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MonkeMischief

@ MonkeMischief @lemmy.today

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  • Do I dare say it 🥺

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  • Always a good move. Doesn't matter the software, there will always be some time when a "routine update" turns into a forum hunt and troubleshoot mission.

    That being said, snapshots are amazing. The BTRFS file system supports them, and TimeShift also integrates with it.

    If you don't want to bother with another file system though (it requires basically a reinstall if you didn't choose it at first), at least get TimeShift and another large drive or partition to save restore points to! It'll basically just copy backups of all the files instead of lighter snapshots, but being able to roll back after a funky update is lovely.

    But either way, don't sweat all that too much, just make sure your essential data is on

    3 copies. 2 different media. 1 offsite.

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  • blasphemy in this church.

    Indeed tis spoken oft as heresy in the Cathedral...

    ...But perhaps opinions are more diverse in the Bazarr?

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  • Username checks out? LOL

    Looks fun enough to spin up in a VM at least. :)

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  • I would dare say the "average person", as in, Windows refugee, probably doesn't want to tinker, they do want things to just kinda work as expected and just want freedom and options.

    I don't see why Zorin couldn't be a valid jumping off point for new users to get their feet wet. As much as I love more tinkery distros, I will usually onboard somebody with something like Mint because it's just familiar enough but still lets you explore the how and why, without requiring it.

  • Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • Oh that's a lovely game! We really enjoyed that one too! The voice acting was sublime and the characters were so loveable. It was so endearingly quirky without going way over the top.

    Exciting to hear that there's a sequel coming!!

  • Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • X-COM 2: War of the Chosen:

    I've played this game off and on for years. Fondly wishing I could get back to it and just not having the time. Then I caught strep throat and literally couldn't do anything but just play games.

    Honestly? Finally. I felt like crap, but I was so happy to have an excuse to just enjoy myself instead of being obsessed with what I "had" to do.

    The game changed a lot since I last played so I had to start a new save, and I'm having a blast. I love this game so much even with some of its flaws. Do your squaddies miss a 90% shot sometimes? Yes. Infuriating.

    But when they make that hail-Mary hit that saves a teammate, or you sneak through a compound to break out an imprisoned comrade and exfil, it's ADDICTING.

    Also, not gonna lie...the game hits a little different in 2025, seeing as it's about being resistance fighters waging insurgency and a propaganda war against an alien occupying authoritarian regime that is kidnapping people and hauling them to blacksites. Man, that uh, is a little uncomfortably close. (But it's only a game...The aliens are actually competent.)

    The custom voice packs are incredible too. (My sniper with a Bob Ross voice calmly saying "Let's do a little painting today." Or "Let's get a little crazy." When setting up a shot from across the map never gets old.

    This game's complete version I've seen on Steam for like $5 before. This is one of the best tactical experiences there is, and at first I hated the "pressure" this game puts on you, but I've come to enjoy the urgency and being forced to weigh difficult decisions rather than just sending my "A-Team" of snowflake OCs to clear every single mission at a leisurely pace haha.

    And the soundtrack. Oh man. Once that "Ready for Battle" track hits where you select everybody's loadout, you really feel the weight of assembling the right squad when you never know 100% what you're about to send them into.

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  • From the trailers it honestly looked really cool, but then I saw and heard about the all draconian user-disrespecting stuff like the online-even-for-campaign requirement and highly invasive kernel level anticheat that requires TPM 2.0?! That part felt bonkers to me.

    Like is that gonna be a thing now? "This game demands to register a cryptographic key with your bootloader to make sure you're not up to funnybusiness." (I'm not 100% sure how it works, so my ignorance is filled in with LOTS of suspicion...)

    Also EA just got bought by like...Saudi private equity? That's pretty spook to me, too.

    I dunno. I just wanna play Titans on Battlefield 2142 again. And BF 3 and 4 were nice too...

    Also a Linux gamer. (Shrug)

    Don't wanna be a downer or scare you off too much! Just things to consider, because £60 certainly ain't chump change! :)

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  • Oo I hope it can be paused for when a customer shows up. Looks fantastic for a slow day!

    (I considered MUDs but lots of people talk about how obvious the traffic is, it'd freak out I.T, blah blah blah...)

  • Conflict of Interest

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  • Maybe a local university will let you use their dark room on the cheap? :D

  • BombShell: The Signed Backdoor Hiding in Plain Sight on Framework Devices - Eclypsium | Supply Chain Security for the Modern Enterprise

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  • Alongside that, this ""backdoor"" (diagnostic/troubleshooting tool) requires physical access

    Can't have an "evil maid" if I do my own cleaning around here.

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  • BombShell: The Signed Backdoor Hiding in Plain Sight on Framework Devices - Eclypsium | Supply Chain Security for the Modern Enterprise

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  • the likes of system76 have already made their allegiances clear.

    Aw crap. What did they do? :(

    Been somewhat out of the loop lately.

  • What's an example of something that usually goes unnoticed when done well but very noticeable when done poorly or not done at all?

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  • Localization. It's not as easy as simply translating from one language to another!

    Done right, you get something of foreign origin that feels like it was done in your backyard.

    Done...less than stellar, you get "All your base are belong to us, someone set us up the bomb."

    Pic related

  • 'So Much for America First': Trump Admin Says Argentina Bailout Doubling to $40 Billion

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  • Going by history he's emulating, the last moments of his term will be spent in a bunker with the Allies rapidly closing in.

  • 'Fluoride Disconnects One from God': Inside the Weekly Call With RFK Jr.'s MAHA Hype Squad

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  • Oh man that's horrifying. The diagram pictures eeesh! Not to mention how shady it is to just hit up some foreign account over Instagram for something so potentially dangerous to your health.

  • Uncircumcised penis owners, did you ever wish you were circumcised?

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  • Something tells me this guy could talk about dicks all night slong.

    All night schlong XD

  • ICE Threatened to Shoot Ambulance Driver Picking Up Injured Portland Protester, Medics Say

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  • "Why do you do that?" "Your guess is as good as mine"

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  • Yeah, I honestly felt like some weird otherworldly force compelled me with the impulse to do that. Even though I was the class clown it felt out of character LOL.

    ...But...it was a pretty fun impromptu science experiment and demonstration of gas pressure dynamics. Yeah! :D

  • Built to last

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  • Now I'm called out by my own post

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  • "Research really hard and you'll get an arbitrary higher number on a paper so your parents don't yell at you."

    "Research really hard and you'll get to bring history to life for your friends, and even throw in some werewolves for good fun."

    Gee I sure know which one would motivate me too! LOL

    Also, yeehaw, Deadlands!