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i would like the people who are like "who needs content warnings just opt out using filters" to know that i am now on my 7th spelling of "us politics" for my filters
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@raganwald I prefer to think of it as the tension between β€œconsideration for others” and β€œmaking someone else do the work”
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I have a messenger bag that I typically carry around with me. Sometimes things go in there and I forget about them.

Katy was looking for something and discovered that for some reason I had put our marriage certificate in there. The last time I needed the physical certificate was years ago, so it must've been sitting in there and I've just been carrying it around with me unknowingly for quite some time.

I imagine I should probably find a better place for it.

I should probably also go through it to see what else I've put in there and forgotten about.



Me: I like math because its answers are unambiguous and not up for debate. Two plus two is always four.

Finite fields: Oh really?



In what may be the first time in the history of the world that anyone has done this, I just managed to use super glue without getting any on my fingers.


meta: on CWs

I've stated before that I'm not the CW police and I'm not going to dictate how others should use them, but if you're looking for a general guideline on when you might consider using them, this seems a reasonable guide:


Time to trot out this old thing:


GHCup: Because #Haskell apparently needs a package manager for its various package management systems.


I'm an idiot.

I was trying to install #Haskell on a machine and thought the installer was taking a really long time. In my defense, the last line of text was:

Installation may take a while.

It sat at this stage for over an hour while I did other stuff, because I hadn't bothered to read the previous line:
Press ENTER to proceed or ctrl-c to abort.
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It's not you, it's bad design. The prompt should always be the final line of output.


I find that hlint is a great tool for pointing out where your code can be improved, but sometimes its suggestions are... interesting. Case in point, it just recommended changing
map (\(a, b) -> {- ...stuff... -}) $ zip as bs

to
zipWith (curry (\(a, b) -> {- ...stuff... -})) as bs

instead of
zipWith (\a b -> {- ...stuff... -}) as bs


*sitting at my desk*

Why is there no music in my headset?

Oh.

*restarts the aNONradio stream that I stopped when I stepped out for a moment, and goes back to doing other stuff*

*~60 seconds pass*

Wait, there's still no music.

*Selects the correct audio output device.*

Isn't ADHD fun?



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Today is like Christmas for social engineering scammers posing as IT support.

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Has anyone else been having troubles getting updates from @The Tor Project's #Debian repository? The signing key seems to be expired.

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there is a lot of crappy and lazy journalism about this, a lot of outlets reported it as Microsofts fault and some said it was a cyber attack.
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@irelephant it probably wasn’t a cyberattack. My post was a joke though, riffing on a famous Arthur C Clark quote - perhaps you missed the reference? "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

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No one is getting fired over this, right?

Correct. HR systems are down too.
😬

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Income inequality is an abstract concept sometimes hard to visualize, except when a Downtown Brooklyn thrift store needs to employ 3 full-time security guards, one at the main door and two at the drop-off door.
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@A Sweet Gentleman Today was quiet on the sidewalk in front of the thrift store, probably because of the heat, but usually there are several unlicensed merchants selling second-hand wares out of a sheet right in front of the thrift store.
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@A Sweet Gentleman It's close, but Goodwill is way more corporate than the private Parisian flea markets, which makes the contrast with the sidewalk peddlers even more marked.


I wonder how many times I'm going to have to re-learn how to use lenses in #Haskell.


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Just gonna annoy everyone everywhere #Mastodon

$390/$600
Raised for the Hotel

**$210 PAST DUE**

-$409 July Deficit

$516/$5135 Raised Monthly Goal

paypal.com/pools/c/95QQ4pjMMq

ko-fi.com/sabilewsounds

I'm fucking #hungry
and can't even make anything because I'm exhausted!!!

#Urgent #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid saves lives #PovertyKills #Poverty ia winning

Don't let this #facist system kill me and my mom and my #bunny

Buy a damn shirt they on sale

sabilewmerch.threadless.com

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Mormonism, mention of suicide

Mormon apologists: Maybe the reason the teen suicide rate in Utah is so high is because of the altitude.

Me: That feels like bad planning on God's part when he told Brigham Young to settle there, doesn't it?



I can't wrap my brain around how it can have rained all day long and still feel so hot.


PSA: If you are in a group and there exists one or more individuals within that group who must not be criticized under any circumstance, you are in a cult.


uspol
A while ago, I set filters on the words Biden and Trump, so I'm just now learning about the events of the 13th.
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uspol

You know what might've helped?

Gun control laws.

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uspol
Doubt it, unless by "Gun Control" you mean confiscating firearms from Republicans.


Got an oscilloscope as a late birthday present. One of the features listed on the box is "firmware updates".

Why on earth would an oscilloscope need firmware updates? It's an oscilloscope.

Next up: learn how to use an oscilloscope. πŸ™ƒ

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I would worry an "update" might be an anti-root patch to prevent owners from adding features and higher sampling rates found in much more expensive models


Wait, there's been more than one season of #FLCL since 2018. How am I only learning this now?
#FLCL


Why is it taking like eighty cops to pull someone over in front of our building?
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It's ridiculous isn't it? It's like every traffic stop requires a swat team.
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@Spacegoat From what I overheard it sounds like it was a drug bust. They hauled the driver away and eventually towed the car after a bunch of them turned it inside out.


We have to order @Benny's food from the vet because he's on a prescription diet. Tried using their on-line ordering option. We ordered his food a week ago. It just arrived this morning.

We just got tracking now.

Thanks. That's helpful.



@wing Been meaning to give Jellyfin a go ever since you and Hex mentioned it. Finally got around to it. You'll be happy to know that the first video I tested it with was, in fact, Big Buck Bunny.
@wing
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haha, very good ^_^ One day I do intend to actually watch that to completion

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πŸ”– Microsoft destroyed my online life after I called home to Gaza: Palestinians calling home to Gaza on Skype have had their digital lives destroyed, after Microsoft closed their email accounts without warning | BBC News bbc.com/news/articles/cger582w… #BookmarkShare

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I hate when people talk about hobby tools as like "if you value your time"

1) fixing is a skill you should hone
2) fixing can be fun
3) hobbies are not something to optimize

Discussing valuing someone's time spent on hobbies in dollars is the worst grindset babble imaginable

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I sell products ready-assembled, and do-it-yourself kits for building the same products. Some of my customers buy the kits because they really like building kits, and that's great.

But others buy the kits because they think they're entitled to the finished product at a lower price, and they begrudge every second of effort they must put into building the kit. Those people really exist and they are the market for tools that purport to save "the value of your time."

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@Matthew Skala Yeah, that's valid. If you're doing it to save money - that's fine.

But this is a criticism of the *argument*, not the sale. People can and should sell preassembled things, kits, and more! Not everyone wants to build! But if someone is building on purpose, don't tell them to value their time.


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programming languages are actually a massive distraction from the main job of a programmer, which is to weep

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STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING!!!

A trailer for the Sierra On-Line documentary has just dropped!

It features both Ken and Roberta Williams – the founders of the most important PC gaming company ever. Certainly, it was the most influential American gaming company after Atari.

Roberta Williams was a huge influence on me and millions of children who primarily gamed on PCs. She brought us King’s Quest, Laura Bow, Phantasmagoria, and a host of beautiful PC gaming classics. To me, she was as good of a game designer as Shigeru Miyamoto.

I wish Sierra still existed. I miss the magic that they created.

youtube.com/watch?v=0WqaPCJRwk…

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I have come dangerously close to allowing myself to run out of coffee.

This will not do.




There seem to have been a lot of extreme weather warnings for my area recently. It's almost like the climate is changing or something.

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Nobody hates computers as much as someone who loves computers.

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So a new job opportunity didn't pan out because it caused me a meltdown and a depressive episode the likes of which I haven't felt since the last worst day of my life.

This means I will be trying to find work that doesn't trigger all my mental health problems at once, which is going to be so so much harder. I am disabled and unqualified for most things.

It would save me if I started getting sales more regularly than once every couple months. If you (yes, you!) would be interested in buying a crocheted *anything,* whether I have it in my store or not, please hit me up!!! I will do requests!!! I can also do embroidery!! I can embroider a penis if you want!!!

Please boost my posts and give me a follow and think about if you'd like to buy something. I'm feeling... so bad right now. So so bad. So so so bad.

#actuallyautistic #disability #DisabilityPrideMonth #depression

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Can anyone in Waterloo region recommend a place (such as a coffee shop) where one can just sit down with a book for a while? I don't mind if I have to buy a coffee or something. Just looking for a change of scenery.

There's always the library, but the nearest one to me is in a high school, and I feel weird about loitering around there.

#kwawesome #wrawesome

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I like Stockyards Coffee in Catalyst 137 (Glasgow near Belmont). There’s some other seating around the building in addition to the coffee shop



"Another person who won't debate me because they can't handle my arguments."

No friend, another person who won't debate you because you're freaking exhausting and I just can't be bothered... but you keep telling yourself that.

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