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I like books, history, tea and terminals. Mostly perplexed by everything. Annoyingly reasonable.
TeaYes, please.
I've been using Linux for over 20 years now and I've just realised that I've completely misunderstood how load averages work.
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@dick_turpin You never told us your house was up for sale..

https://i.redd.it/erkoglegwbeb1.jpg
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Drives me mad when bloggers don't include *any* contact info.

Anyway, my comment to Scott Nesbitt's recent post would be that my boss, who is by far the most productive person that I know, manages everything with nothing more than a stack of post-it notes. It's a system of sorts, I guess?

She manages nearly 40 people and eye-watering budgets, but she isn't fucking around with Pillars & Vaults or PARA - just loads of fucking post-it notes.

Productivity culture is mostly bullshit, but a great way to avoid work. Which I think is his point.

https://scottnesbitt.online/tools-versus-systems
Tools versus Systems

In a previous post, I shared my opinion about why I don't think most people need a system for taking notes. That post received more than ...

Random Notes
Simom Peg's arc from nerd idol to Hollywood darling has been a joy to watch, and it would seem that he hasn't turned into an arsehole along the way. A nice guy done good story for a Saturday morning.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/25/simon-pegg-actor-on-comedy-action-heroes-tom-cruise-staying-at-home
‘I’m not that geeky guy any more’: Simon Pegg on comedy, action heroes and staying at home

Simon Pegg has called time on the nerdy stuff, and says he’d rather watch Succession than sci-fi. As for his A-list status, friendship with Tom Cruise and box-office pulling power – well, he’d take Hertfordshire over Hollywood any time

The Guardian
49 acres, a kilometer of private shoreline, no neighbours. I could make that work.

https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/for-sale/isle-of-coll-argyll-and-bute-pa78/edn012315318
You are X years old if you remember this.
The irresistible desire to correct someone on the internet who is wrong.
Me, when getting a compliment from a colleague.
Damnit. Looks like Libreddit and Teddit are done for.

Both suggest moving to Lemmy, but a) it's not that great, b) there's hardly anyone there.