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Cake day: October 9th, 2023

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  • Gas pump ads are the worst. I stopped going to a station because they couldn’t be muted, and they’re the ads that scream at you or brain rot craft videos. I wouldn’t have minded so much if was only the “good news” segment or usefull PSAs. But yelling at me at 7am to buy beef jerky is not okay.

    If a person came up to you at the pump and offered a flyer, that’s okay. But if they started screaming at you to buy their shit, that’d be harassment. Gas pumps should not be allowed to “harass” people.





  • I’m gonna be honest here, sounds like you need to be more selective in who you trust for your various services.

    The way you describe these people, it sounds like you’re going with your “uncles friend” type of people or the trashy companies that are ran by someone pushing their staff to do quick/slop jobs for high profit.

    Get that exterior worker to small claims before their business mysteriously dissolves into oblivion.

    You can can give me a million dollars to paint your ceiling, but that’s not going to make me Michelangelo.

    You need to find the people that take actual pride in their work, which is incredibly hard to do. Failing that, the established businesses that stand behind their work. If that autobody tech doesn’t warranty the paint job, they aren’t worth your business. If the guy re-fixing the drains is covering it on their own dime and making it right without a fuss, then that’s something to remember next time. Everyone makes mistakes, its how they handle them after the fact that’s important.


  • FBI open up! It sounds like trying you’re to steal lots of data in a few seconds before either the computer kicks you out, or someone returns to their desk. If you’re not staring in a “hacker” movie, 10GBs on a modern usb stick should only take a few minutes, go get a coffee or something while you wait.

    For purely educational purposes, If a 3.0 usb drive isn’t fast enough you’ll need an external SSD which will have significantly faster write times. Be wary of vauge marketing like “fast”, 30MB/s was “fast” 20 years ago. You want the actual to find the spec for write speed, simply put, a higher number is better. Find the highest number, but also be wary of absurd claims. Try to find independent tests/research that support a manufacture’s claim.

    That being said, you’re also limited by the computer’s usb capabilites and whatever drive that has. Make sure you’re plugging into a usb 3.0 port or better. Additionally, if the data is on a slow drive, there’s nothing you can do about that. If the data is comprised of a lot small files, it will be slower to copy as the system has to process each one.

    I hope you enjoyed this educational exercise; and remeber kids, don’t do crime and if you get caught, you don’t know me!