The easiest way to avoid incurring tech debt is to throw your computer away and spend 20 years in the forest
Replaced the option to hide the checker pattern in the background with an option to remove the background patterns altogether. If you have the option enabled the background will become a flat colour. You may need to hard refresh (ctrl+F5) for it to work properly
Buy external storage, and remember the 3-2-1 rule: 3 copies of data, 2 different media, 1 offsite copy
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