Not similar, but my old job sucked, hated my boss, hated many of my co-workers, and despised the company. I took a package out and am back at school, and don't regret it for one minute. Fear of the unknown is how bad bosses keep good employees.

I want to give you the internet equivalent of a firm handshake. This needed to be said, thank you for being the one to say it.

Breakaway charge cable for my phone! They act like those old MagSafe chargers for Mac, and when I'm clumsy, instead of a busted off charge port, no damage! I also have curious cats who can test gravity without wrecking my phone.

9600, 8-N-1

One of my favorite things about Linux is this: you can try it. Get a thumb drive, get Rufus or Etcher. Download Mint, Ubuntu, something with a "Live Linux". Boot from the thumb drive, spend an hour or two surfing, clicking around, seeing if things work. 2018, you had like an 80% chance of a flawless experience. 2024, it's way higher! Plus, the alternatives have gotten slower, more bloated, more interested in monetizing you than serving you, so even if it feels strange, and you have to relearn some stuff, more than ever, it might be worth it.

Even if it didn't work quite right, keep the thumb drive around. The number of times I've rescued an important file off of a messed up system using a thumb drive with Mint on it? You'd be surprised.

I had a work laptop and did the "external USB" thing. One day, at work, I'm messing with my Linux on a public wifi, having unplugged from the corporate LAN.

A co-worker walks by, sees the Network cord unplugged, plugs it in. I am oblivious in the washroom.

Corporate security got to my laptop before I did.

I didn't get fired.

I don't work there anymore, though.

I have an x86 proxmox setup. I stuck a kill-o-watt on it. Keep your pi setup if it does what you want, and realize that there's someone out there who is jealous of your power bill.

I may have once worked for one of these companies, and they aggressively lobbied the government to prevent MVNOs from happening in Canada. An MVNO would be able to compete with the big telcos, and force them to lower prices. What kills me is that the big companies have "discount brands" that are only a tiny bit cheaper, and then they use their existence to claim that there's lots of competition in the market!

Some of the crap I saw... So glad to have gotten out!

Actually, the bank notes don't smell like maple syrup. When you hold the bank note up to your nose, you are just smelling your own Canadian fingers! All Canadians smell like maple syrup. It's why we're so sweet.

Old Man's War! Pretty green people fighting aliens! What's not to like?

Oh, self-hosted would be another good place to ask.

I, for one, try real hard. But thanks!