Are you interested in setec astronomy?

As others have said, congrats on the new build :)

I assembled a desktop* for myself in 2021 after a long run on an ol’ Dino Laptop. I had similar feelings - a LOT had changed. I was able to avoid RGB for all the internal components, but it did take some looking.

RGB lights on memory, etc. look nice if you have a window in your case and keep it on your desktop - doubling as artwork. I’ve seen some very pretty-looking builds out there!

*Deskbottom would be more like it. I keep the case on the floor under my desk.

I use podman at work, mostly just a Docker replacement. My biggest problem with it is typing “pdoman” in commands by mistake.

I just hope they actually have their social security card. A quick googling told me that you need a current ID to get the social security administration to issue a replacement card. Talk about a vicious cycle!

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In that case, I suggest the block feature. I use it liberally, and it makes Lemmy so much better.

I’m no super guru – I last put together a PC in 2021 – but this all looks fine to me. You’ll be able to upgrade to a dedicated GPU once you feel constrained by the integrated graphics, and that’s pretty much the only thing I’d worry about.

What do you get when you cross Family guy with BTTF?

1.21 giggetywatts!

I’m pretty happy with my steelseries rival. I’ve been using it pretty intensively since early 2020.

Stop patronizing restaurants where they don’t pay their staff a livable wage.

In most parts of the US, that’s all of them. This position is de facto “never eat out or order takeout”. I’m not sure that’s entirely realistic.

Thank you for writing 57°F instead of 57.20°F :)

I’m listening ;)

when there are well designed and vetted ones available?

I’m not convinced of this, tbh. IIRC the RFC can’t be described in a regex at all.

And given that the appliance needs to communicate with the app on your phone while you’re not home in the first place, there probably isn’t even a separate tracking API vs. data just being harvested as part of normal operations. So “back door” doesn’t really fit. “Broken by design” or “spyware” would be more apt, I think.

Still, I’m really not a fan of calling any spying/data harvesting a “front door” – IIRC, the term was coined by an FBI head pushing for back doors in our phones so the FBI could scan our messages. But he called it a “front door” as a way to dodge the reasons why building back doors in our security software is a terrible idea.

It’s just another step in the terrible trend of “let’s pretend that this horrible idea is ok if we just rename it” :(

What would the “front door” even be in this case? What comes to my mind is the corresponding app on your phone, but that doesn’t really make sense in this context.

Always safe with a caserol at a dinner party.

Imposter! A true Minnesotan would know you bring hotdish. Casserole is a Southern dish.

Edit: Also, WTF is up with “caserol” instead of casserole?

I’m morbidly curious what region Minnesota is in if it’s not the Midwest. Surely he doesn’t call it part of the Old West? That would just be bonkers.

Honestly, I can’t even imagine what it would be like having only owned two cars in my whole life.

Easy, just think back to when you were driving your second car ;)

What typically prompts you to buy a new car?

For me, it’s always been that I “need” a car for commuting, so I’ve looked for something reliable and efficient (I put “need” in quotes because technically, the bus routes in my city could have gotten me to work without a car. Turning a 20 minute drive into a 90 minute bus ride isn’t super palatable, though).

I bought my first car used and my second car new around the time Cash for Clunkers was affecting the used car market.

Oh, I didn’t think about having multiple cars. Are you a big car guy?

I’m in my early 40s, and I’ve owned two cars. I bought my current car after the last one got rear-ended.

Sidenote, I’m not counting cars that belonged to spouses or the car I drove in college – technically, that one belonged to my parents. If you add those in, I’m probably up to 6 or 7 cars.

Yikes, do you get a new car every single year?

I’m more of a “buy something reliable and drive it 'til it breaks” type.

Simple: Computers are not doors with locks. Antivirus is not a deadbolt, and IMO it’s really misleading to compare them. You’re trying to tell people in this thread that you need AV on Linux, against consensus, “because security”. I still don’t understand why you think it’s necessary. What’s your threat model? How does AV improve security on your servers in a way that a firewall doesn’t?