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thonkpad 

creatures here know about the thonkpad hardware maintenance manuals right?
its
so good
download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mob (my lappy)
if youre on a slow machine +pdfjs/firefox you can see the diagram of the insides of the computer load.. not just one image!! u can see it assembling itself almost as the page loads..

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computer UI trivia question for our amusement: y'all know those computer prompts which have "(Y/N)" at the end, and want you to type one of those two letters?

(guessing this'll be weighted *heavily* towards the top, given fediverse, but I think it's still amusing to ask.)

(boosts okay but not remotely necessary.)

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My spouse claims (statistically correctly) that not everyone has seen this meme, and given how often I repeat it to myself (out of order, admittedly), I am here to help. This is from a veterinary training guide.

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name a more iconic duo than long distance lesbian polyamory & heuristic solutions to the travelling salesman problem
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rant, shitty writing styles, subpost, vent, caps, :boosts_ok_gay:​ 

i hate the "you are not $x. you are not $y." format
first, i get to decide what i am. stop telling me.
and second, if i agree with you, i'm going to feel shit because saying that makes me consider "but what if i *am* $x and $y and i'm terrible" even if they're things i'm not

please JUST STOP doing it. its SO bad. pleeeeeeaseeee

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She’s seen me nibble on this pen too many times, apparently she wanted to try it for herself

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OH 

when you were CAPYMODING...

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Good news! There was hoarding around the old and run-down Strathfield signal hut recently, and I saw them pulling the roof apart. I worried they were demolishing it, but actually they refurbished it beautifully to the same style! Bright new paint job, polished plaque, and a brand new tiled roof.

lyrics 

rain rain go away im ur favorite sidekick *bass bass*

computer- funny, python 

opening the `environment.yaml` of a pythoney project being like "plsplspls dont have many dependencies" and being happy when thers only like 30 instead of a 500 liner requirements.txt..

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Please set up a password manager, and ask your elders to do the same. 

I visited my grandparents a few days ago, and they have to use a nightmarish miasma of websites that have all been mergerered-and-acquisitioned half a dozen times to order their medications. Due to them having memory issues and generally just being frustrated with bullshit that shouldn't be this hard, one of their children had to go through a bunch of hoops to get added onto my grandpa's account so they can just order some of the meds he needs.

All because usernames and passwords were not saved anywhere on their devices.

It was a small thing in the grand scheme, but it sucked seeing him have to give up a piece of his agency and autonomy so that he could get the medication he needs.

KeePassXC is good, but there are others. Just do *something* while you and your elders are still able to learn and get into habits. I really think it will make things a little easier in the future.

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