theshatterstone54

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[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If only. I'm a student living in student accommodation. I can't set up a NAS because hosting things on the network is against their policy, and I also wouldn't feel comfortable having that type of hardware in my room. And if electricity bills skyrocket because of me, I'll be forced to pay them.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What's a safe place to buy storage online? I've seen horror stories of an sd card in a drive enclosure, and modifying the storage to make it appear larger than it is.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Are cheap

Yeah, right. I know they're cheaper than they were but they can't be that cheap.

finds a high-speed 2tb m.2 from Kingston (a brand I trust) for £120

I stand corrected.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Polarize the people, controversy is the king! It doesn't matter if they hate you, if they all say your name!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YonS9_QJbp8

(Ren - Money Game Part 2)

At 1:38 is the beginning of the infamous "she sells sea shells" part that was spread on social media. To understand the quote, at the very least, start watching here, but I'd still vastly recommend the entire thing.

The quote itself is at the sentence starting at 2:37 -2:48

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (22 children)

I've just realized there's an animated series on Youtube, that I've had a really hard time (read: impossible) finding anywhere else, and if LEGO (yes, I'm talking about Ninjago) decides to delete these videos from their channels, the OG seasons are nowhere to ve found as far as I can tell. Yes, there are some cartoon streaming services but those are few in number and getting fewer, so I wouldn't bet on them or any new ones that spring up having that content available in 5-10 years. And that's worrying. Time to download all 15 seasons and store them somewhere! (oh shit, I don't have enough space, do I)

Edit: found them on a downloads site from the piracy megathread, but only Seasons 1-11. I'll get them all soon enough.

Edit 2: The first 11 seasons from that website come up to just over 105GB and I don't have the space. Do I buy a 256GB USB/ Drive to store this at? I'm scared that I'm getting to the point of becoming a data hoarder. Not too long ago, I didn't know what I'd do with my single 32GB USB, now I have added a 128GB one, and a 64GB Ventoy usb to the mix, and I still don't have enough. Wtf?

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait, when you say Republicans, do you mean the organisation that Americans currently call the Grand Old Party, the GOP, the modern Republican Party? If so, I find it ironic that the party standing for freedom has evolved into the party that shields and encourages racists and criminals.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

In terms of pirated versions, has anyone managed to get more modern versions of Office or Photoshop working from pirated versions? I've been quite curious about it for a while.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

A lot of minor things:

We're starting a grpup project in uni this year. 3/8 team members met, 1 couldn't be there, 2 we found online but didn't get a response from. The other 2 are a mystery. A large chunk of our grade depends on picking our favourite one of 48 projects, which we can't do cuz we don't know half the team, and their interests and skillset. Also, I'm feeling massive impostor syndrome. I wasn't too serious last year, so now I feel like I don't know anything (I know quite a bit but not nearly to the level I'd be expected to, in any relevant area).

I'm still having a hard time socialising. Last year, I didn't do any going out or socialising, even though I was in the perfect environment for it, with flatmates that were going out. This year, flatmates are older, and they're either in relationships, or just too focused on studying, or they just don't want to go clubbing necessarily. I have high libido (teen hormones, what can you do) so I want to find a girl but it's just not going to happen if I don't go out (and dating apps produced no results so far, I've been on them for a year). So what's the solution? Going out by myself, and looking like a lone weirdo, making approaching girls (did mention I have 0 experience with this) even more difficult?

My flat is a slight upgrade in some areas, and an annoying downgrade in others. It's an upgrade in storage space within my room. The wardrobe and drawers are more spacious, to the point where I could properly fit all my clothes and didn't have to think of what to stash under the bed. BUT the drawers were built by a maniac, who left them looking like they were taken straight out of a wacky animation, or something like Hello Neighbour, one goes left and down, the other goes right and down, the remaining is right and up, and they all conflict each other and I have to lift one up to open the other. Also, the extra space in my room has been traded for virtually no space in the kitchen. One and a half cupboards for all my stuff and barely a fridge shelf? At least I got a full freezer shelf.

Also, the sudden onset of a sore throat for seemingly no reason a few hours ago has left me slightly concerned. It may or may not be combined with a slightly stuffy nose.

I'm still trying and failing to get off social media, to get myself to do the right thing immediately, instead of just spending a bunch of time dealing with other stuff, or musing on whether this is the right thing, whether it's the most efficient way, etc. cuz it's a waste of time.

And I still can't fix my sleep schedule. But that's mainly a lack of discipline and the presence of procrastination.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Good idea, but I couldn't find it

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'll just link another user's response to a similar question, as I don't think I could ever say it better myself: https://corndog.social/comment/3216441

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

It's hard. If you want to play Java edition, there's a few. If you want to go Bedrock, you're essentially stuck on older versions, unless you want to cough up £7 for Minecraft to Google Play. Let me explain:

There are Java launchers and they work. Typically, you'll want ones that are distributed as a jar file. SKLauncher was pretty good last I tried it. Link: https://skmedix.pl

For Bedrock, you have 3 options: The Bedrock Launcher, which requires you to own the game on Google Play, the Other Bedrock Launcher which also works with Google Play BUT also allows you to use an x86 apk for Minecraft (the xbox versions and most of the ones you find online simply will not work, unless you want to play 1.15, which IIRC is the latest you can find an apk for (and finding any x86 apk that works is nearly impossible in itself)). And your third option is an emulator like Waydroid but in my experience they all suck, so....

The TLDR is: For Java they exist and are good. Find ones in a jar file, like SKLauncher, which I'd recommend as it worked when I used it a few months back

For Bedrock, just succumb and buy it from Google Play, then log into that google account in the launcher and enjoy.

The other options for Bedrock (using Waydroid, or finding an old x86 apk and using it with the other Bedrock Launcher) both just suck.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Good to hear that they're better at power efficiency. What's potentially concerning however, is whether that would lead to manufacturers just using smaller batteries. I want my 80 or 99 Wh battery for the longest battery life! I'll heed your advice and wait to see where things go.

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