[-] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

The best I've got is a brown dog. He's not much bigger than a large cat though, does he count?

His name is Brownie..

[-] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I use simple technology when I ride. My timer is...

  • When I need to catch my breath
  • When I need water or shade

I don't usually care much how long I rode, but the few long rides I've timed myself on were around 1:40 or so, with only like 2 breaks in between, around 36 miles total, one way.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

It's been a little hit/miss for me at times as well, I totally feel your frustration when dealing with scratched discs. Still, at least with my drives, spamming the eject button seems to eventually work.

Did you catch the other commenter that said..

eject /dev/sr0

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Back in 2001, I wrote my own 3D graphics engine, down to the individual pixel rendering, shading, camera tracking, Z buffer, hell even error diffusion dithering for 256 color palettes.

And I still don't know half the terms you just used.

I do know points, polygons, vectors, normals, roll, pitch, yaw, Lambert's Law shading, error diffusion feedback..

And my Calculus 2 teacher admired my works and told me I had the understanding of a Calculus 4 student.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Most drives have an emergency eject function built in, totally independent of the operating system. Some work differently than others, but try something along these lines..

  • Hold the eject button for 5 to 10 seconds
  • Then tap the eject button multiple times

Usually works for me.

Edit: Most drives also have an emergency eject hole near the eject button, just push a straightened paperclip in when the drive is powered off and it should eject.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Well that was all about pathetic in hindsight huh? 😂🤣

Also, King Charles' actual birthday is November 14, look it up..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III

[-] [email protected] 12 points 15 hours ago

Where I'm at, the tap water not only tastes bad, it'll also give you the flying shits for days, and beer is cheaper than bottled water..

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I'll never have Elmo's brain chip implanted for one..

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Split right down the urethra, obviously.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The average human has one breast, one testicle, one ovary, and half of a penis. So clearly you have half of a penis.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

What would Jesus do?

Jesus never owned a gun, they didn't exist back then.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago

In my experience, Lemmy isn't particularly toxic, though sometimes you might run across people with a bad attitude or just might have simply had a bad day. Block those sort of people if you need to, or report them, depending on context.

Also, life pro tip, people aren't too keen on reading walls of text, especially if it's mostly complaining..

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I've been testing this OS for a bit, but I'm having trouble where drives are shutting down prematurely, as if the power management is too aggressive when it comes to external USB drives.

My USB hard drive will shut down on whatever timer Linux is using, despite my VirtualBox machine actively using it via Shared Folders. I have to use the Linux host and Caja to wake the drive back up. Like what the hell?

My USB DVD drive will spin up stupid fast to buffer a lot of DVD video, then Linux spins the drive down and turns it off. Then the next time it needs data, the drive has to spin up stupid high speed again, causing the video to freeze frequently while the drive spins back up, way too fast no less for the task. Why not a simple consistent speed and keep the drive running while watching a movie? VLC if that matters, on the host Linux.

Is this a power management configuration issue? Are these somehow the same issue, or are they two separate issues?

What should I do to resolve/reconfigure?

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Yes I put it in the trash at least.

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I can't find that episode, the camera burned up, did anyone else get footage from a different angle?

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Similar to how the term 'digital' has shifted from doing numeric calculations and storage to how it's used today, referring to content you purchase and stream or download from the internet.

Terminology changes over time, and I'm not sure that I like some of the changes. 🤷

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Hypothetical/sarcasm of course. I'll start...

'Please do not flush your fetuses until after 10pm. Thank you, Management'

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I've got a whole bucket full of old hard drives, CDs and DVDs, and I'm starting the process of backing up as much as still works to a 4TB drive.

It's gonna be a long journey and lots of files, many prone to being duplicates from some of the drives.

What sorts of software do you Linux users recommend?

I'm on Linux Mint MATE, if that matters much.

Edit: One of the programs I'm accustomed to from my Windows days is FolderMatch, which is a step above simple duplicate file scanning, it scans for duplicate or semi-duplicate folders as well and breaks down individual file differences when comparing two folders.

I see I've already gotten some responses, and I thank everyone in advance. I'm on a road trip right now, I'll be checking you folks recommend software later this evening or as soon as I can anyways.

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I'll start...

  • Thank you for calling Buttplugs Anonymous
  • If you need help inserting your device, press 1
  • If you need help removing your device, press 2
  • If you cannot locate your device, please call 911
  • If you're still on the line scammer, fuckoff.
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Couches are so overrated...

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Sorry for potato quality, but it's soft and fuzzy on the outside, and the inside is somewhat mushy and is a light yellow/green color, and it's about 2 inches long.

Found under some trees at our city park in South Mississippi.

Edit: I'm now seeing a number of the fuzzy peels laying around one of the picnic tables, so is it some sort of food?

Edit 2: It doesn't seem to have any notable smell that I can tell.

Edit 3: Solved - Magnolia Flower Bud

We're actually sitting under a Magnolia tree right now and I just looked up and saw one still on the tree, so this is now 100% confirmed.

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It's the trace going towards the mode button, so I'm pretty sure resistance won't exactly be critical over a ~3mm gap, as long as it recognizes when the plunger button is pressed down.

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