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kalpol @ kalpol @lemmy.world
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What is the funniest instance of reality slapping the spoiled rich person in the face that you have seen?

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  • Ive been pretty impressed by this 20 year old knockoff Victorinox I have that cost like nineteen dollars originally and yet somehow keeps perfect time.

    • Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

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  • I played all three back in the day. They were all good. Blue Shift wasn't as engaging as the first two, as I recall. I still have it on the shelf, I'll play it again and see.

    • My VPN on Android fails to reconnect automatically any time the connection is interupted. Why?

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  • I'm going to try Arne Schwabe's version of the app and see if that helps.

    • My VPN on Android fails to reconnect automatically any time the connection is interupted. Why?

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  • Same issue with OpenVPNon Android. It really does not like even changing WiFi APs on the same network.

    • Favourite games to play around Christmas time?

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  • FTL is the holiday game here, and lately Warcraft II after the GOG sale

    • Discord sued by users claiming Nitro subscription is too difficult to cancel

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  • That was probably just a fluke but Amazon does freak out after you cancel. It asks you to renew with a popup, a prominent shipping option, and embedded windows when you buy things without Prime.

    • Answer the question, Stacy!

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  • There's also a ski boat in the background

    • Ferret Frenzy!

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  • I had a ferret once. It was the most awesome experience I never want to have again.

    • I don't want a lot for Christmas....

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    • TIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingo

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  • Patrick O'Brian has a bunch of opinions about these. "The devil to pay" was spreading pitch on, or paying, the hard-to-reach seam between deck and hull called the devil. At loggerheads means fighting with the long poles with a hot iron ball on the end , or loggerheads, used to heat pitch.

    • What is your special interest?

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  • Gotten real good st troubleshooting fuel injection systems on vintage Italian cars (not the expensive kind)

    • Toyota accidentally becoming top tier MIC

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  • Older one but yeah

    • Seagate launches 30/32TB capacity Exos M mechanical HDD (30/32TB capacity)

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  • And here I am with HGST drives hitting 50k hours

    Edit: no one ever discusses the Backblaze reliability statistics. Its interesting to see how they stack up against the anecdotes.

    • Y'know what?

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    • You know what scares us about big tech? Planned obsolescence.

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  • Not even when the vendor stops fixing it. Anytime you want.

    • Twin-Engine Heavy Fighters are the Best and you Can't Convince me Otherwise

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  • The jug

    • How do you solve dynamic DNS?

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  • Yeah this has been the biggest problem with hosting. For SMTP to work outbound you gotta have a good static IP. Everything else can be DDNSed. So either you get a business class connection or proxy through a VPS front end.

    • Distro Focuses

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  • I'm hitting 4 on a rolling release

    • Distro Focuses

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  • As the owner of many old German cars this is funny but only because it means no one read the technical manual that came with the car

    • Revolut, McDonald's, and Authy have banned the use of GrapheneOS.

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  • Uber still works under Lineage. Can't imagine what the heck they are trying to block