7rokhym

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I figured when work replaced my machine with a new laptop with Windows 11, I'd give in and upgrade my Windows boxes, but I hate it so much. The UI is a confused mess and it's so buggy and slow, even on a brand new machine with 32GB of RAM. Just getting around file Explorer feels like the entire machine is coated in molasses. It's like using a 300 baud modem and I am typing faster than the characters can go. I feel like I am always waiting for files to load, I forget why I even opened an app.

My main machine has been on Linux for a couple years already and Waydroid let's me run proprietary apps. I'll probably give up on PC gaming and get a new PS5.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Of course not. They were taking notes as they expect to be next in line to grind the peasants.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Mortgage rates shouldn't be considered and no one should be bailing out real estate speculators. A competent investor knows there is a market rate for rent, and would consider the variable risk of debt financing and would never have considered the 'investment'. Owners of units that aren't highly leveraged have minimal exposure to these rate increases. These people are simply greedy speculators that not only took stupid gambles, they are partially responsible for the current real estate crisis in the first place. High leverage, low interest rates drove high demand and market scarcity.

This ruling needs to be disputed as the adjudicator's decision appears incompetent, prejudiced, or both.

"I find the world and economic events in reaction to the pandemic were not reasonably foreseeable and have impacted the landlords, despite them taking reasonable precautions by accessing a mortgage through a recognized and well-known lender," the ruling reads.

Really? It wasn't reasonable to foresee this crisis with record low emergency interest rates and highest real estate prices in history? Idiot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Just a thought from experience: Be wary of any critical products and/or taking a job from a company run by an accountant. CrowdStrike CEO... accountant!

Accounting firms are an obvious exception.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's really about the individual mechanics and their experience. Has anyone found a good one for the Chev Volt in Toronto? The Chev dealer garages I've used were brutal; They provide no assurance of competence and didn't deliver it either. Fortunately the cars are rediculously reliable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Definitely use the Nvidia installer if that is the card you have. Nvidia's drivers are a common source of problems for me over the years resulting in wasted time troubleshooting. Zero issues since switching to PopOS on 2 Nvidia machines. (1080 laptop and 3090 desktop). No green screens, no blank screen boots or wake up, no kernel module compilation issues. Far more productive and much less frustrating.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The other concern is censorship. Essentially a movie that you bought is on a server and then someone's decided that words, content, or scenes are no longer appropriate. The video, song, etc, is different from the original and without any notification. The old scenes get sent to the memory hole. Oh dear Winston, I fear we will meet soon!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago

Backup was on Azure. I get the sentiment on the cloud, but there is no excuse for this incompetence at Google.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It's great, I use it on 3 machines. Gigabyte Intel laptop with Nvidia GPU, Alien AMD desktop with Nvidia, and a Lenovo Intel desktop with AMD GPU. The separate installer for Nvidia GPUs is an awesome idea and took away my biggest headache (Nvidia driver issues). Installs were a breeze, performance is great. Laptop sleep /wake is very reliable. Intuitive UI and minimal fiddling meant I could get to work instead of troubleshooting issues. I only use Windows occasionally now for a couple games and Windows apps. I highly recommend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think he had anything to do with your ice cream.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I closed out may accounts just in time, a lot of work.
There is nothing international about RBC, all the benefits of HSBC are now gone. They even charge for e-transfers and their internatiinal wire transfer service is an expensive joke.

Thanks Trudeau.

 

Across from the CN Tower in Roundhousse Park. Is it a dick? Wait, a Cheesy?

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