Thanks, new guy! My curiosity is very much satisfied :D

I thought that was a switch?

Nine times out of ten I’d hit the turbo button and then spend half an hour wondering why the family computer was running slowly…

Well how is it untypical?

Based on your posting history, you need to find a different line of work, one that doesn’t involve people.

And if you find one, please let me know so I can do it too.

I doubt Amazon are looking to sell.

This is why you never see cool cats eating hotdogs. If they did, they’d annihilate.

You’re winner

Wow. Had no idea that’s how it worked over there, fucking ridiculous. Glad that’s not how it works over here.

The Michelin Guide is still run by the tyre company, and for much the same reasons - advertising, and getting people to go through their tyres faster (one Star justifies a stop, two Stars justify a detour, three Stars justify a special trip?) Though inspectors do try to offer genuine reviews, because at this point people who value such things trust the Guide because the Guide’s usually pretty close to reality.

Just one factual point - restaurants don’t have to pay for a star. They don’t even have to apply to be considered (but it helps). The only costs are those incurred in running a fine dining restaurant.

My mother-in-law keeps giving me scented candles for my birthday. I’m happy to receive them because it’s one less thing she has to worry about - what do I want for my birthday? Scented candles.

They all end up in the charity shops but she doesn’t need to know that. :)

Oh yeah.

My bad. I always forget about countries that drive on what, to me, is the wrong side of the road.

Thanks. :)

Terrible advice. If you’re not actively overtaking you’re supposed to always be in the left lane.

Luckily, you’re on Lemmy, and we’re all nerds here

It doesn’t have to be.

One year I learned it was a valid option, I prepared card tricks and wore a t-shirt that said “It’s OK to choose trick” or something like that, and not one person chose trick. I remember being vaguely disappointed.

My part of the UK falls squarely within the first category. But we’re working on nationalising it, so it might improve… by the time I retire /s

I guess I’m nobody, then. /s

They should’ve distributed it as a flatpak, then it could automagically download its own dependencies /j