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Sinchen has to fetch firewood from the shed behind the house. A lot of work. A lot more than intended.
Wheelbarrow: "Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak!"
Sinchen: "Shut up, you worthless piece of sh..!"
Wheelbarrow: "Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak!"
Sinchen: *adds bag of dirt on one load of wood*...
Almost every browser is Chromium based. Firefox and derivatives not.
Firefox is the lesser of two evils compared to Google Chrome (which is plain malware at this point). But it is always a hassle to setup a new Firefox profile. The list of rubbish to disable becomes longer and longer. Clicking...
Having been kinda active in an Android forum I quickly got sick about the never ending supply of threads like:
"I factory reset my device. How can I restore my precious photos?" → Seriously?
"I accidentally deleted my most important photo folder from the phone! Help?" → Restore your backup...
Since a few weeks I've been trying a VPN for more or less all of my internet usage, including GBAtemp. I'll have to integrate that into Pi Hole installation at a later point for extended blocking features as the DNS blocks of the VPN aren't on the same level. Well uBlock and NoScript do the rest...
![This Stupid Plug! [mini rant] (≈570KB pictures)](/data/attachments/427/427483-da0cec264b6c32db8591c0bd468e6b82.jpg)
Moved to another house last year… and now I'm back to plaster work on another attic. I hate the cement, the sand, the stinking (literally) primer and all that dust.
I'm not even good at this work, but the it has to be done. About 30 years overdue.
The old attic is full of dust. Then comes the...
!["Use Microsoft Windows if you want your PC to just work" they said [Rant]](/data/attachments/423/423001-f93b0ddaa65c73c3b5b8d3d9fe4b9059.jpg)
"Linux is only free if your time is worthless"
There are more of these stupid slogans. My experience is that you will run into problems that cannot be easily solved – or not without looking it up online – on all operating systems.
Sooner or later it will happen. Windows in particular is...
![PlayStation 2 on Android Tablet? [Pictures 1.5MB]](/data/attachments/420/420169-7f75e32244cb1d96890e983eb74665a2.jpg)
Yesterday I asked @Nikokaro about his experience with bloatware on Samsung Android devices. Because I have a new Samsung tablet (well, new for me: it is a used device). It is a Galaxy Tab A (2020) SM-T505 and came with a load of crapware preinstalled. I've removed over 100(!) packages from the...
It has been more than a month.
For today Lora will make my life a little pleasant… to disappear without a trace while I'm asleep.
I've become modest. For most people my feelings on these rare days wouldn't be mentioning as they represent just a normal feeling in life.
For me they are are a...
I don't believe it!
Sign up on Google to install CFW on your 3DS!
Yeah. Nobody has a problem with signing up on Google. The most normal thing in the world. Walking around with a device under control of an evil company monitoring literally every single step one does.
What could possibly be...
After various incidents in my life I gradually decided to distance myself more and more from other humans around me.
Naturally this increases social phobia.
Having full blow panic attacks in a supermarket because getting triggered by nonsense is anything but tolerable and can bring yourself...
Okay. A little background story is needed:
At the beginning of this month I finally installed Windows 10 on my mother's computer. This was overdue because Windows 8.1 was long out of support and the installation bloated and full of 100s of experiments – last year even related to old DRM...
The door to the attic never worked normally since I can think. I know this thing only in a condition of jamming, seizing up and dragging. More than three decades ago it should have been replaced.
This morning:
Sinchen: *Pushes attic door*
Door: *Won't budge*
Sinchen: "Open up!" *pushes harder*...
Two years ago I got this DVD with a nice metal packaging and manual (serial number on back of manual – obviously not on the picture) for a few cent.
Naive LittleSinchen thought:
I have a readable, perfect condition original DVD ✅
SecuROM density variations measured ✅
I have a valid original...
Saturday - flea market day in fairground. With patience and a lot of luck this is sometimes the opportunity to get awkward things for little money.
My success was limited today. Not a total failure. Got the Blu-Ray disc of Amadeus and a PS1 game with two CDs (Platinum series). Means: I now have...
Today while walking up and down the hills at fast pace, I remembered something for no reason: How I had to deal with copy protection on extremely expensive specialized software long ago. What baffled me is that well-payed professionals fall for obvious mistakes when designing a protection...
Anti-theft tags in clothing… an induction coil in a very obvious blank tag next to the washing/drying instructions tag. I get it, shoplifting is a serious issue and has to be fought somehow. What I don't get is, what a thing, which anybody can remove with nail scissors without attracting...
Yes, I need help. I'm sick of people ignoring that I prohibited throwing advertising papers and other junk into my mailbox.
Paying attention to a sticker that forbids doing so is mandatory. Publishers can be (and have been successfully!) sued for ignoring → Dictionary suggests "file for...
Previously politics were mostly busy dealing with pseudo-problems¹… then some real problem came for a visit and said: "Booo." in 2020. Now, in 2022, SOME REAL PROBLEMS appeared and shouted: "BOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!"
I will try to not really get political here (see footnote). I'll just present my...
Yes, I sometimes (not always!) like to use baking mixtures as I'm lazy and the results are good. Go ahead and make fun of me because of this.
It is not even easy to make this particular things. The dough is very sticky, needs some extra wheat flour added when rolling out and is overall hard to...
Wear a mask everywhere you go! Millions of discussions about this. Like so many of the things directly related to the one-and-only world topic, it split the people in two (or even more) fractions. I will not even try talking about sense of the masks (and I will not talk about "makes sense or...
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BigOnYa:
So buying a Switch 2 base model in the USA could cost close to $600 with tarriffs and tax come June. https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikka...endo-switch-2-price-leaked-and-its-not-cheap/ -
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Skelletonike:
up to 450€ was within my expectations given the oled costs 350 at retail (although it's often on sale for cheaper) -
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(I'm going by the standard that dollar price equals euro price in games and consoles)
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Sicklyboy:
Gastro doc told me I get a gold star today because I'm down 20lbs from my last visit+4
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