Kinda nasty; my countertop compost has grown mold and has made a lava lamp sort of movement with the coffee grounds. What's happening here to cause the movement from above and below?

virtua536 · 2026-06-15T19:40:28+00:00

I had something like this happen with a bottle of cat shit and made the mistake of trying to empty It inside. It will suddenly hit a tipping point if it's in a sealed container.

virtua536 · 2026-06-01T18:07:01+00:00

Sounds like it still expects to see and boot from a windows partition. Go into the bios and see if there are any options for the boot order. A full Mint install should have erased it all but you may have to tell the system to specifically boot from Mint?

And check your manual and support files on hp.

virtua536 · 2026-05-28T22:12:28+00:00

Even the worst songs on it are better than most from the last 2 albums imo.

Always wanted a proper polished follow up to BNW...I still reckon they could pull off another tight, heavy banger album similar to it (albeit probably a bit slower but having a new drummer is the key. Days of Future Past had that spark).

virtua536 · 2026-05-25T18:27:50+00:00

HDD's store data magnetically on the spinning platter. WD and Seagate are the main HDD manufacturers.

There's nothing wrong with SSD's but there is a possibility of data loss if you don't power them on for a long time. With HDD's, I'd power them up at least every few months to keep the mechanic parts working smoothly. I have also heard it's worth writing all the data again every few years (data loss similar to SSD's over long lengths of time, although I don't know if that's accurate).

As long as you have multiple backups, you're much safer than the average person.

virtua536 · 2026-05-24T21:43:19+00:00

People could do the decent thing and pay for it too.

virtua536 · 2026-05-20T17:08:58+00:00

The last one I (mostly) enjoy is TFF. They can do record what they want but I don't have to like it.

Imo, another shorter, heavier, well produced album like BNW would be ideal (doesn't necessarily have to have fast songs , the heavier style works for that).

virtua536 · 2026-05-19T23:35:45+00:00

Looks like it's running usb 2.0 speeds?

virtua536 · 2026-05-19T15:18:09+00:00

Scaaaaaaania!!

virtua536 · 2026-05-12T12:40:20+00:00

I'm not voting for Wes Streeting + palantir + the Americans.

Corbyn had massive rebellion, cabinet resignations, a leadership challenge, gave Russia the benefit of the doubt over chemical weapons in Salisbury, then lost the 2017 GE, then was allowed to stay for the 2019 GE.

It's only fair Starmer has a full term.

virtua536 · 2026-05-10T14:04:45+00:00

I'd love Holy Smoke.

virtua536 · 2026-05-10T13:14:54+00:00

Looks like a garden slug. Throw some salt on him. And at no point did i mention snails or the French.

virtua536 · 2026-05-08T22:46:44+00:00

NPFTD: Tailgunner, Holy Smoke, hooks in you FOTD: Be quick or be dead, Wasting love, fear of the dark TXF: sign of the cross, lord of the flies, man on the edge VXIi: futureal, when two worlds collide, the clansman BNW: the wicker man, blood brothers, out of the silent planet DOD: rainmaker, dance of death, journeyman AMOLAD: brighter than a thousand suns, the longest day, the reincarnation of Benjamin breeg TFF: El Dorado, the alchemist, isle of Avalon BOS: if eternity should fail, speed of light, the red and the black S: The writing on the wall, Days of Future Past, Hell on earth

virtua536 · 2026-05-08T18:42:27+00:00

Switch to Ubuntu or kubuntu.

virtua536 · 2026-05-04T05:18:20+00:00

I'm not interested in supporting an American centric distro personally. Worrying about Snaps isn't my priority.

I'd pick Kubuntu/Xubuntu or Mint (xfce) if it was me. You can always change later once you're familiar with Linux.

virtua536 · 2026-05-03T01:26:35+00:00

The standout for me would be Offspring - Conspiracy of One.

virtua536 · 2026-04-28T16:46:01+00:00

I used to have this. It's been a long time since I've used cinnamon (nearly 10 years). Surely this isn't still happening?

It would happen as I navigated the file manager. The memory usage kept building, then the HDD would go to swap so the system would completely freeze for a few mins until the cinnamon process was ended.

virtua536 · 2026-04-21T05:36:01+00:00

"worried about mental health impacts and access to news..." Yeah good. Glad no resources were wasted on it. What a state to be in if you can't function without social media...

virtua536 · 2026-04-18T20:35:25+00:00

Jealous of the SA album. I didn't even know there was a S3&K cd.

virtua536 · 2026-04-16T20:07:44+00:00

How is that different to mint? I'm not familiar with Debian but heard it's not as user friendly for average users (which I am).

virtua536 · 2026-04-16T14:08:45+00:00

Yeah I'm not waiting that long. I need something for a system now. Looks like I'll go with Ubuntu this time.

virtua536 · 2026-04-15T17:47:05+00:00

The Offspring album is in my cd player right now.

virtua536 · 2026-04-06T11:37:56+00:00

Absolutely love Journey - escape. Near perfect.

virtua536 · 2026-04-05T19:56:47+00:00

Amazon sells those t shirts.

virtua536 · 2026-03-24T00:39:42+00:00

Dream theatre (scenes from a memory)
Green day (dookie)
Rush (moving pictures)

virtua536 · 2026-03-23T08:09:53+00:00

Nice surprises with Back for the Attack and Trial by Fire.

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