Spent an embarrassing amount of time today looking for my glasses.
They were on my face.
You'd think that the fact that I could see would've tipped me off, but no.
So, I've started a new job. In said job, I'm editing a document which I've spent a couple hours working on. This is all being done in a browser.
I reach a point where I want to search backward through the text for a name, so my #emacs brain says, "Easy peasey, that's just C-r", which I press... reloading the page.
It's at this point I have a minor heart attack, and consider myself lucky that their web app frequently saves my work.
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It's a shame so much of the web relies on JavaScript these days. Otherwise, you could have used eww, and it would have done what you wanted!
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Got an email from our VPS provider today that there's been an ongoing outage. Things seem to still be running but limping along.
Hopefully things get resolved soon.
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Started my new job today. 😎
Lamanite to Self: A Native Reckoning with Mormonism – Radio Free Mormon
Lamanite to Self: A Native Reckoning with MormonismBill (Radio Free Mormon)
Why is it that my sunglasses can be smudged and I really don't give a shit, but I get one tiny piece of dust on my regular glasses and it drives me bananas?
@RobJE Yeah, I've got some heavy customizations. I put off the upgrades as long as possible because they give me anxiety. 🫠
To satisfy my own curiosity, what kind of customizations?
Upgrades break in weird ways when combining out of repository packages (franken debian) and changes to files that are in packages and not flagged as configuration are overwritten. Changed configuration files will generate a what to do prompt. AFAIK all other files are untouched.
I FREAKING PASSED MY EXAM!!!!!
BOO-YAH! 🥳🎉
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Chiasmus Destroyed! New BOM Research Changes Everything! RFM: 445 – Radio Free Mormon
Chiasmus Destroyed! New BOM Research Changes Everything! RFM: 445Radio Free Mormon
I've been studying my brains out for this stupid exam that I kept failing by one stupid question. I think I finally figured out what was failing me. Just like the prequalificaiton exam, I was rabbit holing on the wrong question.
With any luck, I will take—and pass—this exam tomorrow. Then I can actually start getting paid for my work.
Failed again, but I found a stupid mistake I made after the fact.
I just finished writing myself an emacs script to automatically catch such a mistake in the future. I'll give it another go tomorrow.
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Does the @Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 mobile app (Android or iOS) not have a search feature in its markdown editor? I can't seem to find it (which is a little ironic).
I'm getting closer and closer to passing the entrance exam for this job. I also learned a little tidbit about why they're always hiring: apparently, "AI-generated" transcripts are inadmissible in US courts.* As much as they might like to, they legally can't replace this job with AI.
Combine that with the very small overlap between people capable of passing this exam and people actually willing to jump through those hurdles, and you have glut of available work.
* At least for now. Give the techbro billionaire class time to keep eroding the US legal system, and who knows?
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So, the owner of the building we live in has hired a property management company to take over the building. I really hope this isn't a precursor to a renoviction.
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Mormon Mission Letters Home: RFM: 442 – Radio Free Mormon
Mormon Mission Letters Home: RFM: 442Radio Free Mormon
So, there was a post on the fedi about a project Johnny Harris was working on. Some people in that thread seemed to think that he was untrustworthy, even going so far as to posit that he might be a CIA asset. I had no idea why they believed this, but it was echoed by more than one person.
I am familiar with Johnny's work. He always seems to do a good job of citing his sources (at least to my casual inspection). I asked about this distrust but received no response. Perhaps they thought I was sealioning?
So, I'm asking here: Is there an actual valid reason to distrust him that I'm simply not aware of, or is just stemming from the fact that he likes to shine light on things that some would rather not have light shined on?
I just noticed the "criticism" section on the Wikipedia article. I'll have to have a closer look at that.
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@Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽 Well, there's an entrance exam for a job I need to study for so that I can continue to pay for internet (and by extension, access to thr VR). 🙃
Apparently the one I did earlier was only the prequalification exam.
I just saw a Wal-Mart greeter shrink wrapped to a chair, holding a jar, trying to raise $50 for... something I couldn't read.
Dear Wal-Mart,
You're a billion dollar multinational corporation paying your employees the least you can possibly get away with. Why is this necessary?
I have to leave my apartment and interact with other humans today, something I attempt to avoid at all costs. I must fill a travel mug with pu'er and bring it with me in an attempt to make this a tolerable experience.
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I'm done studying for my exam for the day. Now I can go back to studying fun things for a bit.
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#LambdaMOO: because testing in production is fun!
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Hey Fedi,
For those who don't know, my mother had a major #stroke a little over a month ago. We're very fortunate to live in a country (Canada) where we have free #healthcare, but as her discharge from the #hospital looms closer, we're having to raise funds to make #accessibility modifications to my parents' home so that she can return. Boosts are welcome (and appreciated).
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A warm welcome back to @Katy Lamothe who has had an account here forever, but is giving the fedi another go.
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Are there any #Lisp programmers out there who use a #ScreenReader? Given how messy Lisp can be to read without proper indentation (which I imagne wouldn't translate well on a screen reader) I can't see it is being an easy language to work in without being able to see it.
I've been thinking about a way to make an editor that lets you explore a Lisp program by walking through the forms in the program in a manner similar to the way one might navigate in a MUD. Is this a crazy idea, or one with some merit?
Isn't that kinda what Medley's ED (no relation) does? Or any outliner/structure editor would be a good model for sexpr editing.
@Dave Tenny Yeah, Emacs is what I use, and it's served me well, but I'm (mostly) sighted... as long as I'm wearing my glasses.
Okay, nobody breathe... our internet is connected again.
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Can anyone recmmend a FOSS solution for converting an .azw file to .epub on Debian that isn't Calibre?
I thought maybe pandoc could do it, but apparently not.
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What if—and this is perhaps crazy—instead of giving me "AI" features, you gave me a usable, well documented API, so I could add my own automation features?
Anna Liberty
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •the next level is looking for contacts you're wearing
Something I've never done I swear...
Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to Anna Liberty • •@Anna Liberty This is a thing I will never need to worry about. Contacts freak me the hell out.
You want me to put that in my eyeball!?
Hard pass.
Isaac Ji Kuo
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