I believe it’s tied to the ides of the restless dead.

The spirit should move on after death, but some spirits get stuck between worlds. Often it’s related to the circumstances of their death. Maybe they had unfinished business, they died a particularly grousom death, or they were denied a proper burrial.

That’s the National Defense Sevice Medal

It is awarded for service during a time of war. It was awarded for periods that included the War on Terror, Vietnam, and Korea

I get a page showing “Error establishing a database connection”

That’s the reality of public school teacher pay all over the country.

The national average is under $70k

Not a big gamer, myself, but it seems like Valve has done a lot of work to make many (most?) Steam games run well under Linux.

Drivers have come a long way, and a lot of things just work, but it can definitely depend on what hardware is in your system.

I think they mean that she is taking the fall for the “unknown” person she “bought” the gun from.

Implying that she was holding the weapon for someone

Yes, it’s 34 district crimes. That’s why it’s 34 charges.

My understanding is that in white collar crimes like these, the number of charges does not bear on whether the sentence includes jail time for a defendant with no prior criminal history. Unless the dollar amount is exorbitant; but in this case I don’t think anybody made any money.

My understanding is that these sorts of white collar crimes don’t normally result in jail time for defendants with no previous criminal record, in New York state courts.

I get the feeling that the number of counts doesn’t really matter here, because they are not really unique crimes. My understanding is that they brought 34 charges because they had 34 documents they thought they could prove in court were fraudulent, but it is materialy the same crime (deliberately mischaracterizing the nature of the payment)

I think that “wipes out” here is referring to the lead that Trump had in the polls previously. All the states went from a clear lead for Trump over Biden, to basically even, with one exception showing a clear lead.

I think that it suggests a competitive race, rather than one side coasting to victory. It is hard to draw concrete conclusions still, but the clear lead is definitely gone

I don’t have any experience with this printer, but am similarly curious about it’s viability as a “budget Voron”

Regarding upgradabilty, I saw this video recently with an attempt to turn it into a multi-tool head printer. It’s a work in progress, but I thought it was interesting

I think that the answer to this depends on the audience and the topic or nature of the discussion.

I prefer precise, technical language if the audience has experience in the topic. You can save a lot of time by not explaining things that the readers should, reasonably know.

I think simpler language is appropriate for a more general audience or higher level discussion.

It can be challenging to find the right balance on a forum, like this, where you don’t necessarily know who the audience is.

Fountain pens are not a normal sight in US schools. I was an adult before I realized that they were a thing that still exist, and are even used.

I think that’s kind of rhe point of these sorts to demos to begin with.

The company says we’re developing a product that, we are not ready to ship today, but will be this awesome. Give us some money and you can see how awesome it will be.

I generally assume that anything a company says about a product/service that is not shipping today is the best possible spin on the best version of what they’d like to sell. What you buy probably won’t be what is shown as an early demo

That’s how I came up with the starting ratio.

I usually only let mine sit for about 5 minutes. Probably, I’m too lazy and impatient for his full method. I haven’t watched that video for a while, but I seem to remember that he leaves it sitting for quite a while

When I do French Press, I usually use a darker roast. But I’ve found that ratio to bad good starting point for a new bag of beans. Then I just adjust depending on how that first batch/cup comes out

I usually start at a ratio of 30g coffee per 500g water, then you can adjust from there if you feel it didn’t come out the way you like.