I still have the same custom ringtones/alerts set from when I got my first smartphone. Of course I rarely hear them since it’s on silent 99% of the time. But the custom vibration patterns are indispensable.
I used to inhale Chipotle, the barbacoa in particular. Sometime before Covid, all the ones around here went to shit. Less flavor, more salt. Twas a major bummer.
Edit: rubbing salt in the wound, I just found out that my dinner is reheated Qdoba.
While it may be dated, I don’t believe there will ever come a time when it’s not relevant. If I’m ever wrong about that… it’s probably time to bust out the good champagne.
I tried to explain this AT a party once to people I didn’t know at all. They thought I was pulling their leg. And I somehow doubt they even noticed when I left due to spoon depletion.
The last thing I want to do is redundantly post, but as my new role proceeds apace, I’m aware that this site, the admins and mods believing in me was crucial to being able to land my new role....
I don’t know you, and I don’t participate on Beehaw regularly (just when something noteworthy hits my all feed, and even then it’s just an upvote usually), but I wanted to give sincere congratulations on stringing all of those connections together to land something you wanted. It’s not easy, but you did it. That’s awesome.
A cartoon poster of the Swedish Chef from The Muppets assimilated as a Borg from Star Trek. The Swedish Chef has a Borg eye and a robotic double mixer arm. Text on the poster says “SMORGAS’ BORG RESISTANCE IS HERDY FLERPTY FLOOPIN’”
In-universe, I have to assume that they’re purely for looks.
I always just assumed that they’re so confident working on humans, they’re not worried about blood stains being hidden. Vulcans, Romulans, Andorians, etc… not so much.
I plugged into ethernet (as wifi w/captive portal does not work for me). I think clearnet worked but I have no interest in that. Egress Tor traffic was blocked and so was VPN. I’m not interested in editing all my scripts and configs to use clearnet, so the library’s internet is useless to me (unless I bother to try a tor...
Most folks will probably freak out when they see a terminal window (“DOS box”) on a computer.
Many many moons ago I was working at a small mom and pop operation that used ancient PCs to run their registers. The entirety of the front end ran on a 3.5" floppy. One night after closing, I exited to the CLI and opened edit. I typed in “HELP, STEVE BROKE ME” and went to the back to count my drawer. The shift manager had a proper shit fit.
“What are you editing?!? If you break this machine the boss is going to have your head, it’ll cost thousands to have someone come out and fix it!”
I calmly exited back to CLI and ran the front end exe. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
The accountant hired to audit former President Donald Trump’s media company seemed to have a lot of trouble spelling his name, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday....
Certainly sounds like it. The whole issue was that if year was a two-digit value, it was always interpreted as 19xx. Some systems were updated to require 4-digit years, but many (especially older, niche systems, which plenty of airlines still operate on) just kicked the can down the road. Some made a new static cutoff date for determining 19/20 that someone will have to fix in X years, or a range based on the current date, which sounds like what happened here. Birthdate stored as 25? That means 1925. Birthdate stored as 23? That means 2023.
Any coders out there want to deal with decades-old tech debt for the remainder of your career? Pick up COBOL and live the dream.
I think my phrasing was a bit poor. To my knowledge, there aren’t many COBOL jobs out there. I don’t believe there’s much of anyone using it for active development anymore. But there’s plenty of places running on legacy back ends that have nobody to turn to when it breaks. The folks who wrote it retired years ago, and there’s fewer and fewer people left with the skills to maintain it (some of whom may or may not have been in the latest round of layoffs for Company X). The value, IMO, is being The Guy when something goes pear-shaped, and someone says, “Hey, I know a guy…” Then you get to go in as a consultant/contractor and look at un-commented spaghetti code last modified in 1973 and go to town. Do a good job and they’ll call you first next time. And if it breaks enough, then they might offer a position.
Meanwhile, the one who wrote it is off somewhere sipping Metamucil, possibly musing about how back in '96 they submitted a report that said the company really should migrate off of the platform, but nooooooo that was too expensive/complex/inconvenient.
I’m quite regularly getting a soft crash after using the app for a while. I’m not sure if it’s related to number of posts opened, or just time, but eventually tapping on a post to either read the link or comments will cause the entire list of posts to be reloaded, as if I’d gone back to the all / subscribed / local...
I will take your word for it, haven’t played it in 20 years or so lol. Still have the carts though! And a novelty N64 controller with a wheel instead of a stick that worked great with those games.
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I put way too much effort into this for it to look like that. (lemmy.world)
Picard has no pupils because that’s the best bald Beavis image I could find....
option b plz (slrpnk.net)
"Tribblacos" are strictly forbidden from now on. (lemmy.world)
I hope some of you get the reference (lemmy.world)
The academically social Vulcan (lemmy.world)
Thank you, Beehaw
The last thing I want to do is redundantly post, but as my new role proceeds apace, I’m aware that this site, the admins and mods believing in me was crucial to being able to land my new role....
I can see them just fine, so you're welcome. (lemmy.world)
spoilerIt’s two Romulan warbirds. I’m sure someone else can back me up for the non-believers.
Borgk' Borgk' Borgk' (startrek.website)
A cartoon poster of the Swedish Chef from The Muppets assimilated as a Borg from Star Trek. The Swedish Chef has a Borg eye and a robotic double mixer arm. Text on the poster says “SMORGAS’ BORG RESISTANCE IS HERDY FLERPTY FLOOPIN’”
Even in the 24th century .. they never expected it (assets.pxlmo.com)
Another video test to see how well this one works … this time a MP4 coming from a Pixelfed server at pxlmo.com...
Galaxy class delta shift sucks. (lemmy.world)
Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet
I plugged into ethernet (as wifi w/captive portal does not work for me). I think clearnet worked but I have no interest in that. Egress Tor traffic was blocked and so was VPN. I’m not interested in editing all my scripts and configs to use clearnet, so the library’s internet is useless to me (unless I bother to try a tor...
Wind, solar issues could cause 'grid failure,' says ERCOT (www.houstonchronicle.com)
Title (midwest.social)
The man who audited Trump's social-media company misspelled his own name 14 different ways (www.businessinsider.com)
The accountant hired to audit former President Donald Trump’s media company seemed to have a lot of trouble spelling his name, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday....
American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby (www.bbc.com)
A 101-year-old woman keeps getting mistaken for a baby because of an error with an airline’s booking system....
Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility (www.eurogamer.net)
Soft crashes after scrolling too far
I’m quite regularly getting a soft crash after using the app for a while. I’m not sure if it’s related to number of posts opened, or just time, but eventually tapping on a post to either read the link or comments will cause the entire list of posts to be reloaded, as if I’d gone back to the all / subscribed / local...
Geordi he even sees him with a special Aura, almost like if he sparkles (lemmy.world)
Nintendo 64 – April 2024 Game Updates – Nintendo Switch Online (youtu.be)