A Few Small Updates: November 19, 2025

 It's been a few days since my last post and I've had a few updates happen in regards to my previous posts, so I figured I'd share what has been going on in a small non-gaming update post.

FIREFOX NO MORE

In my last post I went over updating to the latest point release of Debian 13 (13.2) and switched to using Firefox ESR due to a Chromium bug that breaks power management which caused Brave to not allow my screen to turn off.

Using Firefox ESR didn't last too long, because at the end of the day it is still Firefox and still has issues that annoy the hell out of me. I got so annoyed that I completely purged Firefox ESR and just went back to using Brave, regardless of the power management bug. I just have to remember to just close Brave if I am going to be away from my computer for extended time.

CRUNCHING

In another one of my recent posts I mentioned that I was getting back into crunching for World Community Grid and Einstein@Home.

I eventually decided to put crunching aside for now as I really don't see the benefit of running it compared to the current cost of electricity and the amount of heat stress being applied to the hardware, especially the battery. I'd rather not take the chance of my battery bulging and having a catastrophic failure resulting in a lithium-ion fire while I am either asleep or not at home, which increased heat on the battery increases the risk of battery bulging.

So while I do still appreciate WCG and Einstein@Home for what they do, and for the volunteers who help do the crunching, I just cannot justify myself doing it currently. Perhaps I will continue crunching in the future should I come across a cheap computer tower with better cooling and if electricity rates go down.

END OF YEAR

I've been thinking lately and have decided that next month in December I will make one final post before the final week or week and a half leading up to New Years and that I won't be doing any posts until January 2026 after that.

Just a small break for the holidays (I'm an Atheist, but still half celebrate Christmas for the gathering and not the religious aspect of it) and my usual New Year's Eve drinking and partying. When the time comes for my final post of 2025 I will definitely mention it in the start of the post.

That is all for now as far as a small bit of updates go. Thanks for dropping by.