I think many people who argue for "protectionism" and the like would find that an acceptable price to pay. See the other comment about "relative status". I think many would like to have less in an absolute sense if that meant they were relatively less poor than "the rich".

Now I, personally, think that's just rose-tinted glasses. For example, nowadays, farmers in France have it rough. But I doubt that some peasant from 2-300 years ago actually had a better life and had less wealth difference compared to the upper-class of their time.

But the software does suck big time. The other day it didn't start on my machine because reasons. Had to remove it and reinstall it. Which had to remove my configuration, but whatever. Then, installation somehow went to 101%. But hey, at least it worked.

But this has worked in KDE since version 3, like, 20 years ago? And also with pasystray running under i3, since before win11 was a thing. They both support scrolling with the touchpad, too.

It drove me up a wall not being able to do this when I had to use Windows at work.

As for your MRU layout thing, I'm not sure I'd like it. While I like MRU for alt-tab, i like my not-so-often-used functions to be predictable. For this specific case, I always use us-macintosh, so I'd like to be sure that if I press the shortcut X times I'll get Y layout, without having to remember the order in which I used them. Now, to be fair, in my case I only have US-Mac available since it does everything I need.

Contrary to Windows, this also works well when hotplugging screens. Menus don't end up a blurry mess, and apps seem to work fine. On Windows, even some 1st-party apps are borked (task manager comes to mind).

Now, of course, it still doesn't work with a touchpad, but baby steps, right?

Not sure that this is as big a bonus as you think. "Patriotism" is a bad word around these parts.

Yes, I've been through this, and I think it's the reason I got fat in the first place. I had a constant feeling of hunger, but which was "fake", as some other commenter put it, since I was clearly eating more than enough.

But I've found that one way to fight this, which at least worked for me, was not just eating less, but eating differently. I increased foods with low calories per volume, such as salads, peppers, peas, and the like, and combined them with some form of high-protein, low-fat meat. This fills my stomach for a good while, and this feeling of fullness chased away the food noise. I just couldn't think about eating anything, since my belly still seemed full a long time after the meal.

But even with this kind of food, if I figure "sure, lemme have a sugary ice-cream", two hours later I'll be looking around the fridge and cupboards for some "quick bite".

Just don't buy this crap. I find it's much, much easier to have none at all than to hope to be "reasonable" and only eat a bit.

I've lost weight and kept it off by making sure I don't have sweets and other types of food that I know I'll down in ten minutes. But if I don't have any on hand, I won't eat any.

Ditto for normal food: if I increase the portion of filling, low-calorie foods (think salads and other greens), with a lot of protein, I know I won't have cravings later in the day and feel full longer. But if I buy fatty sausage, with a hefty helping of salty cheese, I'll eat until I explode.

If when I'm hungry I have a choice between "a quick bite" of something very palatable, calorie-rich but nutritionally poor, and a "good" meal, I know I'll make the wrong choice. But if my only choice is the good meal, I'll eat that and stay on track.

This also has a positive feedback effect: after a while, not only did I stop craving various junk foods, but they actually don't register as food anymore when I see them in ads or similar. Which, of course, makes it easier to stick to the "diet". Now, when I'm hungry, I crave "actual" food. The other day I couldn't have lunch on time, and all I could think of was a fat bowl of lettuce with some roasted chicken breast and yogurt. Walking in front of the local McDonald's peddling their latest mystery burger didn't do anything to me.

I had to move an Ikea dresser from one room to the other and back again, and I don't think it particularly enjoyed it. It seemed quite fragile, and I had to pay attention to not twist it too much. Whereas my grandma's furniture, which was much more solidly built, seemed fine during a long-distance move. Ditto for a Besta TV stand, which seems fine if pressure is applied from the top, much less so if I try to lift it or if it's pushed from the side.

In these situations, I tend to prefer having some kind of "ambient" music on, instrumental only, so I can be isolated from the distracting environment. Noise cancelling doesn't work well enough against voices, although I do enjoy the reduction of random ambient noise (A/C hum and the like).

But I've noticed that if I have something on my mind, I just tend to ruminate and spin in circles. Not sure how constructive or useful at all that is. At least listening to a podcast or similar can provide new things to think about.

But I remember I absolutely dreaded going to the doctor's office, taking a long distance train, or any other kind of "activity" that involved long periods of waiting around. I would find it extremely boring and would try to negotiate with my parents in whatever way I could to avoid going.