I don’t think hip hop songs in general tend to get covered, or at least not that I’m aware of (am absolutely open to being corrected on that).

I guess a lot of the rhymes are often very specifically about the person rapping, so someone else doing it might be a bit weird.

That said, I do know of one good example in eLZhi’s Elmatic a remake of Nas’ Illmatic. It has significantly rewritten lyrics though.

I don’t think they were calling you the dimwit, definitely aimed at RFK I think.

Some new records, including this gorgeous translucent green 12"…

Jesus Christ… Those spoilers! That sounds like a properly messed up game 😁

Funny, I was going to say the referee - a great refereeing performance will rarely be noticeable.

Absolutely. Make it so.

about 40% (assuming you work age 20-70) of the workforce disappears over night

Although OP said “drops dead”, so suddenly there are a LOT of corpses to deal with too. Fun!

Counterpoint:

I’d love to see more of the classic BBC 80s adaptation - same cast, same production style, just continuing on through the books (with, as you say, the usual changes and mutations as most of Adams’ work). Obviously impossible, but I like to dream.

Wow, that’s a great pic, really cool.

Some elements of this sound like the plot of Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, starring Raul Julia, and made famous by its appearance on Mystery Science Theatre 3000: https://youtu.be/2hBEh1JJ1E0

Have the holo deck just keep reconfiguring itself to effectively allow me to explore large areas.

Sounds like photorealistic Minecraft. Which sounds cool.

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I completely agree about the replayability of Lego.

I was thinking more in terms of gift impact - to get something that looks great immediately, instead of in hindsight, can cost a fair bit.

The best gift IMO would be just a huge bucket/box of random bricks, to leave it all to the imagination, but for a kid that might not seem very exciting, at least at first.

Thanks! Even all that sounds hideously complicated or danger-strewn, but I’ll try and have a look.

One thing I think I’d like to try is getting a dedicated external hard drive or SSD and running Linux entirely from that, so as not to mess with any of the main drives I already have. Or, better, get a separate machine altogether and keep an air gap between Windows and Linux, at least until I understand it a bit!

Why not Lego?

Probably cost, Lego’s really expensive for what you get, sadly.

+1 on the Dr Seuss - such a fun and joyful way to explore unusual language and weird concepts in fantastical worlds.

Discovered that a record I thought I had listened to and not really liked, actually has a banger on it. Money not wasted after all!

Exactly what I thought. I had more charge on .y phone, I’d photoshop those wee girls onto the landing.

Main reasons are:

• Work - I use my PC every day, all day, for work, so making OS level changes is something I’m not keen to do for fear of breaking something. I had meant to get a cheap laptop to practice Linux on, but time/money got in the way of that.
• Lack of knowledge - I’m far from a novice with computers, and am frequently the person people turn to for help, but I’ve never really used anything but Windows (Mac for a year, once, but only intermittently) and I know nothing about drive partitioning, etc.
• Software - I use Adobe products frequently, especially Photoshop and Première and while I know people say that there are alternatives, I don’t feel like I have the energy to start learning again with new programs.
• Time - I just don’t have the time to spend on all of the above.

All that said, I’m going to have to do something about it! Ugh.

I saw the end of Windows 10 coming up and decided to install linux in a dual boot

This is something I need to learn how to do - I’ve no idea how dual booting works, but I could do with learning. Did you have any good resources to help you, or did you already know how to do it?