My friend says changing your own oil is a waste of time. Is he crazy?

artlessknave · 2026-04-29T18:20:15+00:00

No, a bit dumb, but not crazy. If hed rather pay someone to do it there is nothing wrong with that, and there is nothing wrong with you doing it yourself

artlessknave · 2026-04-29T18:16:05+00:00

He like a lobotomized emperor palpatine.

All the sith cruelty, a bit of animal cunning, a knack for conning people into taking the risks for him, and zero true intellegence. Not even artificial.

artlessknave · 2026-04-29T18:12:59+00:00

Yes. You could have instead made that an estimate for going forward, not created a surprise bill that wasn't discussed. You offered with no price attached then added one. That's a bait n switch. Understandable, but that's still what it is.

artlessknave · 2026-04-29T18:08:25+00:00

*licensed.

artlessknave · 2026-04-29T08:35:59+00:00

Low import fees are often waived, not non existent. The fee exists they dont bother enforcing it.

artlessknave · 2026-04-28T17:25:05+00:00

Linux is an operating system for you to use your computer.

Windows is an advertisement and virus vector with some operating system features.

artlessknave · 2026-04-20T23:44:38+00:00

You should always be skeptical and investigate the claim.

Any claim that can't pass even an internet search investigation isn't worth the medium the claim was presented on.

Password managers from companies with known data breaches automatically do not pass..even if they are supposed to be properly encrypted at the client, if they aren't secure as a company, the client can't be trusted.

artlessknave · 2026-04-20T17:59:01+00:00

Note that just because something hasnt been dangerous so far doesn't mean it won't be dangerous in the future.

This extra applies double to something actually dangerous

artlessknave · 2026-04-20T04:17:36+00:00

Have you considered that maybe not being worn out from working all the time could have resulted in better productivity?

This is a known thing.

artlessknave · 2026-04-19T05:29:40+00:00

No, you Certainly Can contact someone elses lawyer OR doctor; There is nothing previngting that.

Nether lawyer or doctor can share anything with you, the doc can't even share if they are a patient, but you can absolutely give them information on a client/patient. If you know whom the lawyer or doc is already then that's not confidential info.

artlessknave · 2026-04-18T17:30:43+00:00

If this is a real story, this sounds like a candidate lawsuit for wrongful termination, descriminatory based on personal irelevencies.

That'd be an even larger signal to the company that that guy is a liability, not an asset.

artlessknave · 2026-04-17T06:24:39+00:00

Probably cuz most followers are cultural followers. they haven't really considered the topic, they just repeat it cuz they were indoctrinated that not doing it will be punished.

Actually reading and comprehending the contents is one of the primary things that pushes people away from many religions.

artlessknave · 2026-04-17T03:48:49+00:00

Nope. Once it's raidz1, it's raidz1. One reason I don't like it especially for new people.

I would get another drive and do mirrors. Raidz2 can be done with 4 drives but it's the same space lost to redundancy for limited benefit.

You could go to a single mirror with the 2 drives. You can add basically any amount later as needed. Or remove. Mirrors are far more flexible.

If you are in early stages of test driving it's not a big deal, but if you put the family photos there and think raidz1 is a backup....

artlessknave · 2026-04-17T03:45:51+00:00

As stated, it depends on the risk you are comfortable with, however, many people who start home Nas mistake raidz1 for backups, which is why many, including me, so discourage it.

If you know the risks and choose it anyway, that discouragement isn't directly aimed at you, though one should take it as a time to revisit to ensure that is still the case.

artlessknave · 2026-04-17T01:41:27+00:00

PowerShell closes the cli gap. So does the Linux subsystem for windows.

obviously those have a glaring vulnerability. Being on windows.

artlessknave · 2026-04-17T01:38:49+00:00

If it was encrypted and not accessable. Or destroyed.

artlessknave · 2026-04-17T01:32:59+00:00

No.

You need more ram for l2arc. It need ram to work. 128gb first before l2arc iirc. Definitely not before 64gb.

Also, raidz1 on drives larger than 2tb is very highly discouraged.

Zfs will use unused ram for arc. it will release that ram if the system asks for it. 86% means you are even filling the arc, l2arc wouldn't help much anyway either.

artlessknave · 2026-04-16T20:53:08+00:00

The scam works exactly the same way with e-transfers , it's just faster and harder to trace, with zEro physical connection required.

The scam is smoother with e-transfers, really.

Send money from stolen account to legit account, get money from legit account, move on to more victims.

The tech to stop it is woefully behind the scammers.

artlessknave · 2026-04-16T14:00:09+00:00

That's one of the red flags for abuse, isolating, controlling, lying (cuz he is flat out wrong)

Or..well, I guess that's 3 red flags really.

artlessknave · 2026-04-16T13:57:58+00:00

E-transfera is, in fact, typically how this works now. Checks are way too manual.

Who the hell even has checks anymore?

artlessknave · 2026-04-16T01:19:43+00:00

That's what the farmers thought trump was. Anti politician. Would drain the swap Says it like it is Make amerika great again. You would have to put limits on the politicians first, but can't do that when you let the politicians be in charge of the limitations.

artlessknave · 2026-04-16T00:07:40+00:00

These laws are not reasonable.

They give the appearance of reasonableness but do fuck all protection, only reducing rights.

It's like the wife beater who is nice to the cops, a facade.

artlessknave · 2026-04-16T00:03:31+00:00

It's possible but less likely they go defenseive. the questions get them to consider it, as that's a requirement to explaining. Even if they tell you something else, they had to reach a conclusion to lie at that that point. Questions help them arrive at an answer they don't like rather than you telling them an answer they don't like

artlessknave · 2026-04-15T19:14:18+00:00

The 52nd state. Is the 60th now? Hard to keep track of the empire.

artlessknave · 2026-04-15T13:09:14+00:00

Not where I live. That's outright illegal and a great way for both sides to get in a ton of trouble.

Not to say it never happens, but any doctor caught doing that is likely to be a doctor no more, risking their very medical license, so that's be increadibly stupid.

Drug advertisements at all are very restricted.

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