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| Topic | Have you been radicalized? |
| GreenKnight127 06/05/22 11:19:06 AM #24 | wpot posted... But yes, a primary weakness of today's society is that everyone seems happy to tear down (or at least leave) organizations and institutions that provided community (churches, Mason/Shriner type things, etc) without replacing them. Social media fills the void, but that's worse than nothing. People don't want communities anymore. They want platforms. They all want to be internet celebrities, getting paid millions for just talking about what they support. --- Different opinions: Insightful to the strong - Inciteful to the weak |
| Topic | Have you been radicalized? |
| GreenKnight127 06/05/22 9:42:40 AM #22 | Most people live in echo chambers these days. The internet and social media havent helped. They flock to the people who hold similar beliefs, and they distance themselves from the people who think differently. In a way....it's human nature. But I think it's gone a little bonkers at this point. Thousands of years ago...you would embrace people who held similar RELIGIOUS beliefs...and moral VALUES. Now it has nothing to do with religion or morality. It's just political buzzwords and what you "support". It's almost like they are actively looking for a reason to disagree with you over something....before they even get to know you. They want conflict. They want an argument. It's fucking pathetic. --- Different opinions: Insightful to the strong - Inciteful to the weak |
| Topic | Just pull the flashdrive out? Or do the "Eject removable disk" steps? |
| GreenKnight127 02/19/22 5:59:15 PM #1 | Just pull the flashdrive out? Or do the "Eject removable disk" steps?
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Random tech question. Figured this would be the perfect place to ask. So, I don't know how often any of you even use flashdrives anymore....but they used to be pretty cool. Little plastic thingies that could carry gigs of space so you could take pictures off your computer and put them on another device, etc. Or just have backups for important files. Mini external hardrives. Lately, I've been using them to backup some of my art projects....because I get super paranoid about my desktop computer just crashing some day....and losing all my progress. So I always back them up on a 2gig flashdrive just in case. Anyway.....I didnt realize it until my brother pointed it out to me a very very long time ago....but it's (apparently?) not a good idea to just pull it out of the USB slot when you are done using it. You are supposed to right-click on it....and properly eject the flashdrive from your computer...and wait for the prompt that tells you "You can now safely remove your hardware" (or something to that effect....depending on what kind of computer you have, etc). I guess this helps prevent the files you transfered from being corrupted or something? Is it bullshit? Or is this really a thing? I mean....I could understand not wanting to pull it out if the files are literally in the process of being written onto the flashdrive.....because that would definitely mess it up. But if the files are competely done being downloaded or uploaded to/from the flashdrive......why can't you just pull it out? Why the steps to properly eject the device? --- Everyone supports free speech...as long as you say what they want to hear. |
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