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Ah, right under my nose. Thanks! This inspires me to take another look when I have some time.

I agree to an extent, but names are hard. I was able to sort of guess what fwupd does without having to read more into it. If it was named "Firmware Updater" I would immediately start asking questions. "Which company made this to update their firmware? Is it safe? Is it a virus?". The name "fwupd" indicates to me that it's more of a universal tool (I could be wrong, as I haven't looked into it) made by the open source community.

I think a solid solution would be for mainstream distrobutions (Linux Mint, Ubuntu, etc.) to maybe have a default wrapper for stuff like this. They could call it whatever they like ("Hardware Updater" or whatever), but it'll use fwupd for the heavy lifting. Win win.

Meh, I have a crap ton of smart home stuff and zero of it relies on the cloud. I think I only have one switch that even has the ability to "phone home" and I've blocked its access to the internet. It's like anything else, you just have to be smart about what you buy, and the good stuff has a higher learning curve.

Wonderful movie.

I have fond memories of working at Hollywood Video and helping people find it. They'd be looking under "S", but it was under "T", for This is Spinal Tap.

Man, I used to LOVE defragmenting drives. I felt like I was actually doing something productive, and I just got to sit back and watch the magic happen.

Now I know better.

Oh I agree. If it goes Super Hard then all this AI nonsense has been worth it, TBH.

If someone goes through the trouble of ordering/printing it, buyin/selling it, and wearing it, at that point I'd consider it a real shirt.

I think buying an iPhone isn't being frugal. Instead, you're just being a good saver which in many ways is more important than being frugal.

Some people love technology and having the latest gadget brings them joy. You don't sound like that type of person.

There are tons of Android devices out there with much better bang for the buck.

In general, this is a bad idea. It enables bad management, pays people with the "wrong" money, puts Cranston at risk of not getting paid back, etc. If Cranston doesn't get paid back by the previously mentioned bad management, then will all of the other lower-paid crew send Cranston some money?

Yeah, both are fine. I switched away from KeePass because I was using Dropbox to take care of device sync, and it just didn't feel right. Switching to Bitwarden was awesome for me because I self host it (Vaultwarden). It's only accessible inside my home network, so mobile devices use a cached copy. If I need to add a new entry while away from home I can connect via VPN.

Use a password manager. Bitwarden has a specific "Card" entry type.

I doubt they'd mark non-dangerous, buried by the lowest bidder, no paperwork fiber cables. But you never know.