it sounds like something underlying is wrong, so would test everything that is underlying your system.

a memtest is the easiest first check. i wouldn’t rely on the one that’s on your system since it could be bad too, but it’s still worth it give it a try since it only takes a few seconds. if it finds anything, then there’s definately something wrong with your hardware.

instead, i would rely on a usb stick with the ubuntu image you downloaded. first verify that the checksum for the ubuntu image you have on a trusted computer is the same that ubuntu has on its website. then copy it to your usb stick and then use memtest from there. if it comfirms that your ram is okay, use ubuntu’s installation tools to verify that image on the usb stick is good; google or deepseek can show you how with easy to copy/paste commands.

in your shoes, i would re-install because at his point because then there’s confidence that the base steps are verified and should be working correctly and then you can move onto othere testing strategies if you continue to experience the same behavior.

i wonder if it’s too late for either considering the tariffs.

i love this guy’s videos and i bought my last laptop using his discount code; i was waiting for him to provide a slimbook code since i was planning on buying one, but now i think i’ll look for something else.

also: don’t go to an american journalist, pick one from a country that has strong legal protections and the budget for meaningful legal representation like der speigal in germany.

the reaction makes sense; these organizations are modeled after for-profit corporations since that’s where most of its leaders come from and oriented towards simpler modes of funding like the american gov’t; this is effectively a disaster for this sort of posture and it’s hard from them to imagine any other form.

including you.

inside you as well and with the only intent of “teaching you a lesson” for not obeying them.

cpb, ice, & the police are cut from the same thin-blue-line cloth.

there was a post yesterday on asklemmy from someone who wanted to escape fascism by going to italy and i got downvoted for trying to make them aware that italy is doing the same shit, like this posts describes.

i wish i could understand why they assumed that italy isn’t fascist when they literally elected a fascist leader and made worse anti-lgbt laws than the americans have done (so far).

i somewhat get around this insisting that i use a kvm/linux based virtual machine; but i doubt that it’s very effective given that i’m still using my employer’s vpn connection and software.