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I have 2 of these. One gives perfect results, one seems to drop off after lots of data transfer. They look alnoat identical, but one is name brand and ine ia probaboy a cheap chinese copy. Wiring is probably sub-par

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Lol. It is. Before my first coffee.

Props to Alpine and Kali for disabling this bullshit out of the box (lemmy.world)

Context for newbies: Linux refers to network adapters (wifi cards, ethernet cards, etc.) by so called "interfaces". For the longest time, the interface names were assigned based on the type of device and the order in which the system discovered it. So, eth0, eth1, wlan0, and wwan0 are all possible interface names. This, however,...

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To me it seems they followed the hdd UUID style, rather than sda0 or hda0 that can change at boot you now have a fixed UUID to work with. I can see this being important on larger server networks

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It is but they change....so becarefilul with dd LOL

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Yep, i always type the line and take a break, and check the drives in another terminal first, before committing, but the web is full of people "argg I just dd the wrong drive".

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Tell my paetner the code to the bitcoin wallet is X1jH&t%@wuiPKlyw35ý...arrrghh gurgle gurlge

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I worked at a place that had lights like that, took forever for them to reach peak illumination

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I mean tiny bit is somewhat normal to correct for road camber or rutting...but those doing it back and forth like they are in a 70s pickup truck with fully worn out steering rack and bushings is pretty lame

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Could be, when I came to Canada and aome Canadians wore shoes in the house I was stunned. Like, it is just not right; Nevermind all the nasty shit you stepped in all day.

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Constant gear changes for no speed, acceleration or grade change of road

A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels (www.npr.org)

Grocery store prices are changing faster than ever before — literally. This month, Walmart became the latest retailer to announce it’s replacing the price stickers in its aisles with electronic shelf labels. The new labels allow employees to change prices as often as every ten seconds....

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Loblaws has had this for a while, we no longer shop thete, but it was frustrating because an item would fluctuate in price depending in what day you went. No way to budget for random pricing

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I would think the price changes happen overnight. With their system each RFID type price label can be flipped when the push the pricing to the register system.

I'm sure the old way was a deterrwnt in changeing prices because they had to call staff in to swap labels. Now it is computerized, so on a whim they can adjust.

We had an oat drink we liked one day 4.99 go back to grab another the next day 7.99. Few days later 3.50...we said screw this company and just got it at Walmart where price was consitent every time.

BCsven ,

This is a very good article about server setup mainly for power consumption, but shows quirks like power level draw based on what pcie slots are used, etc. This guy servers.
https://mattgadient.com/7-watts-idle-on-intel-12th-13th-gen-the-foundation-for-building-a-low-power-server-nas/

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Lego split screen did it well. side by side but if you move to some areas and other player does other things the vertical line starts to tilt and go horizontal, especially as you merge screens for co-op tasks

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You couldn't reformat?

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So this process didn't work? https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000037389/memory-and-storage/data-center-ssds.html

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But it is 14 for hotdog, fries and drink. sounds pretty much like any fastfood pricing tbh

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Same. We find restaurants a challenge because at home I make everthing from scratch, including sauces, and it is way above par...but also this week the fridge was low so i had a coffee and a large spoon of those fried dried onions for breakfast

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Good tip, thanks

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German state that moved 30000 seats of Windows over to Linux: Hans, zome schadenfraude dis morning, neh?

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$7.99 a session and she will tell you the winning lottery numbers too

The fuk? Please help me complete this insane captcha (lemmy.world)

Fridge fridge hamburger truck truck... ??? What's the blue thing? I thought hamburger would be the answer, but it isn't? I just get the same captcha with the hamburger in a different place. WTAF is happening? And what's the blue thing? I answer and it refreshes with the same icons in different places. I AM HUMAN!

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But the cow might have lived longer than the fridge

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It was for my dad, he smoked from 16 till about mid 40s, then one day he said I'm done with the expense of this habit and never went back. My mom kept smoking till 60 then just gave it up. For some will power is enough

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I hear you. I had cancer in my neck and radiation to the throat, not from smoking ( i am a non smoker), but if I even smell smoke or on a heavy smokers clothing I start coughing. Same with smelling vinegar --go figure

BCsven ,

Nah, it should be like the audio jack, you plug in the headphomes with no proprietary bullshit...Apple is locking poor people out of this easy method by being dicks about lightning connec tors. Im glad EU forces them to USB-c but Apple will probably lock devices out on this also

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Yet... have you tried a non apple USB headset to see if it works? Just becauae you have USB doesn't neccessaeily mean kernel allows all devices. But even if it works to placate EU now have you noticed that all giant companies start out with something that is OK, then later alter the deal, once you are trapped.

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Also I mention apple locks poor people out of headphones and you reply IPhone 15 is out. You realize many people can not afford a brand new iphone just because it came out?

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Not so much in places like Brazil, Africa, India etc. you can get a cheap Android phone for $25 but iPhone is still a premium luxury. The new phone every two years is a privalege thing.

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I haven't experienced that. What is the use-case that makes this happen?
I have one machine with only 8 gig and firefox is fine, and a 16 and 32 gig machine, firefox has never eaten 8 gigs

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Looks like high usage in UK and USA and Canada (as colonies) since it refered to the red tape used To bind legal documents closed. As a UK to Canada resident. i can say I just knew what the term meant from hearing it so often in conversations or on the news, but never though to look up where the term came from. TIL

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It is Microsoft Teams now, but older installs had it called Skype for Business

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I hate it so much. I want to do one simple search. Instead I get bullshit ad google links that are irrelevant, then MS MS Edge pushes me into Copilot for more garbage, which I have to mouse out of.
Stract has become by search engine to get back the nostalgia of when the web wasn't all shit

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yep and running teams would have skype services running...here is MS PR

Transitioning from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams
To deliver smarter calling and meeting experiences with intelligent communications, we are bringing Skype for Business capabilities into Microsoft Teams

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Ubuntu is fine. But Caninical has made business decisions that are 100% inline with the typical foss intent.

BCsven ,

Stract is no non-sense

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This happens in the USA without face recognition

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Same. I have used SolidWorks, SolidEdge, CATIA and Unigraphics/NX...freecad just frustrated me

BCsven ,

I stuggled with GIMP at first, it was super frustrating because it does UI things differently than other image tools.
i.e. in other tools your active layer masks your drag selection, and in GIMP I would constantly be grabbing lmages from another layer, till I realized the pixel under pointer determines what image is moved. That function can make you highly productive since you don't need to preset layer, but god was it enraging at first

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They have added so much ad stuff and other garbage that the OS is slowing down, to combat the user perception that the OS is slow they have increased the hardware requirement.

BCsven ,

Zorin if you want a simple to use system, or with a different learning curve OpenSUSE if you want GUI configuration for everything that would be CLI based in another distro. YAST2-GUI GTK has everything covered from setting up services, tweaking kernel, to adding users, altering hardware setup, GUI package selections and snapshots for rollback if you accidentally wreck your system.

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I am so glad I switched to Linux 7 years ago. What an absolute shitshow Windows OS has become

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What is ironic is I bought a USB switcher for using Keyboard, Mouse etc with 4 systems; it has the USB ports upside-down.

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The irony is the USB keyboard- mouse -peripheral switcher I bought has the USB ports upside-down from normal

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Americans often call the wall plate the plugs, but technically in electeical hardware ordering catalogs the wall end is a female receptacle, and the cord end is a male plug

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Self balancing with an Outrigger wheel

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That was my thought. and those pedal bikes with outrigger to run abandoned rail lines is already a thing

Does a VPN used on a smartphone with Wi-Fi disabled (mobile data only enabled) provide any sort of protection?

I've never completely understood this, but I think the answer would probably be "no," although I'm not sure. Usually when I leave the house I turn off wifi and just use mobile data (this is a habit from my pre-VPN days), although I guess I should probably just keep it on since using strange Wi-Fi with a VPN is ok (unless someone...

BCsven , (edited )

Well facebook VPN waa sniffing data to see what other Social media the person was using. But something like Proton that prides itself on privacy and encryption should be fine

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He clearly misses that removing key people and staff, destroys tons of progress and tribal knowledge at the company. It takes a lot of money and effort to regain the momentum.
However he does remind me of an old company owner I worked for that went from a start up in a saturated market to industry leader by being totally uncompromising in his decisions. He also left a wake of destruction, but the innovation was there because he would no stand for a no from somebody

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