I work with Qt and that framework has preferences for avoiding a lot of modern C++. I generally agree that it makes better code.

Also, I started with C++ in like 1992 and some part of me still feels like templates are newfangled nonsense.

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

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.

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.

Ooof…

I can hear this.

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.

Adding to try to be more helpful: post a photo of the front of the machine. Knowing what model it is can help understand what its capabilities are and what controls it has available. It sounds like you want to sew a straight stitch and you want to increase the stitch length. This should be easy to set up on a machine like the one you’ve shown, but I couldn’t tell you from the photo what the maximum stitch length you could do on it is.

The way the thing works is that the needle goes through the fabric, the bobbin mechanism interlocks a separate thread to the top one, the needle is pulled up, then the feed dogs engage the fabric to move it forward (or backwards even) for one stitch length. This dance is controlled by a careful arrangement of gears, cams and levers. You should be able to adjust it within the design parameters of the machine. To do more than that, you would redesign parts of it. Your time would certainly be better spent looking for a different model that supports your needs.

A basic sewing machine is orders of magnitudes more complex than just about anything in a woodworking shop. You won’t get more out of on by putting in a bigger motor. I don’t even think you’re using the right terms to describe its parts and operations.

If you’re set on doing this yourself, get some books and watch some videos and learn some basics. Then you might be in a better position to ask for help, or even understand the limitations of the machine you have.

Next stop: Mar-a-lago basement where it will be destroyed when the pool floods.

That would be great but for the fact that he’s just going to shut out anyone that challenges him and one day his press conference will be filled up with Fox News and Newsmax sycophants.

It hardly matters. That was a question with a simple answer and he just veered right around it with his usual verbal diarrhea.

The only time he gives out a straightforward answer is when he accidentally says the truth.

Probably 100%. They won, game over.

America’s weapons would probably have expired on the shelf if they weren’t used in Ukraine.

It tracks. US may as well be a Russian colony at this point

Republican positions don’t need ideological consistency. They just need to agree with Supreme Leader.