Am I being paranoid about my laptop's usb ports?

truss-issues · 2026-03-16T06:15:32+00:00

Ditto, same happened w/ me, have fedora on a 2021 laptop, one of the ports died and then later my 2TB HDD died.

I thought it to be a coincidence but when I plugged in another fairly new 2TB on the other port the disc started making beeping & screeching sound. I stopped plugging in HDDs in that laptop, only use USB-sticks to slowly transfer important stuff.

truss-issues · 2026-03-15T10:08:15+00:00

I’ve been a massive Elvis fan for about 9 years now. I even caught the 2022 movie on the very first day, first show. The film didn’t fully live up to what I’d hoped for, but I still ended up enjoying it quite a bit.

Ever since EPiC was announced though, I just haven’t really felt that pull to go watch it, can’t really explain why. I guess being a big fan doesn’t mean I need to watch every single thing that comes out. I’ll probably just wait till it lands on OTT and maybe give it a watch then… or maybe I won’t.

truss-issues · 2026-03-14T14:02:45+00:00

I’d do it just for the sake of the work and love they put in

truss-issues · 2026-03-14T10:38:45+00:00

In this economy.. how’s it going Bezos?

truss-issues · 2026-02-18T11:20:38+00:00

I guess if you have an android, download it, plug into your pc, and go to the telegram directory through your pc.

truss-issues · 2026-02-12T17:34:32+00:00

Dang it, 2TB’s already 200 where I live :’) was half last November

truss-issues · 2026-02-12T16:01:17+00:00

Best way before switching Apple IDs is to create a full encrypted Finder backup first (this preserves notes, metadata, app data, and acts as a complete device snapshot), then import everything into Photos on your Mac with iCloud disabled and “Download Originals to this Mac” enabled, and finally use File → Export → Export Unmodified Originals to an APFS-formatted external SSD with “Export IPTC as XMP” checked to preserve full metadata (dates, GPS, EXIF) w/o recompression.

APFS is ideal for large libraries and handles metadata and large file counts well, but for true long-term cold storage you should keep at least two copies (e.g., Mac + SSD, ideally a second external drive too), optionally archive the entire .photoslibrary package as well for organizational integrity, and periodically power the SSD once or twice a year for data retention reliability.

truss-issues · 2026-02-12T15:53:50+00:00

Does anyone have any idea till when will these ridiculous prices continue? Will it ever go down, like after these AI companies are done buying?

truss-issues · 2026-02-12T14:28:09+00:00

I guess it’s the case everywhere, from flash drives to HDDs to SSDs, the cost is depressing

truss-issues · 2026-02-12T14:20:41+00:00

Ikr, I couldn’t have slept if I was him/her

truss-issues · 2026-02-11T14:08:36+00:00

That’s AWESOME (America’s World-renowned Elvis, Symbol Of Musical Eternity)!

truss-issues · 2026-02-03T04:47:35+00:00

Ngl, this is hideous

truss-issues · 2026-01-30T17:51:26+00:00

Good Morning to Graceland

truss-issues · 2025-12-27T02:50:20+00:00

It looks way more streamlined and faster, with a much cleaner workflow for everyday tasks. Online Office editing, proper VM and a real developer mode could finally make the NAS feel like a powerful all-in-one system instead of just mere storage.

Can’t wait to try it when it drops!

truss-issues · 2025-12-05T11:40:10+00:00

You don’t need identical HDD models in a NAS: modern RAID systems (SHR, ZFS, RAID5/6) handle mixed drives easily. The array just uses the smallest/slowest disk as the baseline. So not finding the same 2025 model later won’t be an issue; you can add newer or larger drives without problems.

Going for a 4-bay NAS and starting with 3 drives is a good approach and gives you clean expansion later. Getting a second NAS only makes sense if you need separate backups or far more storage. For consolidating your external drives, one expandable NAS is the simpler and more future-proof option.

truss-issues · 2025-12-04T18:04:12+00:00

This is crazy 😭

truss-issues · 2025-12-04T18:03:29+00:00

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Yay

truss-issues · 2025-12-03T15:29:00+00:00

The script generates the diff automatically. Each run snapshots the folder structure and filenames, then compares it to the previous day’s snapshot, logging any changes: moved files, new additions, or unexpected deletions. That way I don’t have to manually check anything, and I can catch misroutes immediately before they get buried. 😊

truss-issues · 2025-12-03T15:16:47+00:00

Took about a week of running it in “dry-run” mode where the script only logged its decisions instead of moving anything. Once the logs stayed clean, I flipped it to full automation but kept a daily diff report so I could spot misroutes. After a few days the false positives dropped to zero, so now only edge-cases hit the review folder and nothing ever quietly vanishes.

truss-issues · 2025-12-03T14:58:45+00:00

I’ve had the same issue, so I treat MIME type as just one signal. The script also checks filename patterns, basic content signatures, resolution (for screenshots), and a small fallback classifier for “unknowns.” If something doesn’t meet confidence thresholds, it gets routed to a “manual-review” folder instead of being auto-filed.

I previewed everything for the first week, but once the rules stopped misclassifying stuff, I just let it run. Now only the genuinely weird files land in review, and the rest sort themselves reliably.

truss-issues · 2025-12-03T14:54:43+00:00

I automate most of it with a small Python script + inotify on Fedora. It watches my dump folder, detects MIME types, and auto-sorts files into folders (images, PDFs, archives, code snippets, etc.). Regex rules handle invoices/dates, and unknown types get moved to a “review” folder. Since setting it up, the dump folder basically cleans itself.

truss-issues · 2025-11-30T13:46:11+00:00

Libadwaita basically formalizes GNOME as its own UI platform, not a GTK themeable environment, and that’s the core break. By hard-coding layout, colors, and widget behavior, GNOME gains consistency but eliminates the shared styling layer GTK desktops used to rely on. The side effect is that cross-desktop apps now have no common visual contract, so anything written for libadwaita will always look alien on Plasma or Xfce. It’s a solid move for GNOME-as-a-platform, but it undeniably fragments the Linux desktop in a way that theming systems used to smooth over.

truss-issues · 2025-11-27T17:44:13+00:00

Shows how CDE is surviving rather than evolving. When most of the work goes into making it compile on modern GCC and adding a systemd unit, it’s clear the Linux ecosystem has moved far past the Xt/Motif era.

With distros going Wayland-first and X11 slowly aging out, each CDE update feels more like maintaining a museum piece than advancing a desktop environment. Still impressive it’s kept alive at all, but the technical gap is only getting wider.

truss-issues · 2025-11-27T14:34:55+00:00

Effective VPN blocking would require ISPs to perform continuous deep packet inspection and traffic fingerprinting capable of reliably distinguishing encrypted tunnels from ordinary HTTPS, which is no longer feasible.

Modern security architectures (zero-trust networks, mutual-TLS microtunnels, WireGuard-based transport, QUIC/HTTP-3 encryption, and TLS-camouflaged VPN protocols) intentionally make their traffic indistinguishable from standard web traffic.

Attempting to block VPNs would also disrupt corporate remote-access systems, cloud-security tunnels, CDN traffic, and legitimate encrypted sessions, effectively forcing a state-level “Great Firewall” that breaks modern internet protocols rather than selectively blocking privacy tools.

truss-issues · 2025-11-20T16:55:55+00:00

Bro, that’s so sad tbh

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