It's 2 AM (or 0200 if you prefer), I can't sleep, my head feels like it's being stabbed from behind by a vindictive child with an ice pick, and my stomach's off from dinner. So what do I do? I go to the studio and start cleaning up 4-track masters of the terrible goth band I was in circa 1992-1993. Yeah, that tracks.

#music #StupidHumanTricks #insomnia

"Why does my head hurt every time I move it?" I asked myself. "Is it muscle tension? Stress? Did I have too much caffeine?" 🤔

"Could I be dehydrated? But I've been sipping this water... Okay, fine, I'll try another bottle."

So I got a nice, cool, half-liter bottle out of the fridge. Started drinking it...

...and less than 60 seconds later, all 500 ml were inside me. Um.

Okay, I guess I was dehydrated!

(So now the headache will go away? Right?)

#StupidHumanTricks #DrinkWater #hydration

A hundred and fifty years too late for Rock Ridge.

ChatGPT says a pound of dimes is $20 but wouldn't it be just be ￡1.00?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/01/truck-spills-dimes-highway-texas-video/83384286007/

#LifeImitatesArt
#StupidHumanTricks

Figured I'd do a quick update of my garage "Artoo unit" before queuing up some music for the Saturday wrenching session...

I just wanted some tunes - is that so wrong? Ha.

# go to console
# apt update && apt full-upgrade
# reboot to tune-age.

Joys of not running Stable - it's easy to shoot yourself in the face.

Not recommended unless you have lots of patience and can deal with issues when they come up or, more importantly, have the time to deal with them when they come up!

#Linux #Debian #Testing #Trixie #Stable #Bookworm #StupidHumanTricks

I locked myself IN my car this morning.

My jacket got caught in the door and was putting enough pressure on the lock that it wouldn't open.

Also, the jacket was cinched up enough that I couldn't take it off and climb out another door. I was stuck!

It took me twenty minutes to figure out that I could pull the door towards me to relieve the pressure on the lock enough to allow me to open the door.

So... anyway. How's your Monday?

#Monday #Funny #StupidHumanTricks

Article title says it all: 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑑? https://rec-law.us/2p8b7rkm

#Touron #StupidHumanTricks #WildAnimals @recreationlaw #RecLaw #RecreationLaw

Every time I reach for `git stash` I think to myself:

"Making my saving throw for actually being able to restore this work when I come back to it... OK that's 5 D20 but WHOA what a penalty!" :)

#git #DWIM #stupidhumantricks

#Brexit #stupidhumantricks

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-higher-cognitive-ability-linked-chance.html

@gerrymcgovern
And recycled lithium doesn't underperform…it’s unbelievable we aren’t applying a return deposit on lithium batteries (all batteries).

#RecycleLithiumYouIdiots #StupidHumanTricks

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/recycled-lithium-ion-batteries-can-perform-better-than-new-ones/?amp=true