Most working people have their estimated taxes deducted from their pay before they receive it. They don’t have an option to not pay.

I have an Eufy named Goofy. He’s an early model but works fine, except sometimes he locks himself in the bathroom.

Oh yeah, I bought a cheap machine pre-2000 and it’s paid for itself several times over just making boat canvas and doing sail repairs.

I bought a cheap 3d printer years ago and I’m pretty sure it’s paid for itself just making replacement parts for our dishwasher. Probably paid for itself several times over if I add up the price+shipping of all the other miscellaneous repair parts it’s made.

Next time I go to the beach I’m bringing a shovel, and will dig a hole just past where my feet get wet.

I’m doing my part.

I don’t know about “ethical”, but I have used a color laser printer (Brother L3270CDW) for a few years and it’s cheap to run and works fine for everything except photos.

Photo printers seem to need inkjet tech, and ink is absurdly expensive and throwing away the whole printhead (HP) is just wasteful. I have an inkjet but don’t use it anymore. For the rare instances that require photo quality I take it to a service bureau.

I read the article. It sounds like the auto makers concern is that they don’t think they have been given enough time to solve the problem (the problem being one which may kill people while we wait for a solution).

I think we should give them all the time they want, as long as they stop selling cars without safe door handles RIGHT NOW.

I’m in a similar situation, but not about gaming. I have two programs that will only run on windows that I need to maintain some specific , unusual hardware that has no network connection, only USB for external control. I’ve tried running it under WINE with no luck. I’ve successfully moved everything else I need to Linux.

The problematic hardware and software will never be updated and will reach end of life in a few years, so I moved the SW onto an old laptop running Windows 7 that has no wifi or Ethernet connection. I see that as the best and safest solution for now.

I don’t open any email attachments of any kind unless they are critically important and the sender has spoken to me about them in advance.

Surfing videos, on YouTube for example, I might casually look at a video up to about 10 minutes long. I only look at longer ones if I sought out the specific video.

I only buy music on physical media. It’s the only way I can be sure that I really own it.

The end is near, for a given value of “near.”

If Meshtastic were as widely used as cellphones in NYC, communication over the mesh would be completely impossible anyway.

It’s not much money to invest, but if you don’t need it and don’t have any big ticket purcases in you future I’d suggest opening a brokerage account and buying shares in an index fund.

Given the situation these days, even index funds aren’t a sure thing, but it’s about the best thing I can think of for that amount of cash.

I haven’t bought anything from a vending machine in years. They take tap to pay now?

Plunger, plumber’s snake, and step stool. Watch out with that ladder; ladders are killers. Up to a six foot folding ladder is pretty safe, but I won’t go up an extension ladder.

I hate sewing, but it has saved me thousands of dollars over my lifetime and I am convinced that everyone should know how to do it unless they really don’t care about money.

Consume less caffeine and sugar.

Can you describe the process in general, or point to a good recipe?

Yes, but it’s awfully difficult to ride a child.

Back when I played D&D one player had a character named Sir Rosas de la Livre.