Unless you have identified another set of wires between the thermostat and the evaporator coil, then I would assume the “extra” tubing is just part of the coil. The coil has a solenoid valve so the thermostat can control the flow of refrigerant.

Probably my Canon AE-1. Not sure of the exact year, but the model was made from roughly '76 to '84.

At the risk of sounding ancient: Lifeforce on the NES.

There is a Thinkpad (x12) that has a detachable keyboard. Thinkpads usually play nice with Linux, but I can’t speak to that model specifically.

I would think it should be in the boot log, but I am unsure on that one.

Sounds like that shutdown the system, so the problem is just getting it to power off. You could try "halt -p”. That explicitly calls for the system to power off. If that doesn’t work, perhaps try “halt -verbose”, which will give a bunch of info on the next boot about what halt was doing, might show an error there that could you lead you in the right direction.

Did you use any arguments with shutdown? Does shutdown spin down the system, but not turn off the hardware, or does it not do anything? You can try " shutdown now -h". That should halt the system after a graceful shutdown.

Very nice. I have a similar project languishing on my poor, ignored workbench. You may have inspired me to change that. Good typing to you!

I am enjoying it a great deal. However, I did not play any of the previous iterations, so there is plenty of novelty for me. The trap mechanics are fun, and the Threads add some variety to specific runs, even though there are not that many maps at the moment. I have not had any technical issues, and playing in a friend-from-across-the-pond’s lobby worked well.

Unfortunately the environmental impact depends on the processing used. The cheapest and easiest version is unfortunately chemically intensive and basically the same way they make rayon. There are other options, but then the price goes up. So extra due diligence is required if you are concerned about the impact of your bamboo clothes.

A friend convinced me to try out Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap. I get to play a snarky, dual wielding, bipedal cat. Silly and entertaining. Thought about grabbing the new Spiderman game on PC, but I think I am gonna wait for a couple of patches given the reviews. Have fun!

Do you have Fluid Motion or some sort of frame fill/smoothing turned on? My understanding is that the in game counter would not detect the extra frames generated by Adrenaline.

I think folks would rather know. If it’s a split group, you could tailor the invites to mention that it’s also the other kid’s birthday, but they have their own group of friends coming with gifts.

My guess is it’s a newer thing for the cloud, where it is common to shift load and replicate servers and software.

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You could always write yourself a simple bash clean-up script that kicks off the uninstall and also deleted the profile and anything else you want gone. Not a universal solution, but if you need to do that one thing often enough it would do the trick.