I had actually effectively nuked my Linux log files permanently on my first Ubuntu install back in 2011. I did that by mapping all the log files to ramfs on startup, and clearing all the logs still on storage to zero bytes.

I didn’t do that out of any paranoia or anything, I did that because I had Linux fully installed on a mere 4GB USB flash drive, so I wanted to eliminate as many unnecessary write cycles as I could possibly manage.

I also set the temp folder and internet cache to ramfs, much improved performance over the typical setup on a USB2 flash drive.

When I’m almost certain it’s a scammer calling, I’ll answer as professionally as I can as if I’m running a business…

“Thank you for calling Ding Dong Double Dildos and Dirty Devices! How would you like to fuck yourself today?”

They usually just hang up and remove the number from the call list LMFAO! 😂🤣

I actually did this for my mom one day, scammers had been calling her left and right. She found it quite hilarious too, and by the next day, more than half the scammers quit calling 👍

Edit: Merry Christmas! This is how you fuck the scammers…

Nah, they mailed all their customers, informing everyone that once they finished upgrading their infrastructure, that they would triple every customers’ internet speed for no extra charge.

Then, as everyone waited in hope, within like 6 months they renamed to /Sparklight, and that 100Mbps > 300Mbps upgrade they promised disappeared like a fart in the wind, plus /Sparklight ended up eventually increasing customer bills anyways, without any performance increase.

Honestly I think that’s exactly why they renamed, just because they wanted to back out of that promise, but didn’t actually have the fine print to legally back out.

Cable One renamed themselves to /Sparklight, basically to get out of the Cable One promise that they were supposed to triple everyone’s internet speed for no extra charge once they upgraded all their lines and equipment.

When companies rename themselves, they’re basically legally relieved of any prior promises, obligations, or class action lawsuits made/filed under the old company name.

Companies that change their names usually do so to avoid class action lawsuits and/or to get out of obligations they previously made with their customers.

Edit: I probably should have posted that as a top level comment, but oh well, I’m leaving it here.

This is why the Egyptians had stone walls and ceilings, and ran the water pipes far away… 🤷

I dunno, exploding golf ball maybe?

Disclaimer: Nope, I’m not gonna do that, nor am I making any serious suggestions.

If the compressed files are of the same/similar format, more compression is possible as the algorithm can detect more related patterns to compress.

But if you toss in a variety of file formats, compression will tend to suffer more.

Sometimes, the easiest way is just to try and see, different formats lend themselves to better or worse compression.

The files that tend to be worst at compression are the ones that are already compressed themselves.

This guy maths the math…

As a one time only event, as a first and a last, I wish I could go back and change the last words I ever spoke with my late father.

In the hospital bed, he was fussing at me because I told him that I was cleaning trash and old food from his house. I didn’t expect him to fuss, I was only doing the right thing ya know.

He passed away the next morning in hospital. I’m still sad to this day that our final conversation wasn’t more positive ☹️😭

It doesn’t bother me a bit, but it also largely depends on wallet design and pants design. Over the years I’ve figured out an ideal balance for all my pockets…

For reference, I’m now 43 years old.

Around 20 years ago, around age 23, I decided to keep my wallet in my right front pocket, 24/7, save for bathing and clothes changing. Yes I do sleep with my wallet in pocket, it never leaves my vicinity.

I keep my wallet where it can’t easily be stolen, right next to the family jewels ya know…

I didn’t even heat the yogurt, I just left it on top of my microwave for like a week while I went to work. Yeah I know, you’re supposed to heat the stuff up to like 160⁰F or something like that, but I basically just left it at ‘room’ temperature of around 90⁰F for like a week.

And yes it worked haha!

I made my own yogurt once, does that count?

No I’m not even joking, I literally made your.

Meh, I was playing with magnets in kindergarten. Supervised of course though, both at home and in school, but even if I wasn’t supervised, I never felt the urge to eat them (or eat Lego or other random non-edible stuff for that matter).

Magnets are a strange wonder that tends to perk our natural human curiosity. While I totally agree that kids shouldn’t handle magnets unsupervised, still the kid was 13?! I’ll never understand it, but there is the condition called Pica, basically the urge to eat random non-food items…

I have no idea really, but bigger questions come to mind, like does the kid already have a history of eating stupid things, why did they eat so many, how did the kid order them from Temu, did the parent(s) approve the order, how did they get into New Zealand where they’re apparently banned…?

🤷

At least the kid is still alive. 👍

Ah, yeah I get what you mean by toys, yeah they can definitely be fun to play with, responsibly though!

The kid is lucky to be alive, but they just had to learn an obvious lesson the hard way huh? 🤦

The 5mm x 2mm magnets had attached and aligned in 4 distinct rows, in different areas of the intestines, and the rows had attached to each other between the different areas of the intestines, causing some intestinal necrosis which had to be removed as well.

I’m pretty sure they weren’t magnets within toys, but rather just the plain magnets by themselves. Neodymium magnets no less, the powerful modern ones.

Kinda helps to read the article yo, but yeah the kid did a real dumdum there, almost like they were looking for the most excruciating Darwin Award.

And he’ll forever be known as the magniot, aka magnetic idiot. 🤦

The two QR codes could be totally related, like two different versions of a rickroll, or two different versions of bad apple.

You just never know exactly which one you’re gonna get…

Hint, in my experience testing that, it partly depends what angle you’re holding your device when scanning such combo QR codes.

I had a chrome Zippo XIV, one of the models you just don’t fuck with.

I loaned it out one day to light fireworks. Somehow they overheated and ruined the flint wheel…

Anyways, if I catch you swapping Zippo parts, I’m gonna melt Frosty the Snowman…