Put your thumb over the mouth and nose and it looks an awful lot like a greyhound statue that’s been repurposed.

Your account is less than a week old, and you’ve made about half a dozen posts around the same topic. Maybe try reading the answers to your questions and think about them.

You set the whitelist in Minecraft, and it uses your ID. I can’t remember exactly what Minecraft calls it, your player ID maybe. It doesn’t matter where you connect from then, as long as you’re logged in. I think it works the same way with pirated accounts too, but I haven’t got any here to check.

For the firewall, I’ve just been checking through the Minecraft log every now and then and banning the obvious bots and scanners, so that shouldn’t affect you either :)

We connect directly via IP at my friend’s house and only we are on the server, so no worries of griefers or internet randos.

Just in case you haven’t already, set up a whitelist. I’ve got a server running the same way, and I regularly get people trying to connect. I’ve also set up the firewall and blocked known scanners, but still get a few attempts.

Anything by Randolph Lalonde. He’s concentrating on his space opera series, Spinward Fringe, and the side books lately but his fantasy work is great too. Spinward Fringe has its flaws, but they tend to be addressed, and they’re easy to overlook when you’re enjoying the books.

I’ve started reading some Jack McDevitt books too, after someone recommended one here, and I’m finding them hard to put down. It’s the God Engines / Chindi series (that I’ve forgotten the name of) . The protagonists do seem to bounce from one problem to another, but it’s done in a fairly realistic way, the whole ‘we’ve accidentally ended up here, so we may as well look around’ kind of thing. I’ve read two and a half books in a couple of days in between looking after my kid and visiting family, so they’re definitely keeping me hooked :)

And the ‘I said what I said’ and ‘Fact!’ dipshits.

You’ve never taken out a sniper with a well aimed Terry Pratchett?

Exactly. I used to do the same thing about 15 years ago with Windows XP and Windows 7 computers. I didn’t have a lot of space, so I’d get about half a dozen set up and go along them in a row running the installers. By the time I got to the end of the row, the first one would be about ready for me to click the next box. The vast majority of time installing an OS is waiting.

It does back them up, but the restore seems to be broken. I had the same settings reset last night, and tried restoring a backup with some luck, but some missing settings, so set everything up again and did a backup. I tried restoring the new backup to see if I got any sort of confirmation, but there was nothing.

I tried restoring the backup on my PC, but it didn’t work the first time. I updated the app and tried again, and it worked as it should, and gave me a confirmation message.

I’ve been having issues with my phone, so just assumed it was something to do with that, or I would have paid more attention.

Ponn Farr. Accidentally lean on her hair and she’ll throw you through a wall

‘But, but Spock, you’re sparkling!’

You’re being downvoted, but you’re right.

People want something simple. Something that just runs the basics and automatically backs up online and invisibly.

The vast majority of people don’t need to have the choice of 17 different browsers, or 43 office suites, and they certainly don’t need the terminal or Powershell, or anything else. They just need a browser and a way to maybe write a letter and view photos. Maybe a way for the kids to do their homework. If their laptop spontaneously combusts, they want to be able to sign into a new one and have everything put back as it was automatically.

ChromeOS is perfect for them, apart from being a Google product. It’s something we tend to miss because we’re technically minded, but most people don’t care about computers, and don’t want what we want. They want an appliance. If someone created that system with privacy built in, it could be great :)

Don’t you mean /g?

There’s an invite request community on here somewhere too, so it might be worth asking there. You’re on a new account though so you might find that nobody wants to trust you with an invite yet, depending on how the sites treat invited members 🙂

I’m saying they could get more leverage out of the movement if they say something like: “on date X, we are teaching refrigerator repair in the parking lot. Bring your broken fridge or just yourself.”

That opens them up to liability though. If someone tries to fix their own fridge after watching the repair cafe, and gets injured or burns down their home, they could say that they weren’t taught properly.

On top of that, they probably wouldn’t be able to teach you to fix every problem, just the problem that the broken fridge has on the day. If they teach you how to fix the thermostat, that won’t help if you get a coolant leak.

I’ll give that a try next time, thanks :)

I’ll have to work up to that on my motorbike :o

I was just thinking the same, but saw those rails? between the lanes. They look like they’d be slippery at best, and could catch a wheel. It’s hard to tell from the video though.

I’ve got a weird issue with the soles of my feet. I’m not ticklish at all, but the soles of my feet react as if the nerves are turned up to 11. It’s only for light touches though, I can walk around barefooted with no problems, even on rough surfaces.

If someone touches my feet it’s a sensory overload that lasts for a while afterwards. It’s a weird combination of light tickling and burning, and feels like there’s something stuck to the bottom of my foot for a minute or two after the touch stops. The really weird part is, I can tickle my own feet, but apparently you’re not supposed to be able to tickle yourself 🤷🏻‍♂️

Please, do tell. Cramp is annoying pain, because it tends to lock my leg up when it happens.