I’m a professional writer and this is the way. You’ve just got to force yourself to write. Even if it’s nonsense. Even if you don’t want to. Especially if you don’t want to.

People ask what the difference is between a professional writer and an amateur. Some might say it’s getting paid, but that’s not true - plenty of professional writers don’t get paid. The difference is discipline. When you’re a professional writer you need to be able to turn it on every single day, even when there’s not an ounce of inspiration in your body.

Which servers? (But the answer is almost certainly Linux.)

I don’t think it’s unfair - the question in the headline is ambiguous and could be interpreted in two very different ways:

1. What are the circumstances leading to homes becoming vacant?
2. Why are local authorities not able to effectively intervene and get vacant properties back into use?

The article deals exclusively in the latter, without addressing what the root causes are and how they affect which solutions might be effective.

Why is this meme sponsored by accuweather?

I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.

If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics.

Both quotes attributed to Richard Feynman.

Okay but lots of things didn’t used to exist that now do. The fact that it wasn’t always this way doesn’t mean the new nomenclature is worse.

If anything, the old naming was confusing. Drawing a line between shepherds pie and cottage pie based on the ingredients is a useful distinction, modern or not.

No, honey definitely exists

“In Silicon Valley, wearing a full business suit marked you as unsophisticated and not ‘with it’ in terms of tech and innovation. This caused the dress code requiring a suit to be inverted and it eventually reached the point where you can’t wear a suit and be taken seriously in Silicon Valley.”

https://www.raconteur.net/talent-culture/when-wore-it-best

London to Edinburgh is a 7-8 hour drive, right? If you’re going over the weekend then surely you’d be spending most of your time driving there or back again?

Genuinely not trying to be combative, I just struggle to understand how you justify that as reasonable.

Have you looked into gardening? Healthy, rewarding, easy to get started, room to grow (if you’ll pardon the pun)…

To add another: ‘pants’ means trousers in the US, but in the UK it means underpants. Can lead to some funny misinterpretations.

Hey now, don’t rope the rest of us in with the USA’s bizarro puritanical approach to TV censorship. You can blaspheme to your heart’s content on TV in the UK.

Avoid taking your phones in the bathroom, as it can expose you to radiation and increase your chances of haemorrhoids.

Emphasis mine, but seeing this made me immediately discount this site as a reputable source.

My friend used to bring Game Gear instruction manuals in to school. We’d sit and read them in the playground.

I never owned a Game Gear but somehow have nostalgia for those games - the instructions created these perfect versions in my imagination that never got shattered by having to actually play them.

I can see that argument, sure. The fact that they asked people not to use it suggests it is having some effect on their brand.

I didn’t say I approve of the current tactics, I’m just pointing out that circumstances can be more complex than simply saying ‘let the parents sort it out’ and leaving it at that.

The issue with this argument is that many kids don’t have good parents, and some don’t have any parents at all.

Are those kids just supposed to be left to the mercy of bad actors because of their circumstances?

I’ll probably attract downvotes for this, but I find ‘Microslop’ as cringeworthy as old staples like Micro$haft or Crapple.

Like, yeah, they’re shitty companies. But calling them childish names just comes across as petty and insecure, kind of like when Trump gives someone a dumb nickname.

Why is this game everywhere all of a sudden? Article in Retro Gamer, YouTube videos, Lemmy posts… Did it have an anniversary recently or something?

And now Rosetta is getting deprecated in the next release too!