u/rd_626

Hey everyone, I’m looking to buy a used/second-hand laptop. If you’re selling one or know someone who is, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks!

PS: laptop, PC, desktop, mini pc, anything works

❯ sudo pacman -S redis
[sudo] password for senku:
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) valkey-9.1.0-1

Total Download Size:   1.45 MiB
Total Installed Size:  4.28 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

I was trying to install Redis on Arch, but pacman kept installing Valkey instead. At first I thought something was wrong, but then I found out that Redis was removed from the official Arch repositories after the Redis licensing changes.

What surprised me even more was that pacman automatically installed Valkey as a replacement. I had no idea it could substitute one package for another.

Been using Arch for a while, and this was the first time I'd seen this happen

hey all, I'm going to dimapur/nagaland for some work related stuff and this is my first time there.

can you please suggest some places to visit nearby? also if you don't mind can i connect with you on Insta or another platform to talk. thanks!

this morning i woke up with my ssd corrupted, a frontech nvme ssd which I've been using for 3 years.

smartctl is showing this -

unsafe shutdown: 137,664

power cycles: 146,013

and as far as i understand it shouldn't be this high. what might be causing it?

laptop: ASUS TUFF F15

os: arch linux

also can you suggest some good nvme ssd. thanks!

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Hi Everyone,

I am Vrashabha Nilajagi, recently graduated, this is how I got scammed at placements by Oracle Finance (OFSS).

Early September 2025, I was in 7th semester, placement season was going on, this was a very early phase in the placement season and only a few companies had come earlier. so this company ORACLE FINANCIAL SERVICES SOFTWARE LIMITED came to our college for placements. First round was Online Assessment and then selected students were called for face to face interviews. I was also selected for the interviews. It was Sept 8, it took a whole day to conduct interviews and after 2 rounds of interviews I and 8 more students were selected. I was very happy after months of hard work I finally had a job. More importantly, I was happy because my parents were proud of me. Happy ending right? Unfortunately no.

I was happy but there was something going on in my mind. Did I make the right choice? or I could have gotten a better offer? but since institute placement policy allows only one offer per student, even though I was not satisfied I consoled myself saying at least I have a job. Days passed, our 7th semester ended and all students of our batch went home. Since the job offer was FTE the work did not start until graduation i.e., till August. Still I had 9 months. So why simply waste time in my hometown? I thought of applying for an internship off-campus(reminder that I could not sit for on campus because I already had an offer). After applying for 9-10 companies I finally got a call for the interview. I cleared the interview and they asked me to join immediately on location, but my parents wanted me to stay in my home, they said anyways I am leaving after 8 months so it is the last chance to be with them for a long time.

Days passed and Oracle sent an update regarding the joining date, it was Aug 18, although it was very late but I thought okay at least I can spend more time with my family. After some days they sent an update regarding the laptop model, and then regarding relocation details. their last update before today was on May 18 they sent our office location. I was too excited for the job and so were my parents.

Everything was going well but today I received a call from an unknown number, on the other end a lady, after confirming my name she said, "You employment at Oracle has been revoked", I was shocked, I kept asking her what she meant by revoked, is it postponed, or is any other problem is there, but she meant I was fired from my job which i did not even join. I was shell-shocked. I did not know what to do, at first I thought it was a prank call then came official mail from CGC. Yeah it is confirmed I along with 8 more students' employment is cancelled.  After 9 months of assurance, relaxation and security of having a job offer everything was taken away from me in a snap.

Even after getting placed before most of the students I am now is empty handed. Almost all of the companies' drive for our batch has already ended.

This is the value of our life and our future for them, they can end years of hard work, years of sacrifice and years of dream in a phone call.

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unfortunately there were quite a lot of people there and reporters and all. i tried a lot but i didn't get the chance to ask him anything. even my mom tried to held be back (i mentioned to her that i'm gonna ask him some questions and she knows how rebellious i can be)

I really hope i get another chance in the future and once i do i will not go soft on him. he is the CM, he has to answer me!

for the time being i'm really sorry guys i couldn't do anything this time 😞