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  • dead ram definitely still happens, yes, but it’s exceedingly rare. I fix hundreds of PCs a year, and I maybe get one or two a year where the root cause is actually bad ram. more often it’s configuration issues or hardware implementation issues, for example the gigabyte x870 boards really don’t like XMP for some reason.

    ecc doesn’t really have anything to do with whether a ram stick fails or not, it can help with misbehaving sticks but if a stick is dead it’s dead and ecc can’t help a dead region.


  • smartctl would be what your looking for even for ssds (although ssds fail quick enough that if smartctl catches something there’s a chance it’s already too late, smartd allows for scheduled tests and I’ve definitely saved data off of ssds because I had daily smart tests running that caught early failure).

    I however strongly disagree with the hardware issue. there is no indication that this is hardware (honestly hardware accounts for VERY few issues like this, and RAM failing still happens but is 98% a thing of the past). diagnosing without any logs is a bit of a lost cause, we simply don’t have enough info, hopefully OP updates the post with the output of journalctl from the last boot.



  • you can always use which cmd to find where a program is located. if you’re looking for where to find your systems JDK for example you could run which java. you can use realpath on the output as well if you’re concerned with it being a symlink.

    it’s definitely a learning curve, but remember that the curve is there because now you’re being exposed to a lot more fundamental concepts that windows obfuscates. it may seem more confusing now, but stick with it and it won’t take long for you to start wondering why windows would ever do things as it does.


  • precisely this, I would say with a touch of “just wanting to belong”. I think a lot of people who end up in tankie circles are chronically online, and have a hard time socializing. echo chambers don’t really care, and will treat anyone who regurgitates the same talking points as an equal. maybe that’s just around here though, there’s plenty of leftists around but I have yet to see specifically ML/maoist groups that aren’t just more than reading theory. I imagine it’s easy to fall into that kinda “western country bad” thought pattern when the only people who you interact with tell you it’s righteous and justified with zero nuance.

    I’m a socialist and am lucky enough to meet a lot of leftists irl, and I get along with all of them regardless of specific viewpoints. unfortunately, the people who are the loudest on lemmy aren’t the kind of people you meet walking down the street, so they end up lacking the “challenging your own ideals” bit of developing rational and sane viewpoints.