
Eli the Bearded, he (him) of Usenet fame, if Usenet can be said to have fame. Background is my pixel art. Avatar my photo of a @uriji1 trinket
Joined June 2012
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Moved my Mastodon account to private instance, my original one was starting to have issues.
@elithebearded@fed.qaz.red
Replying to @CDCgov
Heartwarming story of this [young girl|grandmother|WW II vet] who DIYed a CPAP when it cost too much
Replying to @joshuajfriedman @jessesheidlower
Is not Alcuin the source?
Replying to @danglinghemmie
I recognize that not everyone can, but I do. Paper stubs from ~1998 to whenever I stopped getting them on paper, kept in manila folders next to my tax documents. PDF stubs from end of paper until last week. Next week I'll get another. My pre-1998 ones got purged in a move
Replying to @four_eels @danglinghemmie
Does take some time, but doesn't take any money to sic the Department of Labor after them. The website for doing so has become friendlier since I used it:
worker.gov/
My impression is they were sloppy. When asked, they sent it, but I think they expected people to come into office and get it. Which doesn't work when they closed the office local to me (hence no job) and nearest office ~500 miles away
Replying to @SSDERANGEMENTSS @growing_daniel
Looks like Grindr going public getting a banner on NY Stock Exchange building. With the context of the street in front of that building
Replying to @Rubber0Cement
Replying to @TimothyPSmith7 @danglinghemmie
100% this. Download every payday, backup periodically to a different device
Replying to @a_v_wholesome_g @danglinghemmie
And compare end of year (final) paysyub numbers with W2 numbers. I've found discrepancies that way
Replying to @danglinghemmie
Last time I left a place with an uncooperative HR, next place asked for first and last paystub
Replying to @yorecomputer
Scan all these dog butts in *minutes*
Replying to @Rubber0Cement
A bunch of sites that mostly share twitter like posts with each other. Discovery is really hard by design, the aim is smaller scale interactions.
Replying to @OldTechAdverts
1983. I got a Sharp OZ-7000 in 1989. I still have it (and my photo is on the Sharp Wizard page in wikipedia. 8x16 character screen, PCMCIA sized expansion cards, with 4x4 touch screen virtual buttons on the cards. No teachers objected to mine
Replying to @_r_o_n_e_
When xkcd did it, made the same choice to not count humans as wild. (1338)
Replying to @djbaskin
I do. I buying stuff in that store that (week|month). I've gotten so many printers / replacement toner / replacement drums from there because my wife's business destroys them quickly.
Replying to @OldTechAdverts
What if the switch just reverses the polarity?
Replying to @LondonMudlark
They look pretty cool. If I wanted to buy some for my decorative "marbles" collection, what term should I search for in etsy/ebay?





