It’s also important to call out when evidence was improperly collected, when police misbehaved, etc. That should force the police to do a better job, and follow proper procedures.

Headline is missing one word at the end: “Dies”

Is it “My pal foot foot” by The Shaggs?

Hey now, don’t you slam this reporter’s choice of words!

You could have at least read the comment you were replying to

Happy Tree Friends: The Game?

But then, why doesn’t that work to push the Democrats further left?

Read about this yesterday, and from comments on the original Twitter post, it sounds more like CBP decided child porn was involved. Either they intentionally destroyed the floppy because they assumed that’s what it contained, or they thought the floppy was actually just hiding something else (such as a mini CD or DVD?)

Just don’t cross the streams.

Too much ice skating.

Show me […] hockey!

Well, make up your mind!

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.

Literally the day the music died.

I need a CPAP to sleep, so naps are basically impossible for me

But at a past job doing tech support at a web hosting company, where I was still new and assigned to the night shift, it was just me and another guy who was supposed to support me, and be the acting manager.

At night we’d be lucky to get more than one or two calls, and maybe a handful of live chats, so we’d mostly do tickets all night.

Well, I would. He would curl up at his desk and sleep for 7 hours, then speed through a bunch of really easy tickets (that he’d botch) in order to have respectable metrics.

There were others in a different department who knew about this, so on at least one occasion, they drew a penis on his forehead while he slept. Even though our boss saw this, the slacker wasn’t fired, as he was one of the few who actively wanted the night shift.

It’s because you’re not writing the way Apple wants you to.

🙄

They admitted, with obvious glee

That’s not realistic. They’d never use real names like “Bobby”.

What’s the point of smartphone colors that will get completely covered by the phone case? And don’t tell me phone cases are not necessary, I’ve accidentally dropped my phone enough times!

(I’m on my 4th smartphone in about 12 years, and I’ve never scratched or cracked a screen)

Users have somehow been trained to ignore and dismiss error messages. Probably from getting too many ad pop-ups.

I’ve been “collecting” content for many years now. I learned most of what I needed to know about ripping and transcoding over the years, such that each time I need to deal with a new video format, or a new application, it’s not too hard, because I’m building on everything I’ve already learned.

And each time I was learning new things, it’s not like there was a risk that all my previous content might suddenly become unusable or inaccessible.

Meanwhile, a couple years ago I was finally able to build myself a proper NAS. While I know my way around Linux somewhat, I never kept a Linux-based daily driver because most of the apps I use regularly are on Windows, and I’m not confident about running them stably in Linux, nor am I confident about equivalent native Linux apps. And I’m not confident about setting up and administering my own server. My past experiences have shown me that whenever you need to do anything complex and specific, it involves a lot of work.

So at a coworker’s suggestion, I got a Synology NAS that turned out to be a breeze to setup. And then I figured out how to get Plex server on there (not available in the Synology package manager, but the “manual” process turned out to be simple enough)

And it just WORKS! it’s not perfect, but it’s mostly painless to use. I was happy paying for the lifetime Plex pass at the beginning, because it handles all the routing and discovery that needs to happen to allow me to stream to my phone, or to my parents’ TV when I’m visiting them.

My next NAS might not be by Synology due to their recent announcement about supported hard drives, but I’ll probably be looking for something that “just works” because I can’t be bothered to learn how to be a sysadmin, and risk losing my stuff because I’m making the kinds of mistakes one makes as they’re learning.

Just like, if I owned a car, I wouldn’t be digging under the hood to “tweak the timing” or replacing brake discs. I’d be happy paying someone I trust to do that work, leaving me with a car that “just works”.

No, that was precisely my thought process.