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Cake day: August 16th, 2023

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  • The very first line:

    A loss leader (also leader) is a pricing strategy where a product is sold at a price below its market cost to stimulate other sales of more profitable goods or services.

    So the answer to their question is “Yes, a loss leader needs to lead to something”. I have no idea why you think they have no idea what they’re talking about.



  • It really depends on what you mean by “the real world”.

    The most common use for Linux is on servers. For this scenario, not only does the terminal make sense, but it’s often required as there is no GUI installed.

    For Linux on the desktop, the terminal is very much analogous to Windows PowerShell. More casual users can ignore it for most purposes, but may sometimes need it for troubleshooting.

    If you are trying to say that you “know” Linux, say for career development, you absolutely need to know the terminal. Nearly all professional roles will require it.








  • I watched it long after the fact, so I already knew about the controversy. I knew that it meant his death.

    His death was also a great way to end the series, and the story arc they were in.

    I even recognize the artistic merit of showing his death from his own POV.

    And yet, somehow it all came together in a way that was very unfulfilling. Maybe it’s just that it’s not the way we’ve ever seen, but it felt very off.


  • As a practical matter, how does that work if I’ve never been a patient at that hospital and am unconscious? There are a number of hospitals/health systems in my city that I’ve never been to (and others that I haven’t been to in a very long time, so any expirations would have passed). If I were to be transported to one by ambulance, how would they locate any emergency contact?

    Or would I simply be at the mercy of the medical practitioners and their best efforts/judgements until I either wake up or die?

    I’m in the US, and we can assume that I have my wallet/ID/insurance card/etc on me at the time.