you can use a live USB - you run linux off a USB Thumbdrive as a test. Ubuntu would be a good place to start: https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#1-overview

There’s a big ol scary warning before entering the installer and before any changes are made to your HDD/SSD, it would take a lot of mistakes in a row to somehow erase Windows by accident while using the Live USB.

hahaha nah bro, they on windows xp. sauce

The link may have an identifying code in it, that was custom generated just for you, and would be different in emails sent to other Anker customers. It would not matter from which device or IP address you viewed it from, if the URL has identifying information in the URL parameters.

Popular conspiracy theories according to me:

1. Fluoridation of municipal water supplies is some evil government program to disperse drugs / chemicals
2. Roswell was an alien UFO crash, the aliens / craft are being kept at Area 51.
3. JFK was not assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald alone. He was killed by the CIA / 2nd shooter on the grassy knoll.
4. Moon landing was faked
5. Condensation trails (contrails) from high altitude aircraft are actually chemicals being dispersed by the government (chemtrails)
6. The Earth (and only the Earth, not the Sun, moon, other planets) is a flat disc.
7. Automakers have cars that run on water but they refuse to sell them to protect the oil industry.
8. Global warming / climate change is a hoax to sell solar / wind / hydro power.
9. Big pharma / doctors have all the cures but they’re not selling them to keep you sick & them rich
10. 9/11 was an inside job (planned by George W. Bush)
11. COVID-19 vaccines deposited secret microchips in the population

no shit? (pun intended)

There’s really not much to say. He posted an AI generated video of himself, wearing a crown, dumping shit on protesters from a fighter jet.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-posts-ai-video-dumping-no-kings-protesters-rcna238521

Well, if you’re only doing black and white photography, you can have dim red lights on once you’ve processed the film into negatives. Black and white photographic paper isn’t affected by red light. Color photography is a whole different beast, and all the steps need to be done in complete darkness.

I guess the one thing said about darkrooms is, “Even when you think you’ve blocked all the light, there’s something you missed that’s gonna ruin your first roll of film.”

Or you show up on a Ferrengi ship with no gold pressed latinum. My GOD think of everything you’ll owe them for just for dropping you off somewhere? Air, water, light, carpeting, gravity, heat, cooling, pressurized cabin, shields, warp travel fee…

parents and family introduce them to guns.

time compression

Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a God, you say YES!

The phrases “Lower 48” or “contiguous 48 states”, are more typical than “the continental United States”.

Just because the laptop is powered down does not mean that no circuits are getting power. Wake on LAN/WLAN is a thing, and most devices without a physical power switch, (a power bitton is not a switch), mean that there is a miniature power draw listening for that signal. The manufacturer might have other bits that are still active as well, you can’t be sure. If your ultra paranoid about state level actors it might be a good idea. If you’re just worried about somebody swiping your credit card number or something, probably overkill.

deets? assuming youtube? desktop? mobile? app? browser? which one? shield looks like SponsorBlock? Usually just waiting a sec the UI disappears when you’re not moving the mouse on mobile, usually tapping once somewhere except the center of the video. Good luck.

when the giggle is held back at the end, it’s a snicker.

if i had an account decades ago (real names only era), and deleted every post (manually) and my account when a .edu wasn’t going to be required anymore, and I currently use noscript + uBlock origin, apple devices with Brave, how much of this stuff do you think the company has?

Do you think my name shows up in other people’s accounts even though I don’t have an account?

if you know how to code, you can vibe code because you can immediately see and be confident enough to identify and not use obvious mistakes, oversights, lack of security, and missed edge cases the LLM generated.

if you don’t know how to code, you can’t vibe code, because you think the LLM is smarter than you and you trust it.

Imagine saying “I’m a mathematician” because you have a scientific calculator. If you don’t know the difference between RAD and DEG and you just start doing calculations without understanding the unit circle, then building a bridge based on your math, you’re gonna have a bad time.

what does pressing objects into clay to capture their shape have to do with OP’s question?

If you don’t feel comfortable fixing it where you are, search for a maker space. libraries in larger cities often have a maker space where you can get tools and expertise to complete these sorts of tasks. They may even be able to connect you with people willing to help for free. It’s highly unlikely that you will break your computer by replacing the thermal paste on the video card just ground yourself by touching a door knob or faucet before working on the system and don’t shuffle your feet on carpet in between the door knob and your workspace. That should eliminate most static shock which could cause damage to your circuits.