Small can syndrome

9 is a best guess, over a harsh truth.

How can you go home and be at a bar?

Do you live at the bar?

Like so many things in this life, blame Byron!

His poem "the Corsair" was written close enough to the peak of piracy that everyone would enjoy it and imagine the characters, but far enough removed from that time that people were able to accept his romanticism, so we're talking about the early 1800s.

This initial transition only happens in the rich, aristocratic and educated of course, the average person has little knowledge regarding pirates beyond their violent and criminal effects on coastal communities.

this new image of the noble outlaw was not a new archetype, however it was new in being applied to the specific vocation of the pirate. Other rebellious types had been held in high regard at different times in history, all the way back to Set in Egypt or Loki in the north.

From here the pirate moved in the popular understanding slowly but continuously, from a violent ruthless cutthroat to the rebellious free-spirit we see in modern media.

Ollama running Llama and Gemma, alongside Whisper for speech recognition, running off a 4070 12GB.

Gemma does not work quite right and probably can't stay, just not quite enough memory even when it's the only model loaded.

And I thought the name "five guys" couldn't get any more homoerotic

"I've guys" definitely sounds like an invitation

I think the tall buildings and angle of the sun are giving weird lighting conditions. Nothing fake, just unusual.

Appears to have a hotdog in a bun in his mouth. Which seems unlikely too!

Simply is a doing a lot of heavy lifting there, as if stating historical fact is the end of it. Said it. Simple.

Reality is asking for a lot more than simple. The consequences that flow from that simple fact are huge.

I believe that convincing people that complex things are simple is a hallmark of populism.

So, the lack of a solution isn't due to the complexity of competing demands and priorities it's because of which simple reason?

In the sentence "They're just.... X" what is your X?

Doubt they have a returns desk.

Of course. Independence can not be fostered by dependence, either on ourselves or others.

Where I suspect OP is going to struggle is everyone telling them to find what they need inside isn't going to make sense to them.

If they've never felt that external love and validation they're not going to find it in themselves. We learn and grow up by watching others.

Monkey see, monkey do applies to relationships, including those with ourselves.

Comes with a price.

Speaking generally, as I don't know you, most isolated people have a desire, drive or yearning for connection.

Its a feature of the species, baring the rare exceptions that prove the rule.

It can be really good to cover the fields!

Reduce evaporation, expand the range of plants that can grow and provide subsidies for hard pressed farmers

Protecting food and water resources are going to get increasingly important over the next few decades

Of course I noticed.

It was right before I installed a new OS.

I believe that's the same for every planet. And every moon. For every orbit.

Its just that the barycenter is inside the more massive object when one is much more massive than the other. Not that this makes much of a difference to anything.

Yup.

They told me I could choose between ads and a 35% price rise.

I replied "I have a better idea"

Can honestly say I've not missed out watching anything I wanted to watch

Silly meme. Nuclear bombs are much too heavy to wield on the battlefield, and their shape is unsuitable for piercing platemail armour

https://explosm.net/comics/rob-gamesatwork

That depends on the current and voltage

This is far too much "breeding is a privilege for the rich" for my tastes. Touch too much Eugenics.

"Just don't have kids" is a horrible solution.

"fix the system so people can make their own choices about having kids" is the actual solution.