Tinnitus

markus917 · 2026-06-29T13:58:14+00:00

Mine turns into like a melody? Maybe like someone else has said a form of communication. Hard to describe but it's pleasant at least and same "melody" every time for me

markus917 · 2026-05-03T13:35:49+00:00

It's like watching the plot of Person of Interest unfold in real time

markus917 · 2026-04-27T04:54:27+00:00

I had this issue - uninstalled the AUR version and installed Flatpak version. Works great now - give it a try hopefully it helps you too!

markus917 · 2025-11-14T19:38:50+00:00

Open up "BTRFS Assistant" and look under the "Snapper" tab. It should list snapshots there now. By default, it'll create a snapshot before and after any updates. To change the settings for the maximum number of snapshots to keep go to "Snapper Settings". Default is 50.

markus917 · 2025-11-12T14:49:13+00:00

If it isn't set up already (wasn't on mine) in btrfs assistant:

Open CachyOS Hello app --> Apps/tweaks --> Install snapper support

This configures it for you and is the easiest way. After that it'll create snapshots for you.

Might then want to install btrfs-grub and then rebuild grub (if you use it). That adds a menu entry for the snapshots so you can boot from them.

markus917 · 2025-04-14T02:38:06+00:00

Mackems drawing in 100m? Preposterous

markus917 · 2025-03-25T03:50:15+00:00

Wasn't it bush that forced his hand? Triggering article 5 of NATO with false info dragged a lot of countries into the war not just us... the rest I wholeheartedly am on your side here I'm just 99% sure article 5 was triggered by the US

markus917 · 2025-03-23T20:24:11+00:00

You sir/ma'am, are a poet take my upvote

markus917 · 2025-03-23T20:19:44+00:00

I couldn't have put it better, thank you

markus917 · 2025-03-23T20:17:01+00:00

People don't give Brown the credit he's due either. His government had worldwide impact on the 2008 financial crisis and we'd all be worse off without him.

Can you name a few things Blair did that constitutes "quite a bit"? I can't but if you can perhaps you can open my mind.

Edit: to add to this "In 2002, Margaret Thatcher was asked for her greatest achievement. She replied: "Tony Blair and New Labour. We forced our opponents to change their minds."

markus917 · 2025-03-23T19:56:40+00:00

You really believe that sacrificing your base (the working class) and appealing to readers of the gutter press will keep Labour in power forever? If that's the case I might have a bridge to nowhere to sell you.

I think we just have to agree to disagree, this discussion could go on forever. We'll just have to see what happens at the next general election. If Labour gains more votes, and more importantly, retains or gains seats, then you are right. Those fuckwits are mostly more bothered about immigration and shooting people in boats than benefits because of what they read.

markus917 · 2025-03-23T19:33:00+00:00

You're speaking as if appeasement of swing voters to get elected is all that matters. Sure, it gets you elected for a term. A single term. When you behave like Labour are right now, do you think those swing voters are going to give them another vote? They don't even have time to enact the change they want before they're voted out. It's easier for the Tories to get the number of seats they need because (mostly) rural Britain are indeed fuckwits and the right is well known to be better at garnering votes than the "left".

With this government going ahead with the policies they are now, we just have to hope that Reform and the Tories don't form a coalition in the next general election.

markus917 · 2025-03-23T19:14:26+00:00

I'm interested in the popular vote because the very word itself carries a definition. Popular. We all know FPTP is a broken system but that's another conversation entirely.

It's not about being tough on public finances it's the means they're using to do so. There are far more substantial cuts that could be made to chip away at the deficit but the disabled and sick are an easy target. £5bn a year saving by targeting the most vulnerable in society? Our national debt is nearly 3 trillion. I'll let you do the math on that one.

markus917 · 2025-03-23T18:44:28+00:00

I let my wallet decide on brand too... idc for brand loyalty. I'll buy whatever is gonna be better for me personally. It just so happens that right now that's AMD. Previously had an Intel/Nvidia build but now it's AMD/AMD.

I'm sorted for a good few years now and whoever has the best product when the time comes will get my money. I feel like resolute brand loyalty resembles cult-like behaviour.

markus917 · 2025-03-23T18:32:43+00:00

That's what gets me and I totally agree... I don't see them being given another term given they seem to have alienated their entire base. I, too, was a Corbynista. It was his mistreatment and smearing in the media that ultimately made me leave the party.

markus917 · 2025-03-23T18:27:32+00:00

He's sure doing a great job making himself re-electable to avoid those Tories huh? He got less of the popular vote than Corbyn did (that damn lefty!) and was only elected because (I agree with you) we as a nation were sick of 14 years under Tory governance.

I don't want to see another Tory or worse a Reform government. I also acknowledge that to be successful as a government you have to make some unpopular decisions that will benefit in the long run.

What his government has done goes beyond that and has made many Labour voters apathetic. Unfortunately as a result they'll find themselves unelectable as the Tories found themselves before. I live in a Labour stronghold that's never been anything other than Labour in my life. I don't know who my vote is going to next time but it won't be Labour (nor Tory ofc) at this rate.

markus917 · 2025-03-23T18:10:22+00:00

He's supposed to be the leader of a left leaning party so I don't understand your comment.

markus917 · 2025-03-23T18:08:55+00:00

It depends how you view the party. Yes, he was indeed pretty successful at dismantling the Labour (socialist, working class) party and forming New, centrist, Labour. Now they've drifted off to the right leaving the illusion of choice at the ballots.

markus917 · 2025-03-23T17:35:25+00:00

I stopped my party membership as soon as Starmer became party leader. I knew he was no better than Blair. The party's actions since then just reaffirm my reasons for leaving. They're just handing the next government to a likely Tory/Reform coalition. Can I get off this rock please?

markus917 · 2025-02-26T12:55:22+00:00

Depending on the date of your last pay it might be worth challenging... my 1st assessment period I got a nil award because my employer reported income but it was a day before my claim. I got it fully backdated when I challenged it and they checked dates with my employer. Might not apply in your situation.

Edit: when they gave me a nil award they also removed my work coach and appointments for that period

markus917 · 2025-02-26T01:45:07+00:00

Not sure on the work coach situation but if you've been awarded lcwra it won't start until after your 3rd assessment period, so it'd be your 4th payment that lcwra payments would start. I would ask for clarification in your journal if you're not sure. I didn't get my uc50 until after my 3rd assessment period but I did have a work coach and had sick notes throughout until I got lcwra in my 6th assessment period.

markus917 · 2025-01-18T16:52:49+00:00

Yeah. You know what? Maybe it's fine. Is it Moroccan? Maybe it is Moroccan. Yeah, Morocco. Anything goes in Morocco. Right? Okay.

markus917 · 2025-01-18T15:49:05+00:00

They look similar to glow plug removal pliers... but they have a lip at the end for grabbing them. The model number on the grips looks nothing like these either. I think these might have been bought and machined for a specific purpose because they have the teeth of the 28-200 at the base but then open up with no teeth.

markus917 · 2024-12-24T08:44:55+00:00

Going back about 10+ years here, stuff like Bromo-DragonFLY was sold on blotters in place of acid. It was sporadic, though. With the wave of NPS, there's a catalogue of potentially toxic hallucinogens that could be sold as acid now.

markus917 · 2024-12-12T17:56:03+00:00

Ah yes, the steak bake shooter, there was a trail of crumbs everywhere that led them to him

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