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Millionaire in the making, right? Working hard pays off, right? Folks always ready to suggest they deserve large payouts because they work hard don't appreciate the amount of factors outside their control that allows them to think it's all on them. Were they born in Pakistan they'd sing a different tune

I had issues with Manjaro and WiFi disconnecting. Also, Manjaro dropped hardware acceleration for video codecs. Eventually got too annoyed to deal with the Manjaro direction and moved to EOS. Everything is working fine barring a script to get the headphones volume to work (recognised as bass speaker in alsa paths). So far, EOS has been the set and forget type of OS for me.

That doesn't seem to be an insignificant GME long view...

Windows runs my laptop harder, uses more battery and the fans are spinning a lot of times whist it runs almost silent in Linux. I've settled on EndeavourOS which has given me a headache-free experience for my hardware (lenovo yoga pro 7 7840hs). Only keep widows for BIOS updates otherwise I'd have nuked that hodge podge of software melange.

If you're really set on windows you could try tiny11 to remove most of the bloat.

Very on-brand for Ocon. Seems more interested in protecting his fragile ego whenever a teammate out qualifies him than playing the team game. In Monaco, this is evidence that there's no limit to human stupidity. Outdid KMag on brainless decision.

Well, hello there Don Draper

The efforts should be placed on the aspects that have greater impact on health. Focusing on cigarettes when alcohol has a much larger impact seems an odd prioritisation.

Also, banning something doesn't mean that the problem is solved. Drugs aren't allowed but it's easier and cheaper to pop a few happy pills on a night out than it is to drink until oblivion.

This seems more a chest pumping measure to score cheap political points. There's no political will to tackle the bigger and more important problem as it requires additional skill and likely to be less popular.

I'm all for reducing smoking but this is unlikely to achieve any meaningful change. Happy to be proven wrong though.

EDIT: https://feddit.uk/post/10757641

The intention is meritable. As usual, Tories misunderstand how to achieve the stated objective. They'll be creating a secondary market whereby those born before 2009 will supply cigarettes to those born after 2009... for a fee of course. Party of business and entrepreneurialship.

Also, drinking yourself into a stupor seems to be socially acceptable in the UK whilst the cost is much larger.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/24/tories-failure-to-tackle-alcohol-harm-is-causing-public-health-crisis-say-mps

Cigarettes were already heavily taxed in the UK anyway. The relative share of smokers is much lower compared to places like France.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/smoking-rates-by-country

If the goal is to improve everyone's well-being, is this the best way to achieve it?

The AI centipede era has begun

Yeah, completely agree. YouTube commodified a certain style, people tend to copy it even when they're not great communicators, and the whole excitement akin to a Labrador salivating is quite undignified.

What about images sent from Japan? Aren't they all pixelated by default? /s

Akchually, the United Kingdom has a wide variety of accents and no single "British accent" exists.