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๐ธ September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 2: buildup
The inverse of “buildup” is “tear down” and in my case, devouring breakfast while catching up with an old friend. ๐ฝ๏ธ #mbsept
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๐ธ September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 1: Abstract
Decided it would be fun to use DiffusionBee, used the following for the prompt: “random collection of splashes of colors, focusing on shades of blue and silver, Jackson Pollock, HD” #mbsept
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Random Thought: Always fascinated by companies who take the โif you want to change your email, create a new accountโ approach. ๐ Who on earth decided that was a great user experience…and what software architect designed it? ๐คฃ
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Random Thought: With Twitter (aka “X”) talking about collecting even more data (link to Ars Technica), now seems like a good time to export my old Tweets, remove the Twitter apps from my devices, and import said data into Micro Blog.
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Yet another reason why I won’t invest any time, energy, or money into the Google ecosystem: Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months. ๐คฃ
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As predicted, my banking account is “locked” and I need to call customer support…and the wait time is estimated to be 57 minutes. ๐ค
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Just realized the bank holding my mortgage has changed their customer portal (their term, not mine) for the third time since I became their customer. ๐ I’ll wager a cup of coffee they screwed up the migration of my user profile again, which means I have to call them. ๐ญ #FirstWorldProblems
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Random Thought: Sipping on my first and only pumpkin spice latte of the season. โ๏ธ๐๐
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Listening to the Keeping Up Appearances: The Luxury Podcast on the drive back to the City today, and my goodness, this is hilarious. I love the banter between the two hosts. ๐คฃ๐
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Somebody paid for my order at Starbucks, first time that’s ever happened to me. ๐ I returned the favor for the person behind me in the line. #PayItForward
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Ah, nothing like password change / reset day…first you get to change it on your Mac and then your iPad and iPhone and other work machine…and then you get to change it in Teams and Outlook and all the other products. ๐คฃ
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Huge shout-out and Happy Birthday to my Dad, he turns 70 today. ๐ If it wasn’t for him, I never would have made it through my early adolescence, nor would I have become a software engineer without his influence on my life. Love ya Pops. โค๏ธ
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Finally yanked out the GPU from my UnRaid server and set up Plex to use Intel Quick Sync; pleased with the results: far less power used and better transcoding performance. ๐บ๐ฌ I can now go to sleep a happy geek. ๐ด