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   Alan Bellingham (bellinghman@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 21:14:01 JST Alan Bellingham

   My wife is under the computer desk of her nonagenarian mother, and has just found a Raspberry Pi

   No, no idea why it's there

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     Antiqueight (antiqueight@mastodon.ie)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 21:14:00 JST Antiqueight

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     @bellinghman if you don't know why it's there, do you know where it likely came from? Or does she just have IT elves who come in and set up systems overnight?

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     Antiqueight (antiqueight@mastodon.ie)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 22:46:55 JST Antiqueight

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     • simon3270

     @simon3270 @bellinghman I keep swearing I'm going to label the plugs and cables but I haven't actually DONE it yet... So many steps between here and there!

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     simon3270 (simon3270@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 22:46:56 JST simon3270

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     • Antiqueight

     @bellinghman @Antiqueight Can't beat a labelled plug!

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     simon3270 (simon3270@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 22:46:57 JST simon3270

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     • Antiqueight

     @Antiqueight @bellinghman "I am that elf" 😁 It's monitoring the network, backing up local data, and providing somewhere for me to send offsite backups.

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     Alan Bellingham (bellinghman@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 22:46:57 JST Alan Bellingham

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     • simon3270

     @simon3270 @Antiqueight I did rather assume it was your work

     We're installing a Brother colour laser/scanner, but tidying and labelling stuff while we're about it

     All the plugs under the desk are now labelled

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     Antiqueight (antiqueight@mastodon.ie)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 22:47:22 JST Antiqueight

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     @bellinghman for a second I thought that was addressed to me and I thought "No, the only one I have is in MY mother's house"

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     Antiqueight (antiqueight@mastodon.ie)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 05:36:42 JST Antiqueight

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     • DrYak

     @dryak Can you come set up my pi for that??

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     DrYak (dryak@mstdn.science)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 05:36:43 JST DrYak

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     • simon3270

     @bellinghman @simon3270 @Antiqueight I am in sevetal toots of this thread and feel seen! 😹

     (seriously, I am also an adept of "RasPi under the desk as an off-site backup" and obsessively labelling cables)

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     Antiqueight (antiqueight@mastodon.ie)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 05:37:16 JST Antiqueight

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     • simon3270

     @qhstone @simon3270 @bellinghman I think it is the sanity brought by middle age....

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     Q.H. Stone (qhstone@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 05:37:17 JST Q.H. Stone

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     • simon3270

     @simon3270 @bellinghman @Antiqueight I only started labeling plugs this year. I’m 50. I don’t know why I never thought to do it before.