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4grams , to Not The Onion in US ex-official pleads guilty in heist to steal and sell water with secret pipe
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it’s like we have all watched these dystopian future movies and instead of heeding their warning, we all said “hold my beer”.

4grams , to Technology in Conservative cell carrier Patriot Mobile hit by data breach
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Just like their name, it’s just a slogan. They wrap themselves in flags and bibles and folks fall for it every time.

4grams , to Technology in Chaos Reigns Inside Tesla as Workers Await Next Slew of Job Cuts – One worker likened the state of the company to ‘Squid Game,’ the TV series where contestants fight for survival.
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Duh, they want to be hardcore.

4grams , to Technology in Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years
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Not exactly reliable and less than easy rma process.

Sorry, had typed this and forgotten to hit submit :(

4grams , to Technology in Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years
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At the time it was fine. I had an array of 4tb drives that I was backing up with a series of 5gb drives. They were just so unreliable; all but one failed while the array they backed up is still spinning strong.

4grams , to Technology in Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years
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Bingo. Sorry, had typed a reply about my failure rate and difficulties getting an RMA but forgot to submit.

4grams , to Technology in Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years
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Bought some of the old versions for backup drives. That was a mistake.

4grams , to Showerthoughts in Using Ubuntu may give off hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect.
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does the job I suppose. I don’t use desktop enough to have any useful thoughts about it. I like that it’s a decent gui over what I’m used to.

4grams , to Showerthoughts in Using Ubuntu may give off hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect.
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bingo, I enjoy the stabilty and simplicity for my servers but I wouldn't run vanilla debian for a desktop. ironically I tend to use Linux Mint for desktop which I guess is a grandchild then, since it's based on Ubuntu :). oops, I use LMDE, not Mint.. forgot that I switched a while back since it's directly debian based.

4grams , to Showerthoughts in Using Ubuntu may give off hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect.
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absolutely nothing, it's my preferred distro (and I have the grey beard to match). what I mean is that despite not using Ubuntu (or honestly even liking it that much), I give it a pass since it's the offspring of my preffered flavor.

4grams , to Showerthoughts in Using Ubuntu may give off hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect.
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It’s Debian based so gets a pass, so long as it’s headless.

4grams , to Technology in First human brain implant malfunctioned, Neuralink says
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6 of one, half a dozen of the other.

4grams , to Technology in First human brain implant malfunctioned, Neuralink says
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Pretty much. At this point a religious weirdo is a religious weirdo no matter what flavor they prefer.

4grams , to Technology in First human brain implant malfunctioned, Neuralink says
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I feel like they belong in separate categories though. Lawnmower man was regular bad, like it started as something that had value but effects and writing just weren’t up to where they should have been resulting in a hilarious, guilty pleasure mess.

Battlefield earth never stood a chance, everything about it was cursed start to finish and was a complete vanity project by a religious weirdo. There’s just plain guilt with it, no pleasure.

4grams , to Technology in Apple introduces M4 chip
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I feel the same way. I feel like we used to buy things and hold onto them for a while, nowadays, everything seems to be designed to have a single year lifecycle. I like AirPods but now that their battery died and I can’t replace them, I’m looking at going back to the cord. But now of course we’re in dongle hell since there’s only one port..

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