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  If OP indeed has the 6th gen iPod **Touch**, not the classic, it won't be as rosy as most of the comment here suggest. From my experience replacing the battery on one, you need a hair dryer to loosen the glue and pry off the screen, then a soldering iron to replace the battery since its ribbon cable is directly soldered to the logic board. No storage expansion or custom firmware is available for such iOS devices, as far as I am aware. Also watch out for low-quality replacement batteries, th...

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  That's the point of school and company computers. To keep all the nasty software you need for your work away from your personal laptop, which you'll want to buy yourself. No amount of privacy-friendly software you install on top of Windows thoroughly compromised with corporate MDM is going to save you. If you must use your personal machine during work hours, tether it to your phone's data connection or use VPN if it is allowed.

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  Bog standard keyring. To keep everything parallel, the folding multitool gets a tiny sub-keyring and the metal USB stick gets a tiny carabiner (detaches to avoid load-bearing USB ports). Keychain goes in a velcro pouch that also holds a multi-tool pen, mini flashlight, and lighter. Pouch goes into front left pocket.

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  Driver support for various old peripherals and nvidia cards

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  About a 5. Thankful for what I have, only got the bare minimum done this weekend, appalled by the state of the world.

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  The average social media profile has just headlines and lead pictures, while a good blog also has articles

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  Excessive. Spread across several devices and countless bookmarks.html exports from old system installs. I am too busy to revisit or even curate them. In my mind, I assume that I will be given notice of the day that the internet will be closed off, when Youtube ads will be completely unblockable, and I will rush to download every last article and video in those bookmarks, then live happily ever after off-grid.

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  As much as I have ideals for my technology use, I will admit that - I have some audio in the background playing half of my waking hours - If I'm tired of words, I'll put on music, vice versa - If there's an unanticipated pause, I first check if it's still playing correctly - Yes I am afraid of being stuck with my own thoughts when I go to bed - I think of the time spent waiting in line as nothing but wasted unless I use it as an opportunity, perhaps to read a saved tab on my phon...

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  I don't, but there's always someone else in my family who's getting sick whenever we fly together. I've worn masks to the airport ever since the pandemic. Also tend to fall asleep shortly after takeoff, so I'm well-rested upon arrival.

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  Except for systems with very limited resources, systemd or not won't make much of a difference in performance. A lot of tutorials on reading system logs and managing background services will assume that you are using systemd. I've only ever used distros with systemd, not necessarily with intent, but because it was the default and well-supported. Probably won't switch unless - Debian switches - there's a change that breaks my workflow - it somehow starts phoning home to a big dat...

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  Always did in apartments. Closing the bedroom door gives me another layer between the neighbors and street traffic. I added rubber door sweeps and seals to further dampen the noise. In a detached home, I'd leave the door open during the day but close it when I sleep for added fire safety. I used to have a *downstairs* neighbor who stomped loudly and my pleas didn't work. So I got a subwoofer and played some low-frequency white noise when I needed to drown it out. *After reading your com...

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  In any case, minimize the number of parties that will have their hands on your data. Uninstall anything that's unnecessary, compartmentalize personal work in a privacy-respecting browser and office suite, and avoid unofficial Windows ISOs. If your school is going to install monitoring software on it, consider the laptop compromised. Only do coursework, accessing things licensed through the school, exams, the bare necessities, on the Windows laptop. Start saving up for a (refurbished) laptop...

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  No experience personally with Lineage or eOS on a tablet, but if you end up with a tablet that doesn't have official support from either, I can vouch for the LeOS GSI (generic system image). Minimalist and with all pings to Google servers stripped out. That said, updates can be hit or miss with the GSI. The gold standard is still the Pixel Tablet with GrapheneOS, no fuss with complicated install and update methods.

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  I am familiar with a child abuse victim who feels this way. Not like actively seeking it out, but they wouldn't regret it much if it came to that point. But I'm not personally qualified to comment on it. If it's becoming more than a passing thought and starting to bother you in everyday life or causing actively homicidal thoughts, it's a good time to seek professional help before it gets you into trouble.

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  Are you able to source "IoT" cards without ID verification?

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  One less possible data point for tracking Also not invested enough in my profile to bother

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  It's fine to watch people critique Linux and compare it with Windows, but in my honest opinion, Mutahar is not worth your time.

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  When the privacy laws in the US are so weak, it seems like maintaining the effect of data removal requires paying for the data removal service indefinitely. Is it worth it regardless? Are there any cases and criteria where one should pay for data removal, more so than the average person? Interested to hear if anyone here has seen noticeable benefits, beyond the mere fact that their PII have been scrubbed from data brokers and search sites.

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  Middle click failure plagues nearly every mouse I’ve owned, OEM, Logitech, wired, or wireless. I take full advantage of the middle click shortcuts like opening links in new tabs, but I don’t think I’m putting it through undue stress either. As far as I can tell, I’m clicking it with the same force as I would the other mouse buttons and much less frequently than the left click. Failure usually starts with occasional missed middle clicks, which after some point, rapidly progresses until it’s fai...