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Works wonders for all the ads on apps targeted toward kids.

Heroic also has an option to move games to a different directory so you can move them between drives easily after they’re already installed.

I used to work with a guy who interacted with a Hoa on a relatively regular basis. When he came into the building where she worked he would announce “Where’s that ho at?”. It was pretty hilarious and she thought it was funny too. I miss that guy he passed away last year, unfortunately.

I ran Debian as my main OS for years around 2005-2010 or so. If you run the testing branch it gets you pretty new stuff. Just don’t run the testing branch for a few months after they do a stable release as that’s when all the big breaking changes take place. Also, Trixie is still relatively new and has a new enough kernel to make most GPU stuff work well. If you need a newer kernel it’s not too difficult to build a new one and use that so you can get fresher amdgpu modules, for example.

All my jobs back to 2002 until now I have had full authority to run any OS I like on my work computer. I’ve run nothing but Linux on all my work machines and I have convinced many coworkers to do the same.

Unreal Tournament is so good. I wish it had more assault maps out of the box.

100% this. Runs great on my Ryzen 5950x with 6900xt. Also, it’s a great game to play with my kids to teach them how to use a controller, how to navigate using a map, and it’s a great game to use while teaching them to read. I’ll sit with them and narrate the text in the game and after a while they pick it up and are able to read the text themselves.

And use CEPH as your filesystem.

This was a tough one for me. One thing that helped was always having nail clippers and a file at my desk at home and work. Any time I felt the urge to bite a nail I would use the clippers and file instead. Over time I have been able to taper down the biting quite a lot and now I’m to the point where I can grow my nails out. The ring fingers are by far the toughest to quit as they’re the most satisfying ones to bite. ADHD medication also helped.

You’re quite a bit behind on BIOS version so I’d update that first and then run memtest86+ which you can install from the arch repo and it will show up in your grub menu.

BIOS update can be found at https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450M-DS3H-rev-1x/support#dl

We run 2-5 loads of dishes a day as we do a ton of cooking at home. With a single dishwasher we’d have to immediately unload and load the next batch or we wouldn’t be able to keep up and it was exhausting. With two we can keep up with the dishes a lot better. It’s awesome to have another dishwasher available to put the dirty dishes in when the other is running. And when we host stuff at our house it’s awesome to be able to wash everything at once.

Dishwashers are definitely the way to go. They use less water than hand washing (source: https://www.popsci.com/environment/science-of-using-dishwasher-vs-handwashing/).

I’m so firmly in the dishwasher camp that I installed a second dishwasher in my kitchen a few years ago and it has been one of the best upgrades I ever made on my house. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to live somewhere with a single dishwasher again.

Also, there’s no need to buy any expensive pods or dishwasher detergent. The cheap store brand powder detergent works the best. Personally I use the Great Value brand powdered detergent and have been very satisfied with it. I do not pre rinse any dishes either. I just lazily scrape off my dishes in the garbage and put them straight in the dishwasher.

If you do go the dishwasher route, be sure to do your research and get a good dishwasher if you have a choice. I went with Bosch dishwashers based on reviews from Consumer Reports and have been highly satisfied with their performance. They’re so quiet my wife sometimes opens them mid cycle and gets a surprise. I find this hilarious because they shine a red spot on the floor to let you know that it is running.

So exercise with your kids. I got in great shape doing just that. And my kid is in such good shape he has broken longstanding fitness records at his school.

Go outside for 3 miles a day minimum 6 days a week. Can be bike, walk, run, ski, hike, etc. I usually do quite a bit more but this has kept me in great shape and it really helps with my focus and productivity.

I have the same printer and it works great on Linux.

First thing I ever printed was a spout to replace the elephant trunk on my Rancilio Rocky coffee grinder. It allows me to use the grinder with basically 0 ground retention so it was a huge improvement and allows me to accurately use the grinder for single doses. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:101392

Another thing I made were some spacers to correct alignment on the freezer door of my French door refrigerator. They’ve been working great for years now and keep the door seal in perfect alignment. I custom made these and they’re unlikely to be useful to anyone else.

I also am very fond of some wire organizers I use for managing USB charging cables so they’re not a jumbled mess. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5340635

I completely agree. I’m not even in the industry but it’s a fun hobby topic for me. I even got an EPA 608 universal license for fun.

I leave a lot of one star reviews for anything that pulls that crap.

Neighbors with dogs that bark all the time.