If you can reach out to a local expert, there’s probably an assumed standard for “reasonable” that the state goes by. Vague laws like that frequently just mean that you use the standard set by an administrative admin or the courts.

We already elect ours, and it is a clusterfuck. Elections need to have public interest or they just become a contest to see who can whip the most weirdos into the booth.

No. Imagining an independent future for any state (including California and Texas) is pure cope. The states are so interdependent that attempting to secede would be ruinous for the state in question.

The only exceptions I can think of are Alaska and Hawaii, which might be able to survive if they found another country to keep them supplied and economically connected.

Wayland had/has a couple of missing features. Personally, it’s nothing I use so I’ve been on Wayland for years now, but if you care about those missing features, then they won’t work.

Honestly I don’t even remember what they were anymore. I think screen capture was a big one though.

I don’t think it’s really considered very safe anymore, although it is still very popular.

I agree, except there are a lot of fucking weirdos who care way too much about random stuff. I can totally see a random 4channer running a bot to smear a TV show they don’t like or something.

Serious answer: you don’t.

HOWEVER, it doesn’t really matter. The world is a big place, and you can find a decent size group who will expound any shitty opinion when given the opportunity. You already couldn’t blindly trust the information or opinions you found online, so whether it comes from a LLM, a troll farm, or just an idiot doesn’t really matter too much.

I was already planning on moving to Chicago next year, so…eh? I worry about our country for a lot of reasons, but none of them only apply to red state residents.

That being said, if I wasn’t already moving I’d be getting the hell out of dodge. I don’t have a uterus, but I know people who do, and I won’t be party to the state suppression of their healthcare on religious grounds.

They want the right kind of babies.

“Welfare babies” are babies born to poor and working class parents.

They want middle class white people breeding like rabbits, though.

Most of us do. A few people do sign up for variable rate plans, and they did get astronomical bills during the snowpocalypse. IIRC they didn’t get any aid or anything, it was a small enough number of people that they just got hung out to dry.

I’m not saying its totally useless, I’m saying gets harder and harder the larger the group gets. The commonalities get fewer and less universal as group size increases.

I don’t get out a lot period, but my friend is black. They live out of state, but we talk on the phone a couple times a week.

Now, on one hand, its a sample size of 1. On the other hand, that’s a solid 50% of my social circle.

That being said, “black culture” varies just as much as “white culture”. You’re trying to generalize a massive number of people, and you’d probably be surprised how hard that is. I don’t think you could pin down any single cultural element as being ubiquitous among black Americans.

I generally look at what the market is doing. I care a lot more about software availability and battery than performance these days, most manufacturers have little to offer me.

Generally, the only things of interest to me are the pixels (shootout Graphene), the fairphone, and projects like the Librem 5. IMO if you want an android and care about privacy or security, the choice is kind of obvious these days.

Nice bar: whatever menu cocktail or specialty product looks good.

Okay bar: Amaro/mezcal if they have it, gin/rum if they don’t.

Not very good bar: beer or cider

Bad bar: bottle beer. No cans, mixers, or taps, and well pours only if truly desperate.

9-5 is definitely no longer standard, although traffic does get noticeably worse here after 8am.

That being said, what is their justification for 7-5? Unless you’re taking a 2 hour unpaid lunch, that’s mandatory overtime, which most companies aren’t super fond of paying.

I love it. It’s a shame it’s as abusive and shitty as it is, but I love it regardless.

Unfortunately, my body can’t support it. If it could, that’s what I’d be doing with my life.

Disagree with your underlying assertion that students do not read nonfiction books. Your textbooks are nonfiction.

In terms of more “classic” nonfiction materials, j don’t think it’s a very important skill. Something like Anne Frank’s diary or Night can definitely be powerful, but I don’t think reading a secondary source on the American civil war has any more value for a student than a chapter in a textbook.

Apricots. They’re available, but they’re always shitty.

I’d kill for apricots like you can get in the EU. Cheaper than here and they were delicious, not mealy and bland.

Isn’t mumble hot garbage? My planet side outfit memes on it whenever it gets brought up.

It’s a percentage because the $60 steak was assumably at a nicer restaurant where you received more in depth service.

Fine dining servers may only have a couple of tables at once, or even for the entire night. You’re paying more for more individual attention.

It also scales in reverse. A server on a shift with a $10 blue plate special will probably have 10 tables before things go off the rails. They’ll also put serious work into getting your ass off that table the minute your plate is clean.