I suspect you could hitch a ride on my raft. Im also getting real close to hopping overboard. 

Tue Jan 09 2024 14:08:11 EST from zelgomer

Writing software is great fun. Writing software with other people has to be one of the circles of hell.

Will 2024 be the year that I finally quit bitching and jump ship to go do something else?

Might be a few pennies difference but they look the same as i walk down the isle heading out to the registers, so not enough difference to notice "oh, that is cheaper"  However i did notice if you buy Pepsi syrup, its the same cost as the **far** better soadastream version ( that is sold in another area, where i do normally go ). ( since Pepsi now owns them, you can buy small bottles of syrup at the grocery, not have to go to a food service store and buy a 50 dollar box )

But yes you do have the store brands.. cheaper, but even they are more than they should be, since often times they are not as good as the other commodity brands, which i cant stand :)   And of course you have the 'craft' brands, which are stupid priced.. even more than they used to be. I should have been selling mine the last couple of years... doh! 

( i did just look on krogers site, which is our local mid-west chain, as of today its 2.99 for both coke and pepsi 2 liter.. so same exact price for us here )

Wed Jan 10 2024 05:08:05 EST from darknetuser 

Really?

I just checked and in more stores here there is a price difference.

But then there are LOTS of white label knockoffs, which are the ones people would use as haven. In fact they are already using them as haven because many can't really afford the expensive ones.

Local blood work people

No longer can you talk to anyone, you *have* to use the freaking kiosk.. They wont even answer the door if you beat on it.  And their stupid ass system lost my pre-work ours appt, so now i have to take time off and drive back up there again.. grr

( i guess could be bottom feeders, but their intent inst malicious )

Statefarm is apparently now embedding auto feedback links in their emails ( i forget the actual term for those things ). So they can track if you read them ( or so they think ). Im sorry, but that is invasive, and wrong. i of course have that crap blocked since its a trick for spammers/scammers, and potential viruses too. Just got a paper letter " we tried to email you, but it wasn't received". No, it was, i just have that sort of crap blocked. Grrr

I hate alarms, always have so instead have always used a clock radio so i know when to get my butt out of bed ( already awake, but don't want to stare at the clock.. )

This morning, coming out of the speaker "we thank you for doctor xyz climate emergency physiologist for being here. Before i could get to the thing to turn it off ( it was dark, and normally i dont bother, it turns off in 60 minutes on its own anyway..  )  "bla bla green award for college students forcing a conversion of a power plant from coal to solar bla bla *CLICK*"

Great way to ruin a day. Grrr.

These morons need to start by removing themselves from the 'green equation'   They are wasting valuable earth resources by existing. Their immediate recycling, and reduced 'carbon foot print', as they say, will only improve things.

Getting really tired of these 'free walls' to keep AI out. 

It wont, its just an excuse to track me.  "create a crisis, then offer to fix it, with a profit"

Statefarm is apparently now embedding auto feedback links in their emails

Like a good stalker, State Farm is there!

Took dog for a ride.  The amount of destruction in this area is staggering.  

lol

tho i could see me doing that with my old dog in the near future..  her hips are not great.   Toss her around my neck and carry her around the park

I rode my Great Pyrenees when I was a little kid, until I got too big. Wish I had some pictures.

Those little wifi/bt antenna connectors on m.2 cards

I know everyone is tired of listening.. so feel free to go on by.

Was out near where i grew up. I thought they were going to be spared from the destruction due to some road work that cut them off from civilization in effect.    I was wrong.  Sign is up, and at least 100 acres of land mowed down "coming soon!  housing development, apartments, strip mall, restaurants"   F-them.

And in the town i live in, the very last bit of farm. still has a sale sign up. 75 acres. But its just a matter of time before the developers buy it that are encroaching on it now.  Just want we need, 350 more houses, on top the other 1000 + at least 1000 room ( estimated from the number of windows... ) apartments that just went up a mile away from my house.

I freaking hate this area. It needs to be burnt to bedrock and let nature reclaim it.  And if i could, id push the damned button.

I'd never tire of their bitching. They can deal with it, or choose not to read my words of wisdom.

At least with WSL and the like a Windows environment doesn't have to be stone knives and bear skins.

i have stuck with lxde since it came out. 

Used to use KDE in the early days.. until it became too inconsistent and bloated ( i hear its not as bad now.. but no need for me to go back, nothing i run is a kde app.. )

And must be nice, i'm stuck with Microsoft.  But at least soon, i wont need windows for anything. Tho its down to about 90% web now there is still a bit of windows every so often....   ( well, unless i get pissed off and quit before we migrate to the new platform that i support )

Wed Mar 13 2024 19:39:36 EDT from darknetuser

I don't like the direction Linux UI is taking either. As a console/standalone WM dude, when I try an actual desktop environment it tends to feel very Windowsy.