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Checking in again over a year later. There are people here, but very few I recognize. I guess that's good.

@BrodieOnLinux Just for fun, did you know that IBM has their own term for pixel? They call them pels.

I am 26 years old I have been using computers since I was 8 I just found out that pixel is short for picture element

@lfnw Do you have any info on the status of BLUG? I just moved to Bellingham.

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@BenKrasnow 0. Don't use Win11 at all.

1. Win11 *requires* MS account. 2. Make up new credentials not used anywhere else. 3. Remove Win11 MS account login and switch to local only. 4. Get email indicating MS account is compromised. 5. Recover pw via email. 6. MS account cannot be deleted within 60 days of pw reset.

This is literally the first time checking Twitter in over 5 months. I am surprised—and disappointed—that there still are people here. Change is hard, I guess.

@jrssnet @2_5adm1ns Thank you. Your commentary had spooked me on using Btrfs for anything. My use case is to use Btrfs on a single laptop drive instead of ext4. I am attracted to the feature of layered snapshots as recovery for things like upgrade fails. My backups are done using Restic.

@BobCollins @2_5adm1ns It seems to be okay if you avoid the multiple drive handling bits of it. Telling that that's the way the vendors who use it in prod deploy it... Synology, SUSE, etc.

@2_5adm1ns @jrssnet re: show 126 Jim, what are your thoughts on using Btrfs on a single drive system? I have listened to and read your unhappiness with how Brtfs handles multiple disk configurations, but it seems to provide useful features like snapshots etc. for this use case.

@felladin I think someone has posted this already, but children on stilts should work

A remarkable graphic Frontover fatalities (where drivers accidentally run over small children) have increased 3,800% in the last 30 years in the US Whatever could be causing this?

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@albinstigo @DrBrianKeating The magic of time travel doesn't ensure that everything—or anything—would work out the same way. Think butterfly effect. I feel completely comfortable not doing BS gambling. As for investments, I use primarily index funds which would include Apple and Tesla, for good and bad.

@DrBrianKeating Buy Apple stock. Buy Tesla stock. Buy bitcoin but sell at 70k.

Quick- you just got transported back in time to spend 30 seconds with your 20 year old self. What do you say to you?

QOTD: Donald Trump was the black light on the motel sheets of America.

@balister @RadioFreeTom Am I the only "experienced" person who is capable of learning new things? I have absolutely no problem with the auto start feature. I like that I am not wasting fuel at the interminable traffic signals where I live and it's great that I am spewing less crap while sitting there.

@RadioFreeTom If your car "shudders," there is a problem with your car.

@ChuckMcManis That would be fine—a new word without introduction—if it was in practice. With Duolingo, everything is a test. Second, on my third point, I knew the—or a—correct translation and the system failed me because they wanted a yet-to-be-introduced synonym.

@BobCollins I believe the new word without introduction is intentional to mimic how you learn language as a kid, trying to infer meaning based on context. The goal is to get past converting words into your native language in your head, rather you hear the concept.

@duolingo I give up. 1) The app repeatedly fails me on pronunciation, even after careful practice. 2) The app throws words at you without introduction.

@newsycombinator That really took a study? I need that job.

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Fox News is talking about the House Speaker votes like they should've talked about Jan. 6, so we switched the footage for them