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Which programs and apps do you avoid updating?

  • Nvidia Shield - The Android update (from 9 to 10, iirc) turned mine into a sluggish, unresponsive piece of crap. I ended up downgrading back to Android 9 and blocked the update servers in my router.

    Switch Joycons - This might be a placebo, but I swear that every second Joycon update completely messes with their ability to connect to the tablet via the rails. They still disconnect every once in a while, but I'm certain that some versions of the Joycon firmware made my Switch completely unusable in portable mode.

    • What cover song just takes you to Universe B compared to the original?

  • Nobody's said Me and Bobby McGee yet?

    • Who was your high school classmate that you Googled and were shocked by the results?

  • In intermediate, there was a guy who was always a massive dick to me, but we had a mutual friend and were in the same house so we interacted far more than I would have liked.

    Turns out he fucking killed someone.

    • What profound statement has stuck with you over the years?

  • This is my favourite lyric in any song ever.

    It's from Death or Glory by The Clash, for those who don't know.

    • What's your take on biometric security?

  • or going to a protest

    I'd suggest you may be better off not bringing your phone at all, in this case.

    • Share your partition scheme!

  • I've tried some weird and wonderful partition schemes in the past, but I think I've settled down and just go for simplicity. Half a gig for /boot, and the rest for / (in ext4). I've tried btrfs, but I've never been in the position where I needed snapshots, and ext4 is a lot more simple.

    I also like having the flexibility of not having a separate home partition. I back up my super important files, so it doesn't matter if I lose home (not that I distrohop much anymore, anyway). And I don't have to stress about whether I've made my root partition big enough. For the same reason I use a swapfile rather than a swap partition (though I do need to look in to zram and zswap) - I like knowing that I can resize it easily, even if I don't really plan on doing so.

    • What popular TV show did not do it for you and you quit watching?

  • Hannibal

    I enjoyed Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, but I just couldn't get over how hamfisted the series was with the whole "It's gory, but isn't it bEaUtIfUl?!" thing. I don't normally like using the word "pretentious" as criticism, but I can't think of any other word to describe it.

    • What are some things people think are cool but really arent?

  • As long as you're happy, I guess.

    • “You cannot serve both God and money”

    • Modded Switch console seller sentenced by Japanese courts in Nintendo's latest victory against piracy

  • The victory is Nintendo's.

    • World on warcraft on Linux

  • Any reasonably modern, well maintained desktop distro should be fine; whether they're "for gaming" or not shouldn't matter. I've successfully run WoW on both Debian Stable and Arch.

    • Does anyone else just not give a shit about their health anymore?

  • I've had similar thoughts, too, but as I get older, being extremely fat just isn't something I can continue doing. Having back pain and requiring a nap every day after work just ruined my quality of life too much, and I'm only in my early 30s.

    • ‘Sorry mate, I didn’t see you’: when drivers look but don’t see cyclists on the road

  • Do you morons think that cyclists are just that suicidal or something?

    • GOG seems to be considering paid membership option

  • and its not linux or mac

    Except there's already a Mac version of GOG Galaxy.

    • Buy Once Software

  • This clearly isn't true though, otherwise there wouldn't be so much FOSS software.

    • GOG seems to be considering paid membership option

  • I like what GOG do, but gating features, even niche ones, behind a subscription sounds like the first step towards enshittification.

    Also, I'm sure as hell not giving them extra money until they fix their platform on Linux/Steam Deck.

    • Buy Once Software

    • "I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative" - What do you think when you hear that?

  • Okay... I hate taxes too, but how else do you propose we pay for things like roads?

    • "I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative" - What do you think when you hear that?

  • Poes Law very much applies, but I'm pretty sure Conservapedia is a troll. Just look at their list of "Greatest Conservative Songs".

    • "I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative" - What do you think when you hear that?

  • Either "I hate poor people but I love weed" or "I'm lying because my actual views would scare people off".