Last one to post wins the internets

[IdolEyes787]

I stopped buying anything Irish years ago when I learned how badly they treat their leprechauns.

[IdolEyes787]

Actually I lie. I do have one but my bottle is spelled Middleton so it might be a cheap Chinese knock-off like my Rollex.

[shaina]

Actually I lie. I do have one but my bottle is spelled Middleton so it might be a cheap Chinese knock-off like my Rollex.

:lol::artist::lol:

For some reason i think your Rolex is real;)

[anon]

Actually I lie. I do have one but my bottle is spelled Middleton so it might be a cheap Chinese knock-off like my Rollex.

In all fairness, it takes an expert redditor to tell the difference.

191684

[shaina]

Actually I lie. I do have one but my bottle is spelled Middleton so it might be a cheap Chinese knock-off like my Rollex.

In all fairness, it takes an expert redditor to tell the difference.

191684 ]

A True single malt drinker wouldn't care who is on the label, it is the colour that counts my friend;)

191685

[anon]

True or false drinker, I don't think anyone wants to play Chinese roulette with these counterfeits. If they put sand on their batteries, who knows what they do with consumables... it's funny to see what ideas they come up with, though.

191686

[IdolEyes787]

True or false drinker, I don't think anyone wants to play Chinese roulette with these counterfeits. If they put sand on their batteries, who knows what they do with consumables... it's funny to see what ideas they come up with, though.

191686 No thanks, I'll stick to safer stuff like cigarettes and eating asbestos.

[anon]

safer stuff like cigarettes

As long as it's not an e-cig. That's how they hack you.

[shaina]

safer stuff like cigarettes

As long as it's not an e-cig. That's how they hack you.

:drummer:

[j2k4]

I've never played drums - sat at my buddy's kit once but he was smart enough to hide his sticks.

[anon]

Turn subtitles on and enjoy the lesson.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irBM2iA3EVo

[j2k4]

Turn subtitles on and enjoy the lesson.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irBM2iA3EVo

How on earth did you trip over that?

[shaina]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaa4Ss6QZlM

[anon]

How on earth did you trip over that?

The law of attraction did it. I'm now hoping to find a few million dollars by blaming Bill Gates for all my misfortunes.

[shaina]

How on earth did you trip over that?

The law of attraction did it. I'm now hoping to find a few million dollars by blaming Bill Gates for all my misfortunes.

What would you do different if you fell into a few million anyways:unsure:

Would you buy a house next to Meg in the US and fill every room with women's shoes:idunno:

[anon]

What would you do different if you fell into a few million anyways:unsure:

Buy a large mansion in the grasslands, hire some staff to take care of it and myself, then live a peaceful life every day :smilie4:

[shaina]

What would you do different if you fell into a few million anyways:unsure:

Buy a large mansion in the grasslands, hire some staff to take care of it and myself, then live a peaceful life every day :smilie4:

Can you retire with a "Few Million"?? Actually purchase a mansion in the Grasslands??

Here in Toronto you could purchase a Town home and have a patch of grass the size of the hair you have on your keister :yikes:

So raising cows, chickens, pigs would not be an option....

And will be close to have a few bucks left over to pay your property taxes:sadwalk:

Retirement may be Iffy.......

[anon]

Can you retire with a "Few Million"?? Actually purchase a mansion in the Grasslands??

Thanks to the Penn effect and current exchange rates, I'd think yes... of course, any extra millions from Bill would be most welcome!


And will be close to have a few bucks left over to pay your property taxes

Woah, what happened to "the rich will always find a way to not pay"? :shifty:

[nite2k]

Buy a large mansion in the grasslands, hire some staff to take care of it and myself, then live a peaceful life every day :smilie4:

Can you retire with a "Few Million"?? Actually purchase a mansion in the Grasslands??

Here in Toronto you could purchase a Town home and have a patch of grass the size of the hair you have on your keister :yikes:

So raising cows, chickens, pigs would not be an option....

And will be close to have a few bucks left over to pay your property taxes:sadwalk:

Retirement may be Iffy.......

NO Way you can retire a "a few million". I guess only if you live the most modest life in a small cottage with a toyota prius ��

[anon]

Got it, will make more anti-Gates posts then...

[IdolEyes787]

Meg tells me that he may have accidently killed Santa Claus or maybe it was just a random homeless person. He says he isn't going to dig the body up to check to be sure because he'll know after tomorrow anyway.

[Stehle]

Hope everyone enjoys and has a wonderful day tomorrow and a healthy, prosperous new year! :)

I myself will endeavor to curl up with a few great audiobooks for a week or so and spread that cheer in my own way.

Any New Year's resolutions? I'd love to hear some. ;)

[Caballero]

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Only New Year's resolution is to find more work-life balance and make more time for the family, and leave the shit-show that was 2023 far behind in the rearview mirror...

[Jox-Tox]

filesharing website without Caballero would not be what it is
thank u
u do enjoy the rest of 2023

[anon]

Meg tells me that he may have accidently killed Santa Claus or maybe it was just a random homeless person. He says he isn't going to dig the body up to check to be sure because he'll know after tomorrow anyway.

Well, if a stranger sneaked into my home through the chimney at midnight claiming to deliver presents, I'd be reaching for the rocket launcher too.

[anon]

Any New Year's resolutions? I'd love to hear some. ;)

Surviving and improving my finances... everything else can be worked out from there.

Merry Christmas to the oldest and most resilient filesharing community :santa:

[Monk3]

Merry Christmas MFr's!!!!!!!!!!!! My Friends! Have a great 2024 and may your stocking be full all year long!
-Monk

[IdolEyes787]

Happy Xmas (previously Happy Twittermas).:santa:

[j2k4]

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Only New Year's resolution is to find more work-life balance and make more time for the family, and leave the shit-show that was 2023 far behind in the rearview mirror...

Seems we've been expressing the same yearly sentiment for far too long, doesn't it?


Here's hoping...



Any New Year's resolutions? I'd love to hear some. ;)

Surviving and improving my finances... everything else can be worked out from there.

Merry Christmas to the oldest and most resilient filesharing community :santa:

Two true and well-constructed sentences to start the New Year with. :)

I've already gone and celebrated with a brand-new-never-been-seen Drawing Room thread. ;)

[j2k4]

Hey, did we ever sort where we stand relative to longevity internet-wide?

[anon]

Happy Xmas (previously Happy Twittermas).:santa:

Marge, they stole my idea!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6T2hu_pRuI

[anon]

Hey, did we ever sort where we stand relative to longevity internet-wide?

Being older than YouTube should count for something... some weeks ago I was remembering sending e-mail from this powerhouse.

191942

[IdolEyes787]

Yeah, you're like ancient with the plastic electronic computer thingy.

I remember my Aunt having one of these with a party line.

191943

Granted, where she lived was extremely remote. My young brain could tell it was remote because there were more bears than people.

[Stehle]

2024 is off to a good start... first chuckles (at least for me) are rolling in off of this thread already! :happy:

[shaina]

Yeah, you're like ancient with the plastic electronic computer thingy.

I remember my Aunt having one of these with a party line.
191943
Granted, where she lived was extremely remote. My young brain could tell it was remote because there were more bears than people.

What no call waiting??

No call identifier :unsure:

And it looks a bit heavy to carry around??

Happy New Year :yay:

PS. Can you remember what the world looked like then?? Or at least if there was any actual Transgender Bears then that stole your porridge??
And i assume you can't call them "Black Bears" anymore :idunno:

[IdolEyes787]

Call waiting was you waited for a call.

[shaina]

Call waiting was you waited for a call.

:artist::drummer::artist:

[anon]

My young brain could tell it was remote because there were more bears than people.

If you'd paid any attention to those gender identity seminars you'd know bears are also people, faggot :dry:

[nikstud]

My young brain could tell it was remote because there were more bears than people.

If you'd paid any attention to those gender identity seminars you'd know bears are also people, faggot :dry:

What about Unicorns? In fact their pronouns could be Uni/Corn.

[j2k4]

I remember slim-line phones being tantamount to actual portability.

Phone cords could get you ten feet away from the base, and they came in colors other than black.

Phones were hard-wired - when phone jacks hit the market my Dad wired them into evey room.

I remember talking to my 7th-grade girlfriend while I was taking a shit...:lol:

[anon]

What about Unicorns?

No complaints about them here.

191997

[anon]

I remember talking to my 7th-grade girlfriend while I was taking a shit

Well, people still do that today.

If you're a true master you'll remember the first cordless phones which also happened to be AM radio transmitters :) Something that eventually led to their ban and recall via free swap program here.

[IdolEyes787]

Unicorns are racist because white is consider a symbol of purity and black unicorns are the ones that have been tainted by demons. Brides are also racist. Anime on the other hand is just ghey.

[anon]

Unicorns are racist because white is consider a symbol of purity and black unicorns are the ones that have been tainted by demons.

Let's not get started on bicorns...


Brides are also racist.

Fun fact: the color representing marital purity and fidelity was blue until Bill Gates changed it.

[anon]

Anime on the other hand is just ghey.

192004

You may have a point here.

[j2k4]

I remember talking to my 7th-grade girlfriend while I was taking a shit

Well, people still do that today.

This was 1971.

[IdolEyes787]

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin and American Pie by Don McLean and Imagine by John Lennon and Brown Sugar from The Rolling Stones all came out in 1971 while you were having a shit. You should shit more often.

[shaina]

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin and American Pie by Don McLean and Imagine by John Lennon and Brown Sugar from The Rolling Stones all came out in 1971 while you were having a shit. You should shit more often.

:lol::artist::yup:

[j2k4]

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin and American Pie by Don McLean and Imagine by John Lennon and Brown Sugar from The Rolling Stones all came out in 1971 while you were having a shit. You should shit more often.

Hadn't thought of it that way...:phone:

[anon]

Haven't seen megabyteme since last year... was he privatized? :unsure:

[IdolEyes787]

Haven't seen megabyteme since last year... was he privatized? :unsure: You mean captured by pirates?

[anon]

No, privatization is when you sell a problem to someone else and then blame them for anything that goes wrong with it.

[IdolEyes787]

You're describing pirates.

[anon]

No, pirates are the ones who post on Reddit about storing dozens of terabytes of stuff they'll never watch! It's like you're trying to pull my (non-peg) leg here :dry:

[j2k4]

No, pirates are the ones who post on Reddit about storing dozens of terabytes of stuff they'll never watch! It's like you're trying to pull my (non-peg) leg here :dry:

I don't post on Reddit.

I have approximately 3 TB of "stuff".

It's called storage for a reason, but I manage to watch/burn this and that.

I can't bend over far enough to pull anyone's leg.

So-

Not a pirate.

[anon]

Fair enough, yarr. I had more than you, until a hard disk crash three years ago and the very costly (but fortunately 90% successful) data recovery job that followed made me reevaluate this. Now I aim to have less data, not more :chris:

[IdolEyes787]

It's called storage for a reason... Because you bought it at a store?

[Caballero]

I have approximately 3 TB of "stuff".


Pfft. That's like half an 8K movie.

[j2k4]

Exactly.

I think the last time I downloaded anything was around 2005.

[Stehle]

I have approximately 3 TB of "stuff".


Pfft. That's like half an 8K movie.

Just having started to watch 4K movies... for some reason, I found that oddly funny. :D

[anon]

I remember when movies were 700 MB and also worth watching :emo:

[j2k4]

Most of my stuff is music, couple dozen movies, all of Blackadder, MST, stuff like that.

[1000possibleclaws]

whenever i decide my CSS and Premiere Pro need another refresh, I also find out the trackers I signed up to get them the last time around have been disabled again for inactivity.

[Skiz]

I download movies still but I put them on a USB flash drive and play them through my Nvidia Shield TV. Afterward, I just delete it. I have never kept what I download for long term use.

[anon]

I used to download anything interesting "just in case" and archive most of it after watching, but now I do the same as you. Still have quite a bit of stuff from before this paradigm shift, maybe one day I'll finally catch up :blink:

[Skiz]

I never saved them but, I used to burn the ISOs to DVDs and I had towers of movies on disc. Then suddenly, BluRay became popular and shortly after, 4K. I started looking at my big 4K TV and those 720 DVDs and was like, wtf am I doing? I trashed them all and never looked back. If I want to watch something again I'll redownload it or just see if it's available somewhere with justwatch.com. Or pay $4 to rent it if we don't want to wait.

[anon]

wtf am I doing? I trashed them all and never looked back.

:lol:

I've been there, not with movies, but so many discs full of music, games and warez kept (once again) just in case. Burning was so exciting when it didn't fail and the whole process was like a science in and of itself - don't use a write speed faster than 4x or they'll totally become unreadable later, I tell you.

I have a heap of floppy disks I also plan to trash at one point, but not without checking what's inside first...

[Caballero]

So... Purely for scientific research purposes, of course, but if one wanted to check out those Taylor Swift deepfakes and if one does not have an X account... where would one possibly get a hold of said pictures?

Asking for a friend.

[anon]

Tell your friend and the media they aren't missing anything that hasn't been uploaded to E-Hentai a couple dozen times already.

[Pomeranian13]

Why you look down on japan ?

[IdolEyes787]

It's a latitudinal thing. This is why I also get away with looking down on Americans.

[anon]

The greatest trick Bill Gates ever pulled was convincing the world the Earth isn't flat.

[shaina]

It's a latitudinal thing. This is why I also get away with looking down on Americans.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJE3EgTGg9k

[IdolEyes787]

The greatest trick Bill Gates ever pulled was convincing the world the Earth isn't flat. Bill Gates is Kevin Spacey? This would explain a lot.

[j2k4]

It's a latitudinal thing. This is why I also get away with looking down on Americans.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJE3EgTGg9k



The greatest trick Bill Gates ever pulled was convincing the world the Earth isn't flat. Bill Gates is Kevin Spacey? This would explain a lot.

All you Canucks are high.




I'm pretty high myself...:cool:

[anon]

Bill Gates is Kevin Spacey? This would explain a lot.

"To a cop, the explanation is never that complicated. It's always simple. There's no mystery to the street, no archcriminal behind it all. If you got a dead body and you think his brother did it, you're gonna find out you're right."

[IdolEyes787]

I miss Meg. Anyone know where's he's incarcerated?

[anon]

Meg makes a post about having life insurance, then vanishes. In the meantime, Elon Musk's net worth coincidentally goes up... it doesn't take a genius to figure out what happened :dry:

#FSTLivesMatter

[anon]

Anyway, here's something to help us forget move on from his death by satellite cannon.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2ku5ZE2Ie0

[IdolEyes787]

Meg makes a post about having life insurance, then vanishes. In the meantime, Elon Musk's net worth coincidentally goes up... it doesn't take a genius to figure out what happened :dry:

#FSTLivesMatter
That's crazy conspiracy talk. You should use logic. Who can't go online due to a court order? Right, sex offenders.

[IdolEyes787]

Anyway, here's something to help us forget move on from his death by satellite cannon.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2ku5ZE2Ie0 I've been feeding raccoons for years. They have this in common with chimpanzees. The young ones are cute and the big old ones scare the fuck out of me.

[j2k4]

About twenty years ago I found myself picking a lock for a friend who'd lost the key to his hunting camp.

I thought I felt something pulling on my right pant-leg, but couldn't look at the precise moment I felt it - before I could do anything else, there were four baby raccoons hanging from my jacket, nuzzling my hair and beard.

There's nothing on earth as cute as a baby 'coon, but then it occurred to me mama raccoon was gonna attack me momentarily.

It didn't happen; I looked around and found her dead under the porch I was standing on, and my DNR buddy told me I had to give the babies over to the local animal control guy to be "dealt with".

I'd love to have kept the little buggers. :(

[shaina]

192418

[IdolEyes787]

Not for nothing but that guy needs to die.

https://theathletic.com/1408168/2019/11/25/west-virginia-football-dad-critter-lids-colton-mckivitz/

[IdolEyes787]

Wild animals have a probably short, probably miserable existence and some mouth-breather thinks he has the right to take even that from them.

[anon]

Who can't go online due to a court order? Right, sex offenders.

You have interesting and likely accurate ideas, but shortly after making my previous post, there was a four-day blackout in my area. It's fairly obvious someone doesn't want me to expose the truth about this conspiracy :huh:

#MegDidn'tKillHimself #TurnMeOnDeadMan

[anon]

The young ones are cute and the big old ones scare the fuck out of me

Well, then they're not so different from us after all.

Also, if the King of Pop couldn't handle Bubbles becoming a grown-up, your chances were approximately 0%.

[anon]

About twenty years ago I found myself picking a lock for a friend who'd lost the key to his hunting camp.

Here's the happy ending all of you deserved but never got.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z56j_VpKX_0

[anon]

192418

192474

[Skiz]

Did you know they purr when they're happy? True story.

[anon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDXSOuK6OiI

[anon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjzzchT73fs

[IdolEyes787]

Too bad raccoons can't rise up in righteous anger destroying everything in their path like Republicans or for the sake of OlegL, Black people, you'd be less smug then, Nazis.

[anon]

Too bad raccoons can't rise up in righteous anger destroying everything in their path

Keep thinking that, it's really convenient for us... I mean them.

[Stehle]

Hmm... still no sight of my friend Meg...

[anon]

James Bond megabyteme will return. Let's start a crowdfunding campaign.

[megabyteme]

How much is in the fund? :sly:

[megabyteme]

Also...
https://youtu.be/cthNNNrDaBk?si=9fJ71QLlUvSNRN2D

[anon]

How much is in the fund? :sly:

Two generous people from Canada donated VHS head cleaner and a set of kitchen knives. There are also some NFTs, which means we're rich as soon as I can find a sucker buyer.

[anon]

Also...

Fighting fire with fire? :glagpinch:

[shaina]

How much is in the fund? :sly:

Two generous people from Canada donated VHS head cleaner and a set of Used kitchen knives. There are also some NFTs, which means we're rich as soon as I can find a sucker buyer.

:lol: :huh: :lol:

[Mr. Mulder]

I would pay kate winslet £20 to fart in my eyes.

[shaina]

I would pay kate winslet £20 to fart in my eyes.

Would you pay 50 for a golden shower:unsure:

[megabyteme]

50 bucks is 50 bucks, right Shay?

I believe the value of the vhs cleaning fluid is higher than that of nfts these days. Not sure what people thought they were going to do with these 'valuable' jpgs. Perhaps they will be tradeable for beanie babies some day :idunno:

[shaina]

50 bucks is 50 bucks, right Shay?

Ok "Bucks" we would say :)

We both know that a fart is shit without the mess... but they say piss is a aphrodisiac :naughty:

Question?? Where is the Euros ($) key on our keyboards??


I believe the value of the vhs cleaning fluid is higher than that of nfts these days.

Isn't it just Windex with a different label on it:unsure:

I guess the used knives were of no interests... You have cash now, bet you splurged and got the Wolf Gang Puck limited edition set from the Shopping Channel;)




Not sure what people thought they were going to do with these 'valuable' jpgs. Perhaps they will be tradeable for beanie babies some day :idunno:

You may be right on this one... But didn't they start the jpgs. sales on OnlyFans??

Still love to actually get rid of the 100's of beanie babies i have in my storage locker.......

[Stehle]

I once had nude dancer fart in my eyes in a club in Las Vegas... we married that night... of course I left her in the morning...

As you probably all know the old saying about Las Vegas.

True Story.

[shaina]

I once had nude dancer fart in my eyes in a club in Las Vegas... we married that night... of course I left her in the morning...

As you probably all know the old saying about Las Vegas.

True Story.

:lol:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9StN-YHOW9w

Makes you want to watch the movie again just for shits and giggles literally...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOzdJYeOICs

[Quarterquack]

I would pay kate winslet £20 to fart in my eyes.

For 20 quid she should at least let you pick the scent by buying her dinner first.

[anon]

50 bucks is 50 bucks, right Shay?


Ok "Bucks" we would say :)

Why have 50 bucks when you can have 100, which apparently is twice as much.

192898

[anon]

I believe the value of the vhs cleaning fluid is higher than that of nfts these days. Not sure what people thought they were going to do with these 'valuable' jpgs. Perhaps they will be tradeable for beanie babies some day :idunno:


You may be right on this one... But didn't they start the jpgs. sales on OnlyFans??

Facebook allowed you to buy and send "gifts" as early as 2009, but the world was not yet ready for financial darwinism.

[anon]

Makes you want to watch the movie again just for shits and giggles literally...

Fun fact: Van Wilder was commissioned by Till Gabes and the controlled opposition, because the events depicted within make any student loan seem worth it! :D

[megabyteme]

Seems like there are a lot of women and children 'terrorists' being bombed in this video

https://filesharingtalk.com/external/?https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1bihj7f/moment_when_idf_bombed_a_street_in_gaza/

[anon]

External links are borked again... as a workaround, you can add this in front of them to force using the old redirector (which works correctly for now).


https://filesharingtalk.com/external/?


Just fixed the one above.

[megabyteme]

Thank you, Anon! Seems a reddit mod killed it.

[IdolEyes787]

Thank you, Anon! Seems a reddit mod killed it. The mod thought it was someone at an aid truck.

[anon]

Honest mistake, Hamas has been known to use aid trucks full of nuclear weapons.

Dark humor aside, the worst part is, I don't think this war will ever truly end. :(

[IdolEyes787]

Remember that scene in Black Hawk Down where they gun down the civilians who are just trying to get food? Sometimes bad and good is just differentiated by which side you support.

[shaina]

Honest mistake, Hamas has been known to use aid trucks full of nuclear weapons.

Dark humor aside, the worst part is, I don't think this war will ever truly end. :(

Yes it will;)

[shaina]

Remember that scene in Black Hawk Down where they gun down the civilians who are just trying to get food? Sometimes bad and good is just differentiated by which side you support.

Actually it is not which side you support.....

Look What is going on all over the world, and who gets the most media and spin/propaganda??

The truth is Idol, and i know this is hard for you to understand.......

What is the meaning of "Declared War"?? "Good Guys"?? "Bad Guys"??

Democracy?? Socialist Dictatorship terrorist Ideology??

Caring of life??

How you interpret these things makes the difference;)

A great saying Idol.....


What did Golda Meir say about peace in the Middle East?
Peace will come to the Middle East when the Arabs love their children more than they hate us. Peace will come when the Arabs start to love their children more than they hate us. We can forgive [them] for killing our children.

And believe it or not Idol, you are also included in this......

Now think Abraham Accords, and what was in the works, and what actually started this war?? ;)

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryxogquat

[j2k4]

I went to the dentist today for a cleaning.

I was tended by a hygienist I hadn't seen before, but I guess my point in posting this is that she hadn't seen me before.

To preface:

The dentist is a good friend of mine, and has been for years; my step-daughter worked for him for several years, and my step-son's wife has worked there for about six years.

For what it's worth, I have - luckily, I guess - never had a hygienist who was less than gorgeous; I've spent much more time than the average Joe in a dentist's chair, and looking at these creatures up close has been a nice distraction in an otherwise uncomfortable situation.

Anyway, I've bantered with hygienists forever, and been entertained every time - I usually begin by asking what it's like to be up-close all day with people who are doing everything they can to avoid eye-contact from less-than-a-foot away, or, who are checking out every feature they can see.

A few of them engage on the subject, and have given it enough thought to converse about it - most, however, seem not to have considered it too deeply, but are willing to speculate.

Today's candidate was distinctly distant, even a bit chilly...I was doping out an opening line while she was working, and the first time she withdrew, I asked if she'd ever had anyone complain she was blocking their view of the ceiling.

She couldn't - especially as a pretty blonde - hide her immediately-flushed face, and after about fifteen seconds of silence, she managed to give me a pretty good jab with her instrument, and came in pretty quick with the rinse-and-suck.

She apologized for her clumsiness, and I apologized for offending her - at which point she cupped my cheek and got all teary-eyed.

I felt so fucking bad.

Anyway, when the Doc came in for the once-over, he sensed something, asked us if everything was okay, and I said "yeah, we were just talking politics".

[megabyteme]

There's no war, just one side systematically murdering everyone (men, women, children).

It is now the equivalent of me punching Idol and he retaliated by killing me, my entire extended family, all of my neighbors, everyone else in my city, and leveling the entire city.

Who's the good guy? Bad guy?

[shaina]

There's no war, just one side systematically murdering everyone (men, women, children).

It is now the equivalent of me punching Idol and he retaliated by killing me, my entire extended family, all of my neighbors, everyone else in my city, and leveling the entire city.

Who's the good guy? Bad guy?

I am glad you think so, good luck thinking like that;)

So you think that Burning people alive, Rape, cutting there heads off!!, Kidnapping?? Hostages?? Why did they take them??
And there is an equivalent to punching Idol in the face LOL!!!??

You really are a Moron Meg LOL:lol: Time to change your medications again buddy:hug:

What happen after 911 LOL!!!?? Please don't make me laugh on your comparison Meg LOL!!!

I never saw you care about anyone the US killed after that attack LOL!!!!

Over 80% of the population in 2006!!! that voted in Gaza voted for Hamas over the PLO, Who is innocent?? Do you have any sympathy for the Palestinians that Hamas threw off roofs or dragged them behind trucks and motorcycles LOL!!!!

Did you cry a river and protest in the streets for that LOL!!, Again it can only sum up to you being a Moron, or maybe something else??!!!

Did you protest for the hundreds of thousands the US killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria ??

Anyone proven innocent that dies is a tragedy on both sides, but if someone provokes a "WAR", well what do you expect??

Truth Meg, i know you are obtuse about the Middle East, so i will spell it out for you!!!!!

Hamas can Surrender , put there guns down and dismantle all there rockets and return the hostages dead and alive, and the fighting stops;)

That is the Fact!!!!

If not!!!, there is going to be a lot more Terrorists that are going to die my friend :hug:

And i do assume you want the American/Jews held hostage back don't you?? (Like you care LOL!!!)

192968

This guy is going to beat Biden LOL!!!!!
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryxogquat


What did Golda Meir say about peace in the Middle East?
Peace will come to the Middle East when the Arabs love their children more than they hate us. Peace will come when the Arabs start to love their children more than they hate us. We can forgive [them] for killing our children.


PS.. I hear Meg you are flying in all the regulars at FST to protests the slaughtering in Haiti, and of course it is the US and Israel's fault :rolleyes:

Don't forget to make up the "Queers for Haiti" signs LOL!!!!! Iran and All there factions/proxies love them LOL!!!!!!

Then you can fly to Haiti, "Barbecue" will welcome you with open arms:lol: :gunsmilie:lol:

[shaina]

anyway, when the doc came in for the once-over, he sensed something, asked us if everything was okay, and i said "yeah, we were just talking politics..."

:d:happy:

[megabyteme]

The whole 'Hamas' crossing the border, creating a slaughter and taking hostages has always struck me as an I*raeli run covert mission as a means to slaughter the Pal*stinians once and for all.

That's speculation on my part, but is what Netanyahu has wanted.

The backlash that resulted after 9/11 turned out to be a pretense to war with countries not behind the attack. This was done--and continued by...Republicans.

Retaliations to both were swift, relentless, and seen as excessive by much of the world after a relatively short period of time.

Just $.02 but don't you find the bad guys in any issue are the ones silencing any criticism of their actions?

A few years from now, my speculation will be shown to be correct and the response will be, "Well...at least 'some good' came of it..."

[Barbarossa]

The whole 'Hamas' crossing the border, creating a slaughter and taking hostages has always struck me as an I*raeli run covert mission as a means to slaughter the Pal*stinians once and for all.

That's speculation on my part, but is what Netanyahu has wanted.

The backlash that resulted after 9/11 turned out to be a pretense to war with countries not behind the attack. This was done--and continued by...Republicans.

Retaliations to both were swift, relentless, and seen as excessive by much of the world after a relatively short period of time.

Just $.02 but don't you find the bad guys in any issue are the ones silencing any criticism of their actions?

A few years from now, my speculation will be shown to be correct and the response will be, "Well...at least 'some good' came of it..."

Whole thing is a diversion orchestrated by Russia and its allies (Iran) to divert international attention away from Ukraine. And it's worked.

[Mr. Mulder]

Passed my AZ-900 today, if your companies need migrating to the cloud I can be no help whatsoever by describing the fundamentals behind it at 82% accuracy :smilie4:

[IdolEyes787]

You've looked at clouds from both sides now.

[anon]

describing the fundamentals behind it at 82% accuracy

The Indian remote worker who will take your job got 83%. Thanks for having been a part of our team!

[Mr. Mulder]

I can't remember if I said on here but that happened to me! 9 years in the same job, outsourced to an Indian msp and made redundant. I started a job at an onshore msp two months ago, hated it! Left and start another new job tomorrow back to internal IT. 4 days a week WFH, 99% perfect :mushy:

[anon]

9 years in the same job, outsourced to an Indian msp and made redundant.

They're 90% cheaper once you can decipher their accent, it's the same reason everyone here hires Venezuelans. What's a man to do, besides leaving a bad review on GlassDoor :emo:

[megabyteme]

The whole 'Hamas' crossing the border, creating a slaughter and taking hostages has always struck me as an I*raeli run covert mission as a means to slaughter the Pal*stinians once and for all.

That's speculation on my part, but is what Netanyahu has wanted.

The backlash that resulted after 9/11 turned out to be a pretense to war with countries not behind the attack. This was done--and continued by...Republicans.

Retaliations to both were swift, relentless, and seen as excessive by much of the world after a relatively short period of time.

Just $.02 but don't you find the bad guys in any issue are the ones silencing any criticism of their actions?

A few years from now, my speculation will be shown to be correct and the response will be, "Well...at least 'some good' came of it..."

Whole thing is a diversion orchestrated by Russia and its allies (Iran) to divert international attention away from Ukraine. And it's worked.

Interesting you mentioned this precisely when you did. All of a sudden, ISIS attacked a random theater in Russia and the shooters were 'attempting to run for Ukraine' according to Putin.

Bizarre.

[Mr. Mulder]

9 years in the same job, outsourced to an Indian msp and made redundant.

They're 90% cheaper once you can decipher their accent, it's the same reason everyone here hires Venezuelans. What's a man to do, besides leaving a bad review on GlassDoor :emo:

My replacement came over from Chennai to be based on site, he was nice enough. I understood he the individual wasn't responsible for kicking me out so I trained him properly and one day when the weather was hot I bought him a Magnum ice cream. He'd never seen one before and sat it on his desk for 8 hours to "eat later" :pinch:

They have shit lives, they come here to do highly skilled office jobs for minimum wage, their company gives them no help at all other than putting them up in a hotel for the first two weeks and issuing a 12 month work visa. They can't find places to live because they can't get bank cards and end up getting student type house shares. But then their wives come over for jobs that qualify for UK visas and can then switch to a dependent visa for X amount of time to leave their companies and live here permanently. They also fucking stink.

[megabyteme]

Managers who have employees train their own cost-cutting replacement deserve a special sub-level in hell.

[Mr. Mulder]

It was taking him home to the misses and teaching him how to disappoint her sexually that was the hard part... :unsure:

[Caballero]

Surely, if it had been hard that would already taken you 50% to the goal line?

[anon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZm5QvpfonY

[Caballero]

And along those lines, hoppy Easter everyone.

[anon]

hoppy

Clever.

193111

[Bewegter]

Happy Easter Monday! :)

[dion09529]

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/08/un-rights-council-boosts-scrutiny-north-korea

[megabyteme]

Shay, Trump needs your help to fight the injustice he's facing. Invest the family fortune in DJT stock. Buy the dip and make a your bank account great again! (MbAGA)

Something Something money where your mouth is...

[Something Else]

Managers who have employees train their own cost-cutting replacement deserve a special sub-level in hell.

:glagpinch: Harsh dude. I missed your stories.

[Something Else]

Whole thing is a diversion orchestrated by Russia and its allies (Iran) to divert international attention away from Ukraine. And it's worked.

Interesting you mentioned this precisely when you did. All of a sudden, ISIS attacked a random theater in Russia and the shooters were 'attempting to run for Ukraine' according to Putin.

Bizarre.

Barbs. I did not expect you to become a brainwashed, mindless, racist. Shocking to the max.

The Merkins, I expect it from. They are the most propagandised people in the world. I guess the UK is trying to catch-up. :dabs:

[vida69]

i hope i win

[Something Else]

You won alright. Please post your mother's maiden name and social security number to claim your prize.

[Mr. Mulder]

We also need a picture of her bum hole.

[iLOVENZB]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZm5QvpfonY

Is this like AI generated or something?

[iLOVENZB]

I like how Digg, del.icio.us and StumbleUpon are still visible as Bookmarking services in this FST theme.

[iLOVENZB]

Reddit > Digg (2008)

Shit > Trump > Reddit > Digg ($today GMT+10)

[anon]

Is this like AI generated or something?

"At some point in the early 21st century, all of mankind was united in celebration. We marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to AI."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWvKpEYvo4s

[anon]

Reddit > Digg (2008)

Shit > Trump > Reddit > Digg ($today GMT+10)

"We got big enough to do whatever the fuck we want" -- spez[citation needed]

[megabyteme]

How did we ever get by without the wonders of AI?

[IdolEyes787]

All I know is AI is evil but it's still better than most people.

[anon]

That may or may not be saying much.

[IdolEyes787]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-us-campus-protests-1.7185242

Shay probably strongly disagrees with this. Not the protests but the part about being educated.

[anon]

If you look closer, you can see Bill Gates in those pictures... QED.

[megabyteme]

https://youtu.be/Gjgn1bmZrRA?si=wE0SJ03QiHyJWTRu

The world would be in an entirely different timeline had Bernie run against Trump instead of Hillary.

[IdolEyes787]

https://youtu.be/Gjgn1bmZrRA?si=wE0SJ03QiHyJWTRu

The world would be in an entirely different timeline had Bernie run against Trump instead of Hillary.

The most dangerous thing in the World is an idea said every tyrant ever.

[IdolEyes787]

Quick show of hands. So who here besides Kristi Noem has murdered a puppy?

[anon]

The most dangerous thing in the World is an idea said every tyrant ever.

V for Revenge was right.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov9ynOC4lPE

[megabyteme]

So that one group who is relentlessly and mercilessly obliterating that other group who had another group inside their group who did a thing like a while back, they can't be critiqued because a lot of the grandparents of the first group were horribly treated but then were given special land to make that better. So since this group is doing to the other group what was done to their grandparents, the grandchildren are using their *one* get out of doing a very very bad thing pass, right? :unsure:

Talking about current world events is getting more difficult lately. :mellow:

[Caballero]

I've got a question for the Windows cognoscenti...

I was under the impression that Windows 10 Enterprise is basically Windows 10 Pro without the telemetry. Right/wrong?

I also thought that Windows Enterprise needed to be activated by a KMS license server. Yes/no?

I just came across a "RTM Generic Key (retail)" for Windows Enterprise. So what is this? If this is real, should I update my Windows version from Pro to Enterprise to get rid some of the spyware bloat?

[j2k4]

Quick show of hands. So who here besides Kristi Noem has murdered a puppy?

I am familiar with the imperative.

Have you lived with/among farmers?

[anon]

I've got a question for the Windows cognoscenti...

I get the feeling those are X/Y questions, so I'll tell you this much. Enterprise allows setting the telemetry level to the lowest value "Security" and supports a few related policies, but (less) data is still sent to Microsoft, and the only way to close the tap completely involves doing DNS-level blocking on your own as well as breaking Windows Update, Defender and Store, because those phone home even when supposedly disabled.

If you want to make a compromise, ShutUp10++ and W10Privacy are good and work on any edition.

[Stehle]

I saw somewhere that the Enterprise-D had about 3,237 Windows... WAIT! We are talking about Starships here aren't we?... yeah, they probably have that telemetry you're looking for...

[megabyteme]

Quick show of hands. So who here besides Kristi Noem has murdered a puppy?

I am familiar with the imperative.

Have you lived with/among farmers?

Did she eat the puppy?
Was the puppy critically injured?
Was the puppy so aggressive that it was a danger to other animals and/or people?

These are the reasons a farmer would put down an animal. If I understand correctly, this puppy was merely 'troublesome'.

This woman was so proud of her 'accomplishment' that she not only wrote about it in her book, she also tweeted about it.

Do you like the youth in Asia? Noem clearly does. This event was put out there to signal that she really likes the youth in Asia. What's the opposite of Virtue Signaling? That's what this was. There are a lot of 'troublesome' people who may not be to the approval of Herr (Hair :lol: ) Trump and his followers. Many of the same ones he didn't care about during his covid failure.

[IdolEyes787]

Quick show of hands. So who here besides Kristi Noem has murdered a puppy?

I am familiar with the imperative.

Have you lived with/among farmers?

I come from a long line of the unwashed. Every single one of those hillbillies would have chosen to just give the healthy, living, feeling creation of God up for adoption instead of going full Patrick Bateman on it. It's not a rural thing, it's a "I'm not right in the brain" thing.

[IdolEyes787]

I've got a question for the Windows cognoscenti...

I get the feeling those are X/Y questions, so I'll tell you this much. Enterprise allows setting the telemetry level to the lowest value "Security" and supports a few related policies, but (less) data is still sent to Microsoft, and the only way to close the tap completely involves doing DNS-level blocking on your own as well as breaking Windows Update, Defender and Store, because those phone home even when supposedly disabled.

If you want to make a compromise, ShutUp10++ and W10Privacy are good and work on any edition.

It's people like you that led to the CIA killing Bruce Lee.

[mjmacky]

I have something to say about the Jews!

Warning, this is about Jews.

OK, so about the Jews. They can have state and international policies just as bad as Americans and any other nationalities/ethnicities around the world. This concludes everything I was going to say about the Jews.

————

Really, you can see the reason for every culpa ranging from mistake to atrocity that are being made by every group and state in this conflict in every decade. I'd list them all with a simple cause-effect relationship that doesn't rely on a single individual seeking power (let's say that's just the cumin of motivations), but it's not that difficult for anyone to recognize what those are. Ignorance is an active pursuit rather than a passive one, driven by a strong attachment to beliefs that one doesn't want to see altered, and this will always stand in the way of progress small and large.

I will say that above is the reason we never got a season 2 of Firefly.

[Caballero]

If you want to make a compromise, ShutUp10++ and W10Privacy are good and work on any edition.

Are those two working together, or is it one or the other?

[IdolEyes787]

I have something to say about the Jews!

Warning, this is about Jews.

OK, so about the Jews. They can have state and international policies just as bad as Americans and any other nationalities/ethnicities around the world. This concludes everything I was going to say about the Jews.

————

Really, you can see the reason for every culpa ranging from mistake to atrocity that are being made by every group and state in this conflict in every decade. I'd list them all with a simple cause-effect relationship that doesn't rely on a single individual seeking power (let's say that's just the cumin of motivations), but it's not that difficult for anyone to recognize what those are. Ignorance is an active pursuit rather than a passive one, driven by a strong attachment to beliefs that one doesn't want to see altered, and this will always stand in the way of progress small and large.

I will say that above is the reason we never got a season 2 of Firefly.

You're confusing Jews with Israelis. Bernie Sanders is a Jew.

[IdolEyes787]

Fun fact : One of the most searched questions on Google "Is Bernie Sanders related to Colonel Sanders?" And I wish I was making this up.

[j2k4]

I am familiar with the imperative.

Have you lived with/among farmers?

I come from a long line of the unwashed. Every single one of those hillbillies would have chosen to just give the healthy, living, feeling creation of God up for adoption instead of going full Patrick Bateman on it. It's not a rural thing, it's a "I'm not right in the brain" thing.


If you're referring to farmers as "the unwashed", I wonder why?

I assume you've heard the phrase "a fox in the henhouse"?

What about that?

[anon]

I saw somewhere that the Enterprise-D had about 3,237 Windows... WAIT! We are talking about Starships here aren't we?... yeah, they probably have that telemetry you're looking for...

USS Billyprise, powered by AI (Almost Intelligent).

[anon]

Did she eat the puppy?

Just because she's Republican it doesn't necessarily mean she eats puppies :dry:

[anon]

It's people like you that led to the CIA killing Bruce Lee.

Now I just need to convince them the Kardashians are a threat to national security...

[anon]

Are those two working together, or is it one or the other?

W10Privacy has options ShutUp10++ doesn't and can recognize preexisting changes, so it's more like one then the other. Worth reviewing both after every yearly feature update too, never know what Microsoft will try.

While not related to spyware, I'd also like to mention https://winaerotweaker.com/ and https://win7games.com/ on the basis that they solve a lot of annoyances.

[megabyteme]

Seems Noem executed her own future. Rolling Stone has an article "Trump ‘Disgusted’ by Kristi Noem’s Puppy Execution Story". Apparently he's not so bothered by the killing itself, but the poor public relations in telling about it in public and in writing. Some things are unforgivable-- not for ethical reasons, but for not being sly enough to get away with doing it.

[j2k4]

Seems Noem executed her own future. Rolling Stone has an article "Trump ‘Disgusted’ by Kristi Noem’s Puppy Execution Story". Apparently he's not so bothered by the killing itself, but the poor public relations in telling about it in public and in writing. Some things are unforgivable-- not for ethical reasons, but for not being sly enough to get away with doing it.

No doubt she could/should have left that out of her book; some realities best remain unmentioned.

She's removed herself from consideration, I believe.

[IdolEyes787]

Seems Noem executed her own future. Rolling Stone has an article "Trump ‘Disgusted’ by Kristi Noem’s Puppy Execution Story". Apparently he's not so bothered by the killing itself, but the poor public relations in telling about it in public and in writing. Some things are unforgivable-- not for ethical reasons, but for not being sly enough to get away with doing it.

No doubt she could/should have left that out of her book; some realities best remain unmentioned.

I said the exact same thing to Kim Jong Un just the other day.

[Stehle]

Yeah, I got a good laugh after that last one! :lol:

[iLOVENZB]

I've just organised my ebook collection manually in categories

193692

193693

For those wondering my categories


cul-bev-beer nonfict-hobbies-language
cul-bev-general nonfict-mags-fishing
cul-bev-wine nonfict-mags-food
cul-chef-memoir nonfict-mags-gaming
cul-cooking-business nonfict-mags-general
cul-cooking-chefs_rest nonfict-mags-health
cul-cooking-general nonfict-med-dental
cul-food-bakery nonfict-med-general
cul-food-burger nonfict-med-health_fitness
cul-food-butchery nonfict-med-nsfw
cul-food-charcuterie nonfict-med-pharma
cul-food-cheese nonfict-med-psych
cul-food-cookbook nonfict-pol-sociology
cul-food-ferment nonfict-ref-general
cul-food-menus nonfict-sci-ref
cul-food-molecular nonfict-selfhelp-leaders_management
cul-food-pastry nonfict-selfhelp-mbti
cul-food-preserving nonfict-selfhelp-personal_dev
cul-food-ramen nonfict-selfhelp-psych
cul-food-sauce_condiments nonfict-survival-garden
cul-food-smoking_bbq nonfict-survival-hunting
cul-food-theory nonfict-survival-offgrid
fict-novel-general nonfict-survival-prepper
fiction-novel-adventure nonfict-survival-ref
fiction-novel-fantasy nonfict-travel-culture
fiction-novel-scifi nonfict-travel-food
nonfict-biography_memoir photo-technique
nonfict-business-marketing tech-ai
nonfict-business-sci tech-coding
nonfict-design-arch tech-comp_sci
nonfict-design-art tech-hardware
nonfict-fin-general tech-mechanical
nonfict-fin-invest tech-networking
nonfict-fin-real_estate tech-ref
nonfict-history-cul tech-sec-general
nonfict-history-germany tech-sec-hacking
nonfict-history-greek tech-social-marketing
nonfict-hobbies-diy

It's absolute chaos but works surprisingly well. I'm moving towards a hatred of DIRs and prefer tags as a file structure.

edit: I can't wait for an apocalypse to happen so I can put this NAS to use.

[anon]

Organization is something you have to decide on from day one, otherwise it's a nightmare to implement later... something I learned after not doing it.

Anyway, seems all that's left for you now is to actually read those ;)

[Stehle]

Fwiw... you're very correct anon as I just had one of my SSD's go flakey, but it didn't go down completely dead like I've had HDD's go in the past.

I was able to slowly transfer about 1.4tb's of audiobooks onto a new 2tb SSD... then I get it into my head that I need to categorize them as our friend iLOVENZB did.

Naww... I just shook my head and thought I probably should have started that about 10 years ago...

I absolutely do applaud his effort though. :clap:

[anon]

One lesser known fact about SSD durability is that their data decays if they don't receive power for long enough, making them unreliable for backups or archiving.

As for me, I have tried to minimize the amount of new files that get in, and maybe one day I'll sort everything that's already there...

[IdolEyes787]

Weirdo.

[anon]

That was weak... :rolleyes:

[Stehle]

Thanks for that lesser known fact... I'm evolving and learning. ;)

[IdolEyes787]

That was weak... :rolleyes: Thanks. A man can only try or try not.

[IdolEyes787]

If the terrorists are looking for a target, the Cannes Film Festival is on right on. Sadly you missed the Met Gala but now is your chance.

[anon]

Thanks for that lesser known fact... I'm evolving and learning. ;)

Learning only ends when your life does!

[anon]

A man can only try or try not.

Then that wrinkly green alien from Star Wars was wrong :dry:

[anon]

If the terrorists are looking for a target, the Cannes Film Festival is on right on.

The original plan was to bomb the Oscars, but that would be whatever the opposite of terrorism is.

[Barbarossa]

One lesser known fact about SSD durability is that their data decays if they don't receive power for long enough, making them unreliable for backups or archiving.

As for me, I have tried to minimize the amount of new files that get in, and maybe one day I'll sort everything that's already there...

Interesting. I didn't know that.

[anon]

Then this was my most successful good deed of the day ever :P

[Stehle]

Okay, just a quick update...

I have a few SSD's (OS, main downloads and an extra.) attached and inside the PC I use daily (nightly... whatever), they have power. You got me thinking about all the clone, backups and archival mess that I had with an USB dust case and connection for each and all. Then I purchased a 7-Port USB 3.1 bar than I can periodically turn on each of the drives for a power exercise to stimulate those little electrons in them to lessen any decay.

What do you think anon?

(I believe you definitely know more about SSD's than most folks and as a matter of course (although it was I believe to be two years ago), much was also discussed on reddit about what you mentioned.)

[IdolEyes787]

Okay, just a quick update...

I have a few SSD's.. Sorry to hear that. You probably should use protection and stop frequenting whores.

[anon]

What do you think anon?

Depending on how long they have been unpowered for, it's hardly a bad idea to do a full read of all sectors from beginning to end and check the SMART attributes just to be sure everything's fine. After that, turning on once a month should be more than enough. For USB disk enclosures you'll want to run this as administrator and reboot. Otherwise, the port won't be powered off when ejecting the drive, buffered data may not be written, and the Unsafe Shutdowns count will increase.


reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\usbhub\hubg" /v "DisableOnSoftRemove" /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1 /f


While not strictly related, this is my optimization checklist for SSDs that are regularly powered and used.


Set a fixed size for the swap file and/or place it on a regular HDD. If you have enough RAM, it will rarely be used anyway.
Disable hibernation, it requires a large amount of writes by definition and regular sleep mode is usually good enough.
(Windows 7 only) Disable scheduled disk defragmentation because it's not smart enough to know SSDs don't require it.
Disable prefetch and SuperFetch, the performance advantages are not worth the extra writes.

As of Windows 10, both reenable themselves when turned off via the registry, so disabling the SysMain service is the only way. Unfortunately that also kills memory compression and ReadyBoost, so it's a tradeoff. Also note using Enable-MMAgent on PowerShell immediately reenables and starts SysMain.
Disable ReadyBoot (not ReadyBoost) for the same reasons.
Disable search indexing for the same reasons.
(SATA SSDs only) Make sure AHCI mode is enabled.
Do overprovisioning, i.e. don't partition the entire drive to leave unused sectors and therefore trade capacity for longer life. Note many drives do this on firmware with a hidden block of spare sectors, so it may not be necessary (but the benefits will stack).
Run these commands as administrator.

rem Enable TRIM
fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 0
rem Disable short filename generation
fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1
rem Disable NTFS encryption (some SSDs compress internally, but encrypted data is highly entropic)
fsutil behavior set disableencryption 1
rem Disable paging file encryption
fsutil behavior set encryptpagingfile 0
rem Disable NTFS last access timestamp (default as of Vista, but just in case)
fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1

Disable all disk-related OS power management settings like spindown timeout, standby timeout, APM/AAM, DIPM/HIPM, etc. Those are either inapplicable to, or have negligible impact on, SSDs.
Install the latest firmware and regularly check for upgrades.
Install the manufacturer's disk controller (AHCI or NVMe) drivers unless there are specific reasons not to.
Install the manufacturer's management software, it's usually fluff but sometimes unlocks vendor-specific features.
Use a mechanical HDD or make a RAM disk for transient stuff like browser caches and temporary files.

Feedback is welcome, especially regarding items specific to non-Windows systems.


An extra for VMware users. Add this to your .vmx files to reduce the amount of writes for virtual machines stored in a solid drive. Keep in mind that if any of these values are already defined, you should edit the existing lines instead, otherwise the VM will silently refuse to load.


# Disable vmware.log
logging = "FALSE"
# Disable scoreboard files
vmx.scoreboard.enabled = "FALSE"
# Disable .vmem files (under Linux, uncomment the second line)
mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
#mainmem.backing = "swap"
# Don't create partial snapshots
mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE"
mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE"
# Uncomment to change storage directory for (large yet transient) .vmss, .vmsn and .vmem files
#workingDir = "X:\whatever"



A generic way to reduce SSD writes is to once a day, search for all files modified within the last 24 hours, then investigate what they're associated with. This is how I was able to find and stop SleepStudy and various other event traces, WIA logs, unnecessary event providers, StorPort benchmarks and other stuff I'm forgetting.

Be aware that under Windows this won't find writes to the paging file, event logs and (some) tracing data because their timestamps aren't updated. You'll also need to use RegScanner to know exactly what's changed in the registry.
Whew! It's a lot of babysitting, but the speeds are worth it, and since many new laptops don't even have a SATA slot for an HDD you may not have a choice anyway.

[anon]

You probably should use protection

"Of course. I had my 9mm automatic."

[Stehle]

Thank YOU! Your the best! Got it all copied! :)

(I forgot to mention the USB bar has on / off mechanical switches for each of the 7 ports.... best of all Win 10 recognizes each and can do the "Eject" safely thingy if needed!)

[Caballero]

Life without electricity sucks.

Life without air conditioning sucks even more.

That concludes our PSA for today.

[anon]

Independent studies (i.e. me going through a blackout of almost two weeks last month) confirm those findings.

[IdolEyes787]

Life without electricity sucks.

Life without air conditioning sucks even more.



Not if you live in the Arctic.

[IdolEyes787]

Independent studies (i.e. me going through a blackout of almost two weeks last month) confirm those findings.

How does a blackout last two weeks and was there anything left worth looting after the first week?

[anon]

was there anything left worth looting after the first week?

I was hoping to grab a new TV before realizing the obvious catch-22. :(