A brief foray into Linux (2023)
Every few years I get the bug to try out Linux - is this the year of the Linux desktop? My very brief notes from the 2023 version are below.
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Notes on Notes Apps (2023)
The output of my evaluation of notes apps: tested nine options, sticking with OneNote. A few comments in a thread.
Lying
With the renewed focus on such mistruths, it seems worthwhile to categorize the primary forms seen over the past few months in American discourse.
Seattle Fairmont 'suite'
Took my wife to the Seattle Fairmont to celebrate our anniversary. We upgraded to the "Suite Seattle Staycation" package, described as:
Brewery History
In the mid 19th century if you were drinking, you were drinking local: from one of thousands of breweries. That number shrank fairly consistently (with a brief sojourn to "zero" during Prohibition), to a nadir of 89 breweries in 1979.
Potato Burrito
Beans Pinto beans, soaked overnight with salt, then the water drained (gets rid of some of the oligosaccharides that can…