Maybe look into autofs which will mount only when you choose to access the drives and then unmount on idle. Could be simpler then trying to react to network status.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Autofs

For me the trailer did not inspire confidence.

That’s good. There are also editors that can run it for you and highlight the issues whilst you type, neovim being one.

$() for me, to quote from

https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2006

Backtick command substitution `...` is legacy syntax with several issues.

1. It has a series of undefined behaviors related to quoting in POSIX.
2. It imposes a custom escaping mode with surprising results.
3. It’s exceptionally hard to nest.

$(...) command substitution has none of these problems, and is therefore strongly encouraged.

What a shame that film wasn’t better but maybe Aeon Flux’s feel could never be captured in live action

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He highlights Denmark’s attempt to treat a person’s face and voice as property — a creative way to counter deepfakes through copyright law.

Interesting!

Done this for my partner - usb goes in to boot to Linux, take it out to boot back to pre-existing Windows, really simple. Fedora will install to usb no problem. Windows can’t screw up this way either, bit safer then using same drive. Speed has not been a problem.