Hossenfeffer

I knew Douglas Adams was wrong!

What is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything?

There are many, but my current bugbear is the wireless Apple mouse. It has a built in rechargeable battery and and a tiny little port for you to plug the recharging cable in. The port is mounted on the bottom of the mouse rendering it useless while it’s being charged. I guess it’s to make it look nicer but it’s so stupid.

That’s why you should just drink it straight from the bottle box.

FTFY

You’ve got to be very careful when you’re chopping the garlic.

I don’t have a huge amount of respect for recruiters having been involved with them on both sides of the hiring process.

It often feels like they treat it like a numbers game - minimise effort by just throwing enough resumes at a job and hoping one will stick and then earn an easy cut. That will earn them more than seriously trying to match candidates with jobs.

Okay. But dogs CAN look up!

I’m not Italian, but I am a Fat Balding Idiot so we’re all good.

By saying nothing you make yourself complicit in keeping this betrayal a secret. Unacceptable to me, at least.

“… hey Mark, I’m truly sorry to have to do this but you need to see this text from your dad.”

… in case England attacks again.

I have been thinking about coming over there with a cricket bat.

I wouldn’t put it past Musk to be planning on a nuke strike somewhere to boost investment in SpaceX. “See, life on earth is fragile, we have to be able to leave (if you’re rich enough)!”

The fuck is Nostr? I can’t keep up.

I did this to all my parents’ bookshelves when I was about 8. For the next 45 years they blamed me every time they couldn’t find a book.

The best alternative is to take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

Just head down to the basement, find the circuit breakers for your building and flip them all to off for 10 seconds. That usually gets you out of Vi.

Vi/Vim - had it on every computer I’ve owned or used since about 1991.

Friendship is based on shared experiences.

So you need to find some experiences to share with people. Whether that’s evening pottery classes, joining (or starting) a man’s shed, joining a book club, joining a local amateur sport team, getting into a virtual TTRPG, joining a bridge club, or a chess club, or litter picking group, or bird-watching group… or something entirely different it’ll work as long as you have repeated exposure to the same group of people. Unless you pick a group who are all assholes. Or if you’re an asshole.

That hurts the side of my thumb but I’ll give it a go!

I heard something like this the other day. Is it the same thumb as the palm? 'Cos I can’t press my right hand thumb to the palm of my right hand very hard.