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hrefna, 28 days ago to random

The use of "guys" as a neutral address bothers me, but in part it just makes a relatively good test of respect: if after you repeatedly correct someone they continue to persist in using it, that tells you something about them.

It's just very clearly a gendered term, no matter local conventions around use, and if you are repeatedly asked to not use it by people who are in the group you refer to and you continue to use it anyways that says a lot.

skinnylatte, 29 days ago to animals

It’s been 3 weeks since Cookie’s vet scare. She has good and bad days, still mostly good. She loves the farmers market on Sundays, and she loves standing in the middle of it all so that dozens of people will pet her and say they love her.

I think it makes her happy. I still get worried that she is having more mobility issues with extreme old age, but for as long as she’s still got good days, I’m happy

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogs

skinnylatte, 29 days ago to animals

Cookie doesn’t want to get out of bed. I understand

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogs

thomasfuchs, 1 month ago to random

New nightmare just dropped

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

The violence inherent in the package.

rasterweb, 1 month ago to random

Computers are like table saws... they can be useful tools to create things, but also extremely dangerous and harmful to humans.

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

I can’t be the only person on here who enjoys wearing perfumes*. What’s something that’s struck your fancy lately? For me it’s been alternating between Dyptique’s Philosykos and Carner’s Tardes.

• A note that someone should need to be very close to me to be able to tell. I do not wish to leave con trails as I walk by.

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

Honestly the brain worms are the most likable part of RfK Jr.

gsuberland, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

[serious, no joke replies or guesses / autotranslation please]

do I know anyone native or otherwise very fluent in Chinese who can tell me the correct term for a plated edge connector, like you might find on a PCIe card? specifically the "gold fingers" style connector feature you would find on the PCB side, not the plastic connector it slots into.

I've had an absolute nightmare trying to communicate this feature to a Shenzhen-based PCB vendor and I would like it to be easier in future.

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

Always amusing when an org says "we have hundreds of servers"...

charming.

skinnylatte, 1 month ago to food

On the Internet there are people into ‘edc’ (everyday carry) but that’s really just ‘I like bags and nice things but I’m not a girly girl I’m a mannnnnn’ acronym

Anyway, my edc is ‘everyday goChujang’

In my literal pocket

#everydaycarry #Food

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

Is it possible to have too many zip ties?

Asking for a friend

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

All you need to know about Rasputin-wannabe Jack Dorsey is that he subjected Twitter employees to his f-ing "salt juice" nonsense. https://www.businessinsider.com/why-jack-dorsey-drinks-salt-juice-every-morning-2019-5?op=1

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

Good riddance. https://mastodon.social/@docpop/112390119259207355

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

From a professor friend of mine.

skinnylatte, 1 month ago to animals

Cookie was banned from the bed because she snores so loudly it sounds like a trumpet and flugelhorn section in your ears (even with custom earplugs on). Then she was allowed on again coz I was sad that she was sick. Now she’s better and I guess I’m never getting her off the bed again (her loud snores are the rhythm of my dreams ahahaha)

They permeate my skull, my dreams, my soul

Video: https://youtu.be/07XnAr5W93k (this is a level 3 out of 10. Most nights she’s at 8)

#DogsOfMastodon #dogs

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

Whew, this post really hits some memories of work I did in a previous life for Library of Congress. https://hackaday.com/2024/05/01/a-primer-on-optical-storage-data-preservation/

petrillic, 1 month ago to random

I'm not saying Boeing murdered the whistleblowers. I'm saying try not to run a company such that people think you MIGHT have.