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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/thinkpad@lemmy.ml

We had some heavy rain yesterday and my bag (containing my T400) got soaked. I tried to turn it on just now, and it appeared to boot at first.

I entered my geli(8) password and FreeBSD began to load, then the screen and status LEDs began to flicker rapidly. I tried holding the power button, but for the first time it didn't do anything, so I removed the battery.

When I turned it back on again, it didn't even show the ThinkPad boot screen; it just sat there flickering.

I have opened the case up and looked inside. I hve checked the RAM, the CPU, the SSD: even the DVD drive; and everything seems fine, yet the problem still persists.

Does anyone have any idea what's wrong and how I can fix it? Or is my laptop now borked? Thanks!

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 48 points 8 months ago

It wasn't my dumb idea.

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 136 points 8 months ago

Wasn't my choice. I was 10.

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 73 points 8 months ago

Time to get an Android, I guess.

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[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 56 points 8 months ago

Ha! Yeah, I remember that phase. I was planning to install LXDE as my first distro, simply because I thought the wallpaper looked cool.

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/8117983

I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which I have been using since 2022. Today, I was sitting on the bus when some random person connected to them and started playing Free Bird.

It was a bit funny, but I don't want this to become a regular thing. Is there a way of locking the headphones to certain Bluetooth addresses? Or a way of making it not show up automatically on phones (similar to a hidden WiFi network)?

The headphones in question are the JBL Tune 510, which have a USB-C port. However, I don't know if this can be used to flash firmware.

If there's already a comment telling me to "just use wired" or something, please don't tell me again. It's the best solution, but my phone doesn't have a headphone jack (fuck you, Apple).

Thanks!

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submitted 8 months ago by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which I have been using since 2022. Today, I was sitting on the bus when some random person connected to them and started playing Free Bird.

It was a bit funny, but I don't want this to become a regular thing. Is there a way of locking the headphones to certain Bluetooth addresses? Or a way of making it not show up automatically on phones (similar to a hidden WiFi network)?

The headphones in question are the JBL Tune 510, which have a USB-C port. However, I don't know if this can be used to flash firmware.

If there's already a comment telling me to "just use wired" or something, please don't tell me again. It's the best solution, but my phone doesn't have a headphone jack (fuck you, Apple).

Thanks!

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[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 74 points 8 months ago

Try changing your user agent to a Chrome one (e.g. Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36). Works a treat!

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University go brrrr (files.catbox.moe)
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Again and again and again (files.catbox.moe)

Source: Reddit

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under_pressure (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/weirdcore@sopuli.xyz

Source: Reddit

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finally at peace (files.catbox.moe)

Source: Reddit

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 43 points 9 months ago

Tech support has been my status since I was 12. Honestly, I enjoy being able to explain stuff like this.

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 54 points 1 year ago

I really hate these guys. The exam board is petty, the content is hard, and they do bullshit like this.

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 122 points 1 year ago

Actually, I have. It gives me better tracking protection than vanilla Safari, it allows me to use SearXNG, and it means I can set a custom homepage. Also, for some reason, Safari has no private mode on my phone.

Not to mention that Mozilla is working on a Gecko-based version of the browser, as Apple is being forced by the EU to allow sideloading, third-party app stores, and third-party browser engines.

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 45 points 1 year ago

In an ideal world, this would be a good thing. Machines doing the work so humans can relax; but I doubt this is even possible in the world we live in.

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 59 points 1 year ago

Here it is on PeerTube, since we're on the Fediverse and probably wanting to avoid Google.

https://spectra.video/w/2SRf76FVKRfLuaaSMvbJR7

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What absolute wankers! In case anyone's adblock goes south, here are some YouTube alternatives:

For Watching YouTube

For Uploading

  • PeerTube
  • Idk, make a video blog or something.
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