So, this one is a bit controversial but, when something doesn’t work try running it from terminal.

Unlike windows, Linux doesn’t tend to do “pop up errors”. Running in terminal gives these alerts, and can often give you a hint as to why it isn’t working - be it a missing library, a permission error, or something internal you can quickly search. Usually, someone has a fix!

So do I, but not everyone is so lucky!

“ennui and a trapped feeling … no control over your own life”

That describes adulthood for a lot more people than we’re willing to admit. Adulthood often has the illusion of more choices, but for many those choices have one realistic option.

As a kid, there is at least the feeling of “I’ll grow up and it will be great”, as a working adult it used to be “I’ll retire and it’ll be great”; these days it’s “well, I hope there isn’t teams meetings in the afterlife”.

It will also be in 50 years time.

Either that or medication!

I abandoned hope long ago when I learned that excel was turing complete.

The darkness has already consumed me, there is no salvation from this sin.

Worse - pulling data from a web page, then using the power of pure jank to parse this input, and then invoking a sheet of reference string builders to construct formulae and execute them using too damn many @indirects nested into vlookups before finally adding in date aware data reveals, because no excel abomination is complete without trying to parse dates.

Or false regret, either or.

I’ve done things in excel that are an abomination in the eyes of the divine.

I have absolutely 0 regret.

Currently snowed with marking - hoping the weekend will grace me with some time to tinker and test.

Thanks, I’ll try a small exFAT this week and see if that works better!

DROP TABLE Musk

It works and is a pile of jank - Python

It doesn’t work and is a pile of jank - C++

You violated gods laws with how bad your code is and it still runs (right through the wall) - C

I’m richer than I’ve ever been, and I am far less spontaneous than I’ve ever been.

It’s not linear, it’s some weird polynomial equation!

I dunno, twitter was more a stardew valley running the Joja route; but then it turned into X which was more of a Concord - so much money pumped in and so little quality.

I absolutely don’t use notepad++ as my main IDE… Honest.

It’s always about Ads…

Oh, they start off as unobtrusive; maybe a little banner that shows when the app is opening, or a written mention with a link.

But, this doesn’t generate much revenue. Next the banner persists, and suddenly a video plays. Just one, just once.

Eventually you open the app to pop up banners and autoplay videos, and wonder where the app is. Every line you cross with adverts makes the next line easier to cross.

At this juncture, the advice below is not likely to help (if I’m in a boot loop that isn’t resolving, repair install or reinstall are the options I go for). Might work if you use a live environment though!

Possibly look through your package manager logs -

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=321649#:~:text=You can find everything APT,so on)%20are%20logged%20there.

If you can get that dumped, you might be able to spot what’s missing and try manually re-installing it, or at least get a list of all the things you need to reinstall.

Exactly - if you don’t want to date a trans person don’t. If someone conceals it, that’s not an issue with them being trans, that’s an issue with them being dishonest. It’s ok to dislike dishonest people.

I only wanted to triforce.

Now I need to fix dad’s laptop before he gets home!