BigDaddySlim

joined 2 years ago
[–] BigDaddySlim 1 points 5 months ago

Not entirely true in my case, I've got an old Inspiron 530 that I have been trying to figure out what to do with. Well it ran Vista from the factory so that's worthless now, so I figured I'd try putting Linux on it. Every single distro I tried installing just wouldn't get past the splash screen. Mint, Ubuntu, Arch (GUI and manual installer), Pop_OS, ChimeraOS, nothing. Trying different USB media writing methods did nothing or made it not even show as a bootable device. Finally got Xunbuntu to work on it and even that took 3 attempts to install.

I've got a more recent HP that was originally Win 7 that did have a much higher success rate and an old Acer laptop that straight up will not boot Linux without a high amount of errors or just completely borked graphics even with multiple distros.

But I'm also an idiot so it's probably me.

[–] BigDaddySlim 2 points 5 months ago

Most places it's severely defunded or mismanaged. In my town the waiting list is extremely long, housing was limited for years before the recent housing crisis and for some reason they don't even follow the list of people they have waiting, they skip around. There's public and section 8 housing that sits vacant for months or years even though the list of applicants is a mile long.

[–] BigDaddySlim 3 points 5 months ago

Any of Marty O'Donnell's Halo soundtracks

[–] BigDaddySlim 1 points 5 months ago

Google Graveyard is getting pretty full

[–] BigDaddySlim 39 points 5 months ago (10 children)
[–] BigDaddySlim 4 points 5 months ago

All these alien and wackjob FB conspiracy posts seem like someone is just asking Chat GPT to spit out the wackiest conspiracy theory it can come up with, then posting it as an "article."

[–] BigDaddySlim 1 points 5 months ago

I have the choice of moving to Brazil, not Rio or São Paulo but to the north eastern part. I have too many family ties here in the US to make the move, but when I get older or if shit really goes off the rails here I will. I'll probably just buy a small shipping container and bring my irreplaceable stuff in it and send it down on a boat. Would it be expensive? Sure, but if I sell off what I won't be bringing it'll more than outweigh those costs. Or maybe I'll win the lottery, if I ever bought tickets.

[–] BigDaddySlim 1 points 5 months ago

Nah, those little pretzel sticks do that, it's like eating an actual stick

[–] BigDaddySlim 2 points 5 months ago

Genuinely looks awkward to hold, unless you have little baby hands

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