There’s a mains electrical power failure in my area. Being a modern wired citizen (with power still in his phone), I go to the ESB Networks website for a status update.
It asks me for my address (logically enough) and then for my phone number (why?).
It then refuses to give me an area status update because my postcode and phone number don’t match their records demanding my meter number instead. I’M IN THE FREAKING DARK HERE, KAREN! JUST GIVE ME THE AREA STATUS!
@cogdog I do recall. And I think, before I quit the T I saw that he was driving up the 5 headed through Washington to BC. I contacted him via DM? I think. I think he said he was living in CA? But I could be thinking about someone else? #nothelpful
I do recall the radio show and his voice.
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If you're wondering how my modern job hunt is going, I was just recommended for an open Actuary position in Europe.
*Edit 2*: I got a (filtered) notification from nextcloud which reads: "Sorry about the confusion! This is a post by an anonymous forum user, not one of Nextcloud's official help pages. We're sorry if that wasn't clear. And the community's suggestions for your Nextcloud server here are great, thanks everyone!"
That was really nice to know.
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Nextcloud, this is kind of assholey. No, I don't "value low cost over root access to the machine." I value my time and my data. I don't have the knowledge to manage security threats to my own machine (therefore pretty much all of my family's data), opened to the Big Wide Internet, and I enjoy the fact that the environment (e.g., SQL+nginx etc.) is set up and managed by my host, so I don't have to become a sysadmin to have a low-budget, self-hosted dropbox.
*Edit*: Nextcloud has been great and also a huge hassle. Upgrading is always (ALWAYS) a multi-hour or multi-day process for me, and there are constant headaches with little things that don't work (e.g., authentication with my mobile sync app, for some reason). I'm already considering paying #proton for some stuff, so I think in about February, if I can't get my major NC hassles fixed, I'll just ditch it once and for all and use Proton Drive, which seems secure and easy to use, even though it's not #FOSS. I really don't have time to go get a second degree in systems administration right now.
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