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Ironfacebuster

@ Ironfacebuster @lemmy.world

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  • No common rube

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  • With a lot of solar equipment, the tech support has access to a lot of settings us installers don't, so we've had times where we tell the tech that we've done everything we can, including restarting it (and with my experience with Generac inverters, restarting them can and will break something!), and sometimes it really feels like they do click a magic button, say "how about now?", then it works

  • No common rube

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  • I have a dark secret. I used to have CenturyLink DSL around 5 years ago, and the tech asked me if I had restarted the modem during one of the many stints where I would get bits per second rather than the "10mbps" we were supposed to get

    I lied every time. I'm sorry CenturyLink tech support employee, but man did CenturyLink suck, and man am I absolutely sure that it never fixed the issue.

    At one point I filed a complaint with the FCC and got a letter from CenturyLink telling me that they knew about the complaint!

  • No Mercy

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  • I'll definitely check some of those out, thanks! I have a little experience with Linux since every self hosted server PC I've built has always had Ubuntu Server, but even then I was tempted to try and dual boot Mint

  • No Mercy

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  • As Microsoft adds ads in more places more and more, I consider moving over to Linux but I just have too many files and weird Windows only programs that I use that I can't

    I also haven't really found a desktop environment I really like yet, so I'm open to suggestions for dual booting!

  • No Mercy

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  • When I first saw that I was like "great, I have a virus"

    Nope, just Windows

  • No Mercy

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  • Almost every time I restart my Windows PC from an update, it sits on the "closing apps screen" or "restarting" screen then gives up completely and I have to force it to shut down/restart

    And, just about every other time I restart with an update, it closes apps and then just fully shuts down after the update!

    It's super graceful! 😭

  • Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App

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  • Figma apps!

  • What’s the worst piece of technology you’ve ever owned?

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  • I had a laptop a while back with a fingerprint scanner that would work for one day, then stop working completely. I reinstalled the drivers, and it would work for a day and then stop again. I eventually gave up using the fingerprint scanner until I "upgraded" the laptop to Windows 11, and it worked again. No idea if it still works, since I rarely use that laptop now

    You could either have the world's worst luck, or you are genuinely cursed

    Alternatively, you keep spilling coffee on your devices and going into a blind fit of cleaning rage that blocks out the memory of the original coffee spill

  • Famous last words?

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  • One of my friends apparently organized a hang out for all of us this weekend, two weeks ago, but I forgot about it and he got mad

    That same friend asked me if I wanted to go to a concert at least twice in the couple of hours we were hanging out

    Ok, MICHAEL, I see how it is!

  • Overflow

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  • Maybe garage is just a class styling for a generic "room" After all, it's got 4 walls and a few doors

  • Everything Apple iOS 18 Will Do, Android Already Does

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  • I have them paired to a few things, but only ever use them on my phone and laptop. That's why I was so confused when it connected to my desktop, since it was last paired and actually used a long time ago.

    I guess it's a complicated issue for me, since they're paired with more than 2 things but only ever connected to 2 things

  • this is what peak web traffic looks like

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  • I guess I might be evil but when I made APIs for my projects I do this, since I blindly accept the response then look at the JSON to see if it was accepted or not

    Something like

    if (body_has(JSON)) do_stuff_with(JSON) // including error handling if the response has an error else error_no_json()

    I do this since I feel like JSON errors should be separate from HTTP errors

  • Everything Apple iOS 18 Will Do, Android Already Does

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  • I have the Pixel Buds Pro and they kinda do that, but yeah not very well. I have them paired to my phone and my laptop, and sometimes randomly they'll silently disconnect from my laptop and permanently pause whatever I was watching if my phone plays a notification. I can't fix it until I disconnect from and reconnect to my laptop multiple times.

    One time I was watching a video on my laptop and they randomly connected to my desktop! I hadn't used them on my desktop in at least a year, until then!

    All in all, they can flow seamlessly, but it's 60/40 on if it works properly

    At least the noise cancelling and passthrough are fun to mess with

  • Turning Point USA is promoting drinking raw milk amid bird flu outbreak

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  • I mix ammonia with my raw bleach-milk to really make sure all the nasties are dead! And the plus side is that nobody else wants to drink it so there's more for me

  • this is what peak web traffic looks like

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  • if (request.ip != myip) return ErrorCodes.NotFound

    And an ipv6 version for all you up 6 fans

    if (request.ipv6 != myipv6) return ErrorCodes.NotFound

  • Feeling lost and with no direction, what skill should I learn?

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  • I learned how to flintknap a little, and it was super fun. I heard buying rocks can be expensive if you don't live near where they're plentiful, but what hobby doesn't get expensive? I went to the class with my brother in law and he got absolutely lost in the sauce working on his flint, and didn't talk to anyone else there

    It can be tiring but it's definitely fun seeing what you've made (even if you're not very good at it like me) and besides, you get to say you're hitting rock/buying rock so there's even more fun to be had!

  • xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles

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  • Man of course our cells have both a weak spot and a drain plug. Engineers, man.

  • 4 June 2024

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  • Holy shit the dad's thought bubble made me think this was an edit

  • [Karl Jobst] I'm FINALLY Going To Trial Against Billy Mitchell

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  • Found Billy Mitchell's alt