It’s a biblical reference that was set in ancient Rome.

Damn, $250 million stolen and she only pocketed $2 million.

You’re not wrong. This is an argument for sticking with Windows. It will suck. But, you know exactly how much it will suck and in what ways. Switching to Linux will suck in new and expected ways.

Choosing a distro based on what it says it does is not on you. Recommending it to your wife without even having tried it is. When I put Ubuntu on my wife’s computer, I know what to expect because I’ve installed on just abuse every pc I’ve ever used in the past 10 years.

Off to search and replace “mRNA” with “messenger ribonucleic acid” in grant proposals.

Any “customers” landed are going to be friends and family, if not just outright fakes invented by leo.

Lol. “Faster…”

I hope the prez keeps “helping” Muskrat.

They didn’t learn anything last time. What’s different now?

Love this for him.

If it does it’s behind a menu on the touchscreen.

Trump has failed so many times I can’t count them all. I have yet to see America succeed at anything under his “leadership”

Don’t look too closely at your southern neighbor, it might be alarming.

I suggest a tariff on the use of US-based social media. They’re all bad.

Ooof…

I can hear this.

I wonder what fighting a measles epidemic is going to do for their morale.

I’d also add that re-engineering this is not impossible but these things are pretty much the pinnacle of engineering innovation from before the use of electronic controls. To redesign it you’ll probably end up having to relearn all of the genius that went into its design by trial and error.

My sewing expert tells me the slider on the right side the front of the machine controls the stitch length and should be all the way down to set it to maximum. The knobs on the top control zig zag and should probably be all the way left for a straight stitch. If that doesn’t get what you want this machine probably can’t do it.

As far as what it is: that’s a good mystery. It looks like one of machines to come out of the post-WWII Japanese industry. If so, getting info on it will be a challenge.

Re-engineering it sounds like a fun project but who can say how long that will take you before you’re back on your project. You could probably stitch whatever by hand in less time than it would take to disassemble that machine, fabricate a new part and reassemble it

No worries. I can see your frustration and I didn’t want to imply that you didn’t try to figure it out.

I’ve only restored a couple of old machines of a similar vintage. They’re far better than any modern computerized garbage. I would suggest looking for some Internet forums for help. If it’s a Singer or another popular brand, there should be a few specialized forums where real experts participate that can help you better than I could.