CancerMancer

Do you think that generated depictions of the sexual abuse of children are ok in any context?

False equivalence.

Guy atomically made of shit takes has another shit take, colour me surprised.

Warren Buffett is also betting against the market (in his case liquidating positions), and both of these two have a history of good calls. I wouldn't be anywhere near the tech sector right now.

Running away saved me a lot of times. It also failed me twice, and those two times left me with a scar and a permanent disability. As a complete self-defense solution it's a bad idea, but as part of your defense it's a great suggestion for any able bodied people.

I can no longer outrun potential attackers. This door is closed to me.

I've faced many attempts to severely harm me but I usually escaped. I failed to escape twice: got kneecapped with a bat once (leaving me with a permanent injury), and stabbed once miraculously missing anything vital.

My crime: having to work late, growing up in a poor neighbourhood.

I'd feel a lot safer if I could be armed. I don't want to die.

I just moved my main PC to CachyOS like two weeks ago. It's been quite nice so far actually. Minor hiccup when trying to play The Guild 2 (had to use Protontricks to download DirectPlay)

If you can get your hands on R.A.D. (Robot Alchemic Drive), do so. It's a very interesting robot combat game developed by Sandlot, who would later become famous for Earth Defense Force

18 years

I know of child predators and murderers who got less time.

just the thought of having to configure it all again makes my skin crawl

It took me ages to get the nerve to redo my media server. Then some of my hardware failed and I had to redo it again... By the third time redoing it I had become a lot more confident.

Also you learn to take notes on everything you touch and make backups lol

I just feel like bringing these pain points up in the hope that someone might have an answer for me or others, I guess?

Completely valid and I encourage you to keep doing so. Denying there are usability problems does not fix them.

This kind of thing is why backups / snapshots are so important to do. On Linux we actually get that option so much more easily than on Windows, so it's worth doing. On Windows, updates are painful enough that out of habit I just reinstall Windows every year to head this problem off.

Not trying to minimize your pain, it's something I had to learn to deal with too and it does take time and energy to properly resolve, which isn't free. The experience will also vary dramatically between distros and hardware.

Lastly if you're a long time Windows user try to remember what it was like when you were new, when you had no idea how the pieces connect to each other; it takes time to get into the groove.