They have managed to build software suites that have been stable, consistent, and near the cutting edge of their industry for decades while avoid significant bloat and legacy hangover.

Are we talking about the same Adobe here? Adobe software generally does work but avoiding bloat? Have you installed Reader lately? They have their share of instability as well.

Inkscape is one of the better open source UIs IMO. There's a lot to learn about vector vs raster graphics but that's not the fault of Inkscape.

Gimp took a while to figure out.

Blender has got the be one of the steepest learning curves out there though. Not that the UI for Blender is bad. It's just that there are 5-6 different sections and each section is like learning a new app. It's huge and does everything.

A subscription isn't buying a hammer. A subscription is buying access to a hammer. Access that can be revoked at any time. That's not very reliable.

Don't buy products that are clearly anti-consumer and you won't have issues like this. Of course Apple devices may as well be jewelry at this point. Who even cares if they're charged? Just nod your head like there's something going on.

I bought one not really knowing what I'd use it for.

• So far the bluetooth keyboard has been the most useful.
• I have a Co2 sensor on the GPIO for monitoring air quality.
• Been using it to try and locate IR codes for a sound bar I lost the remote to.
• I used it for remote shutter release on my DLSR.

Device seems well built and there's a huge community with lots of development so always something else to use it for.

I thought so too honestly but figured Thermaltake knew what they were doing and went with it. The stencil makes it very easy to apply exactly as much as specified. I didn't notice any splooging when I attached the heatsink and temps were in the 30's at idle so called it good for now.

Money doesn't turn people evil. Humans are inherently greedy. Money is the scalpel that exposes our true self.

is using a USB ethernet adapter preferable to a wireless access point that is close to my machine?

Almost certainly. Always go wired when possible. Not only will the wired device be faster, there will be more bandwidth available for other devices still using wireless. Wireless is a shared transmission medium you want as few devices using it as possible.

Reddit search has always been broken, even when it was working.

Had a totally custom beanie made at Etsy. See if you can find something similar. They can usually customize it to get a close match to the old one.

That’s like the exact opposite of what reddit was stated to be when I first joined.

It is exactly the opposite of what Aaron Swartz created.

Buying RAM recently and people are reviewing the fucking RGB instead of the performance. Like, WTF are you doing with your life? I managed to find some without gratuitous lighting effects thankfully.