metageeky

@metageeky@code4lib.social

Library #A11y Advocate & Techie, PCOM Systems Librarian, Trans woman, Depressive, Autistic, Comics Scholar, Armchair Educator, Chili Fiend, Kitty Mama. Thoughts my own.

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joelanman, to random
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what on earth is the use case for Slack's "Also send to channel" option in a thread? I've only ever seen it used accidentally

metageeky,

@joelanman Pain...

metageeky, to random

Why yes, discovery layer vendor, I really wanted you to force a major UI update on my library just as we start a migration to a new ILS and completely different discovery service.

metageeky, to random

Due to yesterday's controversy, Christianity, Inc. announced that they will change the date of Easter to April 20th in 2025 to avoid conflict again with TDOV.

This is the biggest change since 1979 when the IRS objected to Easter being scheduled on April 15.

joelanman, to random
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well this sucks, I thought John Lewis treated workers well

https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/john-lewis-and-waitrose-staff-frightened-over-redundancy-cuts

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68630921

metageeky,

@joelanman This really confused me because John Lewis was an incredible congressman here in the USA and is sadly missed.

joelanman, to random
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Safari really struggles with favicons huh

metageeky,

@joelanman They are cutting edge new fangled webtech after all.

djfiander, to random
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My computer just made a noise that I don't recognize, and there's absolutely no indication of where it came from.

metageeky,

@djfiander No smell of magic smoke?

metageeky,

@djfiander That's good at least.

metageeky, to random

Came into work and one of my monitors was showing all sorts of static. This had happened before but always cleared up. Not this time. In triaging the situation, I swapped what ends of the display port cable were plugged in to the monitor and docking station. Perfectly clear image now!

REVERSING THE POLARITY WORKED!

metageeky,

@djfiander I've encountered those before. They just had to ensure the USB insertion anomaly somehow.

adr, to random
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...mushrooms aren't grotesque. They're lovely.

metageeky,

@adr EEVVIILLL!!! They can kill me!

metageeky, to random

Well folks, COVID is certainly still around. I got diagnosed on Friday. :(

metageeky,

@acdha If this is mild (which I think it is) I feel bad for those who had it worse.

Sophie, to bookstodon
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New day! I love having a local with folks who know what I like 💜💜

@bookstodon

metageeky,

@Sophie @bookstodon One of my favorite reads in recent years!

adr, to random
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man I can hardly wait for those salmon printers to become an actual thing

metageeky,

@mjgiarlo @adr

"Kurt"... he was a grad school officemate. Technically a vegan who hated bugs and was also pro-voluntary human extinction.

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