tantramar

OldAndCranky, 1 day ago to random

anyone else have constant self criticism in their head and how the fuck do you make it go away?

tantramar, 1 day ago to random

Someone pointed out on a podcast recently that in the metric system, there are units — metres, grams, litres, etc. — and that all multi-unit prefixes are Greek (deca, kilo, mega) while all sub-unit prefixes (deci, centi, milli) are Latin. (Yes, since 1935 there have been exceptions… still.)

I’ve been using the metric system since I was 6 and never noticed this.

🤯 #metric

tantramar, 1 day ago to apple

To troubleshoot a 3rd-party software issue, its lead developer/company owner (who has a beyond-stellar reputation and, despite having a number of employees, is handling my ticket personally) has asked me to move their app’s Application Support folder out of iCloud Drive.

It’s only about 3 MB (though 9000+ files).

“How long could that take?” you may ask.

Allow me to present iCloud Drive.

Last attempt fizzled out after an hour, throwing some sort of system alert. #Apple #iCloudDrive

cecton, 1 day ago to random

When you're expecting a still image

(not sure where this came from)

(spent a great deal of time in the alt text lol)

Still picture of Boromir from Lord of the Rings, in the scene from the meme "one does not simply" There is text on top that says: "When you're expecting a still image" After a few seconds, the image animates, you can see Boromir nopping with the head and you can read "It is a gif..."

tantramar, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

@pcalc @jamesthomson PCalc sighting in the wild — (fellow New Brunswicker) Matthias Wandel doing some quick number crunching on his 1.7 million-follower YouTube account (“An Engineer's approach to woodworking”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tqNmV8KaZU&t=1m56s

writerethink, 2 days ago to animals

Big stretch!! #CatsOfMastodon

Ronnie, 2 days ago to random

I’ll just be over here losing followers as I repeatedly post CAKE lyrics.

lisa, 2 days ago to random

Today I submitted my name and gender change paperwork to county superior court.

GULP! 😬

Sure, over the last year I've completely rewired my endocrine system, grown breasts, had my testicles removed along with a LOT of my facial and pubic hair. 🤷‍♀️

But this!? This bureaucratic formality seems like a big fucking deal for some strange reason. I'm still kind of numb that I actually went through with it.

So, in about two months I will legally be a female person named Elizabeth Anne Melton. 😮

Isn't that awesome? 🥰

Then, of course, the real paper chase will start with Social Security, the DMV, the State Department, various insurance companies and banks and (Jay-Zus!) I'm already tired thinking about it. 🤦‍♀️

Transition just never stops, does it?

tantramar, 2 days ago to animals

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T_hD188jbaU #blackcatsofmastodon #CatsofMastodon #LaVieEnRose

GrumpusNation, 2 days ago to random

Burn in hell, you "invalid phone number" fuck. Do your fucking job and format it yourself, or give me a fucking clue how you want it, you lazy PoS fuck. This is fucking web 101 and you fucking failed.

iuculano, 2 days ago to random

Via #JonCooper

Just like #Trump chickened out in the end after he swore he’d testify at his trial, he’ll NEVER #debate #Biden. Trump knows that without a teleprompter he can’t string two sentences together. If he debates, he’ll drop 10 points in the polls. Trust me, he’ll come up with SOME excuse.

futurebird, 2 days ago to random

She likes to rest on this bookshelf so she can look us in the eye when we exit the shower.

She peers around the door frame. Two triangle ears and a little plaintiff face.
My husband peers around the door and he and Pica are eye to eye in a staring contest.
Pica won. She sits front paws neatly draped in front of her queen of the bookshelf.

mudboot, 3 days ago to random

saying goodbye to this sweet boy tomorrow.

tantramar, 3 days ago to random

“Looking for an alternative to Big Grocery? Moncton woman has a map for that” | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-online-alternative-groceries-map-1.7203870 #BoycottLoblaws

Waitnwallflower, 5 days ago to random

Omg
Our stupid work systems are adding to my stress level by sending me an email telling me if I don't complete past due trainings it will kick me out of the systems within now 6 days.
When I look at the trainings, it is for the introduction to a system that I've been working in since it's inception more than 6 years ago. It's a series of trainings that does not identify how long each block will take, cannot be at all skipped through, and must be physically manned to click "next" for each slide after a voice reads through the entirety of each slide. The 2nd one asks me if I want to pick up where I left off and when I say yes, it says 'congrats you completed'.
There is no contact information for me to say, "look, let's be practical here, I've literally been more than proficient in this system for more than 6 years, why am I being tapped to do exhaustive trainings that I clearly do not need, 6 years later?"

I'm so emotional right now, I want to shout "Lock me out of the systems. I dare you at this point. I actually dare you."

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