NaibofTabr

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NaibofTabr,

Do not assemble this step with one eye closed.

NaibofTabr,

Guy, you have a last name.

DO I? DO I? For all you know, I’m “Crewman Number Six”!

NaibofTabr,

KDE has a really nice suite of applications and utilities. No other desktop environment really compares on that level (and Amarok is back!).

XFCE &etc are also good if you are running lightweight hardware (not just old hardware) but still want a desktop environment.

CLI is best for servers and remotely managed/headless systems.

NaibofTabr,

Development was dead for years, so dead that it wasn’t included in new release repositories

Clementine was a fork that was pretty good, but I think had more ambitions than active developers.

Strawberry later forked from Clementine and is still being developed, and they’re doing well, but they aren’t building on the KDE framework.

NaibofTabr,

I mean… yes, if you place any kind of permanent structure in the ground, water will have to flow around it… it doesn’t really matter what the structure is for.

I’m curious, how do you think that this differs from any other type of building or transportation structure?

Also, you’re aware that landscape engineering is a thing right? In many jurisdictions in the US, building codes require that new construction plan for and conduct studies to ensure that there is minimal impact to water collection and runoff. The EPA has a page on ordinances for urban runoff.

NaibofTabr,

And hope your computer wasn’t built by Apple.

NaibofTabr,

Sand Won’t Save You This Time - Derek Lowe “Things I Won’t Work With” on chlorine trifluoride.

This is a chemical compound that will burn asbestos tile.

NaibofTabr,

Oh sure, but the comic says “most hectic chemical engineer workday”.

In the article Lowe describes a spill incident:

It burned its way through a foot of concrete floor and chewed up another meter of sand and gravel beneath, completing a day that I’m sure no one involved ever forgot. That process, I should add, would necessarily have been accompanied by copious amounts of horribly toxic and corrosive by-products: it’s bad enough when your reagent ignites wet sand, but the clouds of hot hydrofluoric acid are your special door prize if you’re foolhardy enough to hang around and watch the fireworks.

I’m guessing that was pretty hectic.

NaibofTabr, (edited )

I plan to RAID1 them and use them as boot drives

This will not work unless the mainboard is handling the RAID control in firmware. If you are doing software RAID then the OS must boot before the array can be accessed.

If you just want to set up a NAS, you can get a used PowerEdge tower for very little money, and it will work a lot better than what you have planned.

NaibofTabr,

Everyone in this thread is missing that this is just a copy of the OS. OP said nothing about having a computer, or internet, or electricity.

I’ll take Windows 7 because it was still issued on DVD which would be useful as a signal mirror for getting rescued.

NaibofTabr,

Oh, really? I thought they were distributing on USB drives these days. Are they OEM copies?

NaibofTabr, (edited )

the database updates will be maintained and provided in an open, unencrypted format for free

the tracking data cannot be used for any other purpose

These are mutually exclusive. If the data is open, unencrypted and freely accessible, it will be used for other purposes, by anyone who wants to.

Also, tracking every vehicle location and storing that in a centralized database is a privacy nightmare, no matter how well it’s secured.

NaibofTabr,

Would you really expect them to show their full force in a preparatory exercise? Why would they do that?

NaibofTabr,

I understand your point of view and I agree that an invasion of Taiwan doesn’t make a lot of practical sense, but I think you should also keep in mind the brutality China has demonstrated in Hong Kong. I don’t think the PRC is as concerned with consequences as they are with getting what they want, and with appearing to be in control. Continued Taiwanese independence makes them look weak.

Nothing triggers authoritarianism quite like defiance.

NaibofTabr,

If you don’t buy chocolate corn flakes, are you living?

NaibofTabr,

The corn flakes, or the chocolate?

NaibofTabr,

Their track record isn’t safer than a human driver… because their system is a mechanical turk.

NaibofTabr, (edited )

but it literally says it will update outside of active hours.

Yeah, but it lies.

And the privacy toggles are set when you install the OS. You can untick all of them the last time I checked.

But a future Windows update will reset them without informing the user.

Microsoft respects user choice about as well as Republicans respect voting rights.

NaibofTabr,

“Authorized” in the sense that even if I set all these options to No, a future Windows update will reset them and not tell me.

NaibofTabr, (edited )

Has it been proven to happen on Windows 11? Not that I can point to specifically. 11 hasn’t been in general use long enough to see a real pattern of behavior.

I was a mixed Windows and Linux user through the full life cycle of the Cortana implementation. The number of times they changed or moved Cortana related settings through the years was just ridiculous. It finally came down to having to manually change registry settings to keep it from scanning your files and messing with basic local search, and even if you did that you had to make sure the registry values were still set after version updates because they would get unset without warning.

I have no trust left for Microsoft, only suspicion.

25 Years Later, I Am Now A Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Apologist (kotaku.com)

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is historically significant for many reasons: it was the first Star Wars movie in nearly 16 years, the last Star Wars movie shot on film, and a polarizing, pulpy entry in the storied space fantasy franchise. It debuted on May 19, 1999, 25 years ago almost to the day, and earned over $1...

NaibofTabr, (edited )

Can I make an attempt to change your mind?

A Very Brief Analysis: The Phantom Menace

If you’re a Star Wars nerd, it’s completely worth the time. He digs pretty deep on the lore and the film production background.

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