From: physfitfreak@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/17/25 12:34 PM, Jim Pennino wrote:   
   > Physfitfreak  wrote:   
   >> On 10/16/25 9:44 PM, Jim Pennino wrote:   
   >>> Physfitfreak  wrote:   
   >>>> On 10/16/25 2:39 PM, Jim Pennino wrote:   
   >>>>> Physfitfreak  wrote:   
   >>>>>> I upgraded my Linux os from 21.3 (I think) to 22.2. It took about 2   
   >>>>>> hours! I remember the original installation of Linux mint had taken   
   >>>>>> about a minute or so.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Then when I began using my computer I noticed a few changes:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> - the JamesDSP equalizer that I always use for countering my defective   
   >>>>>> speaker system (very low frequency output) and enhance all high   
   >>>>>> frequencies is now going off after a few seconds of work either by   
   >>>>>> itself, or every time I interact with the audio or video I'm watching,   
   >>>>>> forcing me to get it back up again. This happens a lot and is quite a   
   >>>>>> problem.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> - videos at, the start, first think for a few seconds, then begin.. !   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> - reaching internet itself also, at the beginning, thinks first and only   
   >>>>>> then connects.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> - when I boot up and the screen for getting my user and pass information   
   >>>>>> comes up and I enter the password and press the Enter key, I have to   
   >>>>>> wait about 6 seconds for the computer to respond (as if I have not hit   
   >>>>>> the Enter key) and get me to the desktop. In the previous version, the   
   >>>>>> response was immediate.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> If you know something about these issues and know how to correct them   
   >>>>>> please reply.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> How to correct these issues:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Open a web browser and in the search bar type:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> "name of my distro" linux support   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Where "name of my distro" is the actual name of your distribution and   
   >>>>> press enter.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Don't you know you're my "cook"? Do that for me and come back here and   
   >>>> explain. Work for me you sucker "engineer."   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> My going rate for consulting on such things is $175/hr, 4 hour minimum   
   >>> up front.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Interesting, but I don't think so. Nobody pays $175/hr for getting   
   >> referred to Wikipedia and Google search and generally the internet and   
   >> free AI services.   
   >   
   > That was free, but you seem unable to actually do anything on   
   > your own, hence the charge for me to do what you are unable to do   
   > yourself.   
   >   
   >   
   >>   
   >> You have no other skills. You're a good "cook" though. "Cook" for   
   >> physicists then.   
   >   
   > Yet I get $175/hr...   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   And at some point within the first hour you get dismissed.   
      
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