Wow, 50 lbs (~20 kg) per stud, with a bunch of screw holes in the base plate. Problem solved, and you could just use a number of wood screws into the ply panel, just spaced well apart (like 2.5-3 cm), and anchor into a stud where you can with a long lag (3"/~8cm).

Or if you can only hit a stud on one side, use a single Molly on the other and a couple wood screws in between.

Yea, the pocket door is a challenge, but there should be plenty of room - there should be a lot of space from the door to the ply panel. Once installed, a Molly should only extend about 1cm. Just make sure to cut the screw down once installed (the screw is longer so it can compress the Molly, easy to cut with a pair of dikes).

Optionally, you can use a wood screw for that end, one that’s long enough to just go through the ply when set at the right depth. This will ensure you have maximum thread engagement.

Wood screws will probably be OK, it just makes me a little nervous with that weight. Of course, more screws=more distributed load, but then you have to get them all to line up perfectly, which isn’t easy.

I wouldn’t use wood screws for that kind of weight on a floating shelf (even with that nice ply backer). A floating shelf has a lot of leverage against that screw, trying to pull it outward, while other shelf types pull straight down with less lever action.

Use something like a toggle bolt or Molly. They distribute the load a lot more. I really prefer Molly for plaster/sheetrock, because they stay in place. Perfect for a floating shelf.

Edit: I hope the shelf has 3 or 4 mount points. That’s still a lot of weight for just 2 screws with a floating shelf. I’d be concerned about the screw heads handling the load over time. They’re probably fine, but it only takes one poorly made screw to bring the shelf down.

Well, virtualizatiin systems tend to run at root level, since they need to emulate things like processors (yea, that’s not the only way, but business-class virtualizatiin is done at the OS level).

You see a psychologist (not a psychiatrist). And probably don’t lead with “I think I may have ADHD”. Instead have a list of things you find challenging in your daily life. Focus on these things, looking for ways to manage or mitigate those difficulties. Quite often this means developing habits to address things, such as always putting your keys/wallet/phone in a specific place.

Look at medications like using a crutch for a broken leg. It helps so you can work on strengthening where you’re weak. In ADHD terms that means developing those habits and routines to help reign in the chaos. Everyone is different when it comes to meds, which ones work, and how long you use them. Some people only take meds during the week, and are ok over the weekend. Some take meds that require being taken consistently, every day. Some people have problematic side affects, some don’t.

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I do think it’s target audience was kids. I had a younger family member (about 12) introduce me to it at the time. I got a kick out of the gameplay and styles. It was sort of a spoof of a 90’s video game (name I can’t recall) with a common theme then - sort of over-the-top, “we’re both in on the joke” kind of thing.

It was about being fun, not to be a serious game, so approach it that way. It has a bit of silliness.

Remember it came out around the time the Austin Powers movies were a big hit.

No, because humanity has always had the same issues, and things are easily arguably better today than at any other time.

Things like starvation around the world have been driven down 30% in a 10-year period. The difference between my parents generation and mine are staggering, and then from mine to the next even more so.

You have to look past the talking heads, past the headlines - those are designed to sound awful to gather attention and to frankly, piss people off.

To quote Men In Black, “there’s always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague”.

I’ll blame the drivers (and some of that blame lands on MS).

I’ve never seen an ad on Windows. Not sure what people do to get ads.

1. Just installed Debian, no wifi

2. Lots more stuff just like #1, such as my 10 year old and 3 month old Logitech wireless mice weren’t detected, and support for them is (fortunately) only available from a third party, which I found by searching the web for an answer.

I could give you pages of why Linux doesn’t compare to Windows for the desktop, which I’d follow with where it really shines - as a server for all kinds of things. It’s so good for specific tasks that even VMware replaced their own Workstation virtualization with Linux KVM.

Unhinged or older?

You forget your meds today?

It really depends on the restaurant.

I used to go to one for lunch, it was like a salad bar - you setup what you wanted on your plate and gave it to the cook who would cook it for you on a giant round griddle.

And if you can’t be bothered to proof read your own work, deliberately ignore the software telling you something is wrong, then why should I bother trying to parse it?

Hahahahaha, omg, awesome. Wish I had more than one upvote to give.

If you don’t like socializing, you won’t have friends. Those things go hand-in-hand.

Maybe examining why you feel this way about socializing would help. Do you really not enjoy all socializing, or just certain things?

Socializing is a major part of life, you could almost say it’s “The Thing”. I’m not saying you need to go throw on a lampshade every day, just that we’re all engaging with each other every day. You may talk to a sibling for a while, then a friend, have lunch with a coworker, take a walk with someone from a class to discuss what you’re not getting.

Without socializing, we may as well go live in a cave, and that’s not good (nor realistic).

Spot on.

Only thing I’d change is when turning down an invite, act like you wanted to but can’t (even if the reason is you’re tired).

“Oh, man, I’d love to go, but I’m wiped. Need to get some sack time”. This may seem disingenuous, but it really isn’t - you’re not going because you need that recharge time, just phrasing it in a way others can understand, and making it clear you’d like to do such things in the future.

I agree with you and the premise, in general.

Unfortunately even the little bits of data that are gathered can form a bigger picture over even a few years. See the recent acquisition of Ancestry.com by Blackstone (a finance company, IIRC) - now pretty much all of us have some of our genealogy held by them. Why would a finance company want that data(rhetorical question).