Depends on the currency, though…

In 1999 when the entire town was on dialup, I set up this relatively small PC with FreeBSD 3.3 and eggdrop, and hid it in the school library. That way I had an IRC bot that worked while I was offline. After a while I also set it up to automatically grab files from FTP servers for me, but getting these out from the “server” offline was tricky due to 1.44MB floppies being the only removable storage I had available.

Back then internet carried dialup charges per minute for me, so this was a huge time and money saver.

You can test it in the phone and see if it has any juice in it, then. If I were in your shoes I’d feel safe in testing it that way.

It’s probably fine. The batteries don’t care about moisture, as long as the pins don’t get shorted or corroded.

If they were wet enough to short, the symptoms are usually a completely dead battery or it seeming puffy, a.k.a. spicy pillow.

You can measure the voltage with a voltmeter if you want to check. It should read around 3.5 to 4V, depending on charge.

Source: I handle a lot of LiPo batteries at work.

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The what now?

Pardon me, I should’ve been more specific: I don’t care how either. Nor am I on windows, for that matter.

This is where i’d add a thumbs up emoji of approval, but I don’t know how.

Not a TV show, but one of the Matrix movies (the 2nd IIRC) has Trinity use nmap and a well known exploit at the time to hack into a system.

Norway - Similar to many European countries, owning a gun requires a certifiable reason to do so, which basically means hunting or target shooting. Loads of guns here, as there’s a lot of moose and deer. Obtaining and owning a hunting rifle requires skill tests and a theoretical exam, and you need to be part of a hunting group.

ARs are banned for obvious reasons. The only exception is for people who are army reservists who are (were?) allowed to store their service weapon at home, if they have proper secure storage options available. This may have changed since I was a reservist myself, but those were the rules in 2007 at least.

Pistols are legal for target shooting, but with strict background checks and so forth. Plus you have to be part of a target shooting club. Getting a pistol is generally harder than a rifle, as a means of preventing pistols from ending up on the streets. Gun voilence happens, but it is extremely rare, and mostly tied to gangs and/or organized crime. Except from this asshole in 2011.

Carrying permit for guns is pretty much none existent. To/from hunting or shooting range.

Self defense is not a valid reason for obtaining and carrying a gun. You don’t really need it either. The only exception is Svalbard where is is possible due to polar bears. And even then, you can’t be an idiot about it; a few years ago this dumbass got permanently banned from the Svalbard territory after intentionally provoking a polar bear, then shooting it, claiming self defense.

Linux is very picky when it comes to attached storage. Seeing as it’s an external drive, especially when it comes to ntfs, something linux will usually refuse to automount if the filesystem is detected as not being clean. Clean in this context means that it was unmounted properly last time it was use.

When a filesystem is mounted, a flag is set. This flag is then unset upon a proper unmount. When you yank the drive without unmounting first, this flag will remain, and the filesystem will therefore be considered as unclean, and will require manual intervention. This is a feature that has the potential to prevent dataloss if there are worse things at play.

Try to plug in the drive and run dmesg - It might tell you if an unclean filesystem was detected, or any other issues.

An unclean filesystem is usually fixed by running fsck.

I’m not a fan of kink-shaming, but that is objectively funny. I choose to believe he was also into balloon-bestiality by sometimes going squiggee-fnurp-scratch-tadaa and producing balloon animals as part of the foreplay

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An updated Samsung Galaxy Note with a quality stylus (Similar to the one for Note 2), and no bloatware that cannot be uninstalled.

Samsung always has tonnes of bloatware, and the newer Note styluses are (and feel like) cheap plastic. Give me back the aluminum stylus, ffs.

Ian Watkins, the lead singer, is now in prison for sexual abuse of children. We’re not talking the typical groomer here, he actually raped kids as young as toddlers. He’s a monster. A lot of their songs are absolute bangers, but knowing about him makes it hard to listen to them.

The rest of the band (to my knowledge) are decent, though. They broke up the band upon learning the truth about Watkins, and has since formed a new band.

When I have loads or large hardware I usually check in a pelicase or two. The backpack is mostly for short-term in-transit stuff plus bits and pieces I usually need for short stays.

Osprey looks nice - I’ll see if they have something that suits my needs

No connoisseur here either, but I am in dire need of a new one for work, as my current one is falling apart. I’m keeping my eyes open, in case I find one that matches these specs:

• Durable as hell
• 1x compartment that can fit two 15" laptops. Chargers can go in a different compartment.
• 1x general purpose compartment for misc cables, SFP modules, connectors and other work related junk
• 1x compartment for a change of clothes
• 2x easy access pockets for things I might need to reach while on the go
• 2x zippable easy access compartment for things such as keys, battery bank, etc
• must be small enough to count as carry-on with most airlines

I’m leaning towards getting one of those pilot backpack, as they’re built for people who are on the go.

I simply refuse.

I work in a niche part of the IT world, and I have plenty of niche skills, so if they wanted me to do that kind of stuff they’re paying for the skills for which I was hired, while using me for something they could get someone much cheaper to do.

I’ll stick to my clustered storage racks and make things work in harsh environments. I like it, I’m good at it, it pays well, and I don’t have to deal with the awful shit that often falls under IT.

A house. My mortgage is cheaper than rent, and now I get to actually address annoyances with my living conditions.

It’s almost 100 years old, and a bit of an fixer upper, but the important stuff is solid. Last summer I invested in proper drainage around the foundation so that I can start making the basement livable. This year I invested in a proper bathroom. Next year it’s a new kitchen. And if time allows I’ll start rebuilding the basement mainly for one extra bed room and an office.