Yeah, and Alexa/Siri/Google assistant don’t eavesdrop unless you use the magic words to activate them.

I’m having flashbacks to Windows 8 being heavily developed to be “touch optimized” at a time where 3% of computers had touchscreen capabilities.

Exactly. So if people stop going there, then there is no reason to go there. Full circle, people go there because they go there. Let’s just stop fucking doing that.

Why don’t we just let Twitter/X die? It’s not like it’s an essential platform, there are other places to post short-form bullshit opinions. Twitter/X is not the sole supplier of any resources except their own brand name. Just walk away and let it burn. Without massive public engagement, it’s just a more expensive to run Truth Social.

The difference between atheist and theist is the belief in N fewer gods, where N is the number of gods the theist believes in.

I thought those last two were Doom cheat codes for a hot minute.

idkfa idbeholds

That said, this data should be limited in scope and use…

Yep, anonymized, limited, non-distributable, and secured, with severe penalties (on the order of tens of thousands of dollars per person, paid to the harmed party) for failure to adhere.

It’s there, but people forget about it when they can get a 4" bigger TV for 100 bucks less.

Nervously glances at TPM and TSA approved locks.

Th evidence is undeniable right now, whether you trust the science or not, the facts are easily observable to the layman.

We have a new summer heat record every year, for at least 10 years.

Hurricanes and severe weather becomes more frequent and more powerdul every year.

No, but I wouldn’t call delivering gravel high skill labor that I couldn’t do.

Sure there are legitimate needs for trucks. The vast majority of truck owners buy them to look cool, instead of actually doing truck things with them. Be proud that you may be the exception to the rule.

Vans, you’re thinking of vans. Becuase you can lock up all your expensive tools in a van, it keeps rain off your supplies, it gives you a mobile workspace with AC, and you can take out the seats or reconfigure it for the job at hand. All the tradesmen I know drive vans. All the idiots I know who want an expensive mall crawling pavement princess so they look like they could do actual work, buy trucks.

IDCHOPPER -Doesn’t suck-

Send me a link and I can get you to ~12 million and 1 listens.

Just charge it and use it. Recharging and discharging the battery shortens the life of the battery. In an ideal world, you would charge the laptop battery to 50% and then never charge or use it again, but that’s makes your battery fucking useless.

So use your laptop. My advice is to keep it plugged in as much as possible. Most laptops (even 10 years ago) can run directly off the wall power, which stops the battery from degrading (as fast) as older laptops where they were constantly powered by the battery, and the charger just kept it topped off.

Most of the battery advice you hear is just voodoo bullshit, or it makes a very small difference in the overall life of the battery. Just use your computer like normal.

Doorbell is wireless, from temu, and is missing FCC compliance sticker.

Just a hunch.

Yeah, Acer is complete junk. Shame they bought gateway and skull fucked that brand into the ground.

…if a human could theoretically survive it long enough to get thrown into space.

The answer is ‘no’. This thing would spin all the blood out of your body, and then when it actually launches you, your body would get shattered by the shock, and then shattered again a millisecond later as your spacecraft plows into the atmosphere at a few mach number.

Probably a bit of both to be honest. Thanks for clarifying.

This is the way. Although, to clarify, you should assign static IPs on your DHCP server, which for most SOHO networks, that’s going to be your router.

If you assign statics on your hosts, your DHCP server will assign them the preferred address if available, but if it’s already assigned then the DHCP server is going to give your device the middle finger and assign them whatever the fuck it wants.