Glad that I recently bought a bunch of storage so that I’ll be covered for a good amount of time.

I mostly agree with you, but I still don’t think it’s “worth the hype” even if you use it responsibly, since the hype is that it is somehow going to replace software devs (and other jobs), which is precisely what it can’t do. If you’re aware enough of its limitations to be using it as a productivity tool, as opposed to treating it as some kind of independent, thinking “expert”, then you’re already recognizing that it does not live up to anywhere near the hype that is being pushed by the big AI companies.

After all the shit I’ve seen and heard about the creepy shit smart TV manufacturers get up to I am never ever connecting a smart TV to the internet in my home.

As to whether it’s possible to get certain apps use specific physical RAM sticks, I am not sure, but that seems unlikely and would probably require some very low level modifications to your operating system. But even before you get to that point you’d have to physically connect them to your new motherboard, which will only work if there are both free RAM slots on it, and your new motherboard has slots for the same generation of RAM that your old PC uses.

Just curious, what is the evil monopoly shit you’re referring to? Is it simply the fact they are effectively a monopoly in games distribution, and that in and of itself is bad, or are there more specific practices or actions you’re thinking of?

Regarding me sounding cringe, well, to each their own I guess.

As for the rest of what you said, yes, I agree with that, and that is indeed what I was thinking of. People have different mothers, and different relationships with their mothers.

I’m not talking about dick pics, and I’m not saying inappropriate generally. Just that you don’t want to text your mom about it.

L take. You honestly expect someone to speak to a potential date in the same tone as to their own mother, and that there should be no risk of sending something that would be inappropriate or something that would otherwise be awkward if sent to the wrong person (especially to their mother)?

Small room with enough desks for just the immediate team and plenty of space in the desks would be my dream. Maybe a whiteboard or two. That would be excellent.

Sure would rather have one of those than the open office landscape I have now.

Outside of work: Both. I want people to think I look good in the clothes I wear, but even if they don’t I am probably not going to change them. At work: We have a dress code. I follow it to the letter, because I think it makes a positive difference in how I am perceived by my employer. I almost completely disregard my own preferences in this context.

Is it though? From a privacy perspective I think Windows 10 quite clearly started introducing some shady surveillance practices which were absent in earlier versions. Of course, 11 took that waaay further, but 10 was a turning point imo.

My first thought

Go away clanker

Those are a godsend. I have something similar at home, although it’s a different brand. I think it’s called “Tesa” or something like that.

But if you just run it locally an a media server in your home, and you don’t expose the service to the internet, that doesn’t really matter? Though perhaps more people connect to their Jellyfin instances remotely than I realize.

We probably live in different countries, but where I live it’s more like you can’t get pre-approved for anything unless you either have a large amount of money saved up, or your salary is high enough that it’s far beyond what you would reasonably need to get paid to afford the mortgage.

Imo it is fucking stupid to care about this stuff though. Celebrity worship is a cancer. Obsessing about the love lives of total strangers because they’re famous is not only pointless but also destructive.

I work as a software developer. My team mate once said he was a “mouse and click kinda guy” when asked why he didn’t use the terminal for git.

That’s a very good idea. Might wanna keep an additional yearly one too though, in case you don’t use the computer actively for a while and realize you have to go back more than a month at some point.