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vees, to random
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So if every app, web browser, password manager, and chat tool on Windows announces itself as displaying DRM-restricted content (even if they aren't), they can insulate themselves from the screenshots? Seems too easy.

vees, to diy
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#DIY #Repair advice wanted:

We have this accordion/sliding door in our house. The circled spring-loaded peg on the bottom of the door (matching the one on top) got pushed all the way into the frame through the particle board. How would I replace it in a way that’ll last?

SlicerDicer,

@vees jam in a shitload of toothpicks with glue then redrill. Thats what I would do.

Basic idea make new wood. Then you can just cut it off with a die grinder or something. make the smooth before drill. Should do the trick. USE LOTS OF GLUE if you are really worried get a bag of sawdust +glue and then just make more particle board and keep packing it in the hole with a allen key of correct size. Many options just do what feels right you can always redrill and add more. Fill it with shit basically so it cant punch back through.

Glue is the ring that binds this.

vees, to random
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I feel like I get more phishing exercise emails than actual phishing attempts, but that's probably a good thing.

enthraxxx,
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@vees
The fun part is being able to tell them apart.
Feels like a real job: fake spam e-mail copywriter.

vees, to random
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Passed by a billboard in Delaware for a weight-loss surgery group advertising their “Bariatric Friday” livestream on YouTube and all I can think is how disappointed I am that they had a chance to call it “Vendredi gras” and didn’t.

vees, to random
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How old is epistolary.org? When you used to get paper receipts from InterNIC in the mail old.

ai6yr,

@vees My oldest domain is about that old, LOL.

vees, to random
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I miss userland tildes in URLs. We should have brought them back for the Fediverse.

vees,
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@eheisman Right? Like amazing software or an explanation of how prime factorization works in basic Perl

derickr,
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@vees @eheisman Counter example: https://downloads.php.net/~windows

PHP good, but Windows binaries for it...

vees, to random
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As lovely as this day is I think the pollen is about to close my throat completely and chase me inside.

shekinahcancook, (edited )
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@vees

Yeah, my window is open, and my allergies are not happy.

vees, to random
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Son's rock tumbler has found a home on a sound dampening mat inside the backyard shed. Could not imagine trying to find a home for this cacophonous machine anywhere in our living space.

vees,
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@CindySue I'm just as excited as he is to see the results, and just glad I have that outdoor area available to me.

CindySue,
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@vees They're cool. The rocks come out amazingly.

vees, to random
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Even as a cis white male "legal name vs. preferred name" is still a minefield.

I use "Rob" for everything personal and professional, but "Robert" for everything legal and contractual. Several government agencies won't let me use Rob in any context since that's not my legal name so everybody in those Zoom meetings calls me "Robert" (I'm getting used to it).

Meanwhile, my company just accidentally sent a name update to the insurance company with "Rob" as my legal name so now my policy won't match my license when I go into the doctor. Can't wait to see how that nets out.

vees, to random
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I just realized my kids put clean glassware away in the cupboard right side up. I always put them upside down so that dust settles on the outside and not the bottom. Now I’m not sure if that’s weird or not.

ai6yr,

@kc2ihx @vees We do that with used canning jars here (waiting for the next time we can something), for exactly that reason... nothing is worse than scrubbing dust off the bottom inside of a jar.

shekinahcancook,
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@vees

I always store glasses upside down, for the same reason. It's not sanitary to store them so dirt, bugs, and aerosols can get in them.

vees, to random
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This gem just came through my LinkedIn feed.

Please don't teach kids about EBITDA. Teach them about unions, collectives, and revolution. Then when they finally learn about value extraction from worker exploitation they'll realize how unnatural it is.

I was 35 before a CFO explained EBITDA to meand I'm still bitter that it's something taking up space in my brain.

ai6yr,

@vees 😂

We need to enhance this series...
"RICO Explained To Kids"
"LEGAL TAX AVOIDANCE Explained To Kids"
"California WARN - Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Explained To Kids"

vees, to random
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When I bought a rabbit's foot keychain at my elementary school craft fair in the 80s, what are the chances it was from an actual rabbit?

artandtechnic,
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@vees 100%

vees, to random
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Society: "The five day workweek is outdated."

Samsung: "We totally agree."

Samsung employees: "Wait, what?"

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24133854/samsung-six-day-executive-workweeks-crisis-management

foon,
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@vees @divya the “for executives” qualifier is pretty important here! In short: fuck ‘em; in long: if anyone is going to work too much, may as well be the people with make believe jobs who get all the profits.

vees, to random
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How do I opt out of the new weird icon in my Windows 11 search input box every week? I'm trying to focus on code here and this cartoon bat is not making it easy.

enthraxxx,
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@vees Hopefully adressed in this Ars Texhnica article.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/

I'd go to the section "Other settings changes (or, “stop suggesting things to me”)"

enthraxxx,
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@vees Windows as a nuisance is such a perfect name for Windows 11.

vees, to random
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Every few days my work Thinkpad wakes up from sleep and says "I've never seen this docking station before in my life" and nothing short of a full reboot will change that.

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