Deep Funk

Before that happens - while the person still has all their marbles - get powers of attorney or whatever your local equivalent is. If activated by a medical opinion that the person becomes unable to make decisions for/look after themselves, you (or whoever is attorney) can make decisions and start to tidy up their affairs so that when it comes to estate time, the process will be smoother & quicker.

GF just lost her mom this week. no planning, no nothing. besides grief, we're not looking forward to the next 6-12 months of administrivia.

@yotacowboy, I'm sorry to hear it.

My condolences. Thanks for the headsup on the Burial....

Sorry to hear about the funeral man. Hope you enjoy the Burial release. I was pretty disappointed by it, as I had hoped it might not be entirely ambient. Still enjoyed it somewhat.

Remember to take time to remember. Take care ...

Very sorry t hear that. Stay well indeed, and allow time to sooth the grief.

I think this is the closest, so far, that it has come to me. Friends of on-line friends. But still too many, second wave onwards.

I'm so sorry to hear this. Just found out another family member of mine tested positive.

Add my voice to the list of those sorry to hear of your loss. Stay well and tend to your emotional needs. Several of my in-laws have tested positive and I am hoping to avoid your level of loss.

The Gogoro subscription model of swapping batteries at charging stations works well in Taiwan.

I had thought that was the most common sense solution, having universal swapable pre-charged batteries.

Glad you're back...your presence is always appreciated (by me at least)

Featuritis has also lowered quality and expectations in too many ways... I get you can only do so much with "100 functions" crammed on one chip, but still...

While there's something about the magical all-in-one that tweaks a certain part of my brain that likes toys... I would rather have a half dozen high quality dedicated tools rather than a box full of multitools that all sorta half-overlap and only do a mediocre job at any of it.

Heresy! Somebody ban this guy!! Seriously, glad you like it...

I took out the old foam. Brainwavz ear-pads inserted on adapters. Ears have more space, a bit of AKG-ish open sound magic combined with Sennheiser warmth. This is really good.

Sometimes comfort and headbanging functionality wins out over absolute sonic performance.

I can see my ethernet port puckering already.

I never did like corporations that much, either. So that's fine by me.

No worries about the WiFi. Just use your new Pfizer 5G. dur dur

And to add to the above diagnosis, let someone else try your laptop while you keep your distance.

@Ksaurav402 But that locks you further into google / facebook I know people who wanted to quit Facebook, and ended up being locked out of unrelated websites.

@JustAnotherRando Lastpass family has been a great investment. Without much effort, we end up with form auto-filling of name+address+etc, secure logins for every site, two factor authentication with physical keys, password sharing in family and only one password to remember per person.

Another vote for password managers. 1Password saves my life every day.

Too late, methinks.

I really hope the US is able to course correct but I am genuinely saddened by the state of the country right now.