "indie software", need to put food on their table. There are so many open source devs who are struggling under a heavy workload for very little money in donations. It's the entire reason for the xz backdoor that could've affected a lot of Linux machines.

Don't get me wrong, I'm writing this comment on my desktop running KDE Plasma. I love me some good FOSS. I've occasionally made contributions too. But until I'm financially independent, I'm afraid that most of the software I create is going to have to earn me money.

There's also a difference between small shops working on things they're passionate about, versus companies like Google and Microsoft, where you work for ONLY the paycheck. As a car enthusiast, allow me to introduce VCDS: A 3rd party diagnostics application for most VAG vehicles (VW, Audi, SEAT, Škoda are all supported and if you buy the top tier license, you also get support for some Lamborghinis). The original author, Uwe Ross, has been working on it for over two decades now, it must've been a passion project in the beginning at least. It has a bare-bones UI, but it works great and you get excellent first party support on the forums. It costs money, but it's excellent software, hasn't been enshittified via ads or anything, and you get a license when you purchase their cable or wireless OBD dongle. By now he probably doesn't need the money anymore, but nowadays he's got employees working on it as well and they also need to put food on their tables.

I think that's just in the US. They also have franchisees elsewhere that still have to pay for the franchise rights. They're for sure not in the restaurant business though, at least not big time. That's risky and costly so the franchisees get to take that risk.

Huh? All I see pics of there are the Combs twins whose mom died of pneumonia while being completely healthy according to her other ex

Oh no, people want to be paid for their work, what a horror

McDonald's was happy to do it because they're not really in the restaurant owning business. They force their franchisees to use the exact ice cream machine they get paid by Taylor to enforce. It's a literal racket

Now the military part... Yeah, that's fucked up, I always thought Uncle Sam got the right to repair their own shit but apparently not.

I never knew this was a genre. Makes for great background noise though? I wouldn't say it's bad music, it's just not memorable or notable to me.

They left her home because she was a dobber

Only if you want to be left waiting

I mean that's what I do when it's something small, but when it's something that takes 10+ hours, that's a lot of beer and standing.

Though right now I just have an alarm to check it every half hour. Considering wiring up something with an arduino and appifying my meat without any proprietary tech.

Never ask Mr. Kühne where his family's fortune came from, or what their most popular cargo was in the 40s.

Estonia. Our 28 days includes weekends though - some countries give you fewer days but weekends aren't counted so it ends up being about the same.