Exactly my style.

Okay, what doesn’t itch and doesn’t make me sweat.

I entered the thread hoping this would be the first comment; thank you for fulfilling my wishes.

I base my sense of fashion on what doesn’t itch.

You are singlehandedly compensating for me never leaving the house.

According to my tag on you, you’re a construction worker with a camera; I would imagine both of those things would expose you to cold. It’s not blind!

If there’s anyone I’d trust on this matter, it’s you.

Thank you!

With your newfound expertise, could you summarize it for me?

edit: I get that a handheld gaming (I think?) system used to be Windows only but will soon officially support at least one much used Linux distro. Is there more to it than that?

If not, that’s still pretty cool. The words I didn’t know just made me uncertain.

I don’t know who this is, but they look like they belong in Creature Commandos.

I haven’t tried *WRT in this house, but I tried replacing my TP-Link with pfSense and also with OPNSense but neither would get an IP from the ISP. As soon as I switched back to my router (purchased by me, not ISP provided) I immediately got an IP again.

I tried cloning my router’s MAC address and manually entering a static IP, but neither got me an internet connection, so I got annoyed and switched back to my commercial router. I’ve been meaning to try out openWRT but I’m afraid of compromising my mesh setup.

For a more normal picture of her … Sort of:

Strong words from someone who’s not really here.

Hey, thanks for extending this thread with me. It was fun.

BRE

Big Ring Energy

Also, have you seen the movie Home? One could very easily argue about whether it’s a good movie, but there’s a scene in it where a hostile alien ship flies into Saturn’s ring and has a very visually impressive impact.

Again, not making any comment on the quality of the movie in general … That scene struck me as so cool that a screenshot of it has been my wallpaper on my work computer for nine years.

edit: I don’t run a public webserver anymore, but at the time I did and was unaware of things like nextcloud and copy party, so I had to save the screenshot to my webserver to get it to my work computer to use as the background.

BHE

Big Hoop Energy

I think this is the kind of heart monitor you get if you have heart concerns. For example, a few months ago I had an experience that might have been a heart attack. When I told my doctor, they recommended wearing a heart monitor for two weeks to identify any problems.

I wasn’t instructed to write down any details. Instead, the monitor came with a phone with a locked down app. If I experienced symptoms, I would press a button on the monitor attached to my chest, then choose the symptoms on the app (high HR, chest pressure, lightheadedness, nausea, etc.) There was a section for notes, but it was optional.

I can see an argument being made for it being invasive, but it’s not mandatory and, at least from my experience, you don’t have to provide any information you don’t want to (though you probably should for a proper diagnosis).

I haven’t yet had my follow-up appointment, but I very much doubt the cardiologist has any interest in anything that is not directly relevant to your evaluation.

Is a generic “yes” permitted?

Well this was just depressing.

I had my windows replaced … Last year, I think? That detail doesn’t really matter.

I always knew that normal windows negate any attempt at security, but it was still unnerving to visually confirm that they are easily removed, fragile barriers filling what are just holes in my wall.

Hey, don’t judge until you’ve tried bowling without hands.