Yinz is definitely a Scots thing

Yep. It’s very cool, but takes a little getting used to at first!

Nah, I’ve used my parents’ induction hob and it’s ridiculously fast to boil liquids. A half pint of milk was boiling over in 20s. Gas stoves can’t compete.

Best in Scotland and the Lake District

I think you’re underselling Darktable somewhat. Being able to use drawn and parametric masks for basically all the tools, and the granularity at which you can adjust the variables across the entire image makes it incredibly powerful for non-destructive editing of photos. There are also numerous filters and tools which can be used artistically.

But yes, for “photo-shopping” as opposed to photo editing you probably will want GIMP as well.

Mildly?

I’m going to assume they’re not British…

They gonna do that for steaks as well?

Better than bitcoin I suppose

Sounds like a nice life? I don’t have much idea what beet farming is like…

Farming what though?

If you have a bit of time and are keen to improve then I can recommend watching Jorbs (YouTube or Twitch). He plays StS a lot and explains his decision making process. He’s also a good person.

Small mention for Darktable as an alternative to Lightroom.

I’m going to repeat Ursula K Le Guin and Margaret Atwood because it’s hard to overstate how much of everything is in their works. Iain (M) Banks I’ll also echo, but will add China Miéville because there aren’t enough anarchists in this thread.

I appreciate you naming more than one female author!

Reynolds sometimes lacks a touch on the human side of his work. That being said, I’ve not read much of his more recent novels so he might have matured since finishing his 10 year contract.

I remember reading an interview of his where he said he wrote his contemporary fiction in order to support his science fiction writing. Whilst they’re still good novels, his regular works didn’t have as much of his soul as his SF.

Thanks for asking about split on 18! I assumed it was about not trying to marry your highschool sweetheart or something!

Yo, the last major outbreak of violence against the government was when the far right lost an election. This is pretty damn on the ball.

Good to know since dried are much easier for me to get hold of.

Do you use fresh or dried curry leaves?