evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net
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Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
@gsuberland they just said "dandelions" to me.
entirely fair. about the only things I won't kill.
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Microsoft Defender is detecting legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, resulting in widespread false-positive alerts, and in some cases, removing certificates from Windows.
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@eclectech a grocery store near me has an aisle sign for "international tomato", to which I always mentally add "of mystery"
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"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, simply surrounded by assholes." ––William Gibson
@eclectech I misread that as "FreeForm" and was interested to see what trifles they had comitted
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@evilstevie @meltedcheese @mjd sometimes I can fix my wife's computer problems just by walking into the room. She says her laptop is afraid of me 😆😅
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@evilstevie @meltedcheese I carry a full set of bits also, a zero *and* a one.
@meltedcheese @mjd when called upon for tech support I carry a Leatherman, full set o' bits and the hope that this time I'll get to actually see the problem. rarely do.
oddly that seems to work for software too.
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A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND
@anon_opin the phrase "try it once" has to mean just that, not "you tried it, now eat it again even though you hated the taste"
that way you can expand to other stuff bit by bit, but you still end up with requests for some horrible beige stuff anyway
@mjd hahahahaha I can assure you that every deskside/support engineer who hears "oh, it's working now. it always works when you are watching it" has an internal monologue along the lines of 'please stop working so I can disassemble or replace you' aimed at that bit of kit. the computer knows it might find out and that is why it pauses in its fuckery at that time.
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Damn. Ding ding ding ding. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXw3DgiKWg1/
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Still feeling wonky after getting dental work done, so for today please enjoy this May Day-themed image of Bigbot from a calendar a few years back.
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This is the most specific job I have ever seen sharing it on the off chance one of you know someone who:
- Is UK based
- Looking for flexible, part time work
- Has an academic/research background
- Wants to build a research grants program
- Loves hedgehogs 🦔🦔🦔
https://www.ecologyjobs.co.uk/job/research-manager-british-hedgehog-preservation-society-bhps/
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I should not have to spend any of my time keeping an organisation like Palantir out of the NHS. This should be a given on national security grounds alone, but for many more reasons beyond that. Unbelievable honestly
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"The Mastodon time line is empty and boring"
Listen, I posted the picture of a couple of poorly panted Warhammer miniatures, got a few likes, looked at who liked it and followed those who seemed to boost a lot, and now I am awash of photos of gorgeously painted miniatures!
Your timeline is as alive (or dead) as you make it!
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Die wirklich wichtigen Dinge gehen immer fast unter:
Heute wäre Sir Terry Pratchett 78 Jahre alt geworden.
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@mattround oh no it has gone rogue
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At some point the corporations realized that Clarke's logic works in reverse, and any sufficiently advanced sleight of hand is indistinguishable from technology
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Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
