I always do this too, and for this exact reason

I’ve purposefully avoided the recommended videos for a long time now. They only exist to increase the amount of time you spend watching ads.

Yeah, that’s valid. I’m also a software engineer and work from home, so when I leave the house, I don’t usually take any computers with me. I stare at those enough at home. :)

It’s just sub directories like ~/Documents, etc. /home is just quicker, but I guess that’s moot with this explanation. And yes, I have a very large Movie/TV collection.

V2 of the NAS will have 200tb for media, as well as an nvme array with a 40gigabit connection to my desktop. Still working out the specifics though.

I don’t think much would happen if my girlfriend or my wife had access to my files.

I have a 40tb NAS that I store most of my /home directory on, so I can share it between my desktop/laptop/steam deck. The only local files are coding projects, games, or device specific configs. My wife has access to all of it, and has never said anything.

Pretty much daily. I just want it to end

no clue what it’s called in English

Pilling

Use Spotify to discover new music and spotdl to download it from YouTube

Personally, I always find you extremely stressful

I walk from my bedroom to my office.

I can’t imagine using iOS…

I used the IR blaster all the time. I really miss that feature and the headphone jacks

Just adding that financial institutions are very hesitant to adopt new technology, and therefore tend to abide by what tech enthusiasts would consider antiquated best practices.

Source: Software engineer in Fintech

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