e[x]tract; g[z]ip; [v]erbose; [f]ile

Reordered, and we can have [v]erbosely e[x]tract g[z]ip [f]ile, or tar vxzf [file]

I find it more difficult to remember other options. Might stick better if pronouncing the g in gzip similarly as GNU insists GNU be pronounced, with a hard g—never really tried it, but sounds a little funny. Actually, I think I first remembered it as g sounding like the, making for extract the zip file, but with a soft g; I felt the former put too much emphasis on a letter not used as an option.

Reading purely for pleasure again—found a book club of sorts sometime in March, around when it started, in a chatroom and decided to follow along, mostly lurking. Took me a bit to actually and regularly read when I first started, despite having the first couple of books in my possession for weeks; I had actually decided to purchase at least the first few so I wouldn't have to worry about holding on to the books for so long—keeping ready availability—even if not the most economical option. Not having to pick a book for myself helps.

I hope to branch out into other things—perhaps writing or other forms of art.

53! 54!

Alright. It just seems to me that anti-intellectualism is everywhere and that is what I first jumped to. I apologize for the accusation. It was knee-jerk. Carry on with your light-hearted ribbing, then.

I am unwilling to make light of another's desire to learn so that they might help themselves, even if some of the phrasing feels a little silly and market-y.

What does this post accomplish? Feels mean-spirited, really.

It was C++.

Whether you believe voting matters is not important. If it is, if does matter—if you are wrong—to speak of and treat voting as so unimportant is to risk it becomes certainty and self-fulfilling prophecy: A voter that does not believe their vote matters is less likely to vote. A vote not cast reduces the effectiveness of the voting population that may agree with the voter. Enough of these voters results in a scenario wherein anyone remaining aren't getting what they want, and the cancerous attitude grows.

As brought up by another: Why are so many working to suppress your vote if it does not make a difference? This attitude you espouse is the very same they, themselves, spread, and works to their favor.

*Dissociation

Not that I particularly want to get involved—I do also like inxi—but you can launch Info Center (kinfocenter) from krunner, the application menu, or under About this System in System Settings to get a good amount of this information and more.

Of course. As is natural.

Edit: This was an attempt to poke fun at myself that I am now feeling self-conscious over, but I'll resist the urge to retreat and delete it completely.

It's not that they're secretive; they just do that when trying to get someone's attention without disturbing the other ones hibernating.