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I saw a laptop ad where they referred to the storage as ROM, e.g. "500GB ROM/16GB RAM" 😂

Then again, EPROMs are rewritable yet "read-only"...

There's a self-perpetuating cycle of

1. Manufacturers only write drivers and support for Windows because that's what most people are using.
2. "My device doesn't work OOTB on Linux, so I'll use Windows." Leading to point 1.

I want to like Linux

Unfortunately, this is going to be more difficult for you. See above. Blame Nvidia and, let me guess, Broadcom?

GoldenEye has the dual controller schemes too. A bit awkward in that you still have to be able to access the A & B buttons from the center grip; "2.1 Plenty" and switch the camera control off of inverted, personally. Hold the right controller at a slight angle to reach A & B and it's not horrible... 😅

Can you tell my family's been getting back into N64 lately? Some are experiencing the turn-of-the-century gaming for the first time. Although I'm spoiled from playing the recompiled Perfect Dark on Steam Deck and having total "control of the controls" including gyro aim.

Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to type "aarrggh". He'd just say it!

That's so good! Minibosses have a badass medley of Mega Man II as well.

I'd love a 20V battery for power tools that just has a USB3 plug instead of special chargers.

Good news, I'm starting to see products like this on the market!

To be faaaaaaair... The devices no longer have the DC voltage and current ratings listed on them like they used to.

Tension makes me think of how one "can't let go" if high-voltage AC is flowing through their arms. 😬

...and warnings in multiple languages. HAUTE TENSION!

I'm sorry that you have more in common with Donald Trump than you care to admit.

Potential or electromotive force. "Voltage" is long accepted. The only use of "amperage" you'll find in The Art of Electronics is in the index: Amperage, see current. Ampère called current "intensité du courant", hence I in V = I × R.

I don't know why it bugs me. This is Mildly Infuriating... The place for nitpicking! 😅

That's the joke. Edit: oops, you got the message already! 😂

There was an offer to purchase Greenland during Trump's first term that was dismissed by most Americans as "Art of the Deal" buffoonery, but I can't find any reference to Panama or Canada delusions before the election. Please correct me if I'm wrong... I'm by no means attempting to "run interference" for the narcissist-in-chief and have been warning my fellow Americans since the PATRIOT Act that giving the executive branch sweeping new powers "because terrorism" would be abused within our lifetimes. PotUS is supposed to be administrator of federal employees, not a goddamn dictator.

They might have to eschew morals and start gaslighting the populace to regain influence.

Wait...

Trump didn't mention annexing Canada before being elected. He does refer to himself as "fucking crazy" and says he's the same now as he was in the first grade, though... The Alaskans only voted for him expecting a general shitshow, not a specifically anti-Canadian-sovereignty shitshow! 😑

For some reason, "amperage" mildly infuriates me. It's current.

Voltage equals amperage times ohmage.

They go out of their way to block Linux. There was "Vinegar" bootstrapper, then "Grapejuice", leading to the current closed-source "Sober" client that streamlines running Roblox for ARM Android on x86_64 Linux PC.

Try booting with the HDD disconnected. Try disconnecting the battery and BIOS battery (where is it on this model?!) for a few minutes.

You would still need good RAM to get into the BIOS update...

GPU failure, since a text-mode boots but not much else?

No problem. I think in my case only Wine/Proton games were doing it and native Linux games were fine. I shake my fist at Nvidia and carry on. 😂

Try this setting: Display Configuration > Screen tearing: Allow in fullscreen windows. Whatever it's set to, try the other setting. I had a similar issue once and this fixed it. The issue came back a long time later and switching it again fixed it. 🤷‍♂️

It's a difficult issue to pin down. I've also read about video stuttering while trying to stay synched to pipewire audio which is having buffer underruns, even if your audio sounds fine. To check the audio buffer, you install and run pw-top and then watch it while you are having the video problem.