I mean, Cyberpunk 2077 does have construction workers being contractually obligated to receive strength-augmenting implants that are low quality and frequently malfunction and/or drive the wearer to homicidal insanity.

Anyone who has a problem with singular they can eat my non-binary ass.

Ok, but have you used Linux?

Seems to be a common thing with Chinese tech, honestly. It’s kinda frustrating.

Other comments seem to have covered the advice around checking insulation and system charge, so I’ll say that if you need to get a window unit make sure it’s an inverter unit; they’re typically advertised as ultra-quiet. The reason you want an inverter air conditioner is purely the efficient gains you get over a traditional on/off compressor; they use around half the electricity in some cases for the same cooling.

All of the U-shaped units from various brands use inverter tech, but they might be hard to find because a lot of them are rebranded Mideas. LG’s ThinQ “dual-inverter” units are also very good, I have one that’s served me well for a couple years and it’s very quiet. You can barely hear the compressor start up at all aside from a faint electrical whine for a few seconds and the sound of refrigerant moving through the system. The fan moving the air is the loudest part by far (and it’s not bad).

All of that said, consider replacing your central ducted unit with a multi-head mini-split system in the long run. For residential use they’re typically the most efficient you can get, and you have the bonus of being able to control room temperatures individually. A mini-split system uses inverter tech too just like the good window units. In fact, the U-shaped window units are just miniaturized mini-split systems in a rigid housing.

No, just perpetually constipated.

I clicked the link and immediately thought “wow this is going to be nothing more than an obnoxious load of marketing wank” as soon as I saw the loading bar appear and take 20 seconds to fill.

I was right.

I drove for Schneider for about a year and the standard equipment inverter was more than enough for my computer at the time (i9-12900k, 2070 super). I could run the microwave at the same time too… it was probably at least 2kw.

But yeah, it kinda sucked not knowing if I was going to be docked for 30 minutes or 4 hours… it was always best to be able to get paid to play video games or take a nap.

I can’t speak for everyone but for me, I’m not going to sit down and play a game unless I can do it for at least an hour or two. Almost all of the games I have aren’t the type where I can just pick something up for 15-30 minutes and not leave completely unsatisfied because I couldn’t actually accomplish anything.

As far as actually having free 1-2 hour blocks? Ha. Yeah, right. I mean, maybe after work on the rare occasion that I can put off the things I need to do for a bit and the stress about them later, keeping me from playing anything for another 2 weeks… that’s the best-case scenario for working full-time and I don’t even have kids.

You uhhh… you doing ok there bud? Need a snack or something? Seems like you could use a break from the internet for a bit.

I’m going to guess that I’m in the minority here and say that I daily a long bed Ford F-250. It’s big, it’s long, and it’s just generally unwieldy. Yes there are benefits to backing into a parking spot like better visibility and blah blah blah but for me it’s actually more about just being able to get in and out of the parking spot. Especially in narrow parking lot aisles. Backing into a spot takes less room, because, idk, geometry. Similar to why a forklift steers with its rear wheels and that makes it more maneuverable (albeit less stable).

Though there is also the benefit of the tailgate and bed of the vehicle being less accessible and therefore less likely for someone to just walk off with something, if there’s anything back there. My mom had the tailgate stolen off her Toyota once back in the 90s. I assume she pulled forward into the parking spot.

But I do have a big, stupid, oversized vehicle with blind spots and I can’t park normally!

I also had a Mini Cooper that I would back into parking spots for the reasons outlined in many other comments here… because “normal” isn’t always better.

I can at times; particularly when stressed. It used to be a nearly constant thing, but that’s since improved with stress management, therapy, and diet changes. Seriously, people underestimate how strongly stress and anxiety can affect you physically.

As a US citizen, I sometimes realize how lucky I am to be living here, even with the political climate. I acknowledge that I have less agency than many that are wealthier than I am, but I’m still better off than many who live in other areas or don’t have the support system that I do. Particularly when considering people of similar status in other countries.

It does feel somewhat precarious, because it seems like the agency that I do have could largely disappear in short notice at the whim of the government or economy… but I’m trying to enjoy it while I can, and live life to the best of my ability without fretting too much.

Personally, I’d hate to have anywhere near the agency of the “top 100” people, because I don’t want the kind of responsibilities that come with that. I’m fine with my meager existence as a tradesperson, keeping to myself and my community.

All of the lock screen backgrounds and wallpapers on my devices are photos I’ve taken at various times with my (not-phone) camera.

To be honest, I don’t know how much I trust younger people either with all the plastic in our brains.

Fiat currency like the US dollar is just as intrinsically worthless. It has value only because people accept that it does, they trade with it, and it has legal status as tender “for all debts, public and private”.

People trade bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for goods all the time, without converting it to USD or anything first. I mean, yeah, usually the thing they’re buying is drugs or something but it’s the same as handing your local dealer a $20 bill.

Torrenting can be faster than normal downloads. A file server with a fast connection that’s not overloaded can easily be faster than a P2P download that doesn’t have very many peers, or the peers all have slow connections. There’s no fixed percentage speed boost that you get, because sometimes you don’t.

That said, for things like Linux ISOs or archives of stuff that people just keep seeding forever but aren’t hosted on fast file servers (if at all), it’s great and typically the bottleneck is your own connection.

I recently went to Sonic, didn’t use the app, and ended up with norovirus for free.

While I don’t have much experience with Plex, I can say that it’s really not hard to set up Jellyfin for streaming across the internet.

I’m running a docker container using the linuxserver.io image and all I had to do was forward the HTTP/S ports. I will grant that when a third party has to make an easy-to-use container for a service, there’s a problem to address… but if I remember correctly, Jellyfin is easier to set up on bare metal where it can use uPnP.