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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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i_lost_my_bagel, to random
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horrible cursed knowledge that I just learned

Plex Media Server on linux keeps it's config files in /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support

proactiveservices,
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@i_lost_my_bagel
please tell me there are .DS_STORE folders in their source repo

tomjwatson, to books
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Is Wheel of Time worth the 14+ book commitment?

I'm a big fan of other fantasy authors like Tolkien, Phillip Pullman and Brandon Sanderson, though I've bounced off of a few other authors like N. K. Jemison, Pierce Brown, Scott Lynch.

Thoughts?

proactiveservices,
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@tomjwatson Sounds like it'll be up your street. The later books can be challenging as they drag on in places, but the series really pays off. If you enjoy the first book then you'll likely love the series.

btp, to random
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I hope this toot finds you well.

proactiveservices,
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@btp "despite the fact it's no longer 1946"

bring back the polite missive prologue.

mike, to random
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Me favorite question of the morning so far:

Coworker: This automation is supposed to run every Monday. Why did it run today and not yesterday?

Me: Today is Monday.

proactiveservices,
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@mike "This is meant to run every fourth Sunday, why didn't it run yesterday?"

"Because yesterday was the fifth Sunday of the month."

18+ proactiveservices, to random
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Updating my "Emoji Shitlist" filter because geez, so much spam in the local timeline.

proactiveservices,
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@RL_Dane I think the current Mastodon Web UI makes it easy to miss a thread (especially when properly-formatted), so don't mind the thread one too much :-)

...unless it should be a blog post.

proactiveservices,
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@kim
a) absolutely agree, b) sometimes that's me, sorry

@RL_Dane

proactiveservices,
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@RL_Dane
Mastodon's a microblogging platform, 500 characters is already a bit much IYAM. A better platform would be one for long-form posts like write.as.
@kim

travisfw, to random
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    proactiveservices,
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    @travisfw The BBC podcast "Sliced Bread" (which asks "is product X or service Y the best thing since sliced bread?") did an episode on this recently - and concluded that in many cases, dishwashers are more efficient.

    krosylight, to random
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    Me sending email: taking an hour to polish every detail and I'm still not confident but I had to click that send button

    proactiveservices,
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    @krosylight -> 90% of the words in the email still get ignored.

    data_from_space, to cycling
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    Lost my bike key, so I pushed my bike home for 20 min with the back wheel lifted like a . No one cares, it's surprisingly not that noticable. 5 min metal sawing and the lock is gone. Thought about but my key is gone anyways.

    proactiveservices,
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    @data_from_space I once had to wheel my bike three kilometres with the front wheel lashed to the rear rack, after the skewer sheared off. Bicycles are not comfortable when used in this configuration!

    spiralganglion, to random
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    To whoever needs to hear this:

    Your blog is better without an image than with an AI-generated one. I came here to read your words — let them stand for themselves!

    If you must use an image, and some soulless AI mockery would suffice, do this instead:

    Step outside, and take a photo of wherever you are.

    Include a lot of sky, if you can.

    This implicit "here's where I am" is a better reflection of your work than whatever midjourney or stable diffusion would splort out.

    proactiveservices,
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    @spiralganglion especially when your blog post is about people deserve to be paid for their work.

    benjojo, to random
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    Seeing a MDNS packet for _ipp._tcp.local over a internet exchange fabric and wondering how you even begin to explain on a A4 sheet how you managed to print to someones printer

    proactiveservices,
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    @benjojo
    ...more reliably than they can.

    bagder, to random
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    I don't think there are any magic tricks or silver bullets for how to stay sane and not burn out as an open source maintainer with your code running in billions of devices.

    https://un.curl.dev/life/stay-sane

    proactiveservices,
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    @bagder
    Succict to the degree that it's clear that this comes from many years of experience.

    benc, to random
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    i've become the type of guy that writes page long commit messages

    proactiveservices,
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    @benc
    I didn't have time to write a short commit message, so I wrote a long one instead."
    -- Mark Twain

    ipg, to random
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    We need more people with bad internet. Im talking bird shit on the satellite dish type networking. We dialing in on a chewed up phone line. Call it espionage the way im dropping these packets. Baud rate tied to my hearts BPM. Im starting a small business on McDonalds Free Wi-Fi. I dont send JSON, I give my buddy Jason a call and he gets it where its going. Im moving different. Lag so bad the opps think Im teleporting. My downloads arrive on a UPS delivery schedule. Got a router running off three triple-A batteries. We rigged up wifi with walkie talkies.

    proactiveservices,
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    @ipg
    1/8th duplex, my packets route in imperial and my cables need passing places, don't need QoS when each frame is taught to be polite and stand aside to let the other pass, they sign the guestbook before crossing layers

    CmdrTaco, to random
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    Filling in film gaps, last night saw Dark Star (1974) and wow was that a trip. The alien, the reveal of the captain, and the finale… the dated effects made it even better

    proactiveservices,
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    @CmdrTaco The first rewatch is even better after a drink or two!

    proactiveservices,
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    @dammitjanet
    back to back with Galaxy Quest for bonus points
    @CmdrTaco

    i_lost_my_bagel, to random
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    i got rid of the www subdomain for my website. It was causing too many issues.

    proactiveservices,
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    @i_lost_my_bagel s/issues/visitors/

    proactiveservices, to random
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    "Whatever dirty MS tool you use on Windows to process images, don't."

    Preach.

    proactiveservices, to RegEx
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    Never forget the Golden Rule of .

    https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/commit/2a01cbb2dbf515ae82f43387a644a4f1481996e5#diff-472bad2d0dfaca97da80e4e228c1347ec3cc5058c51463fe6015be349e2c9402

    foo, to random
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    Idle thought: growing up in the 80s/90s, I remember muffler shops everywhere. And there were ads all over TV/newspaper/yellow pages for them.

    I have never had a muffler fail, ever. That includes two <2000 cars (1986 Chevrolet Caprice wagon, 1993 Plymouth Duster), but I didn't have either very long. Were mufflers just a consumable back then? Was there some breakthrough in muffler reliability circa 1995?

    proactiveservices,
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    @foo Similar goes for me but dry cleaning. I don't own any clothes fancy or expensive enough to need the dry cleaners, I wouldn't even know why to take an item there, heh. "This pair of jeans is ready for its six-monthly cold wash, I guess."

    proactiveservices, to random
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    "To ensure there are no issues processing your order, please enter your address only in UTF-8 / Latin characters."

    Or you could make your basic shopping page...just work?

    proactiveservices,
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    @srtcd424 Yeah, and they simply cannot be asking this of anyone. Who would have any idea what these mean? Pretty much tech people, that's who.

    proactiveservices,
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    @ghawkins Cuneiform, you say?

    jordan_kendrick, to random
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    Later

    proactiveservices,
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    @jordan_kendrick I just caught up on this news and holy moly. I'm so glad I'm a stick-in-the-mud and am still clutching traditional hosting providers.

    apps, to random
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    #Fedilab 3.28.2 has been published.

    Added:

    • Display a QR code on profiles

    Fixed:

    • Fix tap on messages in conversations
    • Long pronouns taking too much place
    proactiveservices,
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    @apps "Long pronouns taking too much place" you should be careful making such a statement on the Fedi ;-)

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