Debian since the year after you, but I reinstall with every new version. Mostly just cuz it's a great excuse to 'start fresh' with just the applications I want and to get the 'new computer experience'. Totally unnecessary, but nice anyways.

Okay, sorry, most people would prefer not to kill them if there's a simple nonlethal removal. But practically speaking, to eliminate them entirely from Colombian ecosystems, there's going to have to be some sort of cull.

Yeah, we really need to remove chiropractors and osteopathic practitioners from public systems.

You should though. Most ages would benefit even if only from a quick opportunity to ask about anything that might have come up plus the chance for some bloodwork to verify nothing obvious is abnormal. Prevention is way better than getting to a problem when it's already serious, and preventative checks can spot a lot of things (liver issues, some cancers, metabolic problems, etc.).

Not at all. He can knock himself out capturing and taking as many as he wishes. As long as they are removed from the environment they are wrecking, it's all the same if he pays to kill or relocate them. And obviously no one likes killing large mammals if there's an easy alternative.

But that's just control. A tradeoff since there has been some evidence that reaction time, attention and accident avoidance work better the other way. Like sure, I might have more control over a knife by cutting towards myself (granny cut for apples and such), but it's still inherently more dangerous that the opposite side in any case besides 'everything goes perfectly'.

I mean, it's one of the few companies that shows it cares about its users genuinely, and basically always does what it 'correct' or 'just'. You have companies like Amazon that treat customers well, but sellers 'meh' and employees like shit. You have companies that do 'right' socially and environmentally, but have bad products. You have entities that contribute to public resources and open source projects, but who have no economic weight or who are arrogant. But with Steam you've got a very rare blend of 'good' characteristics in almost every category you can imagine. Competition is good and better than a monopoly, but if you don't have an area with competition I can't help but to wish the company you're stuck with ends up being like his. There's nothing inherently wrong with making money or being rich as long as you do so honestly without harming others or preventing others from having their own successes. The only way he has really prevented others' success is by having really solid products and policies.

But that's less of a factor that just being more attentive (and primed to react) to action on your right hand side if right handed. It's 'sticky' for me at least: I can switch to driving on the left relatively easily, but the reverse takes more effort, even though I have spent more time driving on the right in my lifetime.

The joke is Frankenstein is the doctor from the novel by the same name (the mad scientist). He ordered the beverage, but he confused the monster who is also waiting for his drink. The monster from the novel Frankenstein has no name, but people call him Frankenstein after the book's name, so it's a play on that confusion.

Something attached to the main computer, but with its own firmware/controls is still far better than having no device at all, and relying on external code for verification. Would a discrete box separate from everything else be better (independent of mobile phones as well)? Sure. But a great step that would be progress compared to the current status quo is what the other poster describes, with logic and chip verification running on a device attached to the device or computer with which you wish to pay.

Though nowadays most places that accept cryptocurrency payments only do so through the most well-known stable coins. Generally, just Bitcoin, Monero, USDC (fixed to the dollar), and maybe Ether or such. Random coins like DOGE or [insert strange acronym] aren't really accepted for payments most anywhere. And this is just as a payment option, so it's not like you need to use it. Like paying on Amazon through Klarna or whatever. Anyone who prefers payment through a bank account or bank card would continue to be able to do so.