It’s been tough for any festival/pub/club to survive in times where inflation still seems to be worryingly high. I’m trying to support local/UK events I love but it’s hard for the punters too

Looks delish, I’d wish you a good holiday but sounds like you’re well on your way!

I never had too many issues with GNOME but didn’t install loads of extensions. Looking forward to seeing Cosmic grow and develop further, took a while but finally in beta

Maybe not possible in your situation but I have a SFF gaming PC under the TV, so can just use browser on that

Whilst I sympathise and wish I had any idea, I am so jealous… I would commit murder for a full night’s kip

Was going to say, this has solidified my next ereader choice being Kobo

You’d probably be interested in active speakers that could connect to your laptop by 3.5mm or USB to optical, as well as supporting BT to your phone

Do you have a budget, and just to be clear would you only be needing to hear at your desk?

Edit: for an office, something like the Edifier R1380DB looks decent. Can pick them up for under £150 here. Connect to laptop through USB to optical or 3.5mm to line in. Supports BT 5.1

Tfw you’re already a member of the Green Party looking to move over to Your Party… X(

Joined, on top of the monthly donation.

I’d suggest Kris Baha’s older material. Not really into his new cyber stuff and he’s kinda gone away from EBM now sadly but stuff like Palais and My Master are excellent chuggy EBM techno records

Definitely a lot of black metal particularly where it’s merged with folk influences. Panopticon is a prime example

Cues up Toto

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2557478/

Gattaca is immense, still underrated imo.

Dark City and (the probably obvious) Arrival are my picks

There is one with John Boyega portraying the son of the Marshal so based maybe 10 years or so after the original. Not quite up there with the first film but still fun, basically “Pacific Rim: Team Kids”

If you’re happy hunting down a used 5800X3D or 5700X3D when you do want to upgrade, I’d say that makes sense to a degree. Just that they’re both end of life so finding one might be tricky when the time comes.

I’d almost suggest going straight for one of those CPUs now even if that will require more time to save up then just upgrade your GPU in a few years. That’ll make a much bigger difference even in games that benefit most from the v cache

To divide people, families, friends, colleagues, etc is exactly the point of what I consider to be a human sacrifice on the altar of the alt-right. Don’t worry, already got my tin foil hat ready but anything to take attention away from the real culprits of misery for most: the super rich, political “elite” and corporations

I’d agree with going for AM5 like other posters have said, though it does look like you have a tight budget?

Only on the condition that his bonuses and other remuneration are taxed at 90%

Cold in the morning?! Do you shower in a shack, or something with similarly awful drafts???