Desktops don’t normally have S0 suspend. Laptops have all switched over to that and it’s a pain in the ass.

W11 is full of AI integration, always-on data collection, and other no-sell bloatware

Windows 10 is the exact same BS, but 10% less in your face AI. Have people really been frog boiled this badly?

There’s known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. The first requires a lot less brainpower than the last.

Replacement? They normally do both face scan and check some sort of ID.

Why not just fix the algorithm so you don’t get spammed with those posts? Limit posts from one community to 1 or 2 per page so it’s at least spread out.

It’s kind of a growing pain issue honestly. As lemmy grows and more people post in more communities it shouldn’t be as much of a problem. I don’t know if self regulation like that will really affect the serial posters though.

Do you use tasker or any automation app? Anything time based will trigger the clock.

For a laptop that old it’s not worth the money. Anything “good” is going to be at least 10 years old just sitting in a box rotting.

In 3 years I haven’t had a single attempted connection that wasn’t me. Once you get to the ephemeral ports nobody is scanning that high.

I’m not saying run no security or something. Just nobody wants to scan all 65k ports. They’re looking for easy targets.

Change the port it runs on to be stupid high and they won’t bother.

Zfs through trunas will let you do raid 1, then jbod more raid 1s as you add more drives. That’s how I’ve gradually gone from 2 12TB, to 14TBs, the. Finally up to 20TBs without any hassle. I’m sure other software raids will do the same.

For me it needs to just be less mentally stimulating things. I can’t do nothing. But if I go from playing games and talking to friends to just talking to friends, to watching boring videos then I’ll finally fall asleep.

Phones have basically always been this way.

Like did you ever install a custom OS on your flip phone? Maybe a modded OS, but not one rebuilt almost from scratch.

My reflection on that period would lead me to suggest it was the mass “normie” invasion of nerd-space and the promotion of low-effort participation. I don’t remember anything specific about that particular timeframe, though.

So ultimately the sentiment has never changed?

Why have two computers doing basically the same job when you could just have one?

Have the NAS be the media server and save power and get better performance.

If they had said it was a managed device, I never would have accepted it.

Did you really expect them to just give you a 100% free tablet out of the goodness of their hearts no strings attached? If a company gives you a device without any management then they have incompetent IT staff.

I don’t care as long as they’re not glued in.

Outside of the ultra thin devices they’re typically just held in with a couple screws. And most laptops aren’t glued shut either so it’s easy to replace them.

Lenovo briefly had a stint offering laptops with a built in battery and an external one so you could hot swap them. But outside of that I think they’re pointless and I’d much rather one internal bigger battery.

edit it’s not the fan making the noise either, I’ve manually activated the fan to see if the fan is causing the noise, and it’s a separate nose to the one annoying me. the noise I’m hearing is a more grind-y noise like a motorbike or propeller airplane that keeps going in and out

If manually limiting your GPUs fan speed doesn’t change it then GPU usage isn’t the cause. The spike in usage is just a symptom.

USB 2.0 will do 480Mbps. Most audio streaming services are no more than 320Kbps. USB 2.0 is plenty fast. But USB audio is probably only there for iPods and iPhones, android devices don’t typically work with them. There should also be an aux port. If your phone doesn’t have one you can buy an adapter for less than $10 typically.

The tiredness is probably more due to the truck being more comfortable. A well adjusted seat with good lumbar support (and good posture) will do wonders. I’ve driven 4+ hours without stopping numerous times. As long as my ass is comfy I’m good.

If you do that then you’re probably violating your ISPs TOS and they’d can you anyways, and if they really don’t like you sue for it.

When I was a teenager I slept through a fire alarm once. I didn’t wake up until my mom walked in the room. I woke up before she said anything. Just her existing in my room for 0.5 seconds woke me.

So… idk.