I wonder what you would call it if they were in a blue phone box.

Thanks for following up!

For anyone reading this thread in the future, the original comment said “culture” rather than “vulture.” I wasn’t being random or nonsensical. Not in this case, anyway.

This is also the attitude taken by Ross Scott.

Does this typo make trying the meat cultural appropriation?

I don’t know that I’d call it recent, but yes, Alan Tudyk plays the protagonist.

You should watch Resident Alien.

Oh, sure, many companies are named after their founder’s surnames - I didn’t mean to suggest I doubted that. I just meant that the Leatherman I knew was unassociated.

The “Tim” fact is pretty funny. Thank you for the information.

I used to work with someone bearing the last name of “Leatherman.” They similarly lamented their lack of association with the company sharing their name.

Huh.

Going back to the “being friends” thing, I think you and I could be friends due to applying qualities to numbers; but I think it might be challenging because I find 7 and 8 to be two of the best. They’re quirky, but interesting.

Thank you for the insight.

The 7 times table is unfriendly?

I love 7 timeses. If numbers were sentient, I think I could be friends with 7.

A long time ago, I got a maze tattooed on my back. Very soon thereafter, people started telling me this exact thing. Apparently, I in fact got a labyrinth tattooed on my back.

Hmm, marshed mellow …

That’s all very reasonable. I certainly encourage caution.

I’ve never really voluntarily used Adobe products, nor the EA store, but I can tell you Linux support for gaming has come a long way, even for “Windows only” games. If you’re unsure about a particular one, a great place to start is protondb.com. I don’t know if they work with EA, but I’ve also heard good things about Lutris and Bubbles.

As you said, there are good alternatives, including Open or LibreOffice. You might benefit from reviewing alternativeto.net, which isn’t specifically Linux focused but has a good chance of giving you options. For example:

https://alternativeto.net/software/adobe-lightroom/

Good luck with your experimentation!

My mouse has five inputs: left click, right click, scroll wheel (not including clicking), ball movement and emulated middle clicking by simultaneously clicking left and right.

I can’t see any of those being better than right clicking and neither a keyboard nor a controller seem preferable.

edit: correct a word.

What programs are causing you concern?

Mama’s got a squeeze box.

Daddy never sleeps at night.

I wouldn’t characterize it as vehemence, but rather a combination of consistency and honesty. People are fairly consistently surprised at my enthusiasm for gaming with trackballs, as though it’s automatically a detriment; I don’t find it to be so, except in Minecraft, so I don’t want to represent it as other than it is.

With the style of trackball I use - ball in the middle, left and right click on their respective sides of the ball - and the way I use it - thumb on left click, index and middle finger on the ball, ring and pinky on right click - right clicking can be a stressor. This isn’t a problem when tapping once or holding, such as when engaging a scope; but when repeatedly right clicking, it tires whatever muscles and tendons run between the outside of my hand and my shoulder, which already has its own problems.

Minecraft is the only game I play that requires me to repeatedly right click. (I know that now you can right click and drag to place lots of blocks, but that hasn’t always been true and doesn’t really allow for precision in my experience.) Therefore, it is the only game to which I feel my trackball is not well suited.

This seems like a good starting point. Thank you for the recommendations; I’ll reach out with potential future gripes.

My favorite has always been the Kensington Orbit. Probably a lot of people - even those who like Trackballs - would disagree, but I’ve been happily using these for around 25 years. Except in Minecraft.

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