Which C++ standard are you using? I think you should look into explicitly specifying at least C++11 as the error is whithin the if(declare var)… world.

Afaik this is not supported before C++11.

I understand why you’re getting downvotes and I probably will get downvoted too, but personally I wouldn’t want less keys on my keyboard either, because you never know if at some point you encounter a program that needs you to press a button that you don’t have and you don’t feel like remapping stuff or don’t have the time.

Flashback to me as a kid playing GTA SA/VC and tilting the bike/helis with the numpad.

Maybe just buy a cheap full size keyboard and keep it stored away for when you need it?

Still, in the Linux world, tinkering with the computer is part of the experience, so… best of luck with one of the X available ways of emulating or remapping keys without finding that confusing for either you or someone else who may be using your computer at some point in the future.

My workplace originally had regular UPSes, just like the one you showed, one of the many that would only intervene when the power gets cut.

It introduces a temporary power loss, in terms of some milliseconds usually, expecting the devices downstream to be able to handle them.

I had a similar issue on my workplace’s server after a bad storm, then did some research about how to avoid issues when a UPS is present.

Turns out that there is a whole another category of UPSes, namely Double Conversion UPSes, where the UPS is constantly charging a battery and the battery is constantly powering the load.

Almost no outside factors can interfere with the load this way, and I’m certain it saved my ass both in the workplace and at home: just a few days ago we had some huge storms, hail, thunder, strong winds and such.

Power would constantly go out and quicky come back up.

The initial UPS failed for much less.

Both my workplace’s server and my home server never felt any of it, cause they’re never directly connected to the power line (unless the UPS is in maintenance mode), and the peace of mind of knowing that they never feel any of that is priceless.

It’s a good thing that I cannot count how many times they saved me lots of time, mostly because since their introduction I never had a power loss which I previously had with a regular UPS.

The disadvantage? Much more expensive, since wattage matters more than ever as they have an inverter running 24/7.

For my workplace I got one that costed about 900 euros, for me I got one that was about 400.

I do not agree about this being a simple solution, especially if you want to set up netboot for this, but I don’t want to engage this discussion any further since we’re just talking about a solution to a problem that I don’t have and I don’t care to solve, so maybe we should just agree to disagree?

What if you have a system that just works and you can’t break?

No rsync, no remoting from work (vpn or other software et al), no “i gotta be on alert for when my kid breaks my computer again”

Also, why do we have to shame people for just wanting to use their computer?

This guy works ^

I don’t handle alcohol well, so I don’t use it that much.

Almost always, I find myself heavy-headed, and if I insist, it takes me a bit of effort to stay upright, although it’s manageable, just it’s not “automatic” anymore.

Other than that, I tend to talk and rant a bit too much, and even in the moment I tend to realize that I shouldn’t be saying some things or shouldn’t be talking as much but I just “ignore” this instinct, like “do I need to really bother with stopping my mouth?”

Why does that look like a ChatGPT-written post, especially the paragraph with “From X to Y, …”?

Honestly, given that they should be purely compressing data, I would suppose that none of the formats you mentioned has ECC recovery nor builtin checksums (but I might be very mistaken on this). I think I only saw this within WinRAR, but also try other GUI tools like 7zip and check its features for anything that looks like what you need, if the formats support ECC then surely 7zip will offer you this option.

I just wanted to point out, no matter what someone else might say, if you were to split your data onto multiple compressed files, the chances of a bit rotting deleting your entire library are much lower, i.e. try to make it so that only small chunks of your data is lost in case something catastrophic happens.

However, if one of your filesystem-relevant bits rot, you may be in for a much longer recovery session.