“Our” becomes “my”

Why? I’m not clear, but power corrupts regardless of the political structure surrounding it (e.g. look at pretty much any HOA).

Good deal!

Lol, I probably could have mulled it over for months and still come up with less than half of those.

Look at you. I was struggling to come up with just one non-obvious one.

Well done.

There is a rule about upvotes and downvotes in this community here.

There is, currently. It’s actually up for a community vote on whether to keep or get rid of that. If you haven’t voted, see the pinned post in the community.

Put on a blindfold and throw a dart? I’ve given up expecting any kind of logical consistency out of that group.

I’d have no problem banning the disposable ones as they’re a scourge, but the juice is where I have the issue. Also, yeah, I do miss my re-buildable rigs, but no shops sell the parts anymore; it’s all the packaged / disposable coils which I hate but grudgingly use.

I always do some level of RAID. If for no other reason, I’m not out of commission if a disk fails. When you’re working with multi TB, restoring from a backup can take a while. If rapid recovery from a disk failure is not a high priority for you, then you could probably do without RAID.

Either way, make sure you test your backups occasionally.

Another way to put it: With RAID, a disk failure is like your Check Engine light coming on. You can still drive, but you should address the problem as soon as you can. Without RAID, it’s like your engine has seized up and you have to tow it for repair and are without your car until it’s fixed.

I’m so conflicted on this. I’m an adult, and I like things that taste good (including flavored vape juice) even if they’re not good for me. Again, I’m an adult capable of making my own choices. There are already controls in place to prevent youth from accessing them, and I wholly oppose banning them under the guise of “for the children”. So, I’m hoping SC strikes down the block.

That said, this SC is a loose cannon, and if they do strike down the block, they’ll probably do it in the worst way possible and declare the whole FDA unconstitutional or something.

Thanks for the additional insight.

A coffee maker, I’d just return. But a dishwasher, refrigerator, oven, etc would be a huge hassle I’d want to avoid. I think my best bet, like you said, is to just look for one that has absolutely no mention of w-fi or “smart”.

The thing is I knew that but didn’t catch it. Fixed!

Most amps expect line-level audio anyway, so you should be fine. I’m surprised the already amplified “headphone out” into the amp didn’t sound horrible.

I’m pretty happy with Aegis. AFAIK, it doesn’t work with any of the “push” style methods (Duo, MS Auth, etc), but I don’t care for those anyway. Easy to backup/restore, the backups are encrypted, you can lock the app behind a password/PIN and/or biometric lock, and it’s open source.

Good luck. I’ve tried for years. Like, I have a “signal” but can never get to a point where I can use it. For me, it’s “how did I get here?” but if the situation isn’t ridiculous enough, I just roll with it and never think to ask. If it’s too ridiculous, I just wake up.

Thanks for the feedback; that was our thought as well. Though as far as becoming a vent/random post community, there are soft ways to deal with that which would have a similar effect.

That said, we do want the community to reflect the wishes of its members (and to not be overly confusing). I’ve heard enough mentions of “I don’t know whether to upvote or downvote this” that I thought it was worth getting some input and opinions from the community at large.

I’m abstaining from the vote (removed the default upvotes from my comments), but I’m also in favor of keeping them.

True, good point.

I like Joplin. Works offline and syncs with my Nextcloud.

Yeah, lol. Like, I’m an atheist but I’m also not a dick about it haha. You clearly weren’t proselytizing with the post, so I have no problems with it.

[POLL] Get rid of the voting guidelines.

[POLL] Keep the voting guidelines as they are.