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    whatever, it works

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  • it's a shame ReactOs is only in alpha and FreeDOS is single-tasking. it's probably sacrelige to say this in a linux community but i wish we had foss os options that are to DOS and CP/M what modern linuxes are to Research Unix

  • What are the best/your favorite versions of classic Christmas tunes and why? Interested in both classical pieces, and vocal songs.

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  • it's hard to compete with A Chtistmas Gift for You from Phil Spector, which has to me the definitive versions of a lot of the classics plus one of the all-time greatest tunes period in "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." if you like the kind of cheese that sprays out of a can, the Brian Setzer Orchestra does fun rockabilly takes on the classics, and Wizzard's originals "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" and the other one who's name i can't remember are great. for the nerds in the room, Urizen's "Autonomy" carries on the TSO spirit with a heavy heaping of chiptune, the soundtrack fo the Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams... demo has awesome renditions of the classics in 90s VGM fashion, and look up the demo song on the Yamaha SHS-10 keytar when you get a chance

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  • why would you post something so ominous

  • Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?

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  • east and eastn't

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  • Ann Leckie and Becky Chambers are definitely up there

  • What makes travelling by plane the most boring way to travel?

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  • and traveling by locomotive takes the most preperation because you have to train

  • TIL - the recorder can actually make decent music. Ralf Bienioschek performs BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY a Recorder Cover of the song by QUEEN. And it's a good cover.

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  • a close cousin of the recorder is the tin whistle, and listening to a minute of mary bergin's whistling will quickly shatter any illusion that fipple flutes are toys

  • TIL Bobby Dunbar was kidnapped, and returned to his parents... decades later DNA testing proved he was a different child

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  • i'm suprised no one seems to have point-blank asked him who his parents were in court, or if they did why that wasn't the beginning and end of the case

  • Please help me under stand my spouse's gift and their hurt

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  • i agree with you that insincere apologies are wrong. OP structured their post looking to understand their wife's POV, rather than to get a bunch of strangers to agree with them like on an AITA post. if that were the case i definitely wouldn't suggest apologizing. OP acknowledges that they hurt their wife, even if they didn't mean to, much like their wife hurt them, even if they didn't mean to. i just think sitting down and actually expressing that, saying "hey, i wouldn't have said that or said it the way i said it if i knew it would upset you, i'm sorry" establishes empathy and good faith, and often times doing that is enough to get the other person to do the same thing. if OP didn't seem sorry i wouldn't have suggested apologizing

    i think my wording was the problem here in hindsight. "i'd apologize for the way you reacted whether or not you actually blew your lid" does sound like i'm saying to apologize for being angry even if you weren't angry. what i was trying to say was that apologizing for hurting them, even if their reaction seemed way out of proportion to what OP said or how OP said it, would be a good first step to reconciliation

  • Please help me under stand my spouse's gift and their hurt

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  • i think you replied to the wrong comment?

  • Please help me under stand my spouse's gift and their hurt

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  • I'm very suprised by a lot of these comments. it's very common advice that a gift giver should gift something that the reciever wants, not the giver. Not gifting someone they already know isn't common advice but it's already common sense. Common sense isn't always as common as the name suggests, though, and we all have blind spots. The other commenters may be right in that your wife's reaction might be a sign that your tone was harsher than you intended or thought, but that doesn't change the fact that you were hurt as well. if this was an aquiantance i might agree that you should have just accepted the gift graciously even if you were just gonna return it, but your partner should someone you can be honest with and someone who will appreciate that honesty

    like most relationship problems, i think the best way to move forward is to talk it out. i'd apologize for the way you reacted whether or not you actually blew your lid as an olive branch. explain again calmly where you're coming from with this and emphasize gratitude that your wife was observant enough to get you a gift they thought you would use while also explaining- again, calmy- why your wife came to the wrong conclusion. try and zero in on the heart of the problem- was it specifically that you wanted to return it that was the issue? then you might be able to compromise that you keep it until your current one is broken beyond repair, for example. never ever ever say "i'm sorry you feel that way," that never goes well, but do show genuine concern and remorse for the way that they feel. after your wife blows off some steam, if you both approach this calmly and in good faith i'm sure you'll be able to find a compromise. that might look like your t-shirt rule, "no gifting things i already own," or deciding to always gift "experiences" instead like another commenter said, or maybe just no gifts moving forward if it really is always going to be a point of contention

    good luck to you and i hope everything works out well for the both of you

  • pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"

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  • pwnedcles

  • Washed

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  • hopefully washed out to sea

  • "The hope is to have a fresh 'Star Trek' movie, though [Paramount] has moved on from the idea of bringing back Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the rest of the ensemble from the J.J. Abrams reboot."

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  • that's a shame, i always really liked Pine's Kirk in particular. but i guess it was also inevitable as soon as Spock showed up in Disco with a new actor

    the rest of the article is... harrowing, to say the least. Trek feels like the elephant in the room at Paramount right now- you'd think Ellison would think that "un-woke-ifying" Trek would be an easy way to score points with the White House right now, but so far it's been business as usual

  • TrekMovie.com - Rick Berman And Brannon Braga Defend The Controversial ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Series Finale

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  • Rick Berman described the producers’ view that providing an organic-feeling final episode to properly wrap things up would be impossible

    honestly i think Terra Firma Part II would have gotten the job done fine, and if they had kept everything as is but called it the finale and left These Are The Voyages as a DVD extra or a TV "movie" people would have been happier. or at least they'd have an easier time detaching their distate for TATV from the rest of Enterprise

    that bit about Trinner saying "ok, kill me!" is funny as hell

  • TrekMovie.com - Rick Berman And Brannon Braga Defend The Controversial ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Series Finale

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  • iirc the series finale was originally filmed to be the S4 finale, which is how they get ivanova even though she left the show in S5. the S4 finale we got was a rush job when they found out they were getting a final season and wanted to keep the finale they filmed as the series finale

    i agree with your sentiment though, if it was the series finale i think it would've worked well

  • How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral

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  • this guy hates

  • The last free thinking entrepreneur

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  • look at the comic again. the orphan being launched has their arms raised and is going "aaaaaaahhhh" like on a rollercoaster. clearly having fun!/profits have nothing to do with it, this is the most ethical way to handle the situation