If the file is on an SSD and trim is enabled, the blocks will be erased eventually.

A gigabit connection means you can torrent your Linux ISOs in seconds. If it’s a symmetric connection, you can also backup your files up to the cloud without having to ship hard drives.

One of those 3 cent one time programmable microcontrollers would be sufficient. Something with enough power to run a web server is just wasteful.

Hydrogen balloons are fun. Be sure to get some fuse to tie on them.

The last console I bought was a PS3. I only bought it because it was one of the cheapest bluray players at the time. The games were way too expensive. Now I only play PC games and I wait a few years and buy them when they are on sale and have hopefully had all of the major bugs fixed.

An old surround sound receiver and some decent speakers will sound better than any PC speakers.

The WiFi calling can be a bit buggy. Sometimes I answer the phone and there’s no audio. I have to reboot the phone to get it to work again. I should just get a VoIP line to use at home.

In a lot of places it got worse. At least I had reliable service inside my house on 2G and 3G. Now that those are gone, I have to use WiFi calling or try to find a spot outside where I may be able to get a bar of 5G if I’m lucky.

Not all smart glasses have cameras. A camera is not needed for real time subtitles.

These aren’t real bitmap fonts. They are all ttf or otf.

Most kids don’t know anything about computers these days. All they know are phones and tablets. Maybe this will get them to learn some basic computer skills.

The Faraday cage will keep the WiFi signals inside the building. Nobody will be able to track you from outside and your own trusted devices will work fine inside. Just don’t bring any untrusted WiFi devices inside the Faraday cage.

That could be fixed by using WiFI calling, getting a VoIP line or installing a cell booster.

You don’t need to build your own router. All you need to do is flash open source firmware like OpenWRT on a supported router to prevent it from spying on you.

Proton is just Wine with some modifications. You can use the same sandboxing methods you would use with Wine.

The malware won’t be able to do as much as it could on windows, but it can still access all of the files your user account has access to. It can steal, encrypt or delete all of your files. It can also access your microphone if you have one connected.

You can run Wine as a different user or run it with firejail to limit what it has access to.

Wouldn’t it be a shame if someone accidentally crushed that pipe shut with a trackhoe.

Hopefully that server has IPMI.

They are both owned by United Internet.

You can try mail.com or gmx.com. They didn’t require a phone when I signed up.