Replaced, substituted

No better word for this
You are too fucking retarded
Disgusting
Self centered

Ultimately

It was right, it does not know a thing about you.
And whatever kept you for so long, and you are "much specially complicated"
Clearly that will also, kept me all the same.


And you

On a goddamn parole
And sympathies.

Pardon the slowness. You were just lucky to be, Goliath.

Go fuck a refrigerator, pecker-neck.

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https://youtu.be/-j9uXmtgUnk?t=661 "this isn't an attempt to cancle someone"
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seething white christians have it out for jeremy:

https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/105896457/#q105908510

Anonymous Mon 14 Jul 2025 19:14:32 No.105908510 Report

>He sure goes into a lot of details on the area he lives in and businesses he frequents. I imagine it wouldn't be too hard for someone to find him IRL if they were interested in that kind of thing.

Angry white people hate the original way of free software / opensource:

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>>105908943
There is not a single person who contributes to Gnome who isn't paid for it.
If Bicha continues to contribute to Gnome for free, then his fate truly is worse than death.

>>53
"Open Source" basically did a capitalist highjack of the Free Software movement and then convinced people it was the same thing. The reason for the separate open source movement was never truly that it makes for better/less buggy software (you need only to scratch the surface of any common Linux distro to see that) but that it lets corporate profit off of unpaid/underpaid programmers, which is why they push back so much against the GPL and its shareback requirements (even though they try to say it's because it's "too complicated" which gets traction because after all most people hate legalese.)

Anonymous Mon 14 Jul 2025 20:28:42 No.105909161 Report
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I just can't feel safe using any open source software knowing this man was involved with them. Until the FOSS community issues an apology and all his "contributions" have been removed from the source code, my trillion dollar corporation will not be using any non-proprietary software.

Anonymous Mon 14 Jul 2025 20:40:22 No.105909254 Report
>>105909161
this but unironically. I already have a debloated Windows ISO ready to go

White christians demand death for free software developer:

Anonymous Mon 14 Jul 2025 20:33:13 No.105909197 Report
I started reading the transcripts and had to stop. This shit is beyond sickening. This man unironically needs to be removed from life. By his own hand or another's it doesn't matter.


>>105909172
100% he reads the sexual assault subs specifically so he can jack off to stories of people getting raped as kids. This is the kind of person Debian is willing to do anything to protect.

https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/105896457/#q105909197

https://youtu.be/b9JMVrdpsgI?t=1306 wants him cancled.

https://youtu.be/b9JMVrdpsgI?t=1482 confirms he was a but-for cause of firing the guy

White christian wants to imprison free software guy
@PopsSinging
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He lives in Florida, I am curious if he notified FDLE of his travel plans as required by law. Not doing it could lead to charges. Just thinking out loud. I would do the investigatory work, but I am down sick with COVID right now.

https://youtu.be/b9JMVrdpsgI?t=1585 trying to find more witches to burn

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https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/what-to-do-with-a-2015-mac-mini-dead-hard-drive.2454406/
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/82328/How+do+I+get+data+off+a+bad+hard+drive

Hey everyone… well it goes like this. We take care of small businesses around Jacksonville with all IT and received a call from a frantic client that her computer screen, mouse, keyboard and everything else froze up and not working. Also started to hear a clicking sound coming from her desktop. She is the owner operation of a bookkeeping service with many clients on Quickbooks. Although she maintains a good backup strategy the day was long and she already performed many entries into many client files before she concluded her day and perform her backup routine. Then comes the “click of death”

So needless to say she was nervous, scared and beside herself while on the phone with. I asked her to calm down as I looked into her remote cloud for the recent backup which was a day old. She was hoping not to re-enter the entire day. I explain to her about how hard drives will fail and start to click which means its time to replace the drive. She cared nothing of the cost to replace and only the cost of lost data and getting back her recent files.

So I said let me come over and I can try a trick I learned from a colleague yet never performed it myself. So I arrived and removed the drive, placed it in a anti-static bag and into the freezer. Ok? while doing so my client is looking at me half thinking I’m a lunatic and half thinking that I hope this lunatic can get my data back. So onward I started the new hard drive and operating system installation, got the system up and running on the Internet so I can setup a remote access with team viewer and explained I will remote in and get windows updates installed, install quickbooks etc… remotely as I had prior appointments to attend. She agreed and was texting me during the course of the day to see how the progress was going.

After all was completed the following day ( Saturday ) I arrived back with my reliable Black X hard drive cradle. Removed the failed hard drive from the freezer and placed into the cradle. Powered it up and waited. Opened file explorer to see if the drive is starting to be read, the name of the drive popped up and then the folders started to populate. No clicking yet from the drive. She kept all her client files in a folder called ( Quickbooks on the root of C ) so I quickly clicked it and the folder expanded to all the sub-folders. So I immediately went back to the main folder and dragged it out to the desktop copying all 15GB of data. Patiently waiting and praying it will hold up. Once completed I checked the files integrity and it worked. Everything she entered down to the minutes were correct.

Needless to say she loves me, has recommended my services to her clients and I made a nice paycheck from my services. She also learned a big lesson about backup frequency and how things “will” happen without any notice.

So in conclusion, has anyone else every tried and had success of recovering data from a frozen drive with the click of death?

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/170684/hard-drive-died-how-do-i-get-the-os-x-on-new-hard-drive

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I have a huge problem. My hard disk seems to be dead. I did a lot of things but I guess it's really gone. The thing is that I don't have CDs o DVDs of the OS X Lion (it's a macbook pro A1278 bought in 2012) and no backup in time machine. I lost all my files so I'm already grieving.

The thing is, if I buy a new HDD, how do I get the OS X there?

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My answer is on this thread. Hope it helps! apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190697/… –
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It's very much not clear that this is a duplicate of the other question (tho that question clearly is a duplicate of the other other question). This answer, the currently top-rated one on the original original, assumes the hard drive you wish to replace works and that you can boot your Mac using it. This answer tho provides instructions when the hard drive being replaced is not working. –
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Buy an SSD instead of an HDD if you can afford one. Believe me, you'll thank us. You currently have a MacBook Pro with a fast Intel processor but an extraordinarily slow hard drive. Your failed hard drive was your computer's main performance bottleneck. Replace it with a fast SSD from a reputable manufacturer like Samsung or Intel, and your computer will perform far better than new.
You could reinstall Lion using Internet Recovery. But, it would be much better to skip the outdated versions and install Yosemite. You can create a bootable Yosemite installation disk using an 8GB USB flash drive and a friend's Mac. Here are Apple's instructions for creating a bootable Yosemite install disk from an 8GB USB flash drive:

Download the OS X Installer app from the Mac App Store.
Mount the volume you want to convert into a bootable installer. This could be removable media such as a USB flash drive, or a secondary internal partition.

You can then use the createinstallmedia tool to convert the volume from step two into a bootable installer based off the installer app from step one. To learn how to use createinstallmedia, use the following command in Terminal:

/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia

After you have created a Yosemite installation disk, insert it in your Mac's USB port and hold down Option as you power up. You will be able to boot from your Yosemite installation disk, just like you would from a Lion installation DVD.

Non-technical users may prefer a more detailed walkthrough of creating a Yosemite installation disc.
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You may be able to do Internet Recovery by pressing Cmd+R during startup. If that is possible, then:

Install the new HDD.
Boot to Internet Recovery.
Enter Disk Utility.
Create the installation partition.
Exit Disk Utility and choose to Reinstall Mac OS X.

You can test this even with the bad HDD still in place.

If your system did not come from Apple with installation DVDs, your system most likely supports Internet Recovery. You'll need an internet connection for it to work and, yep, it'll take some time to download that Lion image.
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You may be able to do Internet Recovery by pressing Cmd+R during startup. If that is possible, then:

Install the new HDD.
Boot to Internet Recovery.
Enter Disk Utility.
Create the installation partition.
Exit Disk Utility and choose to Reinstall Mac OS X.

You can test this even with the bad HDD still in place.

If your system did not come from Apple with installation DVDs, your system most likely supports Internet Recovery. You'll need an internet connection for it to work and, yep, it'll take some time to download that Lion image.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102518

How to start up from macOS Recovery

macOS Recovery is your computer’s built-in recovery system, with utilities to reinstall macOS, repair or erase your startup disk, restore from a Time Machine backup, and more. Follow the steps for your type of Mac.

Mac with Apple silicon

Intel-based Mac

Mac with Apple silicon

A Mac with Apple silicon includes any Mac with an M-series chip, such as an M1, M2, M3, or M4 chip. If you can’t identify your type of Mac, you can safely try the steps for an Intel-based Mac as well.
Start up from macOS Recovery (Mac with Apple silicon)

Make sure that your Mac is turned off. If you can't shut it down normally, press and hold its power button for up to 10 seconds, until your Mac turns off. (Every Mac has a power button. On laptop computers that have Touch ID, press and hold the Touch ID button.)

Press and hold the power button again. As you continue to hold it, your Mac turns on and loads startup options. When you see “Loading startup options” or the Options icon, release the power button.

Click Options, then click the Continue button that appears beneath it.
Startup options screen on a Mac with Apple silicon.

If asked to select a volume to recover, select your startup disk, such as Macintosh HD. Then click Next.

If asked to select a user you know the password for, select the user, click Next, then enter the password they use to log in to this Mac. Forgot the password?

When your Mac has successfully started from Recovery, it shows a window with utilities such as these. Other utilities, such as Terminal, are available from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Use any utility, or quit Recovery by choosing Restart or Shut Down from the Apple menu .

Restore from Time Machine

Reinstall macOS

Disk Utility, which you can use to repair or erase your startup disk.
Utilities window in macOS Recovery

If you can’t start up from macOS Recovery (Mac with Apple silicon)

If your Mac starts up to some other screen, such as a blank screen or exclamation point in a circle, learn what to do if your Mac doesn't start up all the way.
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If you’re not using a Mac with Apple silicon, you’re using an Intel-based Mac. If you can’t identify your type of Mac, you can safely try the steps for a Mac with Apple silicon as well.
Start up from macOS Recovery (Intel-based Mac)

Make sure that your Mac is turned off. If you can't shut it down normally, press and hold its power button for up to 10 seconds, until your Mac turns off. (Every Mac has a power button. On laptop computers that have Touch ID, press and hold the Touch ID button.)

Press and release the power button to turn on your Mac, then immediately press and hold these two keys on your keyboard: Command (⌘) and R. Keep holding them until you see an Apple logo or spinning globe.

If asked to select a network, choose one from the Wi-Fi menuWi-Fi menu or attach a network cable.

If asked to select a volume to recover, select your startup disk, such as Macintosh HD. Then click Next.

If asked to select a user you know the password for, select the user, click Next, then enter the password they use to log in to this Mac. Forgot the password?

When your Mac has successfully started from Recovery, it shows a window with utilities such as these. Other utilities, such as Terminal, are available from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Use any utility, or quit Recovery by choosing Restart or Shut Down from the Apple menu .

Restore from Time Machine

Reinstall macOS

Disk Utility, which you can use to repair or erase your startup disk.
Utilities window in macOS Recovery

If you can’t start up from macOS Recovery (Intel-based Mac)

To help ensure that your Mac can recognize the keys you’re pressing at startup:

If you’re using a Mac laptop, use its built-in keyboard instead of an external keyboard.

If you’re using an external keyboard, you might need to wait a few seconds before pressing any keys to give your Mac time to recognize the keyboard as it starts up. Some keyboards have a status light that flashes briefly when the keyboard is ready to use.

If you’re using your keyboard wirelessly, plug it in to your Mac, if possible. Or try a wired keyboard.

If your keyboard is made for PC, such as one that has a Windows logo, try a keyboard made for Mac.

If your Mac tries to start up from its built-in Recovery system but can’t, it should automatically show a spinning globe as it tries to start up from Recovery over the internet. Or you can force Internet Recovery by pressing either of the following combinations at startup, instead of Command-R. (Each combination also affects the version of macOS offered when reinstalling macOS from Recovery.)

Command-Option-R

Shift-Command-Option-R

If the spinning globe includes a warning symbol (exclamation point), startup from Internet Recovery was unsuccessful:
Globe with warning symbol when starting up from Internet Recovery.

This warning screen and most numbered errors you might see here are related to issues with your network or internet connection. Try these solutions:

Make sure that your Mac is connected to the internet. It might also help to connect in a different way, such as via Ethernet instead of Wi-Fi.

Try each key combination: Command-R, Shift-Command-R, and Option-Shift-Command-R.

Try when connected to a different network.

Try again later, in case the issue is temporary.

Other solutions:

If your Mac starts up to some other screen, such as a blank screen or lock symbol, learn what to do if your Mac doesn't start up all the way.

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To enter macOS Recovery using a regular USB keyboard (like a Windows keyboard), you'll need to use the Windows key (usually labeled with the Windows logo) and the Alt key (usually labeled "Alt" or "Option") in place of the Command and Option keys respectively. So, instead of Command-Option-R, you'll press Windows key + Alt key + R.

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May 24, 2023 10:20 AM in response to CurlyFry7777

Hi CurlyFry7777, sorry to hear of your freezing:

try this : reset smc/pmu and zap pram on startup, here’s how( please note, this doesn’t work on the new M1 and M2 macs… see link: https://www.macworld.com/article/224955/how-to-reset-a-macs-nvram-pram-and-smc.html… the pram zap should be done about 3-4 times on startup then release all keys and let your Mac start up as usual… try it out, otherwise start up in “safe” mode by holding down the Shift key on the keyboard … you have to be patient on that one, when you see the words”safe mode” on your screen it’s in safe mode see if the problem reappears


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Loading Bar Stuck on Almost Full to Full for 8+ Hours Upon Login (SEND HELP)

I recently downloaded a video software that froze my MacBook Pro (its older 2012/13) so I force restarted it manually, and it hasn't been able to login since, as its been stuck on the login loading bar on full.

Initially it just kept rebooting with the error message 'your computer restarted because of a problem (etc; Japanese)' but now has just been hanging there for multiple hours.


I've tried repairing the disk in disk utility multiple times, at which it says everything is okay, but made a possibly big error when before trying anything else stumbled upon an article that recommended to decrypt the disk (horrible idea), and it's been stuck on 0.0% (paused) regardless of power, and I've attempted reconnecting the battery and it didn't help it at all.

So far I've deleted the program from terminal (rm -r) and the app save states, and it hasn't helped, and I recently have been trying to do some stuff in single user mode, but there's a lot I can't do because of the decryption process and my lack of knowledge (and I don't want to permanently damage anything due to that lol)


I'm sure reinstalling Catalina would fix the issue, but that's not possible due the decryption.

I also attempted to back up the ~300gb (1TB) [HD - Data] to an SSD, and it force restarts every time after a short while into the imaging process.


I just signed up here as a last resort, if anyone could help me out, I'd really appreciate it.

I'd rather not pull the folders and reformat the disk if there is a more viable solution.


Many thanks for your consideration and knowledge and help.

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(ptax) interrupting the decryption process is what causes it to pause (if you run [diskutil ap list] in terminal you can check that) which is what had caused my small issue not being able to resolved with a simple solution in the first place, so I wouldn't recommend that, but I appreciate the concern. I could go to the last resort and back up the core folders to an SSD pretty easily and then reformat the disk completely, but there's less of a guarantee on that if my disk is not in horrible condition (which I don't believe it is, its never acting this way before and I've never had any problems previously) there should be a way to internally repair it regardless of it trying to lock because of the decryption process
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May 25, 2023 11:00 AM in response to Ptaxey

(ptax) interrupting the decryption process is what causes it to pause (if you run [diskutil ap list] in terminal you can check that) which is what had caused my small issue not being able to resolved with a simple solution in the first place, so I wouldn't recommend that, but I appreciate the concern. I could go to the last resort and back up the core folders to an SSD pretty easily and then reformat the disk completely, but there's less of a guarantee on that if my disk is not in horrible condition (which I don't believe it is, its never acting this way before and I've never had any problems previously) there should be a way to internally repair it regardless of it trying to lock because of the decryption process
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(johnb) this was one of the first things I had tried, but recently tried again, and there was a second it looked like it was good, and then powered off, and I couldn't turn it back on for about an hour. I think it may have something to do with a corrupted file or something, which is why I was looking into single user mode, and I don't know much about that, but I know you can potentially permanently damage your disk if you're not careful. If you know anything about that. The only disks showing up in that mode for me were rdisk1 when my data drive is in rdisk2 (which is apparently unmounted by default)
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May 24, 2023 11:28 AM in response to CurlyFry7777

Greetings

If I understood the case correctly


Stuck at login loading bar:

Start by resetting the NVRAM (non-volatile random-access memory) on your MacBook Pro. Restart your Mac and immediately hold down the Option + Command + P + R keys until you hear the startup chime for the second time. This can sometimes resolve boot-related issues.
If the issue persists, boot your MacBook Pro in Safe Mode. Restart your Mac and hold down the Shift key until you see the Apple logo. Safe Mode can help identify and resolve software conflicts or issues that may be causing the login problem.
If Safe Mode doesn't work, try booting into Recovery Mode. Restart your Mac and hold down Command + R until you see the Apple logo. From there, you can access various troubleshooting tools and options to repair your disk or reinstall macOS if necessary.


Disk decryption:

Since the decryption process is stuck at 0.0%, it may be best to interrupt it. To force shut down your MacBook Pro, press and hold the power button until it turns off completely.
After restarting, boot into Recovery Mode as mentioned above. From there, you can use Disk Utility to verify and repair your disk. Select your startup disk and run First Aid to check for any file system errors or disk issues.

Backing up data:

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May 24, 2023 10:20 AM in response to CurlyFry7777

Hi CurlyFry7777, sorry to hear of your freezing:

try this : reset smc/pmu and zap pram on startup, here’s how( please note, this doesn’t work on the new M1 and M2 macs… see link: https://www.macworld.com/article/224955/how-to-reset-a-macs-nvram-pram-and-smc.html… the pram zap should be done about 3-4 times on startup then release all keys and let your Mac start up as usual… try it out, otherwise start up in “safe” mode by holding down the Shift key on the keyboard … you have to be patient on that one, when you see the words”safe mode” on your screen it’s in safe mode see if the problem reappears


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May 24, 2023 11:18 AM in response to CurlyFry7777

Does one of these apply? If your Mac doesn't start up all the way - Apple Support (ZA)


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This has happened to me a few times (late 2011 13” MBP) first time a reinstall fixed it, after that I needed a new hard drive. Thankfully the data was recoverable from the old one...

It’s been running fine for over a year now.

Edit: the hard drive was nice and easy to replace, and quite cheap too. Just FYI.

Mine was stuck halfway and I had to reboot while holding cmd + r to boot into recovery mode, run disk utility > first aid on your Macintosh HD and then reboot like normal.

It worked for me but I am not the one to say that it is definitely the solution.

I actually just did a clean install of High Sierra on my MBP and iMac because I was having strange issues that First Aid didn’t fix (unrelated to booting issue above).

Hope that helps!

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/7tv2e4/macbook_pro_is_stuck_at_full_loading_bar_wont_open/

this is an issue I see most on 2011-2012 MBP's. Usually cmd+r and a reinstall solves it.