• Finished reading: Order of Architects: Book 2 by Oleg Sapphire & Yuri Vinokuroff ๐Ÿ“š
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    The second book of the series, is a great follow-up…and now I have to wait for the third book. ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ˜ญ

    A soldier, a man in a suit, a small robot, and a mechanical creature stand in a lush landscape with a distant castle, featured on the cover of The Order of Architects #2 by Oleg Sapphire and Yuri Vinokuroff.
  • Forcing me to give you my phone number to buy something online when you already have my email address means I will not be buying from you. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿคฌ

  • I’ve been setting up my new Raspberry Pi to be an always-on, lightweight server but I was running into the oddest issue when trying to get memory data out of Docker. As it turns out, adding “cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory” to my “/boot/cmdline.txt” file fixed the issue. ๐ŸŽ‰ Link

  • Insomnia sucks ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

  • My father just bought a Mac with no input from me and set it up without my help…and now can’t remember the password; trying to remotely help him was painfully frustrating. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ Oh the joys of being tech support. ๐Ÿคฃ

    Irony: he has a computer science degree and used to write SQL for a living. ๐Ÿคฃ

  • The weather was so lovely over lunch, I went for a walk. ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

    A white cloud icon indicating overcast weather, with text showing '74ยฐ Feels 74ยฐ Overcast for the hour,' against a blue background featuring illustrated green trees and hills.

    Whilst walking, I stumbled across the cutest flowers. ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐ŸŒฟ ๐Ÿ“ท

    Pink and white flowers bloom on vine-covered plants, wrapping around a white picket fence in a garden.
  • Does anyone out there know how to scrub your number from all of the political texting lists? …asking for a friend… ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

  • ๐Ÿ”— Blocking AI bots from Microsoft, others has been “pain in the a**": Reddit CEO | Ars Technica // Scharon Harding // arstechnica.com

    The irony of a company that both profits off the (free) labor of other’s work, and who shut down all 3rd party API integration because of the “high costs” associated with supporting it complaining about other companies taking their “work” for free and costing them money by scraping their site (and by-passing their APIs).

    Love the comment section at Arsโ€ฆand 100% agree with that comment. ๐Ÿ˜†

  • Finished reading: The Healer: Book 1 by Roman Romanovich ๐Ÿ“š
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    Another one of those “I died and was reborn in another world” books, it was interesting but a little hard to read at times.

    A young man kneels while holding a glowing orb, with a large ghostly figure looming behind, set against a dark cityscape. Text: 'The Healer Book 1' by Roman Romanovich.
  • Someone once said “hell is other people." I would like to modify that: hell is Costco on a Saturday afternoon.

  • Met up with some friends tonight for dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant. Nine times out of ten, I get the same dish…why mess with perfection. ๐Ÿ˜‹ ๐Ÿ“ท

    A steaming plate of stir-fried tofu and vegetables rests on a patterned dish, situated on a white tablecloth, accompanied by silverware. Text: 'lostinhaaste.com' is visible at the bottom right.
  • Finished reading: Renegade (Underdog: Book 8) by Alexey Osadchuk ๐Ÿ“š
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    A muscular character stands amidst swirling magical energy, with glowing symbols on their arm and face, set against a dark, stormy background. Text reads: 'RENEGADE UNDERDOG - VIII' and 'ALEXEY OSADCHUK.'
  • Finished reading: Arbiter (Underdog: Book 7) by Alexey Osadchuk ๐Ÿ“š
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    A tattooed man stands illuminated by green light, enveloped by a large, ominous creature with sharp teeth in a dark, eerie environment. Text: 'ARBITER UNDERDOG VII' and 'ALEXEY OSADCHUK.'
  • I’m so damn sick of unsolicited text messages about politics and upcoming elections. Yes, I’m going to show up and vote…you know that already so why are you bothering me with this crap?! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฌ

  • Finished reading: Showdown (Underdog: Book 6) by Alexey Osadchuk ๐Ÿ“š
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    A person with glowing powers stands prepared in front of two menacing beasts, one golden and one red, in a dark, mystical setting. Text reads: 'SHOWDOWN UNDERDOG - VI' and 'ALEXEY OSADCHUK.'