Money left to me when one died has made my life tremendously easier. It’s unfair, really, and I had a lot of complicated feelings about it but worked through them in therapy.
Ah, fuck, I’m out. It’s one of the only languages I haven’t learned. Were this a post seeking Sanskrit, Mayan, Akkadian, or High Valyrian language speakers, I’d be just the right candidate.
Pop quiz: which of the above is not a historical language? If you guessed Klingon, your reading comprehension skills are for shit. The answer is English. It’s completely made up and only appears in Fantasy genre stories – along with birds and flying spaghetti monsters and hobbits.
Wow, I’m really bored at work, I guess. Glad it’s Friday. Hope you all have a nice weekend.
I hate it when one person tries to dominate the tech forum that I peruse. Every time, I think to myself, "you realize this stops being interesting when you reply to every single comment, right?" But I know they don't have that level of self-awareness so I keep it to myself.
Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.
A podcast that I listen to had discount rates when ads hadn’t been filled. I took out an ad talking about how I had no product or service to sell. It was a hilariously funny private joke for me and the guy who approved / read the ad. I doubt anyone else enjoyed it as much, but at the discount rate, it was completely worth it.
I think maybe I paid $150 at the time. The podcast was Grumpy Old Geeks. I'm not aware of them running any discounts now, but you never know if they'd cut you a break if you reach out. Podcast advertising has apparently been pretty dried up since the pan.
Ha, you just made me look it up in my inbox. Here's the ad copy:
Hello Listeners!
This is not an ad. Grumpy Old Geeks are selling ads at a discount, so I bought this slot. I have no product or service to sell.
I hate ads. Don't you hate ads? I just saved you from having to hear or skip an ad! You're welcome!
If you aren't running an ad-blocker in your browser… what's wrong with you?! If you aren't subscribed to GoG to avoid ads via the private feed… that's your call. But I'll never hear this because my stream is ad-free. I never thought I'd pay for marketing, but this seemed like a fun idea. Also, check out the fediverse.
Deliveroo, Fuckers!
Love,
Your pal, another listener.
It ran for $125. It appeared in the episode after 2023-06-27, based on my email correspondence with one of the hosts. So whichever one was next after that.
Had someone verify that wifi was working because he could see his neighbors' networks. Airplane Mode was enabled. Dunno what he thought he saw.
Same thing with a colleague. The guy told him that he was definitely connected to wifi. It took a lot of probing to confirm that wasn't true.
Some people just can't provide valid feedback nor follow simple instructions. I kinda feel like those individuals shouldn't be allowed to use computers to do their jobs. If you can't master just pass the basics, sorry. Here's a pencil and a pad of paper. You can either work the longer way or you can consciously put in the effort to learn this stuff enough for us to help you when you need it.
My own father, who had a doctorate in mechanical engineering: "Now click the Apple menu." "What's that?" "It's the menu that's an Apple logo in the top left corner of the screen." "I don't have that." "Yes, you definitely have that." "No, I don'… oh there it is."
I'm not calling anyone stupid. More that I'm saying people convince themselves that they can't learn and then shut down.
Insightful. I was commenting about a VIP wrt a power dialog on a mobile device and posited that the reason they didn't understand a thing must be that they don't read before dismissing it. I would even say that's half of 1% of their attention and that makes complete sense. The other 99.5% is focused on the things they consider more important.
Wow. It's so easy to get that info from a web search that I'd argue that the response is evidence of the person not doing their job. Good on your wife for calling bullshit and the same for the higher ups who defended her position.
Hopefully they’re really good at bringing money into the company, because their ability to save labor money for the company is abysmal.
I was asked to drive 80m to reboot a device when I'd said the previous day that rebooting would fix it (it was a phone; there's almost no real troubleshooting on the platform). I kept quiet about how financially irresponsible the request was. When I got there, the phone was already turned off for other reasons. At least I got to listen to podcasts while I drove there and back.
Although Lemmy's userbase is quite large,it still is small enough that I do often see the same people in comment sections. It feels though, that I should recognise more names, because I can only remember around 5 individual ones.
A small handful. Especially those who post content a lot. But not a lot.
However, when reading comments, I only check usernames when I either strongly agree or disagree. Only outliers are identified; idle chat is visually anonymized by my having a very limited field of view.
Sometimes on Lemmy these seem like the only jobs that actually exist, but I'm sure there's a lot of people here with different and unusual lines of work.
That’s why I went backwards from SE back to IT. I enjoy working with people directly and helping them. It’s also a hell of a lot easier in terms of hours and crunches (we have no crunches).
Basically, I had to decide whether I wanted the money and “glamour” of working on a well-known hot project or to be generally happy with my life. I’m a lot happier now.
I got into a heated argument (preschool) about whether the car jumped or flew. My dumbass neighbors (my age and younger) contended that it flew. Their mother backed them up. I bet they turned out really fucked up with a parent who was willing to lie to them and distort reality rather than hit them with a dose of reality. I was super mad about it. And now look at me: I’m an atheist who believes in Leftwing politics, so I’d say that on the spectrum from reality to fucked, I turned out pretty ok. Hate to think how they must see the world today.
"In what kind of society can one openly advocate policies modeled on Hitler's conduct? In a society that feels complete impunity due to America's protection," one foreign policy expert said....
Rush bragged about how Bush senior carried his bags when he stayed at the White House. He had tremendous political power whether he could command troops (like the PotUS / congress) or not.
What truly sucks about misaligned incentives in any environment is the impediment to science overall when people chase bad results trying to replicate false results.
I hope this isn't the prelude to a decline. I just ordered my third Pi over the weekend. It should arrive today. I'd hate to see the platform squandered by "make number go up" types.
I ordered a BananaPi board years ago but then life took me places where I didn't have time or energy to follow up. I've recently rejoined the hobbyist homelab market, so I've quite interested. I'd read that drivers could be an issue with non-Pi boards but haven't ever found out. Which boards / companies are recommendation-worthy at the moment?
Asking twice because two people had similar replies and I'm looking for feedback, not because I want to spam the thread.
I recently acuired a secondhand NUC8I5BEH and installed proxmox on it. But it randomly is unreachable from my LAN. There are no errors in syslog. When I connect a monitor there is no signal. So the NUC seems crashed. The fan is spinning and the LAN lights are on....
Try following some of the advice in this thread. Hardware tests if the BIOS supports it. Maybe try underclocking or undervolting the CPU is BIOS supports that. If you can pull a RAM chip and test with just one, then test the chips individually in each slot, that'd be something worth trying. I'm shooting from the hip, but these are things that could help isolate a possible hardware issue.
I agree that the Oct 7 rape charges are bullshit, but you're misrepresenting the image you posted: it says there was no investigation and that one would be due to draw any conclusions.
Just adopted this little fella, welcome to the fam Sesam ! Was a bit afraid he wouldn't go well with our other kitten we already have, but 3 days in, they're already great friends, playing and sleeping together!...
I remember when I was trying to break into the Linux sysadmin role. Every job required 3-5y professional experience. I'd had a homelab for a while and was reasonably experienced with a number of things, but there was absolutely no willingness to bring on a newbie and train them up. It was super frustrating. How will I ever get any experience if you won't hire anyone without years of experience?
I had an in-person interview lined up after a phone interview went really well. However, I got offered a different position before the Linux interview was scheduled and I had to take it because I was unemployed and couldn't gamble on it not working out.
I just got back into virtualizing Linux instances on Proxmox (had been on ESXi before the Broadcom fuckery). I'm considering going that route again as of just very recently.
A new report commissioned by an industry lobby group on the federal government's proposed emissions cap stirred up strong reactions from both oil and gas supporters and environmental groups on Monday....
All right, everybody. Millionaire capitalists are in trouble. Let's all tighten our belts and ration even harder. We can't have them lose their private jets, huge McMansions, and fleets of sports cars. It's time to dig deep. Save the 1%!
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza for war crimes....
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones' remains....
Meh. I'd be less ok with it if massively-wealthy people weren't able to skirt taxes in life. Maybe get rid of it for people under a certain means. But even better, make the wealthy pay their fair share while they're alive.
Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web ( www.theverge.com )
Do your parents help you financially?
"This pillow is now the property of Staredycat Inc, Charlotte division" ( lemmy.world )
Stop use docker ( lemmy.world )
What did you routinely fall asleep listening to as a kid and what does it for you now?
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Looking for new Site Admins ( forms.gle )
Hey everyone,...
Elon Musk has another secret child with exec at his brain implant company ( www.theverge.com )
It was worth it ( sh.itjust.works )
Lemons(?) of Lemmy, what is something that feels so obvious to you that you just get lowkey pissed at the world for not knowing?
Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? ( old.lemmy.world )
Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.
It's the talk of the town ( lemmy.world )
Hipster Cat ( i.imgur.com )
Instructions were unclear:gotta be precise with that anotating tool ( unfufadoo.net )
Do you recognise any usernames on Lemmy?
Although Lemmy's userbase is quite large,it still is small enough that I do often see the same people in comment sections. It feels though, that I should recognise more names, because I can only remember around 5 individual ones.
If you don't work IT, retail, or food service what do you do for work?
Sometimes on Lemmy these seem like the only jobs that actually exist, but I'm sure there's a lot of people here with different and unusual lines of work.
And it just seemed like any other show. ( lemmy.world )
Israeli Politician Quotes Hitler to Argue for Resettlement of Gaza ( www.commondreams.org )
"In what kind of society can one openly advocate policies modeled on Hitler's conduct? In a society that feels complete impunity due to America's protection," one foreign policy expert said....
Elite researchers in China say they had ‘no choice’ but to commit misconduct ( www.nature.com )
Archived version...
Router scan
Today I scanned my router with routersploit. The scan ended and showed one vulnerability: eseries_themoon_rce....
Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns ( arstechnica.com )
"So the cop was tracking random people off social media using this incredibly invasive technology, on a pretty regular basis."...
Sleep tight. ( lemmy.world )
Roughly 5 Percent Of All Cybertrucks Are For Sale Online Right Now ( jalopnik.com )
People apparently don’t like their stupid trucks.
The OpenBSD folks are working on their own version control system, Game of Trees ( gameoftrees.org )
I didn't know about this and thought it interesting. Figured some others might as well.
Raspberry Pi is now a public company ( techcrunch.com )
Proxmox on NUC8I5BEH ( k.fe.derate.me )
I recently acuired a secondhand NUC8I5BEH and installed proxmox on it. But it randomly is unreachable from my LAN. There are no errors in syslog. When I connect a monitor there is no signal. So the NUC seems crashed. The fan is spinning and the LAN lights are on....
Defragged Zebra ( sh.itjust.works )
Inseparable brothers. We went to adopt one and came back with both. ( lemmy.ca )
Fenn and Sudo. (Yes. I am nerd and Sudo is "my" kitty.)
YSK: lemmy.ml is managed by tankies, and lead lemmy developer is a tankie
Lead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocide...
Israel reportedly used fake social media accounts to influence US lawmakers ( www.theverge.com )
I'm absolutely shocked that Israel would stoop so low. /s
Cuteness Overload? ( slrpnk.net )
Just adopted this little fella, welcome to the fam Sesam ! Was a bit afraid he wouldn't go well with our other kitten we already have, but 3 days in, they're already great friends, playing and sleeping together!...
Minimum ! ( jlai.lu )
Oil and gas lobby group says emissions cap could cost sector $75B in lost investment ( www.cbc.ca )
A new report commissioned by an industry lobby group on the federal government's proposed emissions cap stirred up strong reactions from both oil and gas supporters and environmental groups on Monday....
Neverminding the evidence to the contrary. ( lemmy.world )
Lifehack ( file.coffee )
International Criminal Court applied for arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza for war crimes ( www.bbc.com )
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza for war crimes....
In Canada, bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach ( www.reuters.com )
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones' remains....
That time PornHub Accidentally gave an Award to a Minor ( www.youtube.com )