"Be careful around that stack of books, it's unstable."
"Stack? It's just one book."
"A book is never only just one book."
"What, all the possible readings of it might topple and fall on me?"
"Yes."
"Oh. Okay."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
food, jerks
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Data cleanup as a force for evil https://galencharlton.com/blog/2018/10/data-cleanup-as-a-force-for-evil/
“OpenOffice can’t print on Tuesdays” https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161/comments/28
Me: my shoulders twinge, my back is aflame, woe!
Me later: and you were carrying five extra pounds of stuff in your bag that you don't need at the moment... for reasons?
uspol - reminder to register to vote
If you live in another state, check this for relevant deadlines: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/us/politics/state-voter-registration-deadlines.html
uspol - reminder to register to vote
You can also use that page to double-check that you are on the voter list.
If you registered in the past, DO NOT ASSUME THAT YOU ARE STILL REGISTERED.
Why? See https://www.gregpalast.com/georgia-voter-purge-list-2018/
uspol - reminder to register to vote
Tomorrow, 9 October, is the deadline to register to vote in the state of Georgia and be eligible to vote in the November general elections. https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/
Managing software migration projects qua the conservation and allocation of change acceptance #blogposttowritelater
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(To expand: Alaska Natives actually being in a position to apply that kind of pressure is a good thing, but why should they be on the spot to try to avert a mess they sure as heck didn't create?)
@platypus Yeah; further Googling and some more testing I did suggests that the problem accessing it over IPv6 is intermittent. Footnote to effect that it might freeze and to try again?