[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

WTF? I just played that just long enough for my queen to take over their queen, and it turned my queen into a rook?

Is that even a legit rule in any variation of chess rules?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

I wasn't aware of that either, now I'm kinda curious to try to find it in my 512 Atari 2600 ROMs archive..

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Smoke signal memes, of course.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Eat it, with a slice of liver, obviously.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

I've been known to put garlic salt in a bowl of Cheerios before, so I guess I'd try it at least once, if it was a real thing of course.. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

Disclaimer: Back when I'd put garlic salt in Cheerios, the reason was I had a dental cavity and sugar was hurting my teeth, but I also didn't want my cereal tasting like cardboard.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

What I posted was generated on July 1, 2023. Google's AI was still in beta at the time.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Well shit, I figured out what the real issue was.

I'm on a laptop with only 3 USB ports, and I'm running a physical laptop hard drive on an adapter on one USB port, and a laptop CD/DVD drive on another adapter on another port.

Obviously that's probably pushing the power limits of the USB power, but it's worked before, so I didn't see why it wasn't quite working right now.

But this time I was trying a different DVD drive, an HP TS-T633P slot loader drive. Apparently that drive is extra power hungry compared to a conventional laptop drive, so I dug out my old tray loader drive.

Apparently the slot loader drive was competing with the hard drive for power, and they were apparently taking turns robbing power from each other. The system is perfectly happy with the tray loader drive though, no reconfiguration necessary!

πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ‘

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

I ended up with the absolute worst shopping buggy in the store, constantly clacking and hanging up. I found it was somehow much easier to push backwards..

People looked at me funny, but hey, if it seems stupid but works, it's not stupid.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Just spotting a quick check you could try, at least as far as the scroll wheel..

Try blowing the mouse out with compressed air, especially around the wheel, buttons, and laser lens.

Most if not all scroll wheels use a slotted disk and optical sensors to detect the position and movement of the wheel, so if dust and/or dead skin particles get in the wrong spots, it can totally confuse the mouse.

Beyond that, if the click on the mouse wheel doesn't work, it could be damaged either way, open circuit or short circuit. If it failed short circuit, the mouse will think you're constantly holding the wheel button down, which would keep steady delivering a signal, running the battery down and confusing the operating system at the same time.

Good luck 🀞

[-] [email protected] 120 points 1 day ago

JD Vance would like to know if this couch is still available

[-] [email protected] 83 points 1 day ago

Cops with guns don't have to run.. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[-] [email protected] 70 points 2 days ago

Apple, and a number of the other big tech companies as well. Shit used to be easy to use, repair, customize to your liking, etc.

Now they don't want you to be able to fix a damn thing, plus all too many services and features and stuff have gone to the subscription model.

Fuck all with that, give us our stuff back and let us just use what we paid for.

Right To Repair!

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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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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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