You have all my sympathy. I don't know cancer stages but, as someone who was diagnosed to not have much more than a fe months at most a year to live many, many years ago, I know it can be worth double or even triple-checking. Seeing another specialist was a revelation for me as the new doctor she, well, she did not contradict the first doctor diagnosis but instead she suggested me a new experimental treatment the other doctor (a very nice but also a much older lady) was apparently not even aware existed.

How to talk about it with your family depends entirely of your relationship with each of your family member. There is no such thing as one right way to tell them all.

I would only tell people I trust, that's for sure. And there aren't that many. Then, I would decide to which of those people I love I can tell, and how much I can tell, and how. Some, no matter how close we can be, I would not tell them anything.

I mean, when I was persuaded my time was coming, we talked openly about it with my spouse. We discussed absolutely every single aspect of what was to happen like the two (back then young) adults we were supposed to be, two persons caring one for the other. We talked openly because that is how we had always done it when faced with any serious issue, like we still do today. But I would not have talked like that with anyone else. Certainly not with my parents.

No matter how much we love them, many people simply aren't wired for 100% honest talk, and can't stand those kind of hard truth without being overwhelmed by denial and emotions (some of which can become very problematic when heartbreaking decisions and choices must be made), the kind emotions you may yourself not want to deal with at that time (I certainly did not want to).

I keep a planner, and write letters to one friend on occasion.

Sending (and receiving) and handwritten letter is such a pleasant thing (depending the content of the letter, obviously bet let's agree we're all nice people ;). What's sad is that by the look of it seems like many people may never experience that. And the excitement building up while you wait for the next letter to reach you or your correspondant.

I’ve got a very neglected Gemini blog that I would also like to draft out entries by hand in, just to be writing something and publishing it into the void on a somewhat regular basis.

I do the same on my own (quite neglected too, and Hugo-powered) blog, drafting everything longhand, feel free to check my profile if you want to have a look at it, as well as to share you own blog... even though I know not much about that Gemini thing (some kind of alternative to WWW, am I correct?) ;)

Thx!

Thx a lot :)

Thx x 4 :)

Funny Illustrations (sorry, no idea where to put them):

• !thefarside@sh.itjust.works
• !peanuts@midwest.social

(I would love to find a Bill Watterson one, if anyone knows. I own all his Calvin & Hobbes albums, it would just be for the pure joy of regularly see one popup on my screen :))

Nature is often odd & that's great:

• !mycology@mander.xyz
• !birding@slrpnk.net
• !astronomy@mander.xyz

Movies:

*!fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee

Sorry for being unclear about the way I used “vet” in the title. I can see how that was misleading a little bit.

Don't be. It happens all the time and that's fine. That said, thx a lot for taking the time. Also note that I'm still not sure it was what you meant. Was it? ;)

so if you really like Kagi, I’m happy to hear about it.

Please, do consider my entire comment not just a part of it. What I said is that I do indeed like it a lot and also that I find it expensive and I'm not sure I will renew when time comes. Time which happens to be today and, yep, I'm as unsure today.

It’s hard enough to find info right now that we may soon is the opportunity to be picky about our information.

People habit of naysaying or belittling opinions they don't agree with makes it even harder to find any trustful info but that's how things work nowadays, that and a seemingly constant drive to try to hurt others through our words.

Regarding Kagi, they have a free test plan, it's limited but it will give you an idea if it's worth anything to you when you want to search for some info you can trust... and it won't matter what I can say, or what any other of the persons speaking in this discussion I apparently started by daring say I liked to use a paid-for service to do my searches. Decide by yourself, that's all you need to get a trustworthy opinion :)

Well, Debian has a 32-bit ISO, and since Ubuntu is based on Debian you may consider giving it a try?

https://www.debian.org/distrib/

Indeed, it often is :)

True your two remarks.

And we also have a few very questionable representatives/candidate to whatever elections around here, but so far none that has managed to get away from a failed coup at the previous election — sorry, it was unintentional but I may have hinted at the candidate I was surprised was still able to run tor presidency ;)

Maybe I was a little bit sarcastic?

Non US citizens, what's the weirdest thing about USA elections, compared to elections in your country?

I will probably get downvoted to oblivion for that but here it is: that one of your candidate was not put in jail already and is still legally able to run for presidency (note that I did not name said candidate, I would not want to influence US voters ;)