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samir, to random
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So, are there any alternative iOS app stores yet?

Any worth checking out?

samir,
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@ross Cool! Any particular apps you’d recommend?

ross,
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@samir I’m not in the EU so 🤷

I know AltStore has the Delta Emulator (also on regular App Store now) and a popular clipboard manager.

samir, to random
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Discord seems to be down, so I went to Twitter to see if they were posting anything. (Their status page is not that helpful.)

I'm not logged into Twitter, so here's what I see: a bunch of posts, out of order, with the first non-pinned one from September last year.

So even if they're posting, I'll never know, because Twitter can't even put a feed in reverse-chronological order any more. And of course, I can't see replies.

Why is anyone using this thing to disseminate information any more?

samir, to random
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Two-year-old saw a sticker with a cassette tape.

“It’s a lunchbox!”

Excuse me while I go pre-order my retirement home.

samir, to random
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I am so fucking tired.

I think I’m sick but my brain won’t actually acknowledge it, so while I’m exhausted and my back hurts, I keep doing my thing.

(Well, I also have a small kid who does not truly understand what “Papa is sick” means. That is not their fault, though.)

I would love to sleep, but I can’t even do that. Brain is busy.

Someone tell me how to turn it off. Please.

samir,
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I appreciate all the thoughtful, sensible replies.

I just ate a bag of chocolate instead. That’s equivalent, right?

grrrr_shark,
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@samir Yes, yes it is. <3

samir, to random
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Desktop software peaked with Winamp 2.
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@danielalbu/112308507122233683

samir, to random
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People in Switzerland: where do companies sell their old hardware?

I’d happily take a couple of old servers rather than buying a new one, but I have no idea where to look.

fj,
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@samir I buy and sell on anibis.ch and www.ricardo.ch

samir, to random
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Sleep is just VACUUM FULL for your brain.

tosbourn,
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@samir unfortunately I wake up with the exact same error "WARNING: VACUUM FULL"

samir, to random
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People who stand on escalators without looking at their phone: who are you, and more importantly, how do I get in touch with your therapist?

kellogh,
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@samir MMJ makes the world more interesting

samir, to random
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Pro tip: if you’re going to do a massive fraud, try to avoid defrauding rich white people, or they’ll set their goons on you.

Play it safe. Defraud poor people instead.
https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/112174096831107064

samir,
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@kellogh It’s been the motto of American TV priests for a long time now!

kellogh,
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@samir The Priests of Financial Fraud, as we call them

samir, to random
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I’m on holiday, and I just wanna be at my computer with my headphones on and the world turned off.

ross,
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@samir I'm at my computer with my headphones on and the world turned off, and I just wanna be on holiday! :-)

kellogh,
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@samir yo that’s incredible. the flowers are a nice touch

samir, to random
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I'm trying zellij to replace tmux and while it is very cool, seems stable, and I love how it shows me all the commands so I can learn its keystrokes… they're all based on Ctrl.

How does anyone get anything done with this thing and also use vim or emacs?

I'm going to have to come up with my own completely custom commands to make it usable. Or just go back to tmux commands.

kellogh,
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@samir iTerm2 has tmux integration so i don’t even know any tmux anything beyond how to connect. it’s all just regular iTerm2

samir, to random
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I am surrounded by microphones that I just trust to stay off.

This seems wrong.

romeu,
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romeu,
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@samir @romeu Taylor Swift thinking about how any headphone is also a microphone

samir, to random
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If I could make one arbitrary, sweeping policy change, I would ban chairs in schools.

I’m completely serious. Chairs are terrible, and we teach children to use them way too early. And then we’re surprised when people grow up sedentary and with perennial backache.

Chairs are designed for a single, unchanging height. The result is people learn to sit very poorly. Too tall? You end up sitting cross-legged and destroying your ankles. Too short? Say goodbye to your posture.

samir,
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Ten years ago, @mathiasverraes told me (in a room full of people), “Stand up. You can’t think when you’re sitting.” It’s so true. To think, you need to move. To pace, to gesticulate, to breathe.

Chairs are the worst.

samir,
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Just realised that this whole Return To Office bollocks is the same as forcing kids into seats.

It’s not about productivity, it’s about control.

samir, to random
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Off to do a placement test for a German language school.

I’m really hoping I have accidentally assimilated much more German than I am aware of.

mlevison,
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@samir have fun

grrrr_shark,
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@samir Good luck :)

samir, to random
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Hot take: it is normal and rational to accept a job at a company you dislike, or in a field you are morally against, when the alternative is not having a job.

At the end of the day, you have to eat, and the society most of us live in says that you only get to eat if you have a job.

samir,
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@Pagan_Animist Everyone’s got a hard line. But the soft lines tend to disappear once your savings have gone and you have mouths to feed.

Pagan_Animist,
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@samir

Oh, I know.
Believe me.

I’d do a LOT to keep my family fed.

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