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<p>Recovering computer programmer in Western Canada. I complain about computers a lot because <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComputersAreBad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ComputersAreBad</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>curling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bicycle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fermentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fermentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/baking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baking</span></a></p>

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    yeeears ago I wrote a novel for National Novel Writing Month and I’m thinking of pulling it out of the drawer and doing a second draft. however, I lack true motivation.

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    nice. dozens of git and git-lfs processes, filling up my disk. I deleted a huge .git/lfs/tmp directory and freed up over 200GB but then these processes re-appeared and started filling it up again. Basically this: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/6303 I guess it&amp;#39;s visual studio code&amp;#39;s git integration. Fantastic. #computersarebad

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    it’s absolutely mind boggling to me that when the Blue Jays baseball broadcast shows a teaser for an upcoming bobble head, they don’t show the head ACTUALLY BOBBLING. come on, man. what are we doing here anyway. #mlb #baseball #bluejays

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    In Windows 11, when I right-click on a folder and choose &amp;quot;Pin to Quick access&amp;quot;, nothing happens. There used to be a &amp;quot;Quick access&amp;quot; sub-heading in File Explorer (or whatever it is called) but it&amp;#39;s not there anymore. After searching the web I have only found shite pages full of nonsense about &amp;quot;Home&amp;quot; (visible for me, but emtpy) or saying &amp;quot;sometimes this happens because of a glitch, or maybe file corruption?&amp;quot; This is h...

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    I&amp;#39;m reading a recently published novel that&amp;#39;s quite popular right now, and the first-person narrator (reliable, I think -- they are supposed to be &amp;quot;smart&amp;quot;) describes another character as being from &amp;quot;the dust bowls of California&amp;quot; I&amp;#39;m 25% through the book and this one merely makes the top-10 of dumb sentences/phrases.

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    wow, my random number was bottom 4% today. pretty bad. RNGdle 🎲 347288 ⬜ COMMON • Bottom 4% ⬜ 🎈 Helium (2) ⬜ 🔋 Lithium (3) ⬜ 💎 Beryllium (4) +9 more 2,479 EP https://rngdle.com

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    why does Microsoft Teams (on Windows) have it&amp;#39;s own audio settings/volume that are completely independent? as in, when I adjust system audio volume up/down it has absolutely no effect on Teams audio volume level. Make it make sense. #computersarebad

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    asked my wife to knit me a straitjacket (she’s a great knitter , it would have cabling etc probably). she countered with an offer to knit me The Garment https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-garment I said yes immediately obviously

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    I really wish that Mad Magazine hadn&amp;#39;t (effectively) stopped publishing in 2019 (they stopped creating new material). So many public figures around in 2026 that I&amp;#39;d love to see riduculed and mocked (gently or otherwise).