Most of the parts of a lock are the same. However, the small internal parts, like pins and springs, are variable and can be changed out, usually by a locksmith. Those are the parts that require a matching key.

If the file is already selected you can do this from the keyboard:
SHIFT+F10 -> h -> ARROW KEYS (to highlight Firefox) -> ENTER

Have you tried handbrake?

yeah, I’m not saying its fake but it does read just like a linux-horror creepypasta

There’s a old school tool call sar which can help you figure out what is causing the performance issues. Found a recent guide: Mastering sar in Linux: A Comprehensive Guide

If your system uses systemd you can set resource limits like cpu per process or user.

the only book i own on text editing

Great news! I love this show. I’m all in on wholesome tv this year.

There is no such thing as maintenance free hosting. There is just saving it all up for the eventual outage.

yes but usually at the family and friends distribution level

Send them a nice card with a personal note of thanks

First off, only a subset of cursive systems connect all letters. These are called Continuous Cursive. Second, many cursive writing systems do include numbers.

I think it’s a cute way to express that what I do is pretty neat and also that I’m a real human being, not some corporate robot

Might want to be careful with that. Lately a lot of people see emoji in writing where you wouldn’t typically expect it to be a sign of ChatGPT writing.

I agree with the idea of debloating and hardening your systems.

It helps to have some context as the approach I would take depends on what kind of system I’m running. I think its also good to identify your priorities to hone your approach.

When I want stability, fast security updates, minimal install size, I usually use Alpine which indeed uses the lighter busybox bin/sh instead of bash.

When it comes to my workstation shell I’m more focused on utility than size. So bash or zsh or fish, or whatever you find the most useful, makes sense to use.

Frtiz Super Zero

The Verge is a terrible source if you care about privacy. They have literally 100s of trackers embedded on every page.

alias la=‘ls -lAhF’

Perfect for those late night Zork sessions!

My work gave me a choice of a chromebook or a windows laptop when I started since the company uses the Google stack for everything.

I asked if I could get a high end chromebook and it was approved. Its easy to install linux apps in the dev container and they run seamlessly with the the chrome apps on the desktop and the window manager has multiple desktops (which is how I like to do things). Since I have to use Gmail and Google Docs for work anyway, the chromebook is really not bad and much better than having to use Windows.

I don’t think you can owe somebody for something you didn’t ask for