thenicnet

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[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That's exactly how it works. And every time you boot to the USB drive you're presented a boot menu with a list of isos. You pick the iso you want and then it boots normally to that iso.

So it's two pieces of magic that make my life easy.

  1. I just copy the iso to the USB drive.
  2. The boot menu is automatically refreshed every time you boot using it. No updating the menu required!

Its one of those things, once I started using it, I can't imagine how I worked without it.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Haha yeah I guess when you tldr it that's what it boils down too. Though when you're seeing things that don't exist, if covering your eyes didn't work... I guess it's time for a hospital trip.

Also, thanks I'm glad I figure it out too.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah it was crazy scarry. I also had a lot of stress in my life at the time and I didn't realize how much stress and burnout had built up within me. I'm sure that helped contribute to my sleeping situation more so than scarry movies. The sad truth is the boring day to day of real life is more horrific than any horror film.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So I believe this is something that's been around for a few years now. At least in Europe. It's considered experimental, no insurance would touch it and it costs €5000.

I'm still very interested to try it.

Edit: For clarification, if this works it will be a godsend for tinnitus sufferers. That's why I'm still very excited to try it.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was either experiencing this or something similar to it. I was waking in the night and seeing things in the dark that I was sure was there. Really terrible things. A person standing in the corner of my room, something crawling on the ceiling.

I did some reading on the subject and decided to try a sleep mask for a few days. The whole time I wore it I never experienced the visions again. So after that test I decided to get blackout curtains because it was the light bleeding in from a streetlamp that was contributing to the hallucinations.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I ended up just tossing another $15 at Parted Magic. It really just has all the tools you want on in one place. Great for recovery or destruction.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'll second ventroy. It actually just works.
I have a 256GB usb stick loaded with various install isos. It's great being able to just copy over the iso instead of having to image them every time I need one.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm one of those weirdos who actually likes an email client vs a web one. I have multipl email accounts and it's nice to have one space for all of them. I used thunderbird for years and eventually caved and started using multiple tabs of web interfaces.

With this announcement I said to myself hell let's try it. Immediately upon installing it I thought I had the wrong version, because the layout was the same old layout that's it's always been and not the new vertical card layout they showed on the website.

I was able to change it to look like their new modem redesign but it was not the default. So just a heads up to anyone who's curious to try it because of the fresh coat of paint.

I'm going to try it for the next few months and see how I like it again.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, nice. Thanks.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Is this a somehow a reference to The Rescuers: Down Under?

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is that app tracking protection a newer android thing?

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

While this is a fantastic suggestion, and pi-hole is amazing, we shouldn't be in the position where this is required just to use a darn TV.

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