OK, here’s a somewhat famous case of email that could only be sent within something over 500 miles, but no further: https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles

Touch it until it works, then never again while it still does.

I am sure at one point I had some auto skip extension in Firefox for this, but I don’t remember what it was.

The problem is bugs being far bigger issue. Imagine a bug/crash causing your throttle to get stuck and brakes not working.
If it happens now, at least it’s the manufacturer who’d be liable, I hope.

I want a completely separate emergency shutdown+brake.

Biggest issue is whatever is going on with mobile devices compared to desktop. I don’t know what you call it here, drivers? But each device is just so closed down, you can’t “just run” another software on it. I imagine if desktops also each required custom images based on model, people would only be using unmodified pre-installed Windows.

Doesn’t help that I often get fascinated by the most basic things, and then they just occupy my mind.

Recent example: Internet
When I say I get distracted by the internet, you’d probably think I go to TikTok or YouTube shorts. No, I mean internet itself.

I set up Tailscale, and it’s running on my headless home computer. And oh my god, I for some reason find it fascinating. I might not even have anything to do, but I just SSH in, or even run VNC, and it’s just awesome.
I am accessing a computer in a different city, using it as if it was here.
Then I run sshfs, and it looks like local storage. How awesome is that?
And it’s mobile data on both sides. So much data going through the air, through walls, to a distant tower, on both sides.
Plus it’s so quick! Just milliseconds, and the bits are here.

Literally what web is too. Using computers from not just different cities, but even different continents.

I’ve used it for a few months now, but I still sometimes just log in just because. It still fascinates me that I can access my computer from so far away.
Oh and oh god, I almost forgot about when I ran SDR++/RTL-TCP server on it, and used SDR from a different city. Sampled RF signal live, right over the internet, how cool is that?

Welp anyway, right now I tried to watch some video, but got distracted by random thought of RAMdisk. So, now I am listening to music from tmpfs for no good reason.

I’ll just get 3 hackers to my keyboard, just wait.

I do.

I’ve heard Oracle just randomly cancels these accounts.

No.

Nah, but I’d just overcomplicate everything as usual. There’s a reason why every piece of tech I get is hardly working software-wise after I play around with it.

Like, when learning something, and I start taking notes, I start to overcomplicate how they should look. I keep thinking of more and more stuff to add and cover with my “format”, and then I keep forgetting the proper “format” so I keep going back through the notes just to figure out… I don’t know… how many different headings I have and their applications.
And then I can’t continue for certain reasons because, say I used red, green and blue pen + yellow, green, pink and orange highlighter, but one of them has run out, and I don’t have a replacement, but I need the red pen because how else am I going to do sections, and now I’ve run out of time.

And when it comes to the first part, I am too lazy to write a cheatsheet for easier consistency.

On the other hand, I may not do it, and then I’ll never look at my notes again.

And look, I am back after over half an hour, I forgot to actually post the comment…

Oh, it really is.

1. Nestle products (I am bad at explaining why, and would just again end up researching their shit for 2 hours)
2. Alcoholic drinks - kills braincells, and I’d prefer to keep both
3. Cigarettes or vapes
4. Closed-source software licenses (for personal use)
5. Digital content that does not come on physical media
6. Hardware with license-unlockable components (e.g. some networking equipment may limit throughput unless you pay more)

I do that physically. The undo attempt. (Usually doesn’t work)

Well, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code#Computer_DVD_drives

Basically same as regions on standalone DVD players. Just a scummy thing to only allow you to play DVDs from your own region, perhaps so that you wouldn’t buy them from cheaper countries, or buy them earlier than you’re supposed to in your country.

If everything works correctly, then say you buy DVDs from UK, but something new just released in US, but haven’t even played in cinemas in UK yet. So you buy it from US… and it shouldn’t work.

VLC doesn’t care about this, but still, the drive firmware might.

BluRays also have regions

By the fucking way, BluRays have some DRM with revocable keys

This is part of the AACS protection scheme: editors are able to revoke old software player host keys that have leaked on the Internet and distribute the lists on newer commercial disc releases. This is irreversible and cannot be fixed even after reflashing the drive.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray#Revoked_Host_key/certificate

So when do you truly own something? When you pirate it. No regions, no DRM, 4k on any device powerful enough.

Except the problem seems to be the said storage device.

If it is a hardware failure, I don’t see why it should be an issue. I know re-installing Windows is something PC repair shops do often, and I don’t see how that’s different from any other OS.

fault or failure resulting from software

Unfortunately, that’s quite broad. But it could also just apply for stuff like overclocking or firmware modifications. Or even simpler stuff. I could see someone having DVDs from multiple regions, changing drive region every time until they hit the 5 changes limit, and then trying to claim it for warranty (I’ve had some software on Windows do that automatically…).

Should I submit it with the Linux installation intact or replace it a fresh install of Windows

Or if there’s private data, overwrite it with output of /dev/urandom or /dev/zero. blkdiscard might also be your friend since it’s an SSD.

I am doubtful whether they have experience working on anything other than Windows

Probably they’ll just test the rest with their own drive or re-install it.

Or maybe try to ask them how to prepare the device for the warranty claim.

Welp, turns out I am just an idiot. 1279 and below disabled IPv6, and thus the ::/0 route didn’t get applied either, causing a leak. What’s still odd is the lower download speed that doesn’t happen in another client.
As for the upload, it probably gets a better route through the VPS, giving me a faster speed, and giving me some confusion.

So my first idea with IPv6 was close, but on the other side of the connection.

Anyway, your reply helped me find this issue, as my outtake was to try fully disabling IPv6 (not the first time I tried such “solution”).

Huh? I was just randomly searching for something like this yesterday.

Ah yes, I too like 30 - 60 minutes of sleep.