geordie

geordie, 7 days ago to random

So we used to have a nanny. When the kid first went to school we had a new parent's information evening where they told us all sorts of boring stuff, some interesting stuff, and concluded with "and after school care is extremely limited so good luck with that goodbye" except said as one word over the space of about a second, the principal then decamped. When we rushed to book afterschool care they could accommodate him Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but not Tuesday or Thursday, so we paid a woman we'll call Jo (because that's her name) to pick him up from school two days a week, and look after him at our place until 6pm. As the years went on, he'd come to get public transport to her house, she'd look after him there while he did homework etc. and bring him home at 6pm. We no longer needed her as of this year, kid is old enough to look after himself.

geordie, 8 days ago to random

You know those 90s movies where a hacker in a hoodie told a computer "bypass security" and it worked?

https://tweesecake.social/@weirdwriter/112441889190313713

geordie, 8 days ago to random

By the way if you didn't know, "20/20" vision means that for each of your eyes you can see what you should be able to see 20 feet away, from 20 feet away. If you need to be 10 feet away to see something to see it the way someone with correct vision does at 20 feet, with both eyes, you have 10/10 vision.

geordie, 9 days ago to random

Not particularly technical friend had several drinks, changed their laptop password and set the password hint to "lol" so I'm dealing with that now.

geordie, 10 days ago to random

So today I learned that there have been so many episodes of Law and Order, that with a comparatively capped pool of actors in New York, several actors have been in the show multiple times as different people.

jpm, 10 days ago to random

Ok computer-touches of the fediverse, I’ve had enough of the Windows fucks and will be installing Debian <soon>. Maybe 20 years has been enough for a viable Linux on the desktop, who knows…

So what window manager are the cool kids using these days? Is Enlightenment still a thing? I want to not have fuck with things

geordie, 11 days ago to random

Wife got invited to a charity dinner where her ticket was covered but she had to make a personal donation to the salvos. She said she wasn’t going to do that because they discriminate about who they’ll support. The offer was rescinded. She’s made a donation to Twenty10.

Folks she’s the one.

geordie, 13 days ago to random

geordie, 15 days ago to random

"iPads Pro" er... @decryption I'm not sure about this.

geordie, 15 days ago to random

SO, if I was feeling old before...

Wife: "You can't write the trivia answers because of your handwriting."

Me: "What the fuck are you talking about my handwriting is great. It's neat, cursive with the occasional restrained flourish from a gorgeous pen filled with gorgeous ink."

Wife: "and that's the problem. The folks running the trivia are in their twenties. They don't ever write by hand or read handwritten words. They read screens and printed pages. They can't read your answers."

geordie, 16 days ago to random

Thing is, they can’t. Australian privacy law forbids Google hitting back. This is why A Current Affair features a squillion people saying the bank did them wrong and the bank “declines to comment.” It’s not because they’re embarrassed, they’re literally banned from defending themselves publicly. The debanked on ACA are meth hoovers and banks can’t do shit. Google can’t say “Unisuper typed terraform destroy”, even though that’s what happened.

From: @GossiTheDog
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112398849195395148

geordie, 16 days ago to random

The woman at the cafe where I get my lunch squealed "mong mong!" which is "puppy" in her language. That heralds the arrival of Brolly. Brolly is a genetically engineered hybrid of a bulldog and an MRAP and is an Extremely Good Boy.

geordie, 17 days ago to random

Can anyone give me pointers as to why embedding PDFs or linking to them or otherwise acknowledging their existence is impossible in Hugo?

geordie, 18 days ago to random

So this weekend I was at a wedding and at the reception guests had to make a Lego minifig of themselves which was placed on white Lego mats with a specific plinth to stand on and a name plate. The bride and groom will frame it and have an artwork of minifig representations of the guests at their special day.

A person in a patterned shirt looking at a table with assorted LEGO pieces while a boy in a blue shirt is building something; background shows people sitting at a dinner event.

geordie, 18 days ago to random

Cairns airport staff are so nice. I carry a lot of shit in my carry on and you’ve got no hope of identifying it all on X-ray. At Sydney and Melbourne they insist on removing a thing at a time from the bag then putting the balance through again and again on the hope there’ll be few enough chargers or electronics that they can then ID everything to their satisfaction. The woman in security here just took my camera out to of my bag, with my consent, wearing soft gloves, and then went through my bag explaining why. Quick, efficient, polite, and if there was any connection between security theatre and safety, she’s ticked that box. Five stars.