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In early ‘00s, my original XP install media disc exploded in my dvd burner during a refresh install. It was so loud and shook the whole tower. Had to dismantle the drive and meticulously pick out every single shard of plastic I could. The metal housing was warped and dented! Drive surprisingly still worked for a decade following the incident before it was retired.

I just need a tiny phone that still had an incredible camera array, gps, and music streaming. I think the Light Phone III is almost it but they’re not quite there yet.

Doing my part.

Just got a new car and the sound system volumes are really confusing.

5 is for very quiet listening when you still want to hear vehicle and outside sounds while windows and roof are closed.

8 is loud enough to make you miss outside and some vehicle sounds but you can still talk to people in the vehicle albeit kinda louder than casual conversation.

10 is not different enough from 8 unless it’s a quieter song that needs the bump up.

12 is loud enough to get listening fatigue on long drives and drown out most vehicle sounds. Yelling required to talk to passengers.

15 is noticeably distorted and gets dangerous for more than a few minutes.

20 is blown out and not recommended ever.

The maximum volume of the system is 99.

Sweet, cheaper stocks this week.

Grubby? Kirbru? I’m in pain.

Child’s play. Anyone can stop it at 1. The truly powerful stop it at 0.

Custom 360 racing booth. Or a carnival Photo Booth. Or maybe add a half-bathroom if there isn’t one on this floor.

Yup. And this is why all these coupon sites exist. Absolutely none of them would be running this long if they weren’t profiting off it.

I’ve been daily driving Debian and arch for over a decade lol.

This is the key difference people miss in this discussion. Being able to do the things you want varies so wildly but the system gets out of the way entirely to let you do things. Not sit and endlessly tweak configurations. While for some that might be what they want to do and believe me macOS also has endless configuration parameters to tweak, the class majority just want to do things with the computer as a tool. It’s a subtle nuance but you said it well, it specifically lets you do whatever you want. Editing configs for hours to customize the desktop environment is not the same as being productive with the system.

no ❤️

You just need a little Tenacity.

Isn’t UTC meant to be… you know, universal?

I also have been running OpenWRT for over 10 years and I agree, software management is archaic and painful. I exclusively use it for dumb APs now and just use OPNSense upstream to actually manage my network and devices. It’s been pretty nice in that regard for a couple years now.

But… the post tells you exactly what you need to know to look it up if you’re unfamiliar. Search loss meme.

It’s fun and interesting all the experimentation that went on back then. As someone deaf in one ear… it’s hard to truly appreciate, but I get it.

Even funnier, in the office Pam says “Luke, this is your father. Come set the table for dinner.” in Michael’s Birthday episode from season 2. Obviously she’s not directly trying to quote the movie, but it’s clear the line was made up using the misquoted line you used as an example!

“Dude this is a Wendy’s restaurant”