Just got a call from one of those tech support scammers (they're pretending to be from OpenReach now)
"Can you press the windows key and r please"
"I am but it's not doing anything"
"Can you press the start button?"
"I'm not seeing anything like that"
"When you look at the bottom left of your screen do you see a window?"
"Nope"
"Okay, go to hell"
I was going to play along and see if they cottoned on to this being a linux box but they cut it off early
Tempted to lean into the "I'm a goddamn wizard" thing
I mean, my solution to problems more often than not involves complicated incantations in strange languages known to few (bash scripts) and trawling through forgotten lore (forum posts from a decade ago about how to fix shit)
All I really need to add is a hat
food adj
something I really want to see come back into fashion around these parts, automats
It's a whole wall of little cupboards with fast food type things in, you put your money in a little slot at the side of the thing you want, the door opens, and you grab your food
Absolutely no human interaction required!
I love this channel
Making knives out of various things
"hm... could do with a mould for this one, let's bodge together a vacuum former from random shit I have lying around"
How to find a good instance:
Do you like friendly fluffy queer furry places?
Yes: https://computerfairi.es
No: somewhere else I guess
Okay. #mastoadmin commentary time.
I've written a quick guide, So You're A Mastodon Moderator: https://noelle.codes/so_youre_a_mastodon_moderator.pdf
My goal for this is threefold:
* I want to create a useful reference for moderators, so they know what options are available.
* I want to create a useful reference for /users/, so they know what the powers and limitations of being a moderator are.
* I want to help establish a /standard of moderation/, so we're all on a level playing field.
True facts: @maple doesn't use an alarm clock, she has a script on another computer that sends her a wake-on-LAN packet when it's time to wake up
I'm pretty sure I've been making references to the fediverse being "Animal Crossing: the social network" from since then as well
Hedgehog wrangler, cat feeder, octopus whomst love smol critters
"i never thought someone could be such a watch nerd and yet here you are" ~ @maple