Ninite won’t run in S-Mode, I tried it once. Only Windows Store Apps. (Mint better.)

I didn’t know anything about docker when I set up my NC years ago, so I ran it as a snap on bare metal. Man, it’s gotten so much better! It used to really suck. Like, simple file transfers just didn’t work half the time, so I’d be retrying the same thing over and over… A few years ago, I literally migrated it from bare metal to a VM, but kept the exact same install. I have so much crap on it now, I think I’ll never bother switching it out to docker, just because of the inconvenience. I know the snap version can just run using a local hostname, you just have to set it in trusted domains setting. Might be the same in the docker image?

I used to work on a support desk for a big company. I had a bunch of friends in similar roles at other companies. Fun fact: there are no good support desks. The incentives are all skewed. If a support desk makes the customer happy, it’s giving refunds out. If it’s giving refunds out, it’s costing the company money. If it’s costing the company money, someone in finance or accounting will “fix the problem.” In the case of my company, the fix was: 6 minutes per call, no more. Every call is a sales opportunity, no exceptions. So, people would call in with big, complicated problems, and before I was allowed to help them, I had to try to sell them shit, which pissed them off, got them ranting. This ran out the clock, so then we “accidentally” disconnected. Leather, rinse, repeat. Now, my company sucked, but even the best companies need to limit churn and refunds and deal with a lot of entitled assholes on the support line, so it’s never going to be a great time.

When you said mechanical friend, I automatically thought of Johnny 5. I think I’m too old to be Internetting right now.

I saw this last night… Wow! There are movies that could stand on the strength of the B story alone, and this is one of them. I was totally bagged after a tough day, and really didn’t have the energy to do much but go to sleep, but my wife dragged me out to this, and I was… Gobsmacked. This was the best movie I’ve seen this year, by far.

Dogged stubbornness. I use Linux because I refuse to give MS any more of my money, and I’m too stubborn to give up.

It works, I never posted back. Thanks!

I use Gpoddersync to keep my phone and tablet in sync, but I have one podcast that keeps glitching out and redownloading over and over. Not sure why.

Thanks! I’ll give it a try tonight!

I’ve been fighting with it since 5.5. I was able to play in Fedora 42 using Proton Experimental this morning, but it’s been super hit and miss for me.

The Tofudebeest. Look it up.

I did an entire math course on my BigMe Inknote Plus. It cost too much, but came with a good pen and worked really well for math.

I had a similar issue once with my ProtonVPN client. They fixed the Linux client so it never seems to happen anymore. Glad someone was able to help.

I got an N100 SZBox for cheap a few years ago(?) That has a big USB HDD drive plugged into it. Handles 1080p in house just fine, and I think the bloody hard drive eats more power than it does!

Can you ping the router from the computer? Can you ping 8.8.8.8? Or Google.com? What does ip addr tell you?

That article had 891 “partners”. Holy hell.

I have stupidly sensitive skin, and a lot of deodorants cause me to break out horribly and even feel like I’ve been burnt. Any sensitive skin people out there tried this? Don’t want to risk it, but would love to switch to a Canuckian brand.

I would ask Randall Munroe!

Google is probably the most egregious monopolist, but I think the others should probably be emailed down in turn. I would absolutely love MS to have another round of antitrust penalties.

I’d check Canada first, then maybe try some pawn shops…