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I’m talking out of my ass, but I’m assuming it’s because of indexing. Operating Systems nowadays use indexing for searching your system, and it can be fast IF the file you’re looking for was indexed. That’s why it routinely re-indexes your entire system. It might take longer if the file wasn’t included. With file systems getting larger exponentially, indexing can be more efficient. Whereas before, the OS literally just goes over all your files to find a match.

That’s why I specified it would be best to have an inspection done before the walls are put up.

Hydrocortisone cream. I don’t know how I can live without that magic cream.

I definitely experienced some of the stuff mentioned in the article.

• The pressure to buy or else you lose the discounts.

• Showing you only the homes that are near completion so you’re forced to buy those even when you’re not in a hurry.

• The rep saying they’ll grab their tools in the truck to fix some of the blue tape stuff immediately, then seeing the same blue tape still there when you move in.

• Going out of their way to try to avoid warranty claims.

Thankfully we haven’t had the severe issues the people in article have that make their homes literally unlivable. If you’re a first time buyer, get your own 3rd party inspection and make sure the builder follows through with the issues found.

As the article mentioned, these builders (at least for the more affordable homes) hire the cheapest subcontractors they can find, so brand doesn’t really matter much. It boils down to the quality of the subcontractors in the area you’re in. So make sure to get an inspection. If you can get in early enough where the walls haven’t gone up yet, better. If you can afford it, do 2 inspections, before (when foundation is poured and no walls yet) and after (actual pre-closing inspection on the completed house). We were only able to do the latter, and thankfully we haven’t had any major issues yet.

Edit: Don’t forget to also have an inspection done on your 11th month, to get any work done before the first year warranties expire. You’ll have more power to get stuff fixed if you have a report from a licensed inspector.

Watch a movie, listen to music while browsing lemmy, or take a nap. If there’s something that needs to be done like repairs or chore, I do that too.

A netbook maybe? I used to have an old 10" lenovo netbook with a celeron CPU and 2GB of RAM. Worked pretty well with Lubuntu. I could even play StarCraft on it. If you just need it for light browsing and office tools, it should work fine. You can probably get one with at least 4 or 8 GB RAM for better performance.

Been a while since I had to buy one so might no longer be accurate, but an inverter-type window A/C will be more energy efficient than the regular one.

Lol at Snarky Puppy getting caught up in that search result.

What’s wrong with Apple Notes?

I assume it’s because of HIPAA requirements. The doctor is essentially recording patient information into his private Apple account. Obviously that depends on what info he was putting there. If it was just mundane stuff like scheduling, then it’s probably fine.

Mullvad’s DoH service and Leta search proxy are free. You don’t need to have a VPN subscription to use them.

I’m lucky that my city has a true IMAX theater and unlucky that it doesn’t have reserved seating, in this day and age. So I have to arrive an hour early just so I can stand in line and get a good seat.

There are some very hilarious greentext out there if you can filter through the racist/sexist/misogynist ones disguised as jokes.

All privacy is security, but not all security is privacy.

There is definitely a chunk of services I’m dependent on because of need. The most important is probably a password manager. I know they can be self-hosted. And while I’m technically inclined enough to be able to do it, I don’t trust myself to be able to maintain it, so I rely on the provider’s service.

Another would be maps and navigation, because traffic in my city is so unpredictable that I always use navigation even on familiar routes in case of an accident or road closure and I need to divert.

The wants on the other hand (i.e. streaming services) are more for convenience rather than dependency.

Dude watched too much action movies.

Tarkus. Giant monsters battling is always fun.

my friends give me a hard time because I throw on a synthetic long sleeve shirt while on the boat with a real hat.

Jokes on them when they get melanoma and you don’t.

Melancholia.

Oh wow I completely forgot about this movie. It definitely fits the slow-burn category.

Except breaking end-to-end encrypted messaging. That’s the one sore spot.