Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@monorail I'm kind of mystified why you'd need to memorize that for networking, & I'm worried for test accuracy if it said 255^4 and not the correct 256^4.

@pawcelot rice is shot at the newlyweds from tanks :V

It's been an age since I installed Microsoft Office. I've been sitting at Office 365's "We'll be done in just a moment" prompt for the last half hour plus. It's on-site for a customer, so it's billed time I've been waiting, but staring at the progress bar & experiencing Microsoft's idea of "just a moment" is boring.

@IrimeZane Whether it's mark-up code or program code, that's good & essential advice.

@ersatzmaus best response so far

When you're writing code, don't forget that one of the people who might end up using it, one of the people you need to write docs for, is you. Specifically, a version of you 3-5 years from now who has no memory or idea of what you were thinking when you wrote it.

I just found out how to easily test every single byte of swap space I have: All I have to do is leave Firefox alone but running for most of a week.

Don't you just wish your Rubik's Cube would solve itself?
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/24/self-solving-rubiks-cube.html -
https://media.dmm-make.com/item/4462/ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCoH2AORcEQ

box(){ t="$1xxxx";l="";c=${2:-=};i=${#t};until [ $i = 0 ]; do l="$l$c";i=$((i-1));done;printf "$l\n$c $1 $c\n$l\n"; }

# A slightly longer but more portable (& BSD-friendly) version of the bash box function in https://mastodon.social/@climagic/100792670341617316

@maple same. every time i write a new script, nearly every other line is a print for debugging.

@lynnesbian when someone claims to be american but wears a 37 liter hat

There are legit privacy & security concerns regarding bills & email.

But these same companies have no problem with sending actual payment confirmations by email, though. They tell me what I paid & when in email, but not what I owe & when.