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Just create a bootable USB stick with Ubuntu on it.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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The other potential issue you could run into is with Secure Boot (or WT![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) MS currently calls its encrypted boot loader requirement for the licenses they sell to Dell, etc). But AFAIK that's only an issue with some more ideologically pure distros; with more commercial ones like Debian and Redhat having gotten the needed signing certs from MS to work even if your BIOS won't let you disable the feature.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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I have an porch / patio that is unenclosed, but fully covered so I'm always in shade.
Herself obtained new furniture for it that is very comfortable.
I'm now addicted to Outside WFH. I am out here from the beginning of the day & all day.
The kids bought me a bug zapper and that is great for night bugs.
I spray some bug killer around the perimeter, but there are still those nasty creepy crawlies & annoying flies at times.
For this, I have recently obtained a fully-functional assault weapon!!
BUG-A-SALT 3.0 - Kill bugs by shooting them with "salt shotgun"[^]
I barely work now, because I'm hunting down bugs and shooting them. It really works.
Mine has an additional laser pointer on it.
I killed a wolf spider yesterday. Blew it away.
I killed a fly while it was flying!! yes, I'm kind of amazing. 
Alert! While I was typing the last sentences, a bug came flying in and I was forced to shoot it. 
This is a modern marvel of engineering. You simply must get one. 
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raddevus wrote: BUG-A-SALT 3.0 - Kill bugs by shooting them with "salt shotgun"
My wife would love one of those... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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It really is nice for many reasons. actually makes a lot less mess than swatting them with something.
I often create nasty bug-guts spots on things from killing bugs with magazines or newspaper.
Also, you don't waste as many magazines killing bugs.
At first I thought, "there will be salt everywhere" but having the salt granules is a lot less messy actually.
I would even use this thing inside. It's also nice if you have a bug on the ceiling you can't reach.
Killing creepy crawlies can be a real challenge because they are often in locations not easy to reach.
The bug blaster will get them anywhere. 
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How much costs the ammo?
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Great question. I should’ve mentioned you just fill it with generic table salt and go.
No special ammo needed and that makes it even more fantastic.
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raddevus wrote: I'm hunting down bugs and shooting fixing them.
Solved... you are working again
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I have half a dozen wasp nests under my front porch that SWMBO reminded me about (again) this morning. I can get her one of these and she can do it herself! (should be fun to watch anyway!)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Get a hoover impulse and suck em up.
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Bugs and crawlies have a right to live, and exist outside the home. So IMHO, they should not be killed when they are in their natural environment.
Live and let live is what I believe in.
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Raddevus 1, Biodiversity 0. 
(Wolf spiders are lovely things. In fact the wolf spider is was probably catching more bugs than you are.)
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Sorry about the outage. A routine deploy went totally nutso due to an out of date config file being left in the bin directory.
The interesting thing, if you call blind panic interesting, is that the error was manifesting as a null ref in a web control. The web control's code was solid. It was literally impossible for it to manifest this error. What was actually happening is that upstream there was a null ref that was being reported as occurring too far downstream in the stack.
Nothing like trying to put out the fire when you're being told the fire is in the wrong place. Especially odd when the "fire" was essentially in something underwater and covered in asbestos.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Good work nonetheless. I remember one time when I responsible for a particular computer system at a customer's site. We kept have weird glitches. At one point I thought it was fixed so I took the afternoon off to golf with some of the customers. Of course, the thing crashed again while we were golfing. Fortunately, the customer rep who I reported to was in the foursome.
So, at least you were on the ball and not out golfing or otherwise messing around.  
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Can we assume the poor soul responsible for the errant file has been flogged accordingly? 
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They've been sent to the Documentation Department. The one with the soundproof doors to block the shrieks of the damned.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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That's a cruel and unusual punishment.
Deserved, tho ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Now you know why CP is based in Canada - they don't have the Eighth Amendment.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Been there, didn't even get a danged T-Shirt.
I hate documentation and it shows cause i'm losey at it1
The most expensive tool is a cheap tool. Gareth Branwyn
JaxCoder.com
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On the plus side though, I got to see the hamsters everyone talks about.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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I'm working on the last 20% of a project that has dragged on too long.
I've lost interest. I'm not on a time crunch, but I've been dragging my feet for too long in any case.
I'm sure some of you know how that goes. I've never handled this situation very well.
Does anyone know any tricks for motivating oneself to code something you don't want to code?
Weird question maybe, but there it is.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Break up what's remaining into smaller bits and count them off one by one. Make yourself do one a day (or week, whatever makes sense). Don't skimp, don't make excuses why you can't get to it, just make the time and make it doable and reward yourself after each block is done.
And keep thinking about the next fun thing you'll get to do when it's done.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Sounds like the old me.
I apologize if this comes across as anything other than honest advice from my own personal experience, but what helped me the most in terms of motivation/willpower to get things done (in life, in general) was losing weight.
I had to be honest with myself about the fact that I was getting fatter and fatter every year, so I went on a consistent diet for 4 months (and going) and I lost 40 lbs. It has been a game changer in all aspects of my life, let alone having the drive to finish programming assignments.
The one thing I still do struggle with is getting myself to exercise because I’ve never been an active person and I have asthma (if you know, you know), so working out is literally painful.
If you’re interested to know, I just cut back on all the sugar/carbohydrates that I was consuming and replaced it with it protein and fat. So nothing sugary at all. ever. Ever ever. And no foods that break down like sugar either, so essentially no carbs (bread/pasta/cereal/cakes/rice/starchy stuff).
Aside from the diet I can recommend taking as long of a break as you can, and when you return, change your work environment. Something as simple as taking your laptop to another desk or another room, and getting right to it with a fresh perspective. Taking breaks and changing environments has been helpful for me too.
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I, too, have Asthma. I would wheeze just walking hard enough...
Here is something to look into. "Body By Science". It's weight lifting. You can get away with 1-2 sessions per week.
And, you do ONE set to exhaustion (60 to 90 seconds). It's okay to split the routine so 1/2 on one day and one half the other day of the week.
Some people call it slow-slow. Drew Baye on YouTube shows a lot of the technique. Dr. Ben Bo has videos on it.
It is "keto" for exercise. The minimal effective dose.
FWIW, I've taken people from "gym haters" to "gym rats"... With 1 simple philosophy. Go to the gym regularly (even if once a week), and ALSO STRIVE to feel BETTER when you LEAVE than when you got there. If you can do that (and that is done BY NOT over working yourself), then you are on the path. After a while, a missed day at the gym will have you "feeling it"... Just like binging on carbs will have you "feeling it"... LOL
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+1 on Maunder's suggestions.
Small tasks, fake deadlines, and micro-rewards have shown to work well.
"If I get this changeset checked in by noon I'll walk to the corner for a cappuccino after lunch".
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