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At least in my case, that last paragraph holds true. In 2022 I discovered my small town had a few places with big collections of pinball machines. I went from playing a few games after time at the attached bar to skipping the bar and spending hours figuring out the tables, watching videos on how to exploit them, etc. Even though a couple of the places had the same machine, it played totally different depending on which place it was at. Slanted floors, warped playfields, old solenoids on flippers and slingshots all mattered.

A bit of googling suggest this might stand for Basic and Expert dungeons and dragons, after the Basic / Expert boxes the rules came in

I believe the idea is that once the rheumatoid arthritis pops up suddenly and lasts for weeks, it's easy to jump to a conclusion it could be the beginning of the chronic pain from Lyme disease, and that you just didn't find the tick, etc.

It's not usable for some people because of those privacy concerns.

This article [1] seems to imply the reason for the arrest is a disagreement between the county sheriff's department and the state as to who has the authority to sign off on them attempting to break in to the building.

[1] https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-court...

Would you mind elaborating on what use case you think a mouse could come in handy for when you would be using a tiling WM? I recently switched over to one and the only time I've used my mouse was when I had to click on something in Firefox.

One of my favorite moments in this book that brought this concept to light for me, is when Severian describes a painting of a knight in a desert wearing a featureless orange helm. It's a painting of an astronaut on the moon.