viking

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[–] viking 6 points 1 week ago

Nah their website got hijacked and instead of an ISO they spread malware. The system itself was never at risk, if you ran it.

[–] viking 20 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I upgraded to Windows 11 last week after my laptop initially came with it 2 years ago, but was so bloated and slow I installed Windows 10 from USB.

With the EoL I reluctantly upgraded due to company policy, and it was running surprisingly smooth. Really thought they'd fixed it. Only that two days later when I booted the system, I had a blue screen - the first one I have seen since Windows XP.

Page fault in non-page area 0x50 - google suggests reboots, or if they don't bring any progress, boot into safe mode and update all drivers. Only that I couldn't boot into safe mode, the BSOD locked me out.

Second suggestion was faulty RAM. Did a memtest from boot stick, no fault.

Third suggestion was to run checkdisk and scm or whatever it was called (some system file integrity check). All good.

Fourth suggestion was to boot into recovery mode, roll back into the system image the Windows 11 installer created, and redo the upgrade. Only to find out that the system restore point had not been created, despite the info box during the installation that this was happening.

Last suggestion was to reinstall Windows 11 from the repair mode, and select the "keep files" option. The offline installer crashed at 25% repeatedly, the online installer moved to 92% and stopped there. Repeatedly, again (tried 3x, and it takes about 1h to get there).

After all that frustration I had enough of that shit and installed Windows 10 IoT LTSC with updates until 2032. When the time comes I'll either have a new job where I can use Xubuntu, or Microsoft installed on a chip in my brain. Let's see.

[–] viking 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As an American you'll never get asylum anywhere, full stop. Your country sure has issues, but no other place will grant you refuge because that'll look bad on them.

In your position I'd get an online TEFL certificate (teaching English as a foreign language), which is dead simple and quick to do (there are courses for as low as $60 if you shop around on voucher platforms), and then get a job in Thailand or Vietnam, they are always hiring and pay decent money.

You can even go there first on a tourist visa for 90 days with your son (if he's able to leave Japan?) and finish everything in country.

[–] viking 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I really doubt the device really needs 2A, that sounds more like the definition of a generic phone charger than functional requirement. But yeah POE or simply a regular extension cord where you plug in a short cable at the end would be a safe bet.

[–] viking 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I have a 15m long USB-C cable that's just about sufficient to power a surveillance camera, but due to the length it only delivers 0.1-0.15A. Depending on the needs that might just be enough though.

Edit: Measured with Ampere (Android app), I simply plugged my phone in to test.

[–] viking 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're seeding more than one file to more than one concurrent user, chances are, your drive needs to switch around and buffer quite a bit left and right to get the material you're seeding cached. That sounds like fairly formal behavior.

[–] viking 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but you missed rule 1: Don't post your gobshite ideas on LinkedIn.

[–] viking 3 points 2 weeks ago

Saunas in Germany are more an adult thing, at least as a kid I never went to any, nor do I remember seeing kids there when going now.

Showers in school had individual cabins or at least some dividers between them and curtains to close them, and typically you'd leave your towel hanging on a hook right in front, dry yourself quickly and wrap up to walk back. There was a brief moment of nudity when changing back into regular clothes, but nobody was ever really looking at anybody else.

[–] viking 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Samsung is also a synonym for useless bloat, locked boatloaders, intrusive ads, and every other hostile feature ever. They are the last one to open up their phones.

[–] viking 7 points 2 weeks ago

The condition you describe under 2 is called frenulum breve, and it's sorted by cutting the frenulum and fixing the loose ends with 3 stitches to the shaft. I had exactly the same condition, got it fixed at about 20 years old, and was fully recovered after a week. No more bent out of shape tip, and the foreskin is perfectly intact.

[–] viking 44 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'd never sacrifice 50% of the feelings for the sake of a shriveled tip to please some invisible sky daddy.

Male genital mutilation should be as outlawed as female.

And... Kids bullying others over their foreskin? I don't think I ever saw any classmate's dick in my life. Why is that even a thing?

[–] viking 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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