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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-24 at 22:58

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-24 at 16:34

I have ordered a delivery from France and according to package tracking it’s coming from … Roissy

It’s not even a kinky item 😅

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-24 at 09:07

Wenn FDP und BSW an der 5%-Hürde scheitern, aber die Linke es tatsächlich wieder in den Bundestag schaffen, dann wird’s nicht alles schlimm an dieser Wahl

https://fairmove.net/@wahlrecht_de/113882129843426511

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-23 at 19:38

My laptop and I have in common that we both sometimes panic a bit when we wake from sleep

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-23 at 17:32

Functions in Jsonnet are referentially transparent, meaning that any function call can be replaced with its definition, without changing the meaning of the program. Therefore, in some sense, functions in Jsonnet are hygienic macros.

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-23 at 16:34

Going to be really wishing Vodafone would upgrade our internet to 1 Gbps cable soon

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-23 at 16:30

Well, they confirmed that my laptop went to Czechia and back in order to have the operating system wiped and ‘upgraded’. Could have done that myself.

They have now ordered a new logic board to swap in, but I get to keep the laptop while I’m waiting for the part to arrive.

So now I get to restore my backup over the internet. That’ll be fun, especially considering how difficult Apple has made backup restores using anything other than Time Machine recently

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-23 at 14:50

Immediately going back to the Apple Store to complain (before they can possibly claim that this is because of some app or something I’ve installed. Fortunately I now also know that I can reproduce the issue on one of the MBAs they have on display!)

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-23 at 14:42

Fucksake. They literally just reinstalled the OS – wiping my entire hard drive in the process, of course – and did nothing else.

Also of course, the new OS they installed is Sequoia, which I had been deliberately holding off on upgrading to.

And no, the sleepy wake kernel panic problem is not fixed!! 🤬🤬🤬

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-23 at 13:32

Stayed home today to be able to sign for the delivery. No ring at the doorbell all day.

Text message: ‘Wir haben heute versucht, Ihre DHL Express Sendung […] zuzustellen, aber Sie waren nicht zu Hause.’

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-22 at 23:48

Charles de Gaulle was right about everything

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-22 at 20:38

You don’t have to care, you know.

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-22 at 15:55

Well, the laptop is now on its way back to me. No indication on the website of what actual repair was done. They’d better not just have reinstalled Mac OS again

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-21 at 09:10

In either case, if I liked it, I could keep it after these one/two weeks and would have a new device to play with; if not I’d just return it when my main laptop gets back from repair.

Hmmm. 🤔

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-21 at 09:09

Considering getting myself a temporary personal device while my usual laptop is still out for repair.

Initial thought was an iPad. I would be able to hack by SSHing into my server or hooking it up to one of the RPis I have lying around here.

Or maybe a budget ThinkPad or other Linux-compatible laptop. Would be nice to still have a box that could also run old Windows-only games for nostalgia reasons.

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-20 at 21:15

Ach menno, Kevin Kühnert kandidiert diesmal nicht (aus gesundheitlichen Gründen). Jetzt weiß ich auch nicht mehr, wen ich mit meiner Erststimme wählen will 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-20 at 19:42

Apropos this thread and the topic of over-rationalizing technical decisions which are, in reality, based on little more than feelings, see also this masterwork by @ubernostrum https://lobste.rs/s/z6lpqg/strong_static_typing_hill_i_m_willing_die#c_jpjntn

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-20 at 16:26

At least I don’t have to publish on it.

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-20 at 16:25

It’s a particular cruelty of the universe that my grandfather died when I was old enough that I still have memories of him, but not yet old enough to understand his work or ask him questions about it.

I have to fumble my own way to a coherent social and political theology for this age.

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Written by Daphne Preston-Kendal on 2025-01-20 at 12:42

But I wonder how far the whisper network goes. I’ve been assuming (hoping!) that the people who actually do the repair behind the scenes are competent enough to recognize the issue and know how to fix it. But are they? And if so, how do they know: are they properly trained, or do they also rely on hearsay from one another? How far does the information blackout go? Does anyone in Cupertino with decision-making power know about this problem at all, or has the info not even made it up that far?

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