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Certified dilettante

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I don't understand Djungelskog the orangutan.

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Tea.
Milk first or tea first?

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Video somehow made a podcast boring.

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Looks like I've missed the entire forkiverse thing.

Oh well.

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Okay I pushed my luck too far and now windows wouldn't start.

There were a few bad sectors on my SSD a while back, but since I have been working on syncing data across devices already I left it unattended - thinking that I will eventually get to it (ha, eventually).

I have over 75% of the work transferred to the other PCs, however as the corrupted SSD was on my daily driver - there are still local work files not sync'd across to other PCs.

The problem now is not only about losing files, but having a unclear scale of data loss. I simply couldn't remember the number of files I haven't backed up.

Fuck.

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What is wrong with that eejit hijacking cheese hash tag for some agile shit?

Agile is already stupid enough, now it comes with hijacking gosh

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Encourage Americans to neck it and enjoy the confusion on their faces

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Profile is how you want yourself to be presented; your posts show who you are behind the façade.

Not an

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Scrolled trending in hope of finding some fireworks and celebration photos.

Nope.

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Top trending post of 2026 - another hate speech against the riches. Something along the line of wishing a submarine sinking the billionaires yachts.

Labeling and targeting the riches is how second world war and cultural revolution started.

Quite reassuring to know that we didn't learn from history isn't it?

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What do you mean donuts!? Are they not JFK!?

https://youtu.be/zif8PJ5wyIw

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"Warning: if you lose your phone, you lose your phone!"

That needs to be a sticker on every single device sold.

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When you see people complaining about repeated UI warnings (eg Windows UAC) and then switch to complaining the lack thereof when something goes wrong, you do have to wonder what exactly they want.

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Meat brined for 72 hours and ready.

Butchery time 30 minutes.

Veg prep time 60 minutes.

Poaching time 4 hours.

Reverse sear 30 minutes.

Craving and plating 30 minutes.

Buffer allocated.
Yep, should be good.

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Excuse me since when salt and vinegar crisps become a Canadian invention?

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Just to be clear, it is either Ireland 1966 or England 1967.

As much as I love Canadians they don't stand a fucking chance.

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Quit enjoyed this piece:
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-decline-of-deviance
(I didn't read all the stats, but from spot checks they are from american "survey" data ie take it with a pinch of salt)

Particularly interestingly:

  1. New generation are 50% less likely to drink alcohol
  2. Less likely to be anti-social (Northern Ireland data)

I wonder if it has anything to do with capital surveillance, online bullying, and extreme woke-ism.

Somehow I find it similar to cultural revolution...

@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social avatar GrapheneOS , (edited ) to random

Please listen to this podcast about ANOM:

https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/146/

The FBI ran a sting operation in Europe where they created their own 'secure' phone and messaging platform. Their OS used portions of our code and was heavily marketed as being GrapheneOS or based on GrapheneOS.

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@GrapheneOS
Only if they stop the music, the dramatic tone, and with better editing.
Documentaries are to provide information based on evidence and stats, not mock drama.

I had to stop listening when they double down on those cheap attention grabbing tricks.

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Welcome to humanity. You literally need passwords for every single thing in your life otherwise someone will immediately steal it. 👍

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@TheBreadmonkey
Yep we have evolved from writing down names on belongings, locks and keys, and capital punishment. What better way to showcase civilisation?

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Signal polls are here!

Find the best time for your group chat to hang out, choose a vacation destination, or ask if you should give yourself a haircut at 1 AM. Now in the latest version of Signal for iOS, Android, and Desktop.

https://signal.org/blog/polls/

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@signalapp
Very nice. Though I don't quite understand I didn't receive this update via the official channel chat on my mobile, only on my linked desktop.

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Connecting someone else's life supporting device to Cloudflare remains a potent curse.

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I have watched most of the alien series except the TV one.

Prometheus and covenant still remain my favourites.

Sometimes I think about how many people just wanted to watch the first one again and kept feeling disappointed at the new ones.

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No matter how glaringly obvious it is, it is the journalist's job to fact-check.

I applaud their work but gosh those poor workers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaT5HB1guA

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Saw an interesting plumbing slogan,

"A flush wins over a full house every time. "

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    @_elena
    Hard truth is using non-major service providers are likely to have more outages especially for applications at that scale (DDG, Signal).

    Infrastructure can only segregate their risks to an extent - they are called major for a reason.

    To solve the problem that one building bringing down one-third of the internet we need more providers in the network and hosting market, not just a different application.

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    Sweet potatoes, turmeric, coconut cream, and cloves went pretty well as a half roast/bake.

    Might need more spices and adjustment, but the base is there.

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    I don't like animated emoji.

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    Does authentic Jollof rice recipe gets the smoke from the scorch at the bottom?

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    All gardening posts are essentially shit posts.

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    France - café au lait
    Austria - Vienna mélange
    Australia - flat white

    The Aussies aren't here to fuck spiders are they

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    In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. https://signal.org/blog/spqr/

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    @signalapp
    Waiting for the replies to turn into another tech-Karen show...

    No, wait. They already did.

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    I just polished three bags of crisps.

    I'm an adult now. I can do whatever I want, right?
    Right?

    @junesim63@mstdn.social avatar junesim63 , (edited ) to random

    "The richest man on earth owns X.

    The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

    The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

    The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

    See the problem here?"

    Robert Reich

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    @junesim63
    No. Say what you mean instead of these Yankee rhetoric phrased to be intentionally vague and drive "engagements".

    The irony of posting this on social media, ha.

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    NES ain’t done ‘til Lotus won’t run.

    A photo of a NES cartridge for Lotus 1-2-3 for Nintendo - Node Edition, on a white background with an old partly torn label.
    ALT
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    @NanoRaptor Holy mother of jesus those endless migration nightmares

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    Call me peasant but gosh I love a pumpernickel.

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    It is annoying how delicious mushroom jerky can be.

    (Credit goes to Fallow London, I normally won't cook mushrooms this way)

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    Dear Fedi friends,

    I would love to start a hashtag, doing shout-outs to Fediverse people that one finds inspiring, enlightening, or just plain cool.

    The online world can be a dark, overwhelming place and I just wanted to encourage others to shine a light on people who make a positive difference... to say, "I see you, I hear you and I value you."

    Today my goes out to @sylvia , whose creativity & positivity always uplift & inspire me ❤️

    Who are you grateful for?

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    @_elena Your illuminating positivity is what I am grateful for.

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    Dear website designers,

    Please stop disabling text selection (highlight) on your websites.

    First, it isn't exactly rocket science to bypass;

    second, there are people who highlight the paragraphs they are reading.

    More of this and I will copy and paste them somewhere else out of spite.

    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

    Stop taking productivity advice from people whose lives look nothing like yours.

    Remember: If their day starts with “my personal chef cooked breakfast,” their tips don’t apply to you.

    https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/why-billionaire-productivity-hacks-won-t-work-for-you

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    @Daojoan
    Yeah or if it starts with "I crawl out of my cardboard makeshift shelter in the morning".

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    @Vincent
    Very much the purpose of my post, yes.

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    I hate the fact that now I need to clarify every single time when I mention 80 20 rule.

    80% of the results come from 20% of efforts. Not the moronic one.

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    It is truly wild how many people honestly believe the pandemic was a once in a lifetime event.

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    @Daojoan
    Hey world war 1 once didn't have a number behind it.

    @dansup@mastodon.social avatar dansup , to random

    TikTok is bigger than Twitter, BlueSky and Threads combined.

    Loops has the potential to outshine Bluesky with the impending USA ban of TikTok.

    Are you ready to be part of the next big video platform, one that is ethically built with federation and privacy at the forefront?

    Join https://loops.video today.

    Or reach out to hello at loops dot video via email.

    Let's make history together.

    Please share ✨

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    @dansup Everything has the potential, just a matter of likelihood.

    And it's so extremely low we might as well not mention it.

    (anyone remembers ello?)

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    @dansup 😂

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    20 books trend is something I loathe deeply.

    It's not a photo, the cover on its own would not convey different interpretations. This place is not the gram either.

    Just low-effort format for people who've read 20 books and still can' string together a sentence themselves.

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    "When I first read the dictionary, I thought it was a long poem about everything. "

    (sorry I''m too hungover to write anything more)
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    Whilst listening to Sally Rooney's new book in the tube and your phone suddenly switched from earphone to speaker during a particularly saucy scene.

    How would you react to people who come in direct eye contact with you?

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