I’ve always enjoyed reading about people’s dwarf fortress games, but I could never decide if I’d like it. If you’re a fan, what kind of other games are like it? Is it mostly fun, or 90% frustrating with great fun moments? How long did it take to start to have fun if the learning curve is high? If anyone is in the mood to sing its praises, I would love to hear them. If no one does, that’s cool, too! Just been thinking about playing it for years but never committing.

last time i got a virus i made sure i had documents backed up and then formatted the hard drive. that was over a decade ago though so i don’t know how people deal now

I like where the picture cuts off. I can imagine the tail continuing forever

I helped a lady your age pick out a color for a room in her house, and she ended up going for a very bright peach. She loved it so much she put it in every room in her house where she didn’t have a color picked out.

If you aren’t planning to sell in a year or two, I say pick something that makes you happy when you see it. Realtors might have a different favorite color in 5 years.

Trust in what sense? With computer security? You probably can’t. To diagnose you and find a proper course of treatment? You probably need to research the individual doctor.

My mother worked at a hospital for years helping doctors use computers to keep up to date with research in their fields. By and large, doctors 10-15 years ago sucked at using computers. Doctors who helped save the lives of relatives of mine by diagnosing cancer early would struggle doing simple searches.

I knew a psychologist who would openly chat about patients - names included - in casual party settings. Doctors don’t have to be bad at computers to violate your privacy.

If you think their computer security could be better, you’re right, but the more they have to learn, the more room for error you’re introducing during the changeover. Do they spend millions replacing a diagnostic machine because no one knows how to switch it to better software? When it works and those millions could go towards equipment that needs replacing?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996174/

My suggestion is to do research on tech security in hospitals. Read up from people who are experts in the subject, because it’s deeply complicated. Figure out what current recommendations are and contact your local doctors and hospitals to find out if they’re investing in patient information security. They might still not use linux, but it’s more important they be doing what research shows works.

When you find doctors and hospitals that are working towards those recs, give them what trust you can muster, keeping in mind any of them could just be like “my lung cancer patient Joe Smith said the funniest thing yesterday” at their next cocktail party.

Most won’t. But these are human run systems. You need to give them enough trust that they can monitor your health, but be prepared to withdraw it when they prove it’s undeserved. Tech-wise, pay attention to actual recommendations from experts and keep in mind that the doctors themselves aren’t the experts there.

Just, like, don’t let yourself die because your doc thinks a linux is a kind of hybrid animal.

I mostly agree, but I can guess one reason why it’s useful. With a game that’s not that old, but well received, I’d expect new players to keep coming in for a while. Not to the degree of when it first came out, but someone like me will wishlist a game and wait until there’s a sale or I have time to play it to buy and play. If the drop off is huge, and sales don’t help much, it does reflect on the game somewhat.

There are some local news sources that post info about local traffic issues, emergencies, etc, much faster on twitter than elsewhere.

Also, there are some experts on international topics who write articles elsewhere, but still discuss those issues with each other on twitter. There’s a list of english speaking experts on ukraine I keep up with. everyone’s migrating, but not as fast as I’d like.

I use nitter for that stuff. Here’s hoping they move soon, but people who know what I want to know aren’t always good at social media.

I’ve been using it for years and usually install it on new computers my relatives ask me to set up. I’m not sneaking it in. If they need ms office for work, I’m not going to screw it up for them.

I stopped for a long time because of a terrible bug that deleted an important file, but in the years since I started using it again, I’ve never had the same problem.

I like it for writing up work emails and printing out estimates. I used to have trouble keeping my intended layout, but not so much these days. Everything I do is pretty uncomplicated, though.

Apparently, some people are more likely to have it happen because of an inherited trait. Find out from relatives if it’s happened to them? You’re probably okay, otherwise! There’s a surgical fix if you do have that trait, too.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/testicular-torsion/symptoms-causes/syc-20378270

What’s fun with indie games and playing on a delay is that when I want to play a new game and grab something in my price range off my wishlist, I often have no idea what the game is or why past me thought I’d want to play it. Time wipes out any spoilers I got reading about it or watching someone play it years ago.