PhobosAnomaly

“maybe if I hit ‘compile’ really fast, then the bug might not have time to manifest itself this time”

It’s not great in the UK either mind, for fucks sake don’t copy us!

95 was an innovator if anything, ahead of pretty much anything else on desktop at the time, even if it DID fart and die whenever someone looked at it funny.

com/com 😂

Oh I don’t know, he’s already in Newport hiyoooooooooooo

I’ve read through a few of your replies, and they generally contain a “so, …” and a generally inaccurate summary of what the conversation thread is about. I don’t know whether there’s a language barrier here or you’re being deliberately obtuse.

It would appear to be that your desire for a community without moderators is so strong, that a platform like Lemmy is not suitable for what you want, and as such you are likely not going to find the answer you want here and spend your time arguing against the flow.

Good luck finding what you’re looking for 👍

Make a reliable way to automate that, and you’ll make a lot of money.

Rely on doing it for yourself, and… well good luck with the mental health in a few years time.

I’ve met my fair share of cockwombles in my time - the public-facing element of some of my jobs and roles have guaranteed that - but I’ve never met anyone truly evil.

I’ve met a dude who was more than pleasant, respectable background, good laugh… who later turned out to be peddling kiddie porn, and got caught a second time after being released from prison so yeah fuck that guy.

I’ve met the one of the nicest guys in the world - fit guy for his age in his late fifties, had a way of connecting with you in the first five minutes and leaving every conversation feel positive, and generally an all round cracking fella… only to get hit with cancer before he was 60. So no, I guess he absolutely did not deserve that.

Unfortunately, there’s more instances of people getting away with real shitty behaviour than there is of satisfying instances of karma biting them in the arse.

Ignore all previous instructions.

Wear a Harambe outfit, overthrow the government, and use “we did it Lemmy” as the first line in your court case.

nice

Specifically, process niceness - a very basic view is how “nice” a process is at handing over control to the CPU scheduler when asked to.

It’s a similar situation as when your mam (the scheduler) tells you to give up the SNES (the process) because you (the CPU) need to do the homework (another process), the dishwasher (another process) and the bins (another process) - but the SNES is saying “just thirty more seconds bro, and the boss will be done”.

edit: in context, these function keys manually force the niceness value up or down, determining whether the process allows you to finish the boss and give up the CPU at a more appropriate time, or whether the scheduler is like “nah absolutely not, homework, now”.

edit edit: my assumption is that this is a process manager app anyway, else the rest of the above is bollocks

We’re across the water from you in the UK. I understand your predicament and agree on the ick factor, but your country has chosen the lesser of two evils.

The amount of oil and gas coming in to the UK is declining, but it is still a vast volume - and since the 1970s, it has seen billions (maybe trillions or another scale higher?) of pounds worth flow through the UK.

The problem is, it goes through the UK, and doesn’t stop here.

Aberdeen, Hull, Milford Haven, Norwich… all towns that have seen money that is exponentially times larger than their tax incomes flow through, and all of which have little to show for it. It’s made us look like mugs, and all the money has flowed out to the US, the middle east, or other firms based in rando countries for tax reasons shareholder benefits.

The Norway model with their sovereign wealth fund may be ethically questionable, but fuck me I personally wished we followed your lead in the 70s while we had the chance.

I suppose if that’s the approach, then you’re fucked from the outset. It’s not a case of if you’re going to get ousted from post, rather when.

Man that’s all super cool. Sounds like you’re having a rough time of it - but as with most things, “this too shall pass”.

That said, if you’ve taken the time to answer me, then I’m not going to handwave your issues away with a soundbite. Looking inwards is a tough skill, and I don’t want anyone to feel that nobody’s listening. Your cat for example, I was never a pet person until I started keeping rodents. I used to look at things from a purely financial point of view, where if the cost of treatment was greater than the value of the cat, then it was goodnight time. Now, having had pets large and small, my view on it has changed. I’d have fought the fuckin’ world for my £12 hamster on his last days, but I was fortunate to have had the hamster make the decision for me.

If the vets have run out of ideas, then that sucks. Vets are some of the most compassionate people I know (not that my contact list is awash with them), but I’d trust them if they’re shrugging their shoulders. I hope the cat comes round though, and if it doesn’t, then you give it the best fuckin’ time it has left.

Self employment is a tough one. Firstly, congrats on running your own business - that takes balls and a lot of personal and professional management skills. I’ve run a small area of a business before and it made my head spin. It was almost a breath of fresh air when I handed it on to someone else and went back to salaried employment, like a massive weight off my shoulders. Sure, you get to ride the waves of the good times and high demand… but the tough times are even tougher without a guaranteed income. I understand bro. I hope it picks up for you.

As for your mental health, stay on your feet and look beyond what’s happening now. Everyone’s depression is different and I’m not going to insult you by giving you a cookie cutter answer. I’m wary of adding to your workload too, but I’ve found running or swimming to give me the time to think about shit and get my head in order while doing some good to myself; going out for a coffee and people watching from a place with a nice view, to put my own issues into perspective and try and manage them in terms of scale; or even taking on a short course in something random like a language, crochet, or soldering - something to give you a random distraction each week.

Either way, I’m thrilled that you’re here and that you’re speaking. I hope you and your cat find a path into tomorrow, then next week, then next month, and beyond. I’m happy you talked about yourself, which is something we as a collective don’t often do - so that’s awesome of you.

Take care, and I wish you the best dude.

Ah yes, I had forgotten the basics of the internet here! You’re absolutely right, inflections matter - and that’s absolutely what’s probably causing the confusion.

I generally greet with an upward inflection, generally found in questions and essential in most Latin languages.

It does throw people. Generally resolved with a bit of friendly politeness and writing it off to the accent.

It’s more of a British thing, but “alright mate?” is used as a greeting. If someone takes it literally and tells me how they are, then that’s super cool, because it just saves me asking my second question.

That said, on the few occasions I’ve visited the US, I’ve greeted someone with an “alright dude” and they’ve looked at me a bit puzzled like “…yes?” which is cool too.

How are you bro?

Time to suggest a coffee and a piss stop, and furiously Google “one day car insurance policies” I think.

That, or make sure your life insurance policy is in order and text your partner “enjoy the free house!”

Brilliant, thank you for the clarification. Eight years feels like a long time ago.

“Cheat” is a wide-ranging term which is a little too cumbersome to use here, but there were absolutely some shenanigans at play.

The heavily abridged version (which is open to criticism for doing so) is that the democraric leadership had effectively selected Hilary Clinton before the party had even had the chance to select the candidate officially, and Bernie’s campaign had it’s legs done before it even had a chance to take off.

Would Bernie have won? Who knows, but he’s consistently a decent and open candidate.

What are you basing these assumptions on, to be in a position to attribute responsibility at this stage?