Unless my math is wrong, early September is only roughly 8 months from New Year’s, not 9.

Depends on the hardware, but generally, yeah.

(It’s a joke)

Thanks for the detailed explanation!

I’d be interested to see what people have to say regarding VR setup, but the Oculus gets little use anymore. I have a few games that were never ported to the newer, self-contained systems (I have a Quest 3), and we’ve downloaded a bunch of custom Beat Saber levels that I might feel bad about, but the sensors are a big enough pain to set up that I don’t know that I’d feel that bad.

Truth. Full system would be easier.

I’m pretty sure anything of value is already backed up to my NAS. I’m just paranoid that my kids might freak out that I destroyed their state fair winning Scratch project or something.

I have an old (2017) Windows 10 box that is ineligible for Windows 11. Originally purchased to run my Oculus Rift, it now just streams YouTube and Twitch and plays some old Steam games and occasionally school related stuff (Lexia, Scratch, stuff like that).

I started thinking that, rather than worrying about an unsupported Windows OS on my network, I might upgrade to Mint or Ubuntu.

So, my question(s) is/are, how much of a hassle will such an upgrade be? Will I need to wipe the drive, or can I keep my files without having to back them up first? Can I run Windows games on Steam with Wine? Are there good 3D card drivers nowadays?

I’m reasonably versed in using Linux as a user, less so as an admin, in case that affects the way you answer.

With fees that high, what was your typical profit margin per sale? How were you able to source product at such a high discount?

I love the skull subtly lurking in the sand.

Heh, I see what y’all did there…

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Dropkick Murphys’ The Season’s Upon Us yet.

Hurricanes could, and did, wipe out entire communities. It’s easy to forget how important the study of meteorology is, as well as how vital modern weather satellites are, in keeping people safe.

As one example of massive damage done in the not terribly distant past: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane

I shouldn’t feed the trolls…

I suppose the better question is, what did he do right?

• Taunted Twitter CEO, culminating in what constituted a valid offer to purchase at a very inflated price
• Tried to back out of his legally made offer
• Fired the vast majority of staff that knew how to run the site
• Fired all of the staff in charge of ethics
• Stopped paying rent and other bills, despite having used the location/services
• Demanded employees devote their non-sleeping lives to the company
• Ignored all his other companies, from which he continues to draw paychecks (ok, maybe ignoring them is for their best interest)
• Failed to pay promised severance
• Change algorithm to promote his voice above all other
• Rebrand off of one of the most recognizable names and logos in the world

And these are the ones just off the top of my head.

I was beginning to wonder if the bot purging got a little too ambitious. Also, requisite “I am not a bot” statement. Beep. Boop.

That’s an interesting thought. I hadn’t considered that as an option.

I haven’t heard of them before. Awfully reasonable pricing. I’ll check them out, thanks!

I’m not asking that medic for help!

Do you know – do most people run cloud instances, or just a spare computer sitting in the closet collecting dust? I’d be tempted to looking into my own, but don’t want to spend a small fortune keeping a large EC2 just because it sounded interesting one weekend.

If only they had shot down that escape pod with no lifeforms aboard (Star Wars ANH)