https://i.imgur.com/AbsJjCh.jpeg

My concern is that those big beams (blue) end where they meet the plywood (yellow). Which means they are transferring their downward force into the board(s) highlighted in green. That in turn presses down on the vertical studs highlighted in red. These aren’t connected to anything on the bottom. So the weight from the beams gets supported by the screws attaching all these pieces to the plywood wall? Maybe if they’re just for looks and not structural support. Maybe that’s how it’s done in germany.

Holy shit, is that load bearing plywood on the far wall (with the rectangle window).

My friend, you need help from someone that knows what they are doing and familiar with local codes before proceeding any further.

Same here. Everything worked pretty much right out of the box with Nobara. And my total linux experience in the last decade is running Mint on my work laptop the last 3 months. I tried to switch over to linux gaming in the late 00s, but it was far too much work then. I spent more time getting X3 to work then I ever did playing it. Completely different experience these days.

Is it actually illegal? Has anyone in the US ever been charged for selling digital software they had legally acquired?

That used to be my go-to method but I found it works less and less. Places know the gmail tricks and auto-strip them out of the address.

Started using Proton’s Hide-my-email and never going back. It’s time to move away from google anyways.

The free version of Proton Pass is a decent option.

I thought it was James May.

plumbing-safe wet wipes

That’s usually a lie. But as long as it’s a rent house, it’s fine.

Wet wipes, one of those foam wheel cleaners that goes on a drill, the neighbors dog. Your imagination is the limit.

Neither dry paper nor a stream of warm water is going to clean human shit off. If you aren’t using soap and some sort of scrubbing action, it still smells like shit.

Pre-shower poopers unite!

Kagi is pretty good. But not free.

…littering the ground. Ankle deep in places.

Laugh now. But when the hoveround army comes for you…

You can get new WD drives for ~18usd/Tb. https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-red-sata-hdd?sku=WD60EFAX

I wouldn’t mess with older drives unless they were less than half the price. In that case set them up raid 1 and send it.

Is blocking instances going to make it into .19?

Edit: Heck yeah! I’ll toss a donation for that.

Using it for trials? No. Using it to skirt taxes? Doubtful, but possible. If you stiff the state $6 on an x-box game, noones going to notice. Short them a couple thousand and they might.

I mostly use privacy.com for trials that I don’t want to have to worry about cancelling later. It’s also handy that privacy.com cards will allow you to put whatever you want as your billing address (for example, purchasing digital goods and setting your location to one that doesn’t have sales tax).

That should be the installed price. There’s 100-200 in equipment and 1-2 hours shop time. Finding a competent shop is sometimes the tricky part tho.

Hell, I’d bet a local car audio shop would put you in a hidden ignition kill switch for less than $200. I installed thousands of them in the 90’s before immobilizers were semi-standard.

I don’t really know an affordable way to make it more secure

Basic car alarm goes a long way. Not only will it make a racket if they break in, but if it’s installed properly, it will also disable the ignition, making it take much longer to get started. Most joyriders and opportunistic thieves will move on. Decent alarm should be in the 200-300USD range and it may reduce your insurance by that much or more.

Nothing is going to protect it 100%, you’re just trying to make it harder to steal than the car across the street.

Duly noted.