Searching the web for "how to get rid of unwanted guests" in front of my guest whom I desperately want to leave

The nice thing about Windows and macOS is that when you have a problem, you know who to complain about. But when you have a problem on Linux, for example when you're trying to type in a window but other applications keep stealing the focus, who do you complain about? The display server? Window […]

Turning off my phone and going to bed because I've reached the critical mass of reading horrifyingly bad takes on Mastodon

My mom asked me what happens to an app if you press the home button without closing it and then I accidentally explained the entire Android app lifecycle to her. She totally understood it though so I guess that's where my software superpowers come from lol

Asking trick or treaters if they'll accept my cookies for tracking and marketing purposes

Is anybody else worried that that federated TikTok clone Loops will just be entirely short videos about Linux distributions? Because I am

Deleting emails from 2012 feels like dusting a pharaoh's crypt

"Tier 1 Datacentre" sounds really impressive until you realise you've just described the linen closet of the average r/homelab user.

I should really clean up my inbox more often

I'm trying to learn Spanish faster by immersion so if everybody could start posting exclusively in Spanish at an elementary school level I'd appreciate it. Gracias.

Therapist: And when did you know your marriage was over? Me: I knew it when I came home and he had watched the newest episode of Great British Bake Off without me. My partner: And I knew shortly after that when he stabbed me in the shoulder with a kitchen knife

Tired: Napping because you're tired Wired: Napping because your brain can't handle the unbearable weight of being alive

Good morning

There's nothing quite like that feeling in the pit of your stomach where you can feel that your life arc has suddenly and irreversibly changed direction

Oh my fucking god why does my alarm clock have a privacy policy

Being a little extra gay in the work chat today just to see how much the straights will tolerate

I love being silly goofy but the chances of the tone being misread over a text medium like Mastodon is near 100% and that is why I'm afraid of talking to people on the Internet

Has anyone asked for universal healthcare "to protect the children"? I feel like that's an easier sell than carbon dating anyone who uses an app store