HeyJoe
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- Comment on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA 8 hours ago:
Nah, I am more of a single-player kind of person. I was barely any good in my prime 25 years ago and I have only gotten worse since so I stick to mostly RPGs or other action style games.
- Comment on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA 11 hours ago:
Is he really the reason? I just started trying a bunch over the past month through vm’s to see which one I like the best because I want to take the leap soon. I am doing it mostly due to the video game performance and compatibility reaching high enough levels that I don’t think it will be a big issue anymore. I also listed out all my current Windows apps and looked up what the alternative is, and from what I see, there is nothing left that won’t run on Linux anymore. The next step is seeing how some compare to what I am used to.
I can’t be the only one who is noticing its current state and just wanting to try something different. I don’t hate windows like everyone talks about it online, but I am at the point where I am noticing they are only going to get worse with privacy and continue to make awful built in features that do more to benefit themselves over you. So the 2 lines have crossed paths, and I think it’s the perfect storm for Linux soon.
- Comment on Say Hello to the World's Largest Hard Drive, a Massive 36TB Seagate 2 days ago:
That’s roughly what I have now, and I only have about 200gb left, so I kind of wish I could get a little more right now. This is across 7 drives. I really hope storing data becomes faster and cheaper in the future because as it keeps growing over the past few decades, it gets longer and longer to replace and move this much data…
- Comment on Say Hello to the World's Largest Hard Drive, a Massive 36TB Seagate 2 days ago:
Omg I really have been out of the loop. I originally filled my 8 bay NAS with 6tb drives starting back in 2018. Once they would fill, i added another. 3 years ago, I finally ran out of space and started swapping out the 6tb for 10tb. Due to how it works, I needed to do 2 before I saw any additional space. I think i have 3 or 4 now, and the last one was 2 years ago. They did cost around $250 at the time, and I think i got 1 for just over $200. The fact that I can more than double that for only $300 is crazy news to me. Guess I am going to stop buying 10tb now. The only part that sucks is having to get 2 up front…
- Comment on Children never lie 4 days ago:
Same! I think they know about it because of roblox. So they know the games, but not really what the show is, which is a little better.
- Comment on My mouth suffers for the noms 4 days ago:
I used to hate them growing up, then I think my tastes changed, and now I love them. The bold acidic vinegar flavor just hits right. I still don’t go out of my way for them, I’ll always be a sour cream and onion guy for life, haha.
- Comment on Children never lie 5 days ago:
My kid recently did one similar to this. They asked him to make a story about a clown, and he drew pictures of Pennywise with full-on sewer and how he wants to get the kids into the sewer… our mouths dropped. I can’t imagine what that teacher thinks. We also have no idea how he knows about the plot to the movie since he obviously never saw it. Kids pick up the craziest stuff.
- Comment on The GameStop stapler that punctured a Switch 2 screen on launch day is being auctioned off for charity 5 days ago:
Its now at 220k… I get its for a charity, but wow. It’s always crazy how much dumb money people have sometimes. 220k would be life changing for me…
- Comment on 🏎️🚗🚖🚖🚘🚓🚕🚔❤️❤️❤️ 1 week ago:
Dad whatsapp 1?
- Comment on R.I.P Bob 1 week ago:
You’re only supposed to do this with ppl everyone hates.
- Comment on The Steam controller was ahead of its time 1 week ago:
I got mine way back when they were discounted to $5 bucks. I used it like once and wasn’t a fan. Plus, back then, I didn’t really play too many pc games. Funny enough, my friend texted me a few days ago and told me the controllers are becoming goldmines online now selling for $150-$200. It makes me want to find mine and sell it. I even have the box it came in still somewhere.
- Comment on 1 (one) Nintendo Switch 2 unit has finally been sold 1 week ago:
I agree, but im assuming releasing a new system with newer hardware already kicks costs up. To the point that most (all?) new systems sell at a loss. So I would imagine the reason behind it is they already have it at the highest price point they can get away with so cutting corners any way they can to bring costs down for them at the start is priority #1. Then in a few years when that hardware costs less they will release an oled version with hopes that the price increase they ask for it will be just enough to cover the difference of profit ratio they are looking for.
- Comment on As of 30 minutes ago at the time of posting, the NYPD has detained two young Black men after they refused to show ID without explanation or cause. 1 week ago:
As others have said we are not required to provide ID unless there is a cause. Stopping 2 people without stating why means no cause and they have the right to say no and it should end with ok have a nice day, but our rights are tested more and more. Some good news is its generally an easy case for a lawyer to pickup and win meaning they could get a payout from the city. The sad news is generally nothing will be done about the cops who abuse their job and cause the tax payers more money in lawsuits that should never happen.
- Comment on Samsung phones can survive twice as many charges as Pixel and iPhone, according to EU data 1 week ago:
Funny enough, I had the complete opposite experience. I didn’t necessarily use Samsung then either, but I would get the phone that was normally rated the best or highly reviewed. I think i came from an LG to the first pixel phone. Pixel was the first phone to ever give me issues. Felt it vibrate one day in my pocket and I looked at it a few min later and it was in permanent boot loop. Tried a lot of things, but my one regret was forgetting to turn on developer options with the usb so essentially the phone was bricked. I couldn’t access it or do anything, everytbing was lost and support was no help and told me they couldn’t replace it. Last time I used them. I also wasn’t a fan of how hard they tried copying an iPhone at the time. Since them I’ve mostly used a Samsung either the Note and now the higher end galaxies and love them. Only thing I dislike is their own line of apps for everything that I disable immediately.
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 2 weeks ago:
If things didn’t get bad, I could absolutely see myself saying the same thing.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
My wife has that option as well. It takes 10% out of each paycheck, and she gets 1 additional check in the summer months of the money that was withheld. We are terrible with money, so doing that is a must, but I do wish we could just set that up ourselves instead of allowing them to hold that money.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
It’s true, but not always fun or paid. Depends on the contract. A non tenured teacher can be let go at the end of the school year, and they normally let them know if they are coming back before leaving for the summer. They are then allowed to collect unemployment for the summer, but i am not sure if this applies to every state. If you are tenured, you do not lose unemployment status, but you are also not paid for the summer months either. You either set aside the money from the year yourself or use the program they offer that takes 10% out of each paycheck, and they deposit it once per month you are off.
- Comment on morning 2 weeks ago:
My kid accidentally put this video on and honestly we have all really enjoyed it more than we probably should… its catchy!
- Comment on morning 2 weeks ago:
As a parent of a kid, I actually know what this references!
Also, is that supposed to be a real-life picture of Ice King? Creepy
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 2 weeks ago:
What are you going to do after all this is over, and it’s either even harder to get or just completely gone? Im sorry you have to go through any of this…
- Comment on Worth a try. 2 weeks ago:
Sue!
- Comment on Looks delicious 2 weeks ago:
I think it’s the smaller version, so more like $3.50. Still, why go for the double when you could have done the same for less with a single.
- Comment on Jellyfin over the internet 2 weeks ago:
Sadly, it may not be an option for a lot of people, but on the fortinet firewall you can make policies and set up geoblocking.
- Comment on Jellyfin over the internet 2 weeks ago:
Synology with Emby (do not use the connect service they offer) running behind my fortinet firewall. DDNS with my own domain name and ssl cert. Open 1 custom port (not 443) for it, and that’s it. Geoblock every country but my own, which basically eliminated all random traffic that was hitting hit. I’ve been running it this way for 5 years now and have no issues to report.
- Comment on Microsoft’s new genAI model to power agents in Windows 11 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’s the one I was leaning towards. I liked what I saw, but I want to try it out first before diving in. I like that it offers up the newest updates first. I just had issues with getting it spun up as a vm and all I get is a black screen after it installs. I don’t seem to be the only one with that issue so I’ll have to think of another way to test.
- Comment on Microsoft’s new genAI model to power agents in Windows 11 3 weeks ago:
I was already looking around. I work in IT, so I am not completely oblivious to using Linux or how it works. I tested a few out a long time ago, and we have a few systems in production at work. I was going to try out Mint, Elementary, Pop, and KDE Neon before deciding. So far I got Mint spun up as a VM and played around a little. KDE Neon just gave me a black screen after it installed, which stinks because it was the one I was leaning towards the most. I haven’t gotten to the other 2 yet.
- Comment on Microsoft’s new genAI model to power agents in Windows 11 3 weeks ago:
Yup, I finally may be trying out some Linux versions soon to find one to switch to… I have always been whatever about what Microsoft does, and it’s always been simple enough to fight back and stop whatever crap I never wanted. This announcement just feels like there’s no way it will stop, and it’s becoming way more frequent. I hate AI, and im tired of it being shoved in my face or running my services.
I find it funny to see all the stuff they try to add or do and really wonder if they came out with windows 12 in 2 flavors, 1 being a continuation of what it is now, and 2nd being a completely stripped down version that offers nothing but the OS with nothing else in the background running or spying and no apps built in which one would sell more. The funny thing is they would probably charge you way more for the stripped-down version, and it would still probably sell more.
- Comment on How to "Reformat" a Hardrive the American way 3 weeks ago:
To this day, Maxtor was the only drive that took a complete dump on me… because of that, I have always had bias towards that brand. This is over 30 years of using computers and as someone who worked tech support for a company of 5 thousand people. This failure happened at my job, and that person was not very happy.
- Comment on MindsEye Becomes 2025’s Worst-Rated Game As Reviews Creep In 4 weeks ago:
I just looked it up. I’m not sure how I missed this one, but i guess im not missing much. Sad because the trailer looked OK and the team behind it should have at least made an average game. I guess I’ll read up on what makes it so bad now.
- Comment on I've always been critical of Sabrina Carpenter's music. But I love the deck she built for my house. 4 weeks ago:
Yup, she left after 2 seasons. Replaced by Debbe Dunning. I just looked up a pic, and honestly, I stand by my comment. This pic looks a lot like her!
