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proactiveservices

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System Admonisher, tech support in Hampshire, UK. A screeching voice of the minority. I read your email.

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thewk, to random German
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I finally know what has been putting me off about Michal Burnham in Discovery. It‘s the fake smile she always has, almost like an Apple robot ahme employee

proactiveservices,
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@thewk What put me off most was that she's god, and Star Trek is kinda meant to not be about gods.

OpenSauce, to random
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RIP to the SD card that I accidentally left in my laptop before disassembly and snapped in half
Thought the case was harder to open than usual

proactiveservices,
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@OpenSauce Folding@Home wasn't meant to be taken literally.

chris_hayes, to opensource
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I gotta say since switching to FOSS finance tool, Actual Budget, I've been really happy with the experience. They've struck a nice balance between minimal, but powerful.

https://github.com/actualbudget/actual

proactiveservices,
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@chris_hayes wow, have you read their privacy policy?
https://actualbudget.org/docs/privacy-policy/

proactiveservices,
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@chris_hayes I also can't find any meaningful hits for "telemetry" or "analytics" in their Github repo. Why does their brief and cromulent privacy policy, and the lack of telemetry seem so rare these days?

ScaredyCat, to random

https://haggiswildlifefoundation.com/

That is all.

proactiveservices, (edited )
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@ScaredyCat I wonder if the designs on their merch are also generated by plagiarising artwork.

bagder, to random
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Six billion docker pulls.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/04/24/six-billion-docker-pulls/

proactiveservices,
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@bagder coming up on Java numbers there, careful now.

shawnhooper, to random
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I can't type today. Typos everywhere.

proactiveservices,
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@shawnhooper I recently received a copy of my late father's UK air force documents and they sent me into a rabbit hole. I came across the selection process for being a high-speed telegraphist (morse code) back in WWII. Apparently a single mistake during the test meant disqualification.

I am so glad of the backspace key.

defuneste, to random
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Damn cargo bike are so nice but so expensive ...

proactiveservices,
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@defuneste A cargo trailer for a normal bike isn't too expensive. This helps keep n from growing further, since a trailer doesn't count!

proactiveservices,
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@defuneste ahh yes. problem is the extra price will often translate to better products but oof, the price really does ramp up.

brianb, to coffee
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Does anyone have a brand (or type) of decaffeinated coffee they would like to share? My wife and I like bold roasts and we're trying to cut down on our caffeine intake. We'd like to still drink a lot of coffee, but not feel jittery.

proactiveservices,
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@brianb If you have some independent cafes nearby, try asking a barista. Make sure you have time for a full-on conversation about it. They may even sell the beans to you :-)

daviwil, to random
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If you need a new strong password, my daughter has you covered

proactiveservices,
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@daviwil * may need alternative keyboard layouts to be installed

laney, to random
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I really despise the prevent internet-culture way of trying to "own" or "zing" in response to any comment. It's the "no, but" of discourse - destroys any change of having a meaningful conversation and tries to divert attention to the "zinger"'s wit rather than what was being said.

Utterly tedious. I simply stop replying when it happens now.

proactiveservices,
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@laney the adage of "don't feed the trolls" if evergreen.

edboythinks, to random
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it's a hard time to be an ethical person

proactiveservices,
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@edboythinks I can really feel this.

proactiveservices, to random
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Still chuckling at the quote "smart TVs are absolute hell bastard machines". I'ma get at least a few days out of it.

https://cohost.org/ghoulnoise/post/5286766-do-not-buy-hisense-t#comment-14bddaf9-6620-42f6-b0e6-5ef3f7d94214

dansup, to random
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There are so many amazing people pushing the fediverse forward, it makes me so happy and proud to be a part of this historic shift in social media.

Open source social platforms and protocols ftw 🚀

proactiveservices,
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@dansup And you're one of them. Kudos and thank you <3

proactiveservices, to random
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The fact that Google Drive doesn't exclude .ost or .pst files by default is bad enough, but OneDrive too? I guess not even Microsoft devs use Outlook any more.

simon, to random
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Reminder that buying storage off ebay is like playing the roulette. Advertised as a kingston canvas select micro sd 128GB card. Appears in dmesg as: mmc0:0001 SD16G 80.0 GiB. Using the f3 tool confirms only 80GB usable.
Returning to the scammer for a refund, only for them to scam others with impunity :(

proactiveservices,
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@simon I thought I recognised the ".h2w" file extension and yes, it's inspired from H2testw on Windows. Small world!

Since switching to Linux I've been using disk-filltest.

proactiveservices, to DuckDuckGo
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Looks like negated terms are working again on ; I'd almost given up on using them and it felt like pretending the NOT gate never existed.

mariatta, to random
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Typo of the day: fluke8

proactiveservices,
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@mariatta I feel this is something dentists will be asking us to do in 100 years' time.

Joe_0237, to random
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Reproducible builds.

proactiveservices,
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@Joe_0237 Reproducible builds.

realtime, to random
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pop quiz
are you old enough to know what this is?

proactiveservices,
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@realtime radiator key (I ought to bleed mine), a clock key (I need to oil my clock before winding it again) or a utilities key (I don't need to do anything with them at the moment)

gianarb, to opensource
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Today I want to mention how nice can be! Look at this issue https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/13337 nice developers chatting on their own time about code and features with reproducible code and respect in mind! 😭 this is what I am here for!

proactiveservices,
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@gianarb
a leet example of great collaboration.

hq1, to random
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    proactiveservices,
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    @hq1 Adam here, also 5hrs sleep, let's go!

    stfn, to random
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    This is super funny, Cybertrucks start rusting even in California weather, and the manual says that you should not wash it with hot water or in direct sunlight.

    Imagine buying a car for 70k USD and watching it disintegrate because of rain

    https://www.wired.com/story/this-is-why-teslas-stainless-steel-cybertrucks-may-be-rusting/

    proactiveservices,
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    @stfn they better be fucking Stealth Trucks with this degree of upkeep
    F-117B StealtherTruck

    freeciv, to random
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    Fix to problems in games with over 65535 cities and units was pushed in today. This will be in 3.1.1. Not many games reach that city/unit count, so the issue had gone unnoticed until Giacomo Mulas encountered and reported it.

    proactiveservices,
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    @freeciv This reminds me of a bug I reported in Factorio, but only after I'd travelled the distance that a train could go on 150 solid fuel. RIP phantom minimap trains.

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