I was having a lot of random crashes and weird errors on my Mint install, using the logs, I tracked it down to a SSD fault.

I really didn’t want to send it back, since I got it from Amazon and I’m in NZ… So after a bit of checking I found that the FW on the SSD was not the latest. Updated the FW, went from at least 1 crash per workday, to no crashes in the last 6 months.

My SSD is a WD SN850X 4TB

That is not how time dilation works.

Oppo has very aggressive battery management.

While I was using one, had to manually turn off battery management for syncthing, and check after major updates…

But worked flawlessly once that issue was solved.

I have come through this, you sound like you are in a similar position to me.

One thing that helped for me was, imagine yourself 5 or even 10 years in the past, looking at a person in your position. What would that version of you think of the current you? If it is something like “when I have what that guy has, then I’ll be happy”, examine why your level for “happiness” has changed over that time.

Also stoic philosophy is great, the wisdom of 2500 years helps.

That word “supposed”, you are not “supposed” to feel anything…you feel what you feel, accept that. Rather than valuing getting tasks completed, try to change your value to something like “I’m a dependable person”, I am the type of person who you can depend on to help get that project across the line, but sometimes higher priority things will come up.

As a friend of mine said some years ago “VLC will play a slice of cucumber” that pretty much sums it up.

There is also the harry potter version, any time travel is woven into the only timeline. The past is “edited” to always have included the events time travel.

This can be considered similar to the branching method; where the original branch without the events of the time travel simply ends; only the “new” branch continues.

Exactly, you should be able to use disarm to remove an important item from a wizard. I see that as no different than taking the sword from a fighter.

This is the way

No, “new years day” would just be a day all by it’s self, global celebration day… And get this, every 4 years you get two party days.

Obviously this will never happen, the world would all have to agree on the change…, which isn’t going to happen. Oh well it is nice in theory.

I use SSHFS when I want to quickly grab a file off my server at home.

It is not a permanent solution, but it is fast and SSH is almost never blocked so the network I’m coming from doesn’t matter.

Also SSH is great, if I don’t trust the network I’m on, I tunnel all of my traffic through my home server over a SSH connection (this worked whilst I was in China a few years ago, waiting for my connecting flight).

I ran Ubuntu 8.04 for a while, it was the unstable. I gave it another crack when 10.04 came out. I haven’t looked back.

Currently running Mint, cinnamon is a great desktop

I am running Slimbook battery, for improvements to battery life. I’ll check the power settings to ensure the power state isn’t changing randomly.

Thanks for this, I managed to get the firmware updated to 624361WD; hopefully it fixes the issue.

It has a standard m.2 slot (I did a bunch of research to confirm before purchase), RAM is soldered down unfortunately.

I swapped the 1TB for a 4 as soon as I got it.

I hope it isn’t faulty, I live in NZ and got it from Amazon in the US…a RMA is not something I’m keen on.

Funnily, I only run AMD now for the same reasons, except with Nvidia as the PITA. Always ongoing driver issues, power management or fans running like jet turbines… Last 3 machines AMD, no issues with the GPU’s/drivers.

I have been using various distros since 2008; I use Mint as my daily driver.

Stability is the biggest factor for me, I want a OS to get out of my way and let me get on with what I’m doing.

That is a good idea, I’ll give it a try

I am playing a druid, the RAW interpretation is a bit boring and relegates wildshape to a secondary ability (in my opinion) when it should be front and center.

I have changed the mechanic to be more similar to sorcery points or ki points.

You get 4 WS points per druid level (+8 points if mood druid)
Transformation is the CR x 4; min 1 point
Time in the form is 15min per point.

So for a mood druid transforming into a dire wolf (CR1), it would be 4 points to transform, and 1 point for the first 15 minutes. Spending a minimum of 5 points; out of your initial 16 point pool at level 2.

Non-moon druid transforms into a cat (CR 1/8), would cost the minimum 1 point to transform and 1 point for the first 15 minutes. Spending a minimum of 2 points; out of the 8 point pool at level 2.

The points still reset on a short rest.

At level 4 when non-moon druids get CR 1/2; the non-moon druid has 16 points; the moon druid has 24. At level 6 when a moon druid gets CR2 transformation they have 32 points. A CR2 transformation costs a minimum of 9 points for the first 15 minutes.

I like this because it means that wild shape becomes a resource to be used and managed like spell slots/ki points/sorcery points etc…it also seems more progressive, as you become more experienced as a druid you can do more with the wild shape.

It also avoids the “wasted” wild shape feeling, so instead of thinking is it worth transforming into a rat to follow this target through a sewer, when I could become a crocodile later to mess up what they are heading toward…I think, rat for the next 30 / 45 minutes is only 4 points total, leaving me with 12 points in my pool because I was a horse an hour ago.

I tried that and it works perfectly.

But it is kind of a crappy work around for a basic function.