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Ran across this in the feed this morning and hadn't seen it here. AI generated, and some mixed feeling about the use of beloved characters / actors... but too funny not to share.

I solved this problem myself as I was stepping through and creating this post. Rather than let it go to waste I thought it might help someone else who comes here with the same problem. If not, sorry mods please delete!

Original question:

All I want to do is have a shared directory between user1 and user2 in which all files are completely accessible to either user, including newly created files and folders. Specifically I have a work and play account on the same machine, but want to have a common Obsidian vault.

The closest I've been able to come is creating a new group sharedfiles and adding user1 and user2 to that group, and then creating the shared directory.

mkdir shared
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I'm somewhat new to Qtile, but loving it so far except for one problem I keep having. Dialog boxes vary. Some open in a new tile. Some open floating in front of the parent tile. Some open floating behind all the tiles which is the main problem. At first I thought it was the application because it would appear to be unresponsive... then I figured out it was hung up with a hidden modal child window.

I found that window.toggle_floating() would force it to a new tile, which is clunky at best when working with an app that opens a lot of dialogs. It also sometimes leads to accidentally toggling the main window to floating which can mess up an existing layout.

For example when using FreeC

I'm trying to replace ball joints on an old 1993 F150 4WD. Passenger side went fine, but I can't get the drivers side axle out at all. The videos and manuals all say that it slides right out, but I can only pull it out about an inch. It moves freely in and out about an inch. I've tried jacking at different points, vibration/air hammer on the shaft, and a 10lb slide hammer. It's not hanging up on the knuckle, even though it looks that way in the picture. It's almost like it is being retained in the differential, but I don't see how that's possible. Hoping someone out there knows a trick!

1993 F150 4WD. Mevotech lower ball joint, AC Delco upper. Just their low-end versions since this truck will be lucky to get 500 miles year.

I did the recommended torque procedure, 40 ft-lbs on lower, then 100 on upper, and then 110 on lower. Made sure everything was lining up well and camber bushing stayed in place. Greased them.
Knuckle seems way too tight. My first time trying to do ball joints on anything, so I don't have a good frame of reference for normal. It does move, but requires a lot of effort (maybe 40-50lbs push/pull, two hands) to work through range of motion. Nut on lower ball joint is backing off as I turn move the knuckle back and forth like a built in ratchet d

I have a Sharp LC-55P6000U that's acting strange. It will display from the 1.4 hdmi port but is unresponsive to either the remote or the buttons on the tv, and has no sound. From my reading so far I assuming it's the main board either a hardware issue or a failed firmware update.

I tried plugging a network cable in and leaving it for a few hours, hoping it might update on it's own. No dice. I tried finding a replacement mainboard but that appears to be unobtainium, as does a firmware download for potential usb loading.

Which brings me to my question. Can I replace with a mainboard from a similar model? I did some basic reading on lvds, which led me to the conclusion that just cable

Edit: Seems it was simple after all. Tried a third set of headphones and they worked. Not sure why the other sets work on the phone but not pc. I feel kinda unlucky having two sets of identically malfunctioning earbuds.

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Ok, this is a strange one. It used to work, and now it doesn't. It's also not something simple, read on for what I've ruled out.

Originally I was using SPDIF (Asrock B550M / Realtek) -> Turtle Beach DSS -> a pair of earbuds. It worked fine for many months.

I did the usual, check balance, upgrade motherboard and sound drivers, etc. Didn't appear to be software.

Next was plugging into the front panel jack, when that didn't work I tried