"Call for". What does that even mean? Flex those executive muscles.
So just like us, then?
You think more money for cops is going to solve homelessness?
Nice one. I was aware of Edgy EFT, but I started my Linux journey with Feisty Fawn.
Honestly, even with cash it is actually hard to not give money to the oligarchs in Thailand. Pretty much every single transaction involves profit to the likes of CP Group. The chicken farms, the plastic bags, the sauces, the fuel...
I went to a party in maybe 2003, that had basically a mini studio setup in one room. An SLR camera on a tripod with some studio lighting. People would just wander in there and snap some photos. It was pretty cool. Waaayyy out in the middle of nowhere VA.
Yes, I understand what collateral is. It's something the bank owns, but allows you to use until you've paid it off. For example, the bank keeps the title to my car until I've paid it off, and then they send me the title.
I'd be celebrating if it had been successful :)
Rusty on my reading of devanagari-- is that pronounced like "meharbaanii"?
I'm not upset about anything. I just don't see how something is "yours" if you're still paying for it. Like, I guess it's partly yours, but it's mostly the bank's for a long time.
Would have been a lot cooler if they'd let the ghoul get murdered first.
This is true. There's even a Linux command to grab the license key. The key won't work on any other hardware tho, so it's kind of useless :)
Tomato/tomato. The bank paid almost all of the money to the seller. If you stop paying the mortgage, the bank will take legal possession of the house and sell it to recoup its money. You may be able to paint it, but the bank owns it in the most important sense of the word.
When you take a mortgage, that is a secured loan, meaning the bank owns the house until you've paid it off. Additionally, if you don't put 20% down, the bank requires you to carry mortgage insurance. Listen to landlords tell it, and tenants can basically stay in a house for months or a year without paying rent, all the while damaging the house. I don't really understand why a mortgage with a lower monthly payment is harder to qualify for than rent would be.
Thinkpad recs?
I like used Thinkpads. I bought a T430s off eBay and used it for several years. Recently I got a T570 from work. It had a screen issue, so I bought a new screen. That didn't fix it so I bought a new mobo, but it has a loose drive connector so won't boot. Just now I killed it for good by putting an nvme in a sata slot lol.
Anyway, I need another laptop and I don't want to buy something new. The t570 did everything I needed it to, but I'm concerned about the design/build quality. What Thinkpads are people running these days that aren't very old but still solid?
Trouble with root
I use LOS with microg on my OnePlus 8T. I have been running rooted with Kitsune (magisk fork), and I always follow the process to maintain root when upgrading LOS. Today I updated but somehow lost root. So I went through the process of rooting again: downloaded the boot.IMG, patched it on device, moved it to PC, booted into fastboot, flashed patched.IMG to current slot. Kitsune still says N/A. Anyone else having similar trouble? Or maybe just care to point out something obvious I'm missing?
Hot and Cold
Does anyone else vacillate between feeling hot (attractive) and repellant?
Some days I feel like all the women around me find me desirable, and other days I feel like none of them do. I rarely feel 'in between'.
I don't really like feeling either extreme. For one thing, I don't trust either feeling! Feeling unattractive is obviously a bad feeling, but feeling ultra attractive is also bad. It leads me to uncomfortable fantasies and an inability to distinguish normal interactions from flirtation.
Does anyone else feel like this?
Nextcloud/CardDav/iOS trouble
I am having some trouble with a Nextcloud server. I set up a digitalocean droplet to test contact syncing for work. I went with the setup that I use at home, which is Yunohost and Nextcloud. This was/is working fine to sync contacts with iOS using the built-in support for CardDav accounts in iOS.
I made a snapshot of the server and rebuilt it on a work account (also Digital ocean). I reconfigured it for a new domain name, and got a letsencrypt cert. I can login and manage the admin and user accounts.
I set up an iPad to use the new server, and it seemed to work fine. However, I subsequently tried a couple other iPhones, and it won't connect to the account.
It isn't a fail2ban thing, because on the same apple devices that I can't connect to the accounts on, I can go login to Nextcloud in their browser.
What is happening?
Edit: I seem to have fixed it by reinstalling the server from scratch. I wanted to eliminate any problems that may have been caused by restoring from a snapshot previously linked to another domain. Everything is working at least for now.
Swedish rye bread
I only bake bread once or twice a year, but I just saw this community pop up, and I wanted to share the loaf I made on Christmas eve. This is a Swedish rye bread. It is a bit sweet, oweing to the brown sugar and orange zest it contains. It is a recipe that goes back at least to my grandmother's recipe, in which it was entitled "Limpa". I love it, and have always had it at Christmas.
Went shooting today with some acquaintances today
It was mostly alright. I got to shoot a lot of different weapons. Almost bit my tongue in half from clamping down during the bad history lecture about communism. Since this crowd included work colleagues, I don't feel like I can be honest about my politics. Ugh, it was tough not to shut that shit down though!
Windows deployment
I'm new to Windows deployments, and I need some help. I've gotten as far as setting up a new system from a Windows 11 image downloaded from MS, configuring it/installing software, and then running sysprep. I made a WinPE boot thumbdrive, but I'm stuck at capturing the Windows image part. Part of my problem is that I'm trying to make this in a VM. Is that more trouble than it's worth?
Is there an easier way to do this? I've seen people saying I can use Linux tools like Clonezilla, which sounds good to me, since I'm very comfortable with Linux-- but I read that might cause problems. One thing mentioned was licensing.
I would be deploying these images 100% onto Lenovo machines that we purchase from CDW, so I'm not sure how licensing would work. Is the license tied to the MAC? Will they auto-register once I boot them with the new image?
Thanks for anyone that takes the time to help me understand this :)
Edit shared contacts
How can I allow a user/s to edit/update shared contacts in Exchange/Outlook 365?
What are your experiences with motorcycle gangs?
Hells Angels are moving into my area for the first time. I have a generally negative view of them, but have some friends who feel otherwise. I would love to hear your experiences related to the Angels specifically, but "1%" clubs as well.
Increment by one
The phone number field on the Verizon website has increment/decrement by 1 buttons, so you can select your phone number the long way, I guess!
Distro Migration
Hi, Linux! I've been using Linux for many years now, but haven't moved distros in awhile. I'm considering it now, and I really would like to migrate over all my customized system and software settings. So far, I am thinking of backing up everything that begins with a dot in my home folder, all of my systemd service files, and user/root crontabs. I know this is missing some things, but I'm not sure what. Any advice/warnings/examples people care to share?