According to Wikipedia, “middle age” commonly refers to 45-60, although I’ve seen it used for 40-60 too.
I could see Calvin’s dad being in his late thirties, maybe Watterson even had something like ~33 in mind considering average paternal age in the US in 1980 was 27.9 according to this source, and Calvin is known to be 6 y/o.
The dad may look a bit older but I think some of that is due to the fashion style.
Yes, in February 7th’s strip Hobbes says she usually comes in and sends them to bed right away at 6:30. So with their notes-hostage shenanigans they managed to extend it to 7:00 this time.
Dark Calvin
Writing this from Linux which I installed last fall in lieu of the Windows 11 update.
I’m still using both OS via dual boot, and I still have some unresolved issues on Linux, but I will fully transition during the course of this year.
One thing that is really mind-blowing is the difference in performance on my ~7 y/o laptop. My Linux Mint is just lightning fast compared to Windows 10. You can quite literally feel how Windows runs a thousand random things in the background (most of which I never asked for) whereas Linux feels very clean and… empty, but in a good way.
Hats off to you, then. I see you truly know your lines.
I don’t give two shits about your LiNe ExPeRtIsE unless you built at least ten >3 minute tracks in the original Line Rider.
Thanks a lot for the offer. This might become a project of mine in the future but not before the end of this year. I might get back to you then. :)
Do you already have a server deployed? How familiar are you with Linux?
No server. I just installed Linux a few months ago as dual boot after being a lifelong Windows user (since 3.1 lol). Currently using both OS but will move fully to Linux once I have some projects finished. Self-hosting might become a future project after that and if yes, I’ll come back to this community and this thread!
What’s stopping people you know from taking this step?
I’m a noob when it comes to IT. (Even though in my family I’m the one people ask when they have computer issues lol.) I would really like to get into self-hosting and all that, and I think if I found some good guides I would probably be able to make things work, but it still sounds very daunting to me. Like, I imagine days if not weeks of sifting through online resources to fix a thousand little errors and issues that would come up. (Maybe I’m mistaken, maybe it’s all really easy even for noobs. Just trying to explain my feelings on the matter.)
Edit: Woke up to 10 replies lol. Thanks for everybody’s input and helpful links. I think this might become a future project for me, but not before winter 26/27 (for life reasons).
No. I was just interested because I’ve seen a lot of headlines about how Grok creates all these problematic images of women, minors etc., but not about other similar generative AI software. But my understanding so far has been that there’s no real way to safeguard generative AI at all, so I was wondering whether this was a Grok-only problem, and if so, how others were avoiding it.
Do other generative AI services also do this? Or do they have functioning safeguards?
Lichess because I use it a lot and it’s my favourite website.
I think he was just trying to recreate Searle’s Chinese Room.
Totoro for me
What does the writer think “effort” means? What does the writer think anything means?
I love reading these in the original “rhythm”, one per day. I’ve been excited for that beanie to finally be delivered almost as much as Calvin.