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OtisRamflow
joined 1 year ago
My parents were religious, still are, I haven't believed in God since 4th grade.
I went to some AA meetings at one point in my life. It's sickening to see people cheapen their success by thanking god, instead of their own willpower.
You made the decision, thank yourself, or the people around you.
Atheism is not a religion. It's the idea that there are no gods, and in most cases no religion follows.
Atheism is not getting involved. Your whole thing then is really just pro-theist vs. Antitheist. I would say that even the most diehard anti-theists aren't invading other countries, jailing people, or beheading them for their beliefs.
Teasing religious people for their dick head beliefs, is a response to all the shitty things that have been done and are currently being done in the name of religion.
If you NEED religion to be a good person then you're not a good person. Every single shitty thing happening on the planet right now is directly related to greed, or religion. Yet you still think it's "bigotry" to call that out.
Fuck religion, and fuck a god that would sit and watch all this happen and do nothing. If god is real he's a real piece of shit.
I purchased the drive, flashed steam OS to it, put it in the deck and turned it on. Really really simple. Didn't encounter a single hiccup.
I just bought a USB m.2 adapter and flashed steam OS to the drive before I ever even put it in the deck. First boot was just like booting the original drive.
It's the easiest thing I've ever done in my life.
You're fine, just follow the iFixit guide. It's super easy. After removing the screws I pulled it apart with my fingernails, no problem. Remove screw, replace drive, put screw back in. This is like, day one stuff at a computer repair job. Again you're fine. If you can do a Lego set, you can replace the m.2 on a steam deck. Don't psych yourself out, my mother could do it.
I've never heard of such a thing, on any computer. Though HP would be that shitty. Sounds like something fishy with your UEFI, you ever update your bios?
I used to do this like 30 times a day sometimes (HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus), never had an issue with boot menus. The ONLY problem I've ever encountered was an external boot triggering bit locker, and locking me out.
What you've described is a hell I've never experienced, but def does not sound like standard operating procedure.
Sorry I was so late to the game. I used to work computer repair, always had a Linux stick to boot into, and changed it up every couple of weeks.
Always something fresh, it was fun seeing all the different distros. You can also make a Linux USB stick with persistent storage and install apps and save settings. In my experience those tend to shit the bed after a few weeks.
Another option that's one step above a USB stick, is an m.2 enclosure. I had those with dual boot, windows and Ubuntu. I could plug that into anyone's computer, boot the external drive and rule out hardware problems with ease.
The m.2 enclosures are almost indistinguishable from an internal drive, made it so I could boot into my own setup on any machine.
I would recommend reinstalling windows, because the activation key is still on the mobo, and you might as well use it. Then you can fuck around with dual boot, and try all sorts of Linux distros.
You can even put them on a USB stick and side load, without installing anything at all. This is great for testing, until you find one you like and pull the trigger on a dual boot setup.
Boy, that was super easy, in fact now that I know how easy it is to quit I'm just going to buy some more cigarettes, because I'm not ready to quit quite yet.