Doubletwist @ doubletwist @lemmy.world

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What exactly do you think Memorial Day is? Heck it's even an aspect of Labor Day.

Annoyingly enough, the other day got the first RTF file I've gotten in probably 20 years. To make matters worse, it was JSON that the customer decided should be sent as an RTF attachment to an email.

Of course I run Linux on my work computer so I didn't have wordpad anyway. I had to use a cli utility to convert it to text, then use vscode to properly format it, since he conversion removed all the indentation/spacing.

If I never see another RTF file again, it'll be too soon.

Even as someone who has disliked MS since the mid-90s, I am willing to admit they have made some good products. The Intellimouse 2.0 was one of the best mice I've ever used. It was my main mouse for something like a decade, and even now, almost 25 years later, it still works as a backup mouse when I need it for something in my homelab.

Hell, studios have been cancelling things that are already filmed and totally complete.

Yes. Yes they did.

Yes, finally . But only after being available in FreeBSD for years.

As far as I'm concerned, that award was recently won rapping, dancing Klingons in S02E08 of Strange New Worlds. That was just an abomination.

The fact that it followed what I think is one of the best episodes in all of Star Trek made it all the more horrendous.

It's not about what you as the searcher has. It's about where the content you're searching for is located. If the entity or company you're searching for has only published within walled gardens such as Instagram or Facebook, then you are less likely to successfully find that information in Google. If they had published a normal website, then Google would be better able to index that information and provide you the result you want.

I damn near had my head taken off one time when I was a kid. I was leaned over the side looking down as the escalator went up. My mother grabbed me and yanked me back just moments before my head got stuck in the scissor trap caused by the bottom of the down escalator intersecting with the up escalator.

A couple years later I noticed the started putting plexiglass a foot or two in front of that part. I wonder how many kids didn't get their head pulled back in time before they started doing that.

They've been shitty since TWC bought them. Maybe a little before when they killed their old web interface which was informative and fast and replaced it with a new design that was difficult to read information, and worst of all, slow as fuck. That's about when I stopped subscribing.

I started similarly with Yggdrasil, but quickly moved to Slackware, downloading floppy images on a 2400bps modem.

These days I use Xubuntu on my desktops/laptops and Debian on my servers.

While back in the day I (to quote Weird Al) "beta tested every operating system, gave props to some, and others, I dissed 'em", I just haven't got time to deal with all that any more.

Was expecting an area for "Poh-tay-toes". Left disappointed.

Overcharging at tourist traps is hardly a new phenomenon. I went to Italy in the late 90s and they were charging $4 for a 12oz can of Coke I could get for 25-50¢ at home.

So? An illegal clause in a contract doesn't suddenly become legal once you sign it.

As a tech worker for over 25 years, I say good for them.

Hell, if my back, knees and neck weren't already fucked, I'd be damned tempted to start driving for UPS.

I'm already kind of nearing a point where a move away from tech is appealing, but even if I accept the idea of some reduction in pay, I'm at a loss for what I can do that wouldn't see me losing half my income which would just be more than I'd like to bear.

Yeah, I know, but a guy can dream can't he?

Connect is a decent client, but if dbrady ever releases Relay for Lemmy, I'll jump on it.

11 years ago I switched to Reddit from Fark. Before that I switched to Fark from Slashdot (mid 5 digit user ID).

I haven't quit Reddit completely, but I've drastically reduced my usage and will likely continue to reduce further as Lemmy and/or other options grow.

Basically the same as I did with previous sites I frequented. I occasionally check Fark and Slashdot, but I'm far from a frequent reader and rarely contribute any further.

It may take time, and obviously won't be as fast as the death of Digg, but spez has likely effectively killed Reddit. It just doesn't know it yet.