'No Stupid Questions' (NSQ) Internet & Technology Edition

Are you buying a new new laptop? I think any Thinkpad you buy today at retail is going to be equally good (bad) in terms of replacing parts.
What parts would you be replacing?
Not the new thin thinkpads, I'm talking about the old refurbished ones that go for 300-200 Dollars on Amazon. I'm aiming to replace the GPU with something like an RTX 2050/2070 and the hard drive, and if there's slots for extra sticks I'll install more RAM. I think the CPUs might be soldered onto the motherboard for most old Thinkpads but I'm not sure.
 
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Not the new thin thinkpads, I'm talking about the old refurbished ones that go for 300-200 Dollars on Amazon. I'm aiming to replace the GPU with something like an RTX 2050/2070 and the hard drive, and if there's slots for extra sticks I'll install more RAM. I think the CPUs might be soldered onto the motherboard for most old Thinkpads but I'm not sure.
Replacing the GPU in a laptop? You mean with an external enclosure?
Depending on the model the RAM will be soldered, do research before buying. The CPU will 100% be soldered. Everything other than that is very easy to replace on many models. If you buy one with a busted screen for $50, then buy an identical one with a non-working keyboard for another $50 you can cobble together a working laptop in 5 minutes. Depending on the series and model.
 
Is there a way to have a command execute before opening an application on Linux? Specifically Linux Mint. I have a command from a piece of software for Steam that is needed to actually make it work. What I'm imagining I can do is click on Steam from the panel and opens the terminal and executes said command so I don't have to type it in.
 
So at work last year, we did a big cleanup/organization of the server room and IT storage at the newer of the facilities I work at. Newer as in the company moved in and set up all the process machinery etc, building was built late 80s/early 90s. One of the past owners/tennants left behind a Windows 2000 PC with no hits for the company on the "property of" tag and address shows a non IT company there now. Anyway, does anyone know of any cool components that would fit in the 3.5" floppy bay, make use of the external slot, and does something cool or useful? I want to yank all the old components and reuse the case
 
does anyone know of any cool components that would fit in the 3.5" floppy bay
Really, the only useful things you could put in there are also storage devices. Multi-card readers, or if you're feeling more esoteric, floppy drive emulators.
I think there are also "control panels" for water-cooling systems.

Or just go retro and put in a Zip drive or LS-120.
 
Is there a way to have a command execute before opening an application on Linux? Specifically Linux Mint. I have a command from a piece of software for Steam that is needed to actually make it work. What I'm imagining I can do is click on Steam from the panel and opens the terminal and executes said command so I don't have to type it in.
By the sound of it, yes. You can make a copy of the steam.desktop file (a .desktop file describes a launcher/executable shortcut) and edit that copy such that it launches the command or a script with your command in it via the Exec field in the new .desktop file.

I'd recommend copying the steam.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop. If it's just one command or a one liner to launch Steam with, you can make the necessary edit to the Exec field(s) with the command and its arguments. If not, you can make a script and put it in ~/.local/bin, then make the necessary edit(s) to the Exec field as said before, with the full path to your script (if ~/.local/bin is in your PATH variable, you could opt to use the filename of the script instead of the full path). You may also want to change the Name field(s) to distinguish the new launcher from the old one. The new launcher should then appear when you go to search for it.
 
By the sound of it, yes. You can make a copy of the steam.desktop file (a .desktop file describes a launcher/executable shortcut) and edit that copy such that it launches the command or a script with your command in it via the Exec field in the new .desktop file.

I'd recommend copying the steam.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop. If it's just one command or a one liner to launch Steam with, you can make the necessary edit to the Exec field(s) with the command and its arguments. If not, you can make a script and put it in ~/.local/bin, then make the necessary edit(s) to the Exec field as said before, with the full path to your script (if ~/.local/bin is in your PATH variable, you could opt to use the filename of the script instead of the full path). You may also want to change the Name field(s) to distinguish the new launcher from the old one. The new launcher should then appear when you go to search for it.
Me posting that was kind of a stupid because I have searched and tried to do it before but it didn't work for me. Wanna know why? Because I was doing it wrong of course. I just figured it out not even a minute ago. Thanks for helping but sorry about wasting your time. The better part though is that it doesn't even launch a terminal. It just goes straight into Steam. Again, thanks for helping anyways.
 
Tried logging into Rumble from a mobile device (which I've used Rumble on before, but not for some time)

Rumble keeps asking me for my birthday as verification and I can't proceed furtther, as I assume I registered with a completely fake one.

Using Rumble without being logged in sucks. Rumble mobile blocks guest users from even VIEWING comments on videos.

I came home and was able to login to my Rumble account on PC, which still has me logged in without the need for verification.

The problem is that my Account Profile doesn't display my registered birthday anywhere.

I searched the r/RumbleForum for "Verification" & "Birthday" but didn't find any users describing a similar lockout.

Any suggestions beyond smashing in random birtthdays, contacting Rumble support, making a new account, etc?
 
Tried logging into Rumble from a mobile device (which I've used Rumble on before, but not for some time)

Rumble keeps asking me for my birthday as verification and I can't proceed furtther, as I assume I registered with a completely fake one.

Using Rumble without being logged in sucks. Rumble mobile blocks guest users from even VIEWING comments on videos.

I came home and was able to login to my Rumble account on PC, which still has me logged in without the need for verification.

The problem is that my Account Profile doesn't display my registered birthday anywhere.

I searched the r/RumbleForum for "Verification" & "Birthday" but didn't find any users describing a similar lockout.

Any suggestions beyond smashing in random birtthdays, contacting Rumble support, making a new account, etc?
Claim you are europoor and request deletion.
 
Rumble keeps asking me for my birthday as verification and I can't proceed furtther, as I assume I registered with a completely fake one.

Any suggestions beyond smashing in random birtthdays

Try 2000-1-1 or 2001-09-11. Those aren't completely random dates :^)
 
I wrote in the other thread about this, but this seems like a better thread since it seems like it should be obvious:

What is a good software recommendation for backing up an iPhone onto a Windows computer without iTunes (as I did on my old one, and that thing ate up memory)?

There are a bunch of apps out there but half the articles talking about them is AI, 'jeets, or advertising, and I don't want to find something barely functional that won't correctly unless you cough up $30+ for a limited-time license.
 
Aight, I've got one here- found someone trying to reverse KF API about 4 years back.
archive:
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Anyone know who would have wanted to scrape KF specifically, about 4 years back?

That was before all the dropKF stuff.
Nothing obvious beyond he's some pinko who uses ancient Roman comsymp Gaius Gracchus's name as a username, which obviously makes it rather difficult to search. The other Git projects @seri0us found seem to be targeted at forums he dislikes for being slightly right-wing like IronMarch and Fascist Forge. The email in the Git commits is gaius_gracchus_was_murdered@protonmail.com
EDIT: Never mind, it's some fag named Tristan Evans Lee (emails include lee.tristan.evans@gmail.com & trislee@protonmail.com). He appears to be employed by the Mossad front group Bellingcat as a 'data scientist' (guy who makes graphs to show how scary mean people are).
A previous employer was Nanohmics, his email there was tlee@nanohmics.com .

According to carefully curated OSINT that I discovered as an Advanced OSINT Analyst, he lives at the Silver Creek Apartments, Apartment 438, 2900 South First Street Austin TX 78704.
 
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What is your approach to replacing SSDs and HDDs?

Do you wait for them to fail? Do you replace them based on age? Do you use software to track how much use they've had and their health in general?

I've been using the same SSD in my main PC for nearly 14 years and it gets a ton of use, but I haven't replaced it as it's working fine, so I was wondering how other people approach this stuff.
 
What is your approach to replacing SSDs and HDDs?

Do you wait for them to fail? Do you replace them based on age? Do you use software to track how much use they've had and their health in general?

I've been using the same SSD in my main PC for nearly 14 years and it gets a ton of use, but I haven't replaced it as it's working fine, so I was wondering how other people approach this stuff.
Check smart, and if it's not 100%, make an iso with the dd command and buy a new drive. Although I've never taken these steps into action, as I've honestly never had a drive fail on me apart from an old 60 GB OEM drive that came from a Playstation and had nothing on it that wasn't already backed up on another drive using a traditional mv command.
 
What is your approach to replacing SSDs and HDDs?

Do you wait for them to fail? Do you replace them based on age? Do you use software to track how much use they've had and their health in general?

I've been using the same SSD in my main PC for nearly 14 years and it gets a ton of use, but I haven't replaced it as it's working fine, so I was wondering how other people approach this stuff.
My critical stuff lives on the NAS which has mirrored or RAID6 drives, depending on the filesystem.
The desktops are largely rebuildable with little local stuff, additionally I have irregular backups for the desktops and fleet of Raspberry Pis.
And as above, smart monitoring on important stuff.
 
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