OkeyDokey

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, I think it's better for desktop. Stable is truly targetted for servers and desktop users will only be mildy inconvenienced once in a blue moon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (6 children)

My desktop has been Debian testing since Jessie. I was inconvenienced a total of 2 times where something broke and made an app unuseable. My KDE menu was fixed within a day and my torrenting app took longer to fix, but I was able to apply a one line fix in the meantime with help from our awesome community.

I know it's named "testing", but I'd bet it would be very stable for most people's use cases and trade off is absolutely worth it if people would give it a try.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I'm sad to say that those advertisements worked on me. When a young man needs to buy an engagement ring, name recognition, albeit in a negative light, got me to spend money with them. I just went to the first place that popped in my head.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You're renting, not buying. When you stop paying... poof! Your music collection is gone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A good redditor discovered that the builder is https://www.carrington.ca/

Here's the link to a 2003 archive.org where they are selling units: https://web.archive.org/web/20030530115044/http://www.carrington.ca/carrington/communities/alberta/edmonton/castledowns/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In one case, it was under warranty but heavily disputed and it took a lot of posturing to get the work done.

In the other case, insurance took care of it, but flooring that would have been covered by insurance would not match the rest of the area, so the owners decided to renovate a lot more than they wanted to.

To me, the pain of having to live through the repairs/renovations is enough to make me vigilant of water leak issues.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Water sensor alarms.

If you have any doubts about the pipes in your house or have a feeling that water might enter your basement, sensors will help you sleep at night.

Water damage to your home is no joke. I know two separate homeowners who have had leaks from their refrigerator's plumbing (water and ice dispenser). The damage for each homeowner was quite extensive given how small the leak was.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

When I was younger, I quit Bioshock when I ran into a Big Daddy that I just could not kill. The difficulty was on normal and I refused to change it to easy out of stubbornness. In retrospect, I think I missed a very cool gaming experience because of that.

I'm just now playing Prey (2017) on story mode, not respecting any of the enemies at all, and still having a really good time. On the flip side, if Elden Ring had the ability to adjust difficulty level, I think it would ruin the game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I met him over a decade ago and have been following his work since then. He is a legitimately good journalist. Before covering CoE, he used to cover Government of Alberta, where he also produced some quality articles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I quit D3 early on and am glad I never looked back. Their playbook is bad and they should feel bad. It's the same shit all over again.

 

Top 10 intersections by number of tickets (both speeding and red light):

  • 127 Street at 126 Avenue — 156,565
  • Gateway Boulevard at 34 Avenue — 128,473
  • 170 Street at 118 Avenue — 80,607
  • 50 Street at Ellerslie Road — 74,364
  • Yellowhead Trail at 107 Street — 71,954
  • Mark Messier Trail at Campbell Road — 68,876
  • Gateway Boulevard at Whitemud Drive — 63,255
  • Fox Drive at Fort Edmonton Park Road — 59,424
  • 170 Street at 95 Avenue — 43,550
  • 97 Street at 122 Avenue — 35,952

The automated enforcement program in Edmonton generated 29.86 million dollars in 2022. Source: Automated Traffic Enforcement Report 2022