But… PR is part of the US and is a wonderful place full of kind people. I spent one of the best vacations of my life there going all the way around the island (and Culebra!) and it was nothing but gorgeous views, great food, friendly people (it does help to speak Spanish so you understand how friendly they are) and relaxing days.

And that was when the country was getting rocked by earthquakes and had recently been battered by a few climate-change monster hurricanes. Screw people who hate on PR, that place rocks and is more resilient than your average conservative commentator.

IT professionals are more the folks that install and maintain large scale computer systems and networks, like a company’s IT department or MSP. Programming is closer to engineering. Software engineering.

At least he isn’t making some exaggerated face of extreme surprise. That puts him ahead of most YouTubers.

Fantastic choices. Outer Wilds for me.

But what relevance do they hold for this topic?

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You look lost.

I’ve seen more people swear at Kaiser than swear by it.

And camera lens.

Tipping percentage for delivery is silly. The value of the food doesn’t change the driver’s job. Tip based on the distance between you and the place you’re ordering from. $2 base with and additional $1 per mile is a good starting point, but most delivery drivers are not earning if they’re not delivering, so if you live a ways away from central restaurant locations you should dial it up to compensate for their drive back.

I liked seeing that someone’s computer had .nfo files associated with Notepad. You knew you had found a fellow matey.

Bone apple tea.

Food bank worker here: though we have no such deal, money with no restrictions on use is just about the best thing to donate. It lets us buy fresh staples that otherwise are hard to come by, like eggs, butter and milk, or seasonally appropriate things like turkeys or hams (we had a total of 3 turkeys donated before Thanksgiving so we purchased around 50).

Next best thing to donate is whole cases of shelf stable foods. Individual cans and boxes must be inspected for best by date, damage to the packaging and complete labels, which becomes time intensive when you have 15 55 gallon barrels full of cans from food drives. Whole cases give you 12 packages of the same thing, all good to go from the factory.

Time is also great, but usually more needed the rest of the year. We don’t let people volunteer at our outreach center during the holidays if they don’t volunteer year round, simply because the people who only show up on the holidays tend to be doing a sort of poverty tourism that we find a little distasteful. Also, fresh volunteers need training and things are simply too crazy around the holidays to deal with it. If anyone is interested in food bank work, please find somewhere to volunteer the rest of the year. Feeding people is extremely satisfying work and we do need help the other 11 months of the year.