Agreed on the stupidity. He should have had PR running his accounts or at least approving his posts. But now that the cat is out of the bag I’m really conflicted about being a Proton Visionary subscriber, and try to use other services like Filen, Cryptpad, Bitwarden, Aegis, etc, so I’m not all concentrated on Proton like I was on Google Suite.
I just made a Tuta mail account for if I do decide to move away from Proton.
I have similar conflicted feelings after being a long time Visionary Subscriber.
There’s a lot more nuance to it than just ‘Proton CEO supports Trump (and therefore all of Trump’s policies)’
From the comments: “Andy’s statement was to recognise the choice of the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust division at DOJ. This is someone who has history of going after tech monopolies and allowing room for the little guys (startups) to have a fair chance to grow and innovate. This was not a political endorsement.”
And at the very least the CEO controversy reveals all the issues with America’s two party Sith or Jedi system, there’s no room for nuance or discussion, just rage. Look at all the other top comments here.
Their recruitment practices are also profit-seeking. Job applications require your salary expectations and they don’t post their salary range.
I don’t have a videogame addiction… I have a videogame buying addiction.
Start with
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For all your gaming needs, there’s a Steam app you can download from whatever app store or flathub, or download/install directly.
I went from Windows to Mint Cinnamon, to PopOS, to PopOS Cosmic Alpha for the last year on both my laptop and desktop. PopOS and PopOS Cosmic Alpha have been great, minimal issues for me on Cosmic with gaming but there were a few hiccups or delays with newly launched games, more so an issue with Nvidia drivers than the OS. For example I had to wait a month or two after Starfield launched because there were bugs with the Nvidia drivers.
Protondb is a great resource both for checking if a game runs well on Linux, and also checking troubleshooting steps if you do run into an issue, there might be some advice on what worked for other people to get a specific game running.
Also avoid Razer or Corsair gaming mice or do your research on the specific model before buying unless you want headaches with not being able to edit the RGB settings. Best if you still have access to a windows machine if you want to own anything Corsair (or are fine with not being able to edit RGB settings). I have a Logitech G502X without RGB because of all the headaches I was having with my last few Razer and Corsair mice.
Edit: OpenRGB is another resource if you have an RGB device and need to change some settings, there’s a list of supported devices on the website.
Food for thought: https://brander.ca/range/
Replace Your Range With a Modular Kitchen
Three years for us, now, and we’ve never looked back. My wife loves to cook, is brilliant at it, bakes bread, does a fabulous holiday turkey. And we just do not need a “range” that combines an oven with a stove.
We gave up on the “range” concept when ours died twice, with every important part of it in perfect working order. Except, that is, for the tiny circuit board, that overheated a chip, or something, and refused to tell the perfectly-good components to turn on. The first repair was $1000, and the repairman said if it happened again, give up - just buy a new $2000 range. It failed again. We replaced it with what you see below, instead.
We tried out a single-burner first, so we have just three. When that one dies, we’ll replace with another double-burner. Either way, they run about $70-$80 US per burner.
The praises of “induction” have been sung elsewhere. I won’t compete, just say “It’s all true in our experience; induction is the best”.
I’m jealous of those shopping for induction now: options have multiplied like crazy since we purchased. It’s a hot area of innovation, if I may be forgiven the remark.
Finding your own steel table, or perhaps your own solution with a carpenter, is left to the taste of the homemakers. Connie built this from a kit that came home in the car.
The 220V adapter-plug allows you to run two double-induction cooktops totalling over 4500 Watts, off your old stove plug.
After a lot of shopping, we concluded the Wolf oven was the top product, and since we were saving $2000, shrugged at paying $700 for it.
And, crucially, this solution is modular. The cooktops are by far the most-used part; they may go every ten years. But also the cheapest part!
We probably wouldn’t use the roaster oven down there on the floor, that’s just where to store it. But that’s another value of modularity: we can take it out to the patio, to cook a roast in summer, and not heat up the kitchen!
Similarly, it’s just one minute’s work to take one or two cooktops from here, to another counter, so that two people can work at once.
So:
While you’re going induction, go “no range” while you’re at it.
Under Armour Tactical Heat Gear compression undershirts.
UA Performance Tech™ Mesh Boxerjock, either the 6in or 9in to prevent chafing, don’t get the 3in version.
Both last at least 4 years for me with daily use, rotating through about two weeks worth of undershirts and boxerbriefs. Machine wash and low heat in the dryer, I don’t do anything fancy to make them last longer. I just replace the whole set in bulk once they start getting too worn. But I’ve never had holes develop and rarely have the stitching/seams come undone. Usually its the labels that start to wear off by the 4 year mark and I just figure its time to get a new set (or I feel like getting different colors).
Maybe there’s some buildup of deodorant on the undershirts after 2 years, but I just soak them in diluted rubbing alcohol and it all dissolves out.
Just put a car battery in the wagon, all set.
My ex kept her’s in an unprotected excel file. I never peeked, I was just surprised when I saw her accessing it on her laptop.
If they’re wearing headphones outdoors/in public instead of earbuds or noise isolating in-ear monitors, they deserve all the sweat lol.
Otherwise for those of you at home:
What Are Open-Back Headphones?
The 6 Best Open-Back Headphones of 2025
No more sweaty ears once I switched from noise-cancelling Sony and Bose bluetooth headphones, to a cheap bluetooth neckband type earphones. I swapped out the earbuds for some silicon noise-isolating ones that fit snugly in the ear canal.
Got a fancy open-backed headphone for gaming/music on the PC.
America’s Test Kitchen has a bunch of reviews
Edit: as others have said, look at restaurant supply stores in your area. Besides stainless, I’d also recommend carbon steel or cast iron since you’re looking for durability and food safety.
First thing in the morning and now you’ve missed your own meeting.
Instead of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, it’ll be 6 degrees and we’re all bakin’
More than meets the eye 😏
Both are part of 14 eyes, I’d be wary.
What’s it like being married to a nevernude?
Ugh. My Obi-wan moment or something. ‘You were the Chosen One Proton!’