u/GreenStardust001

So I have two or three external hard drives that I used at various times... What's the best way of getting rid of them? I don't even know what's on them. I can hook them up to my current PC and delete things but what do to after that? Can they be recycled without risk of anyone getting access to whatever what on them? for example if one of them had a tax return on them... (this is why I kept them and never did anything with them I wasn't sure what to do with them). At least one of them may have become corrupted and not useable but I'm not entirely sure.

Screenshot of a random place in Highlands showing a loot bundle at 1,097m away

Another day when I'm on the other side of the map and someone got the final shot of something I'd been hunting. Also so this isn't just about the screenshot. It's fun when players randomly end up hunting at the same time. I'm glad we all get the loot after. Though yesterday it got ridiculous when I ran out of arrows and didn't realize it so I was shooting off flairs left and right... need to remember to stay well stocked up for a while. Gotta get those Sillyfins!

(Screenshot from my phone... yes ... one day I'll figure out how to take a screenshot while in the game and save that to my computer if that's possible? Playing on a PC via Steam)

So about 15 years ago I had a domain that was my name. I was stupid and let it go because I was only using it for email (it was Google) and I wasn't sure I could afford to keep paying for an account since I was between jobs (at least I think that's the reason). I don't even know that I could prove that I ever actually owned it since it was 15 years and and at least one or two moves ago depending on how you count it - I don't remember when I officially ended the account I just know I lost the domain after that. And if I was using the bank account I think I was to pay for it I don't have that anymore either.

I think what annoys me the most is that It was taken by some sort of weird spam site that is claiming to be a company but it seems to be completely fake. I guess whoever owns it is getting money from ad revenue?

Is there any hope of getting the domain back or would it just not be cost effective to even try? It's also true there are multiple other people with the same name as me so it could be any of us ...

Never have I wanted a bike more than when my car is in the shop.... I could really use one right now.... maybe someday soon... and then I'll work my way up to commuting to work (it's only 10 miles ...)

Hilariously it might also might be cheeper to get a bike than fix whatever is wrong with my car ...

ETA: Due to reasons if I get a bike I would likely need at least a peddle assist ebike so I have to save up for it which I'm working on. Plus all the safety stuff - I'm hard of hearing so I want to make sure I get things to be safer ... This is just a ridiculous silly vent post because I'm bored.

So I did something a bit impulsively over the weekend an I just want to check and see if I did something I need to fix or if the answer is "wait longer" ... (good news it's not a critical thing just a blog none reads but me and the spam bots)

Anyway I decided to move the blog from Web host/Domain Registrar A to B (deliberately not saying which because that's not the point). I started by creating the web hosting account at the place B and uploaded the blog content (which means all the pages/posts were using the temporary hosting url). THEN I switch the domain over. Currently only the main page works on the domain. All the other pages/posts show that temporary account domain. It's been just over 24 hours since I switched.

Do I just need to wait longer for everything to correctly update (possibly another 24 hours) OR because it's a Wordpress blog am I better off deleting and reuploading the content so that the pages/posts all have the correct domain name ? I have no problem doing either I just want to make sure waiting is the right choice.

ETA: All set! Silly me forgot a step I was supposed to do in Wordpress. Looks like everything is working as it should.