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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Nah, the installer is much more tame than it used to be. I just like to poke fun at ye olden times.

    I did make a huge recent mistake by using an NVIDIA GPU on Debian. Every time it updated was playing Russian roulette with “is this gonna break my system and send me into six hours of troubleshooting?” Til I finally said fuck it and swapped it with my brother for his AMD card. And I haven’t had a single issue since.

    I like Debian, but NVIDIA drivers just refused to play nice for any extended period of time.




















  • This is why I swapped my RTX 4070 with my brother for his 7700 XT. He offered me some money on top of it. I told him happy birthday because it matters more to me that it just fucking works instead of requiring a blood sacrifice every six weeks to not boot into a void.

    Or, as Linus put it, fuck you NVIDIA.

    Edit: No problems at all since I swapped the 7700 into my machine, by the way. Getting GPU drivers on my brother’s Win 11 machine was a whole task by itself. Even on Windows, getting NVIDIA drivers to work isn’t a painless experience.








  • The number one thing you’ll be watching for is changes in eating, drinking, and bathroom habits. Super common for older cats to develop kidney issues/failure with age so if they’re drinking a lot more than usual or using the bathroom a ton, that’s cause for concern. Arthritis also makes it hard to keep the nether regions clean, so UTIs can also pop up from time to time.

    As with getting older yourself, be on the lookout for any new lumps, bumps, or growths as they could be cancerous. Especially if they change shape of size.

    Try to keep the nails trimmed. Older cats exercise and scratch less so their nails can get too long and become ingrown. It sucks for them and it’s a trip to the vet for you.

    If they’ve got longer hair, paying a groomer every once in a while for a trim can be worth it. Long haired cats already get mats more often, but doubly so once they’re old.

    Be sure you’re cleaning their teeth regularly. Brushing sucks for all, but even some finger wipes are better than nothing. Otherwise, you’ll be eyeballing an expensive bill for anesthesia to clean dirty teeth and remove the ones that are too far gone.

    We’re super lucky with him because he’s actually really healthy for his age. I think he won the generic lottery or something. He’s a very confident and brave cat so it’s not often he’s stressed. I reckon that also has something to do with it.

    Anyway, I hope this helps :)