It’s one of the messier options but it still works well. The switches in my logitech g604 have been bounce free for over a year now after hosing then down with WD-40. That’s longer than any of the warranty replacement mice lasted.

Deoxit leaves a residue, too, that will stain clothes. That residue is what helps the contacts from oxidizing again in the future.

Yeah alcohol works well. WD-40. too.

That is kind of just how non hall effect thumb sticks are. But I’ve had great luck with Deoxit D5. You have to take apart the controller so you can squirt it directly into the switch itself but as long as it’s not a mechanical problem like a weak spring, the Deoxit usually gets it working like new.

Same here. Everything worked pretty much right out of the box with Nobara. And my total linux experience in the last decade is running Mint on my work laptop the last 3 months. I tried to switch over to linux gaming in the late 00s, but it was far too much work then. I spent more time getting X3 to work then I ever did playing it. Completely different experience these days.

Hadn’t thought of masking tape. A squirt of compressed air in their general direction also works to get them to vacate the area temporarily.

Mo thinks he’s a mechanic

My cat cares not for PSPSPS, but if you yell “what the fuck are you doing?” he’ll run over like you were waving a fresh salmon at him.

Is it actually illegal? Has anyone in the US ever been charged for selling digital software they had legally acquired?

deleted by creator

That used to be my go-to method but I found it works less and less. Places know the gmail tricks and auto-strip them out of the address.

Started using Proton’s Hide-my-email and never going back. It’s time to move away from google anyways.

The free version of Proton Pass is a decent option.

This MF has 2 water bowls and a swanky ass stainless steel cat fountain but he’ll still wade out in 40°F mud puddles for a drink.

I thought it was James May.

I will never not upvote turkish vans. Such sweet smart cats.

plumbing-safe wet wipes

That’s usually a lie. But as long as it’s a rent house, it’s fine.

Neither dry paper nor a stream of warm water is going to clean human shit off. If you aren’t using soap and some sort of scrubbing action, it still smells like shit.

Pre-shower poopers unite!

All cats are going to have their own personalities/preferences that you’ll just have to observe and work out. But probably the most universally loved cat toys are going to be empty cardboard boxes. Put a couple different sized ones around the house and swap them out for different ones every few weeks. They’ll usually love that more than any toy you can buy them.

The wand toys like this: https://www.jacksongalaxy.com/collections/toys/products/da-bird-collapsible-wand-toy-by-go-cat are great for kittens with excess energy. As are these: https://smartykat.com/products/instincts-soarin-squirrel-happynip-launch-cat-toy/ Jackson Galaxy and Smartykat are both brands my cats love.

As far as cat trees go; I saved and bought a huge floor to ceiling one. The cats absolutely loved it, for about 2 weeks, now they couldn’t care less about it. So your mileage may vary.

deleted by creator

Laugh now. But when the hoveround army comes for you…

You can get new WD drives for ~18usd/Tb. https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-red-sata-hdd?sku=WD60EFAX

I wouldn’t mess with older drives unless they were less than half the price. In that case set them up raid 1 and send it.

I doubt these cameras can sustain that kind of uninterrupted use,

I had an old HTC phone that I used as a garage security camera for 2-3 years straight. It had to be restarted every couple months, but otherwise worked fine. Now you can get a $20 IP camera that surpasses it in every way tho.