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grysbok

@ grysbok @lemmy.sdf.org

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I'm a systems librarian in an academic library. I moved over the Lemmy after Rexxit 2023. I've had an account on sdf.org since 2009 (under a different username), and so I chose this instance out of a sense of nostalgia. I do all sorts of fiber arts (knitting, cross stitch, sewing) and love dogs.

  • From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban

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  • It's nice to be able to call your parents when you're bleeding out in the school atrium.

  • Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

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  • Latest version of Anubis has a JavaScript-free verification system. It isn't as accurate, so I allow js-free visits only if the site isn't being hammered. Which, tbf, prior to Anubis no one was getting in, JS or no JS.

  • Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

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  • Yay! I won't edit my comment (so your comment will make sense) but I checked and they also list they/them on their github profile

  • Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

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  • I'll say the developer is also very responsive. They're (ambiguous 'they', not sure of pronouns) active in a libraries-fighting-bots slack channel I'm on. Libraries have been hit hard by the bots: we have hoards of tasty archives and we don't have money to throw resources at the problem.

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  • why not add notes as marginalia?

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  • My dad grew gourdes. One of the happiest pictures I have of him late in life is him standing on the porch, surrounded by gourdes hanging to dry. I have three of his goudes. I also have one of his loufas.

  • Do not Interrupt Developers, Study Says

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  • Yep. I just don't tend to have tasks that require much state, they're all pretty easy to pick up or put down.

    I've had positions where I would get in the zone and didn't want to be interrupted, I get how that feels. It's lovely. I used to sit and rework test cases to handle updated requirements across dozens of files, back when I was in QA doing automated testing.

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  • This study emphasizes to me that I'm not a dev, I'm the library's designated techie (aka a systems librarian). I do write scripts, but mostly I maintain servers, help coworkers with CSS, and figure out what obscure setting is assigning unwanted overdue book fines (under Configuration Menu > Fulfillment > Physical Fulfillment > Advanced Policy Configuration, naturally).

    I enjoy interruptions because they help me prioritize my day.

  • Trump quietly abandons all-caps tirades after Newsom's trolling spree

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  • Our understanding of how words work is different and that is ok. We've clearly communicated how we each interpret the phrase, so there's no misunderstanding in this case and we are unlikely to encounter the same phrase together again in the wild.

    edit: root disagreement is that you believe the adverb "explicitly" cannot modify the verb "imply", whereas I believe it can. I doubt either of us will convince the other.

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  • It's not explicitly saying X, it's explicitly implying X. Really being explicit that they're implying the thing.

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  • "I'm not saying I'm running for president but I'm not not saying that, if you know what I mean"

    (haven't seen the clip, just postulating)

  • TIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a mile

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  • I'm with Great Aunt whomever. Flying sucks.

    Plus, you could make it an event or party car. Imagine a traveling bachelorette party with a murder mystery dinner, karaoke, no flying, no driving, and you end up somewhere cool and can nap on the way back.

    (100% of the pre-wedding parties I've been to have had karaoke and a murder mystery dinner. Sample set of one.)

  • Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit

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  • I've never owned a printer, but have always had a job where I could print personal stuff. Highly recommend. My current job, I have a personal laser printer and it's awesome. I use it to print letters, notes for doctor's visits, and craft patterns.

    and there's no way I'd trust my phone enough to not print travel tickets. Paper backups ftw.

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  • I'm a fan of sharing as much as the next person but I'm not sharing my toothbrush.

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  • When it eventually lands, they're in for a hike.

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  • I don't remember where I read it, but there's a concept of private property vs personal property. Personal property is your stuff you use, like your bracelet or your bowl. Private property is your apartment building.

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  • I mean, I enjoy linux sysadmining, but fighting bots takes time, experimentation, and research, and there's other stuff I should be doing. For example, accessibility updates to our websites. But, accessibility doesn't matter a lick if you can't access the website anyway due to timeouts.

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  • Yep, they'll just burn taxpayer resources (me and my poor servers) because it's not like they pay taxes anyway (assuming they are either a corporation or not based in the same locality as I am).

    There's only one of me and if I'm working on keeping the servers bare minimum functional today I'm not working on making something more awesome for tomorrow. "Linux sysadmin" is only supposed to be up to 30% of my job.

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  • Like I said, [edit: at one point] Facebook requested my robots.txt multiple times a second. You've not convinced me that bot writers care about efficiency.

    [edit: they've since stopped, possibly because now I give a 404 to anything claiming to be from facebook]

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    fix(blog/v1.21.1): we avoid breaking changes · TecharoHQ/anubis@1cb1352

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    recommended dashcams?

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    Costuming 'punk' on a budget?