Thanks for sharing!

If it’s anything like the original, I am not sure that will solve the specific problem of declining birthrates.

Huh, I thought Alpine was mainly just used for Kubernetes pods and different container images. Do you actually use Alpine as a daily driver? How is it? I’m still quite new to using Linux as a desktop, so I haven’t considered it for that.

Okay, that makes a lot more sense then. Thanks!

See what I’m still not getting though, is how there can still be unmapped or retired areas, if the drive has been filled with (meaningless) data? Let’s say it isn’t all zeros, but random data instead. Are there more physical blocks than is represented logically by the adress space exposed to the OS?

But if I fill a drive with nonsense data, whether SSD or HDD, shouldn’t it be forced to write such data to all possible locations, thus overwriting the original data? Is am I misunderstanding something more fundamental about how this type of storage works?

I have been trying to understand what it is that makes it impossible to reliably wipe an SSD, compared to an HDD. Why wouldn’t filling the drive with 0s work?

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