Sounds like an improvement to me.

Easy check, grab a voltmeter and do it yourself.
Pull the plug, set voltmeter to AC, and read the voltage across the prongs. If you get anything over the usual float voltage you get from just holding the probes ungrounded, then you have a problem.

Well, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Still not planning on buying any of their games, but if this move encourages more overall Linux developments… Well, we can’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

I mean, yeah? You give anything a connection to a global network with billions of people, and there will always be a chance for it to be exploited. Hell, even my personal OpenVPN instance for remotely accessing my home servers has to fend off attacks.

This is why my next vehicle will be a slate truck. Zero internet connectivity by default, and updates can be done via USB-C from a phone (which can be vetted as needed).

Pfft, I got one with TODO_Obfuscate_URL. I wish I saved it.

Best risk-free option to screw with ICE is take a page from Schlock Mercenary. Help people know where ICE agents are going to be, so they can arrange to not be there.

Start or join one of those LoRa mesh networking groups, and feed them info on ICE activity.

Some of the people I’ve hung out with on Resonite have messed around with Meshtastic. Probably because there’s also an amateur radio group that occasionally meets up on there.

You tried the usual tools, found they were insufficient, and subsequently made a workaround for your needs. That last bit alone is more enough. Most people stop at “It didn’t work” and give up saying computers are too hard.

I always say, if your problem looks like a nail and can be held like one, don’t force yourself to use a frozen chicken breast. Grab the hammer.

I would have brought it right back and asked for a different loaner, since the HVAC is clearly and visibly missing.

That’s just bureaucracy in general. Left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing, until it receives an after action report, signed in triplicate, two months after that knowledge stopped being useful.

Uh-huh. Sure.
I’ll get right on that, as soon as you can explain exactly how the singular genitive declension of the Latin word Dēus has literally any bearing whatsoever on office policies.

Hmm… Gimme a headphone jack option and I’ll try getting in on that crowdfunding, if they let me do it from the US.

There’s the upcoming Slate trucks, but those are scheduled for Q4 2026. And… also probably going to be US exclusive for a bit. Oof.

I believe this deserves its own term, to discern it from purely generative art AI slop.

How about upscale slop?

Ready to wear the badge?

Oh please, everyone knows ice agents dont have badges. You can just dress like one, blend right in, and start barking unconstitutional orders. No training required.

I wonder if we’ll ever get enough standardization across EVs so people can start doing the electric equivalent of an LS swap.
I could see this being done on a Slate truck, along with an auxiliary EV battery bolted in the back.

Ring cameras don’t toss a fine at you for walking past them too quickly.

Also, where are people complaining about red light cameras, so I can avoid taking my bike or car anywhere near there? It’s probably a vocal minority, but I’d prefer to know and cover my ass. Just in case.

Now the big question is: can this be used as case law against future attempts by Nintendo to stomp on fair use and other parody works?

I’d say wipe and reinstall again, but this time with a different Distro and user password, just to eliminate a bunch of variables at once, including suspect install media.

Try Fedora this time. It usually gets the latest security patches in its repos quite quickly, and it has spins for all the myriad desktop environments out there.

Huh, and I thought that was only for the os activation, but no. ESU support is right there, under the TSForge activation method.