I bought a two bay Synology for $270, and a 20TB hdd for $260. I did this for multiple reasons. The HDD was on sale so I bought it and kept buying things. Also I couldn’t be buggered to learn everything necessary to set up a homemade NAS. Also also i didn’t have an old PC. My current PC is a Ship of Theseus that I originally bought in 2006.

You’re not wrong about an equivalent NAS to my current pc specs/capacity being more expensive. And yes i did spend $500+ on my NAS And yet I also saved several days worth of study, research, and trial and error by not building my own.

That being said, reducing e-waste by converting old PCs into Jellyfin/Plex streaming machines, NAS devices, or personal servers is a really good idea

Oh my fault it sounded like you were only there for a few more days based on other comments you made, sorry I misunderstood.

Would your neighbor be willing to set up the trail cam when it comes? Otherwise this seems like something that’ll have to wait till you’re back home. As others suggested, waiting in the bushes is a recipe for misery.

If you’re dead set on catching the person, start logging (ha ha! log) the days it happens. Once you narrow down the pattern try waking up every couple hours to see if they left a fresh one, then you have a future stakeout time. Once you have the pattern and time window, grab a friend, a couple clubs, and when you catch them, persuade them with reason, logic, and threats of violence

You’re in a developing country (I’m a pedant and third world means not allied with the US or the USSR, which doesn’t exist anymore). You’re on vacation. You won’t be there much longer. Leave an envelope with $20 in it and a note that says “Stop shitting here and have this with our blessing. Shit here again and we will follow you, take the money, and beat you. We are watching”

Or don’t. Whatever. You’re not there long enough to receive a package from Amazon, so why stress about it? A street sitter has a lot more problems in life than someone who can go on vacation. Their continued existence is probably it’s own punishment

Oh here’s an idea.

1. Cover the pile with sand/Kitty litter.
2. Get a little flag of the local football team, or whatever the local favorite is, and plant it in the sandy shit pile.
3. ???
4. Profit.

Brewster’s Thousands

So you agree that it’s pronounced gif.

I win

It’s pronounced gif

Mynd yøu, møøse bites kan be pretti nasti

Is it possible the water rights are too restrictive in Colorado for their liking? I know there’s a lot of environmental restrictions and requirements for construction there. My friend’s brother makes serious money as a soil inspection engineer (not sure about his actual job title) in the mountains. If he says the ground isn’t stable the build doesn’t happen.

Sounds like Ohio with mountains and better PR

Don’t forget to attend the anarchist organization meeting

I’ve got a couple.

One was a dark comedy sketch that a friend showed me in, I want to say '99(?). A couple appear to be in therapy, and the doctor asks how this started. They recount through flashbacks a series of more extreme requests under the guise of “if you loved me, you would do it”. At one point one of them definitely made a piece of toast and put nail clipping on it, then told the other that “if you loved me, you would eat it”. The sketch concludes >! showing that they were actually in a final surgical consult and the last scene is them being wheeled into surgery to be joined at the hip!<

The other is a comic strip where a couple people are working on their computers when either a song starts playing, or one person starts saying “shoop shoop shoop shoop-a-doop” and stylistically dancing while putting on their jacket. As they dance to the exit the other person says “shoop a doop?” and then the first dances their way off frame

“If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are.”

• Lords and Ladies

Games: INSIDE, We Happy Few

I couldn’t get past the crappy acting. It was like watching high schoolers try to make Tarantino dialogue work

Feels like it sometimes, ngl

Old age is probably worse, but middle age sucks

It died when my bones started to creak

While I appreciate the link, I am absolutely not having that in my watch history. I really don’t want recommendations based on…whatever that is

I see the program crushing machine is working as intended.

Carry on

Grief is weird and normal. Glad she’s in relatively good spirits. Sometimes I get The Sads or The Grumpies and don’t know why until I remember. Try to be patient with her and yourself. You sound like a good friend

And remember, grief doesn’t have an expiration date