u/WingAndDing

I had an interesting experience. I was out with some friends and invited over a coworker to join us for some drinks. She wasnt doing much so seemed like shes been lonely. Anyways, we hit it off quite well, chatting up, drinking, though then I mentioned the lady from work how much I had saved, and while she was a tad bit tipsy she sort of laughed off the savings I had. She had some savings from her relatives herself so I get it that she didnt get the hell I went through to have what I have, though felt poor like I havent felt in a while. Always felt like Im doing quite well compared to how life was for me but seems like nope. Probably this is why some say never ask a man his salary. That questions gonna haunt you for weeks. Got me wondering if I didnt save enough for a comfortable future

So anyways, how much do you think one should have by 30s?

Does anyone else feel their guts making a turn five minutes after finishing a heavy squats set?

I know of runner trots when your body is in motion, but every single leg day without fail heavy squats and leg presses trigger an instant emergency bathroom trip

How do you guys deal with exercise-induced diarrhea on leg days? Are you timing your meals hours in advance like taking someting before hitting the gym or just accepting your fate?

Or is it just me...?

I am selling my old mac. I am wondering how to get the files removed without someone potentially finding them later. There isnt anything crazy but I had a lot of invoices, and other documents saved.. I heard that if you delete something, the disk space only gets registered as available for use on top of the hidden data thats 'deleted'.

Does that mean that I would need to stuff down some sort of dummy file into my Mac to actually clear the data thats been removed in the past? If so, how could I take up the disk space in full?

Is there another way? I would want to sell the pc with the hard drive intact without unscrewing anything

Where can one see Love after Lockup? I remember hearing of this show and I only ever seen clips. I want to give a go for a whole episode. Preferrably for free... Im sure the first episodes have to be free somewhere by now..

Could somebody help? Willing to share some Eastern show recommendations if you'd be into that.. I know quite a lot of those which are worth the watch😅

I recently watched a video of a person disassemble his vape to find a microphone component.. People say it is to sense the breath from people using it. However, could it somehow be misused as a listening device?

I am sort of only having antsy thoughts of such devices over recently seeing a documentary about the Great Seal bug which was quite an advanced listening device for 1945. Almost a hundred years apart, a vape seems to be able to do way more

https://preview.redd.it/peicwzxlo5dh1.png?width=450&format=png&auto=webp&s=ab00dd16e295075dd7b5c054b4bcc68079645b07

Could such a microphone on a vape be used in a similar way?

How does one prevent their packages from getting stolen? I was out on a trip and our package got stolen. Took like 8 hours for the whole incident to occur. I inquired with my neighbors and reported to the police though hopes are not high... I can't even understand it, since it wasn't even something expensive, the thief just stole a bunch of my books from Amazon.. Doubt he will ever even read them anyways since half of them arent even English..

Is there like some sort of 12 inch safe box I could get for bigger packages, or maybe a simple door camera with an alarm? I can't believe it I have to do this even.. I ordered many things before and this is the first time that my package got stolen.. I would ask my neighbor to pick up my package but their whole household works so its no guarantee to rely on someone else to aid me unfortunately and were not too close with other neighbors either

Any feedback on the topic issue is truly valued

I checked this guys profile but it didnt even let me view his profile picture in a higher resolution, nor did it let me inspect his timeline

I would really like this for my own account. I only want my family and friends to see my activity.. How do I do that? The guide I found online is a deadend as the interface of the settings has changed

I only found a way to make each individual post private after I post it but it is quite tedious to do for each little thing I share

Any pointers for Facebook account privacy settings for the 2026 app interface? I spent over 30 minutes trying to find it on my Facebook and I didnt succeed. I know how to work with computers just fine but Facebook feels like its trying to lead me astray me on purpose.. No wonder Zuccerberg gets so much hate... The interface was way easier to work with ten years ago.. Maybe I need to edit the settings on a computer instead?

Ive been reading up on(well more Youtube to be fair) how computers constantly broadcast tiny electromagnetic waves into the air just by processing data

Apparently, if someone has a sensitive enough antenna nearby, they can actually capture those ambient waves and reconstruct what’s on your screen or steal encryption keys...? Even if the computer is completely disconnected from the internet, this seems to be a risk. I see Linus Tech tips guys demonstrate reading screen images by detecting signal comming through the cable... It is named a side-channel attack(Linus called it the Van Eck freaking)

Obviously, it's pretty high-level espionage stuff you would see in James Bond, but it's wild to think that hardware can leak data through the air without any malware or network connection involved.

Do you guys think this is a realistic privacy threat with cheap radio tech getting better, or is it strictly tinfoil-hat territory for normal people?

Also, is there some sort of cable that might be more privacy focused? As in something that would prevent the Van Eck option from ever being a threat?

I would like some advice for my public wi-fi usage.. Could somebody clarify if any of these are unsafe?

1. Checking public local news sites, and weather. Seems like a straight-forward thing;

2. Streaming music/videos. Not really seeing any risk here either;

3. Browsing my social media *with* my account already logged in. If I had to log in during a public wi-fi session, this seems bad;

4. Checking public transit and navigation data(Uber etc.). Once more, if the apps have my credit cards stored, I feel like it is fine. Otherwise, if I had to add something on the spot, this would seem like a risk;

5. Logging into banks, or shopping. This seems like a bad thing, though I believe I can mitigate this with a VPN to stay safe if needed.

Could somebody tell me if something seems off? Otherwise, are there any risks I didn't notice? Seems like a VPN could mitigate most of these risks..

Planning out a distant trip, and sort of feeling like I am going into uncharted waters without knowing what risks other countries might have with internet usage(Vietnam)

I have been finding a lot of useful functions like chkdsk, and such. Helped me fix up a fragmented disk into working order. Theres other SSH commands too that I loved using to move files across computers. Surprisingly it is very fast utilizing Wifi...

Is there any sort of command I should avoid at all times when playing with the CMD, or PowerShell windows?

I know this wipes everything:
del /s /q /f C:\*

This one might brick and maybe even fry my CPU:
%0|%0

This ones gonna format and wipe everything on a particular drive:
format C:

Although I think it wont let you do that to the C drive that holds the operating system but anyways, that is the extent of the commands I know I should avoid. Anything else?