so all the normal stuff that’s normally upgradable

That’s just the thing, though. Soldered RAM and even drives is becoming more and more common these days, especially in the Apple space. But, the main thing here is user replaceable. I don’t know when you last swapped the RAM on a laptop, but on most consumer laptops these days it is a nightmare. With Framework, it’s 5 screws (the driver for which is included in the box, but also just standard torx) and you’re in, and they have a QR code to a guide on how to do the replacement for first timers. I know it can be hard to take if you’re used to pulling apart computers for fun, I come from there too, but the easy user upgradeability is seriously, literally, actually a great selling point on the Framework.

Also, the case, screen, trackpad, etc that get all the wear and tear are just as easily replaced if that’s your hang up.

replacing the entire guts

That’s not how it works at all though… What? The RAM and SSD are individually replaceable, and the screen, speaker system, and chassis all have individual upgrades that have been released with time too (for the 13, at least). The only “replacing the entire guts” you would do is if you replaced the mainboard for a CPU upgrade, and even then that’s just the mainboard, not the RAM, SSD, etc., which is pretty on-par with, say, a desktop anyway as often a meaningful CPU upgrade will include switching to a newer platform and therefore a new motherboard.

Not saying the Framework has no issues at all whatsoever, but that’s sure not one of them.

Zorin is a good shout, but it’s definitely not “trending”, it’s been a staple recommendation for over 5 years now.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer

Kinda sorta not really? The NixOS config allows you to configure GRUB, too, and doing it like that is pretty safe - plus you can boot into an older iteration and fix your mistakes via the GRUB fallback prompt if need be AFAIK.

That they play monopoly?

I also enjoy:

Kagi Small Web, personally. Also a lot of people who blog on the Fediverse have RSS feeds, so discovery via Mastodon and such is good too.

Y’know what’s worse? Rebuttal doesn’t always rhyme with butthole. It doesn’t in my “version” of English (though it’s close enough to an imperfect rhyme to slip by)

I (non-american but western country) had “large” parties way back in primary school (around 5 to 10 y.o.), because at that point everyone was just little kids and so there were no cliques or anything like that, so it would be impolite not to invite your whole class - but after that point no, it would usually be like 5 people at maximum for a bit of a chill hangout.

Obligatory link to The Vicous Cycle

Misread that as “Gandalf” and spent a solid minute trying to figure out if Sauron, Saruman, Gollum, or indeed Frodo was the twink :/

Full stack Dev was too busy to show up for the photo

Huh

I don’t use IMDB much, but I’ll keep that in mind.

I’m legitimately interested in why IMBD? Of all websites I think that ones one of the ones I can least imagine needing an app?

Yeah dog, we have flow, yeah dog, this is high kick nice

Dang if only you could click the “about” link at the top of the page to find a comprehensive explaination of the software…

It says on the page that

As we’re committed not to add paywalls, this purchase will not grant you any additional features in Immich. We rely on users like you to support Immich’s ongoing development.

So this is a purchase which grants you no extra bonus, which is functionally a donation. This is a common practice with software supported by Futo - they offer the software for free, but ask that you pay a good-faith “license fee” for the software anyway to help fund development. I think Louis Rossman has a video about it somewhere, if I remember I’ll link it in an edit when I have time to find it later.

He does not like them, Sam-I-Am

TIL the French are paying a lot more tax than me (no it’s about the same just distributed differently) - but also their health system is Definitely better than my country, so that tracks. That said, your income there is a little bit higher the average French income is only about 43,000€. Pressing the “median wage” button on that link you provided rounds out to only 280€ per month that go to public health care. What I’ve really learnt from this is that I want to move to France now… If only I could get over having to speak French.