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@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz i guess i should also mention that SMART tests are actually run automatically for the most part--it's just that there is usually no way to see the results

maybe those might shed some light on what's happening with your hardware?

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz have you done any SMART tests..?

hard drives actually do a significant amount of self-testing that depressingly under-utilized by most OSes

i usually use gsmartcontrol to see what's up with my drives in linux, but crystaldiskinfo does something similar for windows: https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz oh yeah! that's not bad for an early attempt at all! much less in X!

i guess that means you have some really good game sense to back up trying new things on the fly!

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz nice!

(also oh wow, a goo tuber in X?? the learning curve for those things is obscene)

@tom i would legit wear this on a shirt

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz curse of the eyes!

@ticky yeah, i think they went a little far with the minimalistic interface this time

@ticky in this mode, you're safe from the perils of the internet

me: *playing a game*
literally anyone: hi
me: *plays extremely badly*

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz ahh!

i used it a couple times in salmon run, and always seemed to underestimate its range--also, being able to hold the trigger was nice

then again, it also seemed like it did a dubious amount of damage

in thoery, it seems like the polar opposite of the luna--but the people i saw using it had similar strategies to me, so i was curious if there was some other similarity i was missing

(plus, i remember you tried the kensa luna a while back)

@ticky oh! are you going to evolve it into pokemon_name_0426?

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz i've seen it a lot, but i've never actually used the clash blaster

how does it compare to the luna? (viability wise, i mean)

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz we really gotta find a way to get you into some better circumstances :T

maybe that way you won't need to worry as much about mental debts, because those are Very Bad

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz (oof, i just realized you probably weren't talking about finances)

being damaged is tricky, but it doesn't mean your mind is worth any less

so still try to be careful..!

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz it's true, though so does helping a little in a way that doesn't carry such dubious potential for you

it can be a stopgap until you're in a better position

it doesn't need to be a zero sum game, you know

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz i think you can! and if your interest is in tech, i can even help you do that! (seriously, hmu on discord sometime!)

also, the prescriptive of the helped is actually the part i'm concerned about

my view is that i would prefer more people get helped instead of expending yourself on only one and getting trapped with a problem that prevents you from doing the help you want to do

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz (i hope that kinda makes sense, at least..!)

also i guess we should have probably CWd this chain, oops

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz because that's the problem

if you overextend yourself now, and it damages you--you stop being *able* to help others

the world needs more people like you, *not less*