Stormy1701

joined 5 days ago
[–] Stormy1701@lemmy.zip 4 points 38 minutes ago

OH NO! Anyway.

[–] Stormy1701@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm guessing you're American. The rest of the world isn't quite the crime ridden hellhole.

As for charging. Filling my car up doesn't damage the fuel tank. Fast charging a battery is not good for them.

[–] Stormy1701@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

I don't really care who runs a company. That never factors into my decisions.

But i'll NEVER own an EV because they are cars for morons. When hydrogen cars are the norm i'll stop buying diesel cars.

[–] Stormy1701@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

Take off the foil hat and calm down.

If I want to go somewhere further than a tank of diesel will allow it takes about 2 minutes to refuel and I'm away again. It is simply not possible to recharge any EV in 5 seconds. Once your battery is empty you're in for a long wait.

Also if you're worried about being mugged and having things stolen from your car you need to move and remember to lock your car before going in to pay. Or pay at the pump.

Plus the chances of your card being cloned with a chip and pin machine in a shop are so close to zero its not even worth worrying about. But in than 1 in a million chance it happened if you're smart enough to have a bank account with protection you'll be covered.

Petrol and Diesel are so much more convenient its worth paying slightly more for the fuel.

EV's are more of a statement. "look at ME! I care about the environment!" Do you bollocks. You're just after cheap electricity.

[–] Stormy1701@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (13 children)

I’m not surprised. They’re more expensive and far more inconvenient than petrol or diesel cars.

When electric cars are cheaper than petrol cars and when I can fill one up in 2 minutes I’ll consider buying one and not before.

[–] Stormy1701@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

Likely depends on your VPN. I use Proton and it’s fine.

[–] Stormy1701@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Well the USB WiFi works fine.

However now my issue is I can’t install Mint onto the laptop. It keeps saying it can’t install GRUB onto the SSD.

I think it’s because even though I’ve deleted the windows partitions using the Mint installer the ASU’s BIOS still has Windows Bootloader as an option.

Hopefully taking the SSD out of the laptop and fully erasing it will let me install Mint.

 

I am currently trying to escape Windows and want to switch to Linux Mint as my daily driver.

However when I first tried it on a spare laptop everything worked except the WiFi. A kernel update fixed it because it also has ethernet.

My question is can I boot to a live USB on the ethernet laptop, update the kernel on the live USB and use that on the other laptop to install mint with working WiFi?

I tried to use the internet from my phone via Bluetooth but it was so slow it was unusable.

If this is a dumb question I apologise as I’ve been using Linux for less than a day at this point.

 

Sony has brought its hardware rental service to the UK after launching in Japan last month.

For a recurring monthly fee you can get a PS5, PS5 Pro, PS Portal, PSVR2 or DualSense Edge from PlayStation Direct.

But before you rush off to secure some shiny new hardware just remember that even though you could end up paying as much as the hardware would cost to purchase new, you won’t ever own what you rent and must send it back at the end of the agreement.

If you’re still interested in paying to borrow a console from Sony prices start at £11.99 per month for a PS5 Slim on a 3 year agreement. With PS5 Pro and PSVR2 costing more than £18 per month for a 3 year rental.

If you’re in need of a new console or expensive accessory but can’t stump up the cash in one go, and are a UK resident I would suggest you look at buying it from Very and taking advantage of their Buy Now Pay Later offer. As long as you pay off the purchase within 12 months not only do you get to keep the device as it’s yours but you pay any interest.

Plus they have PS5 Pro and Disc Drive bundles in stock.

Will you be renting a PlayStation or accessory from Sony?

*not sponsored by Very. Just a customer.