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  1. Comment on Seeking advice to make a trip to Italy better in ~travel

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    Even if answering late, i want to chime in and have to agree with OP here - i wholeheartedly agree on considering slowing down your trip, especially the change between north and south Italy will...

    Even if answering late, i want to chime in and have to agree with OP here - i wholeheartedly agree on considering slowing down your trip, especially the change between north and south Italy will be detrimental to your enjoyment. European countries are in general much denser in locations you would want to see. Regarding the time of year, i want you to be aware of Ferragosto if you plan your second trip for the summer - the country practically closes down for at least 2 weeks (with areas up to 4 weeks), with many companies having mandatory vacation periods; also, Italys tourism is extremely busy in summer, making travel arraignments and hotel booking difficult if not well planned - also, expect huge traffic jams on highways with multiple hours of delay, and extremely poor availability of rental cars, especially in case of a breakdown - even just getting a towage truck for your car might take a few hours, and thats on the highway. Train reservations are also a must if commuting by train in summer, or you might end up sitting on the floor if you even can get into the train. Source: worked for the equivalent of the AAA a few years back in a neighbour country to Italy; during main travel season, ACI (Italian AAA) was notoriously unable to be reached even by international partners with service level agreements because of the huge and arguably unmanagable amount of cases.

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  2. Comment on Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron in ~tech

    AWildMimicAppears
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    Some more: Win+X opens the right-click Start button menu (great for sending the PC into standby using keyboard only) Win+. opens the emoji list Ctrl+Win+L/R-Arrow keys switches between virtual...

    Some more:

    Win+X opens the right-click Start button menu (great for sending the PC into standby using keyboard only)

    Win+. opens the emoji list

    Ctrl+Win+L/R-Arrow keys switches between virtual desktops (this i actually mapped onto my horizontal scroll wheel, i only wished Windows remembered what programs opened on which desktop between reboots -.-)

    Win+M minimizes all Windows

    Win+K opens the wireless Bluetooth connectivity menu

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  3. Comment on Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron in ~tech

    AWildMimicAppears
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    I fully agree with you. My PC is primarily for gaming, and with the work Steam has put into Proton, there is simply no reason for me to upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 when its end-of-life date has...

    I fully agree with you. My PC is primarily for gaming, and with the work Steam has put into Proton, there is simply no reason for me to upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 when its end-of-life date has come and forces me to deal with stuff like forced TPM and Crapware, when there is a great working alternative in whatever flavor of Linux i wanna run. I've worked with Debian before (even if just dabbling with a underpowered system running a NAS and Owncloud for experimentation, and some Moonlight streaming), and things seem to have become a lot simpler for a gamer than when i last checked. Since i mainly play single player or local coop, the Anticheat issues do not apply to me, so the last thing keeping me on Windows is inertia.

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  4. Comment on What music would you want to listen to going into a war? in ~music