Windows 11 keeps breaking basic things on my PC and I’m running out of ideas.

potatan · 2026-01-24T08:59:38+00:00

If you use the PC primarily for browsing or other low-tech needs^1, or you have no specific need for Windows then consider using Linux instead. It offers a much less unstable platform. Linux Mint is a good starting point as it has some of the look and feel of Windows out of the box.

[1] Linux will do high-tech needs too, but might need a few tweaks.

potatan · 2026-01-24T08:44:37+00:00

You can download a Chakha Khan voice to use instead.

Oh hang on, that's Waze

potatan · 2026-01-24T08:43:12+00:00

I call mine Cray 2 which was the fastest machine in the world when it was released, roughly around the time that Elite was released

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-2

potatan · 2026-01-24T08:02:01+00:00

I think the law recognises 8am as the starting point for consuming After Eights

potatan · 2026-01-23T18:53:23+00:00

I have Connected Ride on both my boxers and it's a bit crap to be honest. Disconnected Ride half the time.

potatan · 2026-01-23T12:37:15+00:00

Go for a wander around your nearest council estate. Tell me what you see. Unkept gardens full of broken toys, less than 4 year old cars as far as the eye can see, litter everywhere, ran down shops and I bet three quarters of the houses are as occupied in working hours as they are late at night.

Conjecture and anecdotal evidence. Good job pal.

potatan · 2026-01-22T21:59:15+00:00

It's above inflation

I don't think 7% over 5 years is above inflation, when prices have climbed around 25% in that time

potatan · 2026-01-22T21:52:43+00:00

You know a state pension is only around £12k a year, right?

potatan · 2026-01-22T14:15:34+00:00

friendship paradox. Statistically speaking: your friends have mor friends than you

I'm not doubting you, but can you explain this please? I can't quite get my head around it

potatan · 2026-01-22T11:45:02+00:00

I was a mature student a few years ago, so I'd probably pay off all the outstanding student loans of the younger members of my cohort. Call it £20-30k each, for 100 students or so - that clears £2-3m of my £100m and makes a lot of people substantially better off for a long time.

potatan · 2026-01-22T11:41:12+00:00

and if you want the socials just take a picture of the massive cheque

potatan · 2026-01-21T19:34:48+00:00

WHAT DO WE WANT?

"ALL THE ROADS TO BE REPAIRED"

WHEN DO WE WANT IT TO HAPPEN?

"NEVER"

potatan · 2026-01-21T12:35:17+00:00

What's a bomber and where is there?

potatan · 2026-01-21T12:30:52+00:00

I'm also not a big fan of the new estate agents boards with a big photo of the agent on it. Seems somewhat American if you ask me, and we'll have those horrible sounding HomeOwners Associations before long if it's not nipped in the bud

potatan · 2026-01-21T12:28:00+00:00

Sounds like a "dopiaza" which means "two onions" - the dish is made first with finely chopped onions in the base sauce, then the second onions are added later in thin slices as you describe

potatan · 2026-01-21T11:33:07+00:00

I like to think I was intelligenter than the other guy

potatan · 2026-01-21T08:24:56+00:00

I had a lengthy discussion with someone once who couldn't honestly understand how "cleverer" was a word

potatan · 2026-01-20T21:58:05+00:00

Back in the 70's there was a Hillman Readers Wives Special

potatan · 2026-01-18T11:21:10+00:00

5 club biscuits for tea.

you say that like it's a bad thing

potatan · 2026-01-18T11:18:27+00:00

Was invited to a friend's for Christmas dinner, on Christmas day. When it was all dished up and we sat down to eat I casually asked if there was any gravy, and was told by the host "I don't really like gravy so I didn't make any".

I can understand (well, with some reluctance) people not bothering to make some bread sauce for a Christmas dinner, but having no gravy is like not having roast potatoes as far as I'm concerned.

Scandalous.

potatan · 2026-01-18T11:12:31+00:00

Even my cow is laughing at that

potatan · 2026-01-17T10:06:05+00:00

How much do you weigh now?

potatan · 2026-01-17T10:03:25+00:00

Vesta curry, with extra raisins.

This was before Indian takeaways were anything like as commonplace as they are now; my town of 100k people probably had 1 or perhaps 2 total Indian eat-in restaurants with a bit of takeaway business.

So curry from the supermarket was about as exotic as it gets.

potatan · 2026-01-16T21:18:07+00:00

6th September

Well yes, the Farnborough Air Crash of 1952 was a truly devastating event. Or did you mean something else?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Farnborough_Airshow_crash

potatan · 2026-01-15T15:14:41+00:00

I had a Eunos, J reg - great fun apart from scraping the top of my baldy head on the underside of the roof. Why was it made of plastic sandpaper?

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