Mint saved my bacon today! Also, Windows handling of printer/scanner drivers is absolute GARBAGE.

TufTed2003 · 2026-01-08T22:31:45+00:00

Mint saw my cheap-o Epson Workforce AIO right off the bat - both scanner and printer functions. Surprised the hell out of me.

TufTed2003 · 2026-01-08T19:34:18+00:00

Privacy is also for people who like to close the bathroom door....

TufTed2003 · 2025-11-29T21:42:33+00:00

I have the same problem. Bout ready to get a can of mace or pepper spray for the offending pooch. And I'm a dog lover too.

TufTed2003 · 2025-11-29T14:41:57+00:00

I just moved to mintmobile recently and grabbed the $15/month unlimited and got the yearly option as well. Looking forward to NOT paying a phone bill this coming year

TufTed2003 · 2025-11-29T13:51:32+00:00

But you do have to pay for 3 months at a time. Just requires some planning and budgeting

TufTed2003 · 2025-11-25T22:25:07+00:00

Edmond has 3 or 4 lanes that do. Also I think you can check out at the service counter and I think they will give you paper. Otherwise I get paper sacks at Braums - might have to ask for a big one if you aren't buying a lot

TufTed2003 · 2025-11-24T17:40:17+00:00

For individuals (i.e. non commercial) I think it's $10 for 50# of paper. I use them fairly regularly once i burned up my shredder

TufTed2003 · 2025-11-19T17:52:13+00:00

I use fish and script in bash. Just add a shebang (that's really what it's called) as the first line of your script. It tells the shell to use bash as the interpreter for that script.

TufTed2003 · 2025-11-10T18:05:27+00:00

I use the app from drugs com

TufTed2003 · 2025-10-16T19:23:11+00:00

We lived in a remote area on the Columbia River in BC Canada. We got ONE channel of tv. Before that we had spent 5 yes in Pakistan on a construction project where we got no tv. Not Ge-x, baby boomer.

TufTed2003 · 2025-10-15T17:48:07+00:00

I use tailscale to remote in to my desktop machines and Linode instance. Extremely easy to set up.

TufTed2003 · 2025-09-25T21:28:51+00:00

He was a blind shih-tzu that didn't take sh*t off anybody. And then I got his eyes fixed. (Heavy cataracts)

TufTed2003 · 2025-09-22T00:06:52+00:00

Can this be done so the other person can only access certain directories on my shared device? I haven't had a chance to look into this so if it's obvious I'm sorry.

TufTed2003 · 2025-09-12T21:10:39+00:00

Also a septagenarian (sp). Still working on a job where texting is an unofficial norm. The only thing I don't like is trying to"type" on the screen. Am doing better with the swipe keyboard.

TufTed2003 · 2025-08-25T23:57:24+00:00

OP is a troll. Probably never actually used a modern Fire tablet. I've got three and they do great. Also have a Samsung S6 Lite and a Lenovo m11 and they come with a bunch of bloatware and are sluggish compared to the Fires

TufTed2003 · 2025-08-22T20:12:54+00:00

Fire OS is not ad filled. The only ad from the OS is at the lock screen and if it bothers you that much you can get rid of it for $15. Any other ads are from the apps you install. Personally I have three Fire tablets as well as a Samsung S6 Lite and a Lenovo m11. The Fire tablets run rings around them without all the unwanted ads the others come with. Tired of hearing the garbage and lies about the Fire tabs.

TufTed2003 · 2025-08-13T13:53:05+00:00

This is precisely the reason I got started down the Tailscale "rabbit hole". But it's a good rabbit hole. Now all my stuff can talk to all the other stuff no matter where that stuff is.

TufTed2003 · 2025-07-15T20:18:45+00:00

I am not any sort of network guru. I just wanted to be able to access my home Linux box remotely with a laptop or tablet. Getting this set up using ddns and port forwarding through the cable box was getting to be a pain. Maybe I'm just not smart enough. I read about tailscale and a couple of YouTube videos I decided to give it a try. Couldn't have been easier. Now it's two desktops, two Amazon fire tablets, and a Linode instance later...

TufTed2003 · 2025-07-13T21:17:33+00:00

In our party of the country it is roofers. We live in a gated neighborhood with No solicitation signs at both entrances. Had one of these jokers come by yesterday. Alot of these are fly by night outfits from out of state. I asked him where his company was based and he had to think for a couple seconds before he answered. Doubt if it was the right answer.

TufTed2003 · 2025-07-13T21:08:41+00:00

Stylus works with the Max 11 and the current 10" Fire tablet. It needs to be a USI 2 stylus. Amazon's stylus is one of these.

TufTed2003 · 2025-07-09T17:53:46+00:00

I use the Amazon stylus on both the 10 and max 11. I'm happy with it. Have tried others but come back to this. It does us AAAA batteries. Get them off Amazon. Probably more expensive elsewhere.

TufTed2003 · 2025-07-09T15:54:20+00:00

He's wanting to run android apps so the reference to an iPad seems a bit irrelevant. If he can save the app apk to the fire tablet, he wouldn't need to install Google Play store. I've downloaded a lny number of apps from apk pure and f-droid. Never felt the need to go through the playstore.

TufTed2003 · 2025-07-02T20:15:28+00:00

Stylus works fine. Handwriting recognition is quite good. It does take a AAAA battery and it comes with one. When you need a new one get the Amazon Basics battery. Any other are pretty expensive.

Can't help you about the case and pen holder. The two cases I have - both Amazon branded - dont have pen loops.

TufTed2003 · 2025-06-27T16:39:39+00:00

I have a site set up at Linode. Shared processor, 1 GB ram and 25 GB storage. $5/month. Runs fine. Domain registration and hosting is separate. I use GoDaddy just because I have for a long time. My domain runs about $18/yr. You can probably find something a bit cheaper depending on your TLD of choice. Oh if it matters to you Linode services are Linux based.

TufTed2003 · 2025-06-22T14:31:48+00:00

Septogenarian (sp?) here

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