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Brkdncr

@ Brkdncr @lemmy.world

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5h ago

Would you choose Japan or China for a solo trip?
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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 5h ago
Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, China in that order.

8h ago

Stephen Miller celebrates Trump’s ‘politically incorrect’ Iran war in spite of polls

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 8h ago

Pull this guy into congress.

12h ago

Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 12h ago

Lmao

15h ago

How would I improve Wifi consistency within my house?

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 15h ago

Instead of chaining them together, try to put the “router” in a central location and do what’s needed to limit your repeaters to a single hop away from the router. Chaining them together will lead to problems.

A proper mesh system will work better than repeaters. Some systems can use powerline networking to use your existing power outlets as a network, but it’s not always that great.

Some locations such as apartments/condos have really bad interfering neighbors on 2.4ghz. If that’s your situation then using 5ghz exclusively might help.

21h ago

What are the arguments against ending Daylight Savings Time in the USA?

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 21h ago

Just change it once and leave it.

21h ago

We only have Security.

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 21h ago

Shower stroke thoughts.

21h ago

What are the arguments against ending Daylight Savings Time in the USA?

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 21h ago

Just shift it 30 mins instead of an hour to appease everyone.

21h ago

Lauren Boebert shames GOP for voting to cover up sex scandals: ' Go tell your daughters !'

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 21h ago

Nice.

21h ago

What's going to happen to gas stations as cars electrify?

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 21h ago

They will close. If you look at how many gas stations there are you’ll see that they are everywhere. I was driving through Iowa and saw an intersection that had 6 gas stations.

21h ago

What band/artist have you seen live more than once, would gladly go see again, and what keeps you coming back?

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 21h ago

The Hu.

https://youtu.be/FpOjUCuk-5I

1d ago

My enthusiasm for tech is basically gone.

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 1d ago

That train sounds cool.

1d ago

W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions)

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 1d ago

You can easily search for news on Linux malware. Most recently npm was affected.

Npm is used by a lot of software, so updating your software from valid sources could easily infect your machine.

It’s also dead simple to misconfigure something on Linux, like your firewall, leaving your machine exposed to the internet. Linux doesn’t bother you nearly as much as windows does when it comes to updating and restarting. Windows used to be that way too but had to adapt to the changing threat landscape.

With VMs you can try as many at once as your system can support, with less risk than booting up on a livecd, and the ability to switch between them without having to reboot.

Moving files manually is fine.

2d ago

W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions)

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 2d ago

Don’t use an EoL/EoS OS, full stop.

Start up virtualbox or any virtual machine on your windows machine and test drive a few different distributions until you find one you like.

Use windows built in backup services or something like the Veeam free backup agent before blowing up your system.

I would also move my files to a cloud services, even if it’s temporary.

Install the distribution your choice.

Spin up virtual box again and restore your machine into it. You may have license activation issues but you’ll have access your data. Move your data out of the VM and onto your home folder.

Also note that win11 isn’t nearly as bad as people here say.

Linux has malware. It’s just different. Linux supports nvidia, a usb boot would help you determine how well your hardware is supported.

2d ago

Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 2d ago

You skipped vista, XP, and 2000.

3d ago

Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 3d ago

I find PS pretty great. Probably the best improvement to Windows since going 32-bit.

3d ago

Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 3d ago

MS would be wild to expect people to buy a new machine before 2036. Consumer prices aren’t going to magically fall.

Either this is incorrect info, a huge flop, or MS really doesn’t care if home users switch to Linux from all the cash flowing in from businesses.

3d ago

Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 3d ago

This line of thought goes all the way back to NT, and even then IBM would have some comments.

DOS was the last one they built, and they made a really decent GUI for it before they switched to NT.

4d ago

Iran War Megathread

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 4d ago

https://lemmy.world/post/43777365

I’m guessing nukes.

4d ago

Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 4d ago

So many other apps do this already, including the OS. This is changing your Teams status for you, so coworkers can see if you’re in the office or not.

If your hybrid wfh office has any sort of reservation system then this is likely already happening.

5d ago

Outcry grows over ‘clown car’ cabinet but no sign Trump ready for shakeup

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Brkdncr @lemmy.world 5d ago

I really, truly wish they would stop pinning this on Trump and start calling this the GOP administration. The GOP has the power to stop this if they wanted too.