But now that I’ve said this, does it make you feel unsettled about it?
Considering that rice cookers are expensive where you are from, I suppose it is a sensible choice. I can't exactly say I'm unsettled. Let's suppose these devices being much cheaper relative to local salaries and there being plenty space for a rice cooker, then I'd be unsettled. But only if you are a regular consumer of rice, as I am ;)
Proably a cultural thing.
True. Some simply prefer plain-jane cooking or more steaming without the use of a dedicated cooker. A rice cooker though is "fire and forget", consistent and simple. Most people want that sort of clarity and in that sense I do believe in the rice cooker.
"AIs" can't even operate vending machines, let alone recognize handwriting reliably or translate text. I know a few people that work in archives with (pre-)medieval manuscripts and I myself have bitten my teeth out on Google Translate(TM) and DeepL(TM). That's how I know. There was also a study done on that vending machine thing. Come to think of it, you could make a simple vending machine that collects usage statistics and sends reports via radio that just works using a few scripts. Emphasis on "works".
😹 How are we concerned with statistical systems being vulnerable (which is shitty, sure) when they don't even lead to productivity increases, that is they cannot even do the jobs they're made to do? Get real. What a clownshow
Fellow Debian user ricing my daily driver here. Other people may call me crazy too
that makes two of us!!
I’ve mostly come to terms with it by reminding myself that most people are either blissfully ignorant or too busy to care.
Active meta ignorance, making yourself be ignorant of the ignorance of others. Which is the same as ignorance but implemented as an abstraction :P
Have you considered making a sort of Honestly, I have not. I don't do much with sharing stuff on my GitHub since my programming stuff usually doesn't exceed a handful of scripts save for when making websites. install script or even just a public repository for your tweaks?
The whole idea of putting all the changes I made to my system is daunting since it's quite a lot even though it isn't that finicky at the smaller scales. I wouldn't know where to begin and I take it it takes a few weeks to get a basic structure going that feels comfortable. I'll try it though! Thank you for the good suggestion
Let's say you make rice more than twice a week. Rice cookers can save a stupid amount of time. They're cheap, reliable and you can use them not just for rice, but also a bunch of other stuff. My advice, try one if you like rice.
Ricing Debian is as easy as on any other Distro. Most people I know are using Debian AND (Cinnamon/GNOME OR Xfce). Those are maybe a bit annoying to modify and make your. KDE however works like a charm and people think I'm using Arch because it looks unlike anything the way I'm using tiling.
Props though for getting people to switch, you're a real one.
From my experience, without majorly reconfiguring the machine, virtual machines, RSS and making your own programs can be rather time-consuming, though also carrying a challenge you may be lacking as is now.
Exactly that is time excellently spent. Aside from the obvious hobbyist character, this has extremely wide real-world applications. I love that you guys are talking me into modifying kernels :D
Hong Kong has got to be pretty darn cool. Didn't know there was such a thing as a portable rice cooker. You learn something each day I guess haha