thesystemisdown
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- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 3 weeks ago:
I like to go bottom up. If chocolate and coffee are off the menu, I’m not sure this life is worth continuing.
- Comment on Palpable Nonsense! 5 weeks ago:
Reminds me of Matt Berry as Lazlo in What we do in the Shadows.
- Comment on Car 5 weeks ago:
The last time I went to an oil change place, I wanted it done because I was leaving town the next day. I usually have my regular mechanic (who is excellent and honest; a rare breed) do it, or I do it myself.
The ten minute oil change took an hour and change. They tried to upsell me on a bunch of bullshit and gave me stink eye when I politely told them I just need a conventional oil change, thanks.
They overfilled it by about .75 of a quart. I had to take care of that myself before the aforementioned road trip. The car only holds about four quarts in total.
They charged twice as much as my mechanic who knows what he’s doing and gives a shit. Never again.
- Comment on Got any grapes? 2 months ago:
Found the dev.
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 2 months ago:
For many, a mobile device is their sole computer, and things of importance to them are stored on it.
- Comment on Calm your tits 4 months ago:
Mine tried to herd a great Dane, so yeah.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
LibreOffice too for that matter. Kick 'em a few bucks if you can spare it.
- Comment on Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system. 4 months ago:
Absolutely, and thanks for asking. Also, congrats! I’d recommend looking at credit unions (US/Canada) and higher ed. Both are non-profits and good stepping stones. Either can be a career if you don’t want a ‘stepping stone.’ Depending on how altruistic you want to be, you can find either that serve underserved communities. CUs pay better, but are more corporate and demanding. Higher ed doesn’t pay as well, but is more layed back if you can ignore politics, which there is a ridiculous amount of. I worked at HBCU (US) for a long time, and it was pretty great. Depending on where you are, it’s usually pretty easy to find an open spot at either.
- Comment on You guys have to end it 4 months ago:
Mom took him to a big office building parking lot on a Sunday when it was quiet. At least that’s how this classically trained driver learned.
- Comment on Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system. 4 months ago:
Me too, 2010ish though. I wish I could figure out how to boycott AWS. As an aged developer with a little bit of influence, I’ve steered plenty of clients, employers, peers, and juniors away, but I still use the internet. There’s no detaching from that.
- Comment on nets 5 months ago:
Unbranded Q-Tip
- Comment on Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop 5 months ago:
Those brands are at the bottom of every dependability list. You’d think they’d focus on building a better product so they could compete on something other than feels.
- Comment on Microsoft gives up on users experiencing problems updating their Windows 11 machines. Now recommends a "manual correction" 5 months ago:
Something like this? devtutorial.io/how-to-configure-static-ip-address…
- Comment on Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking 6 months ago:
You can with Android.
Settings > Connections > More Connection Settings > Private DNS > Private DNS Hostname.
You will need the hostname though instead of just the IP address. - Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 9 months ago:
You can enable IIS on almost any windows flavor.
- Comment on The Most Loved Digital Audio Streaming Platforms. 10 months ago:
I like Deezer. I’ve been using it and telling people about it since Spotify was insistent about being focused on chasing a politically charged content (over) investment than delivering quality, behavior driven content based on their algo.
Deezer is represented globally, but the subscriber count is less than I would have expected. This is about a year old: