A map illustrating the rise and expansion of the Tsardom of Russia under the rule of Ivan IV Vasilyevich (commonly known as The Terrible, from the Russian “grozny“(грозный), Fearsome or Awe-inspiring). Originally a Grand Prince of Moscow, Ivan IV became the first to be crowned and rule as the Tsar of all Russia (from the Latin Caesar), previously a conglomerate of dutchies. He laid the foundation of absolute rule, engaged in a reign of terror against the nobility, reformed the government, opened diplomatic relations with England, wrote music, oversaw cultural and religious renaissance, and aggressively expanded the Russian borders through war and conquest. Shortly after his death (in 1584), Russia entered decades of instability known as The Troubles (Смута) that ended his Rurik dynasty and opened the way for the Romanovs.

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  • blipblip [he/him, they/them]
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    20 days ago

    So my company provided MacBook managed to build up 400 gigs of 'system data' and I couldn't find any way through settings to identify what it was doing or how to go about cleaning it up. Ended up needing to download a third party tool to discover 300 gigs of temp files and 100 gigs of data lingering around from a deleted user account. Had to use the terminal to navigate to the directories and rm -rf them.

    Is this the normal mac experience or a skill issue? If I were more comfortable on the terminal I probably could've done without the third party tool but still it seems insane to me that there's no button in settings to clean up temp files.

    • GaveUp [she/her]
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      20 days ago

      I'm p sure they should get removed on full reboot unless there's some weird setting that disabled that

        • GaveUp [she/her]
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          20 days ago

          Np. Should always be your first thing to try if the obvious steps don't work

          Also, never full reboot by clicking restart. Click shut down or hold the power button, and then turn on again. There's a difference