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• Post #567092

  Feeling down. Tried to catch up on my sleep this weekend. Now Sunday night. Feeling like I got very little done. Didn't even get the food shopping done. I did make a lasagna around 23h00 on Friday, so I have some of that left over...but I also had that for lunch. Should have gone for a bike ride this afternoon instead of having a nap.

• Post #567091

  I think my introduction to this band was from the original Pure Moods CD. I have several other of their albums, but this was the best one. This album was 34 years ago. Time flies... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovwGCpx8ecY

• Post #567090

  Spot the error? std::string val = get_string_value(); if (not val.empty()) { if (val[0] < 0 or val[0] > 9) { std::cout << "must start with a digit" << std::endl; #cpp

• Post #567089

  All I can say is "ABOUT TIME!" Quote: "The B.C. government says this Sunday will be the last time most British Columbians have to change their clocks." "The province will be permanently adopting daylight time and the March 8 "spring forward" will be the last time change, Premier David Eby announced Monday." "B.C.'s new time zone will be called "Pacific time," according to the province.&...

• Post #567088

  So much for the eclipse. Just went and checked, and the sky is overcast. Cannot see the moon at all. #eclipse

• Post #567087

  RE: https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/116164957970499355 Ten-point list from @KatyElphinstone 's thread on the way autistic people think: 1. Autistic people like to base our positions and decisions on data. 2. We’re into justice, and fairness. 3. And logic (which is, I feel, a good strategy for bringing about more fairness). 4. We're not comfortable trusting reassurances without evidence. 5. We like clarity. Lack of clarity can make us anxious. 6. We think probabilistically...

• Post #567086

  At work we have a remote server with some standard remote desktop solution running so we can access devices located behind a firewall. This desktop is used by many people. Sometimes, people minimize it and don't log out. These remote desktop solutions allow you to share your clipboard. You can copy files, copy text, and paste which is very convenient. When you have it minimized on your desktop, people forget it is running. Anything and everything you copy into your clipboard, is in...

• Post #567085

  Applications should re-create the necessary internal directory structure to run instead of logging cryptic error messages in not-obvious log files. Munin, I'm looking at you! With your use of /var/lib/munin/cgi-tmp/munin-cgi-graph/ to save temporary files... #linux #munin

• Post #567084

  RE: https://social.anoxinon.de/@codebergstatus/116173186557678264 What possible purpose could there be to DDoS a bunch of open-source projects? All they're doing is causing harm to projects and people that *already* don't have any money. In the meantime, if anyone wants Darknet/YOLO, the github mirror to my official codeberg repo is still available: https://github.com/hank-ai/darknet?tab=readme-ov-file#table-of-contents

• Post #567083

  "Bored Of Peace" are certainly making their feelings known...

• Post #567082

  In slack (we use it at work, not my decision) when you press "@" it pops up a list of users in that channel. Which is great. If you want the first person listed, you press ENTER since the first name at the top of the popup is the default selection. If you want the next person down the list, you would think you press DOWN followed by ENTER, but instead the DOWN arrow again re-selects the _first_ name. I'm constantly getting tripped up by this, that I have to press DO...

• Post #567081

  RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@SonnyBonds/116183530173128813 Personally, I'm a huge fan of kdevelop on Ubuntu. Been using kdevelop as my IDE for over a decade.

• Post #567080

  I thought maybe I was a fan of the Liberals. I have voted for them in the past. Then came Mark Carney. I don't know why, somehow I thought he might do good things for us. But I don't feel the Liberals have done much good for Canada since the election a year ago in March 2025. I certainly don't feel like they've stood up for Canada when it comes to the U.S. As I get older, I think I need a party that is more left-leaning, and more willing to stand up for Cana...

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• Post #393863

  For the Y2K, we weren't allowed to change any of the original code running on the AS/400. That code was always off-limit, and had existed since the 1970s as far as I know. We created an intermediate tool that would look at transactions going into and out of the database. When data was coming out, we'd convert the dates to 4-digit years. Then when data was going in, we'd convert 4-digit years back to 2-digit years. I have no idea if 26 years later that is still in place. I suspe...

• Post #359666

  First thing world leaders should _have_ to do when declaring or starting a war: All their immediate family members should be sent to the front lines. Children, parents, grandparents, siblings, and a few of their best friends regardless of age or health. I suspect all wars would end. Recent events have shown that the leaders and 1% are obviously unfazed at the havoc they create for everyone else in the world.

• Post #239265

  In the middle of installing Bugzilla. Last time I used it was...20+ years ago? Still as annoying to install. #bugzilla

• Post #205647

  @cormekedia@mastodon.social I've never owned a phone in my life. Unless you mean my land line?

• Post #203630

  @SarraceniaWilds@sunny.garden Other possibility: you are turning into an old person? Welcome to the dark (old?) side.

• Post #203558

  End of January, and still zero snow. I'm pretty sure this will be my first Canadian winter without any snow. #Okanagan #NoSnow

• Post #203477

  Saturday evening. Don't really feel like working. Have zero shows and movies queued up on my fileserver. Drizzling rain outside. No idea what to do. Could clean up my bedroom or home office, but I think I'd rather pluck out my eyes.

• Post #182248

  I did not make this. But I certainly laughed when I saw it.

• Post #182156

  "Running dot for graph 20187/128924" This codebase is a beast. Even Doxygen isn't going to help me get started.