arthem · HackerTrans

Have had a similar experience with Dell. Have exclusively used new and second-hand Dell Laptops (Inspiron & Latitude) for the past fifteen years with no problems. Purchased a XPS 15 directly from Dell five months ago and the battery charging circuitry has fried itself. Support ticket has been open for 40+ days awating parts...

arthem

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> I’ve only ever see Prozac as a part of a turn for the worse.

You might be interested in the book "Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty"[1] by Patrick Radden Keefe. Although it focuses on Oxycodone and other painkillers it touch on Prozac and other SSRI's. Quite the eye opener...

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Pain

arthem

há 3 anosdiscuss

With the daggers that I have seen and handled, the blade is curved but does not run the full length of the scabbard. It is not unusual for the blade of a L shaped scabbard to be cresent shaped[1], meaning that it is quite easy to pull the blade out.

[1] https://www.rct.uk/collection/62815/jambiya-dagger-and-scabb...

arthem

há 3 anosdiscuss

>This is one of those comically out of touch armchair historian takes.

Having lived in the Middle East and owned a traditional curved dagger, I can safely say that the type of dagger mentioned in the original article is not used primarily for warfare. They serve as a symbol of manhood and social status. It is seen as highly disrespectful and dishonorable for a man to draw his dagger.

> Curved blades were made back then for the same reason they are still made.

Traditional Arab swords and blades intended for warefare are normally 2+ feet long. Not too sure that a 3" dagger is too effective.

arthem

há 3 anosdiscuss

Historically in the Arab countries, people mainly rode camels or horses while wearing a dagger in their belt. A pointy scabbard would foible the wearer in the leg and groin. Curving the scabbard solves that problem nicely.

The blades do tend to be fairly short but longer than you would imagine as they too are curved.

arthem

há 3 anosdiscuss

I am in a similar positon, Ubuntu LTS being the only Linux distro that I have ever used on my primary daily computer.

Will most likely move over to Debian instead of "upgrading" to 20.04LTS.

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