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toynbee ,

I used to have the title “system administrator” in my resume. I guess recruiters were just going off of single keyword searches because I’d get all kinds of emails about unrelated administrative positions like “social security administrator.”

My favorite example was when I got invited to apply for the position of “ocean administrator.” I looked it up at the time and it seemed to be about directing shipping traffic, but it’s more fun to imagine that I would have been in some way directing the ocean itself.

toynbee ,

It wouldn’t be King Triton?

toynbee ,

It’s just the special effects department showing off.

toynbee ,

I don’t know if it is, but you can always just use yt-dlp or something similar.

toynbee ,

I just assumed he was in some foreign language class.

toynbee ,

They can get pretty big, but the ones I encounter are generally about the size of my big toenail.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomidae

toynbee ,

It was probably the Technology Connections one. Even if not, I strongly recommend his channel.

youtu.be/udNXMAflbU8

toynbee ,

In my childhood household, at all times, there were in-progress books on the back of the commode. You would simply select the one relevant to you.

toynbee ,

There were individual books per person.

toynbee ,

Or long-click / long tap the back button.

How do you make a mouse glide better on a mousepad?

I‘ve recently bought an Apple Magic Mouse to have a mouse for my left hand while working. My main mouse on the right is my trusty SL Prime-Z DW. This one glides around the mousepad like butter in a hot pan. My totally new Apple Magic Mouse however drags like dry-fried chicken. My mousepad is the size of the whole desk, so...

toynbee ,

Trackballs are glorious, just saying.

toynbee ,

I’ve never had to manually do that. I use almost exclusively Kensington Orbits and have for around twenty years. Maybe my hands are either clean or dirty enough that the balls are being polished by use.

That said, while I would say “have to” is strong wording, it’s still probably a good idea to polish your balls, innuendo or not.

toynbee ,

I didn’t know they rebooted Reboot.

toynbee ,

Oh yeah, most modern reboots are a drop in quality. Doesn’t mean I won’t seize the opportunity to make a pun!

Also, speaking of apparent drops in quality … Scott Adams turned out to be pretty offensive, but I still appreciate your username.

toynbee ,

Yesterday, I (sort of) learned the phrase “implication arrows,” from which I learned that I should assume that this story is not true, though the arrows… Imply that it’s true. I still don’t really get it.

Anyway, I’ve never held a job where the employer would do more than the bare minimum required by law if I disappeared. Certainly not so much as contacting my family unless there were extenuating circumstances like me verifiably disappearing mid shift. I suspect this is true for most people.

toynbee ,

I’ve always been skeptical of greentext (and most internet) stories, it’s just more fun to suspend one’s disbelief.

I’m just still confused about the concept of “implication arrows,” heh.

toynbee ,

In that case, you sound like a good manager to have.

I like my current managers, but I think if I stopped showing I’d eventually just stop getting paid. There was a period where I wasn’t attending daily meetings because I hadn’t received the invitation to them. Eventually I made a comment to my manager that I was glad the current contract didn’t require a ridiculous number of meetings and he said something like “what are you talking about? There are daily meetings. We just thought you were out sick or something.”

toynbee ,

Well, thank you for the information.

toynbee ,

I strongly dislike Windows - the only Windows device on my network is my wife’s work computer. However, my favorite desktop interface is the one Windows had in XP and 10. I even use Cinnamon because it’s the most similar experience (and shares a lot of the same key shortcuts I learned as a kid).

toynbee ,

When I see a comment I like or a comment that makes me smile or a comment that I perceive as advancing the conversation - even if it doesn’t match the other two requirements - I upvote.

It’s pretty rare that I see a comment that gets a physical or vocal reaction out of me. This is only the second one I can remember on lemmy. Your comment made me literally guffaw. My opinion isn’t anything special, but it’s all I have to offer and I want to make sure you know you had an impact on me. Thank you.

toynbee ,

What are “implication arrows”?

toynbee ,

I … See.

Thank you.

toynbee ,

What do they imply?

I know that these stories are often accused of being fake, but I guess I don’t understand the context of the response. It seems like the responder is saying “go to the doctor regardless of whether you actually have a problem requiring a doctor.” Which I guess could be good advice in some circumstances, but … Maybe I’m just taking things too literally.

Thanks for the answer!

ryujin470 , to gaming

In your opinion, what games released in the 2020s decade (the current one) will be forgotten (i.e. no longer talked about, or known) 20 years from now?

toynbee ,

I will never forget Astroneer, it’s amazing.

toynbee ,

It looks like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays.

toynbee ,

Nobody but you poops and that’s concentrated evil coming out the back of you.

(Trying to make an early Family Guy reference here, but all I can find on YouTube is Rick and Morty, so maybe I’m misremembering)

toynbee ,

Oh, I had conflated the two! That makes sense.

Thanks for metaphorically having my back!

toynbee ,

This is a video of a seal getting startled.

The human recording seems tedious, but I love the video nonetheless.

toynbee ,

Everyone should have responded in Spanish.

toynbee , (edited )

Talk to that guy who recently posted about being exposed to Taco Bell for the first time.

Just because I’ve owned two Chihuahuas in my life doesn’t mean I approve of the franchise!

edit: Also, I don’t actually speak (or read or write) Spanish, so this is the only comment to which I can usefully respond. I have no actual ire toward you.

toynbee ,

For the immediate future, I will assume that “Chihuahua Taco” is a grammatically correct Spanish sentence.

toynbee ,

I learned this on cracked.com! I don’t remember how long ago it was, but I wonder if they had a similar source.

toynbee ,

Not only is this true and annoying, but other things about the ads are getting worse, too.

I recently had to factory reset my TV and, after the first time I opened the YouTube app, immediately had to find the “don’t play video preview” option. It worked, except for the huge banner ad at the top of the list of videos, which still saw fit to play with deafening sound when I didn’t immediately change the video selection. I can’t find a setting to disable this.

Also, I’ve noticed the “fewer ads for this long video” message popping up during videos longer than thirty minutes (and now it seems like longer than twenty minutes). Not only is that message condescending like they’re doing me a favor, but I’m pretty sure it’s not true, at least not by much; and the ads are definitely longer and mostly unskippable.

Like someone else says in this thread, it feels like extortion.

toynbee ,

I’m hungrier because I put so many calories into slapping.

toynbee ,

It looks like WoW.

toynbee ,

Reminiscent of an old Windows screensaver.

toynbee ,

I call my toddler “Little Bean” as a term of endearment (well predating my knowledge of lemmy, let alone this trend). I just showed this picture to my wife and said it was a representation of our toddler when they’re an adult.

My wife rolled her eyes at me.

edit: Clarification.

toynbee ,

Is that a thing that happens?

toynbee ,

I like this reference.

toynbee ,

You, like me, must be old.

I also frequently pass -l to the ssh command.

toynbee ,

Nowadays most Linux users seem to use ssh user@host. When I was getting started, that didn’t exist (or at least I was unaware of it) so I still frequently use the -l flag instead.

Nothing wrong with it, just that at least I mostly encounter its use by experienced users.

toynbee ,

Fair enough, I can respect that.

toynbee ,

My feelings toward furries are entirely neutral and I don’t support the claim that normality is a positive automatically.

That said, I disagree with your claim.

toynbee ,

In this very comment you said “having a weird hobby.” There’s nothing wrong with having a weird hobby, but it’s not normal.

None of my favorite people are “normal.” So long as their hobbies don’t cause harm to anyone, that’s fine.

toynbee ,

It’s fine if you are and fine if you aren’t, but this message kinda seems to contrast with your other posts in this thread.

toynbee ,

You’re allowed to add buttons? I thought modern phones only took them away.

toynbee ,

Did you go back a month in my history to comment on this or stumble upon it naturally?

toynbee ,

That’s fair enough. Hope you’re enjoying your scrolling!

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