Notices by Sherri W (SyntaxSeed) (syntaxseed@phpc.social)

People (looking at you women) don't talk enough about what a load it is to be the person primarily responsible for making dinner for the family.

- It has to be nutritious, varied & affordable.
- You have to pre-plan it to some degree - moreso if there's elements to defrost.
- Any pre-cooking prep.
- The actual cooking work.
- Adding used ingredients to the shopping list.
- Tidy & serve.
- Deal with people's (kids') reactions.

It's the most onerous part of my day.

#parenting #life #cooking

If you aren't the spouse who cooks you are both very lucky & better darn well be doing the dishes.

I know I know, people exist who *like* cooking. These people are blessed & I'm very jealous of them. 😆

Omg case in point.

Yesterday I got really fancy (for me) and made roasted potatoes in the air fryer, a meat and veggie stirfry and an Asian coleslaw. I was in the kitchen for at least 2 hours all together.

So today, lots of computer work so I planned to go easy tonight and make frozen meat pies. We love them.

Well I went to grab the boxes from the freezer only to discover they are the mini ones and I only have 4 (family of 5). Now I'm scrambling to add more to this meal at the 11th hour. 😣

Hey #storage geeks.... is there anything like a #Linux GUI interface for #Rsync or #Rclone that will let me feel like I'm using something like DropBox but it's actually syncing to some #S3 compatible storage?

@BeAware LOL I prefer Mute for some of those 'crimes'. 😆

Musing on some thoughts for #Mastodon abuse #moderation techniques.

What if people could 'subscribe' to the block list of people they follow. Assuming that following someone implies a mild level of trust & "I kinda like similar things this person likes." Then as people I follow identify trolls & abusive commenters & block them... then those blocks spread to their network proactively.

Would be opt-in and may even later expand to allowing someone to 'share' their block at the time of blocking. 🤔

@BeAware Right? So good.

The series was the rare time I got my husband to play a shooter with me. I tricked him by emphasizing the rpg-style character levelling & loot. lol

@BeAware Oooooh! 🙃

We've played 1, 2 & the Pre-Sequel.... and it was never really for the story. 😆 I didn't even know it was onto a number 4! Our next gen console was a Switch so we sadly got off the games.

@BeAware I noticed they practically tripled the age of several characters & totally whiffed on casting Roland.... so it went from a movie I was excited about to one I'm scared about. 😓

And I like those actors! But come on.

#WordPress really didn't do anyone any favours by making EVERYTHING a post and stuffing everything into the Posts table.

I don't know how they talked themselves into the idea that Media uploads are 'posts' but this is really bad architecture.

(Coming from someone trying to do some fancy migrating of media.)

#WebDev

Like guys... there isn't a limit on the number of SQL tables you can have. It's not DB golf where fewer tables = better. 🤦♀️

@sand I made the choice early on to let my kids be bored & miserable to force them to learn to amuse themselves. I got major side-eye from other parents... but the good news is that they do eventually get much much better at it & they develop a lot of creativity.

Don't feel guilty for not entertaining them constantly.

Hang in there!

Big Farm announces chicken coop safety board with members: Wolf, Coyote, Fox & Weasel. 😆

#AI #OpenAI

https://therecord.media/dhs-artificial-intelligence-safety-security-board-announcement

Me: *plays some 90s alternative rock*

10 yr old son: *GASP!* "What is this!?!? 🤩😍🤩

Welcome to my youth kiddo. lol

I'm impressed that the Canadian Conservatives have convinced people that if they vote for them, they will "axe the (carbon) tax" and therefore corporations will definitely, surely, no doubt, 100% pass those savings back to consumers.

🤣

For a party that claims to be full of anti-regulation pro-capitalists, they sure have a voting base of gullible dreamers. 🤦♀️

#CdnPoli #politics #Canada #CarbonTax

@annika I'm seeing so much of this still. 😓 My brother bid $50k CAD over asking for a small house listed for $300k CAD. It sold for $380k. 😭😭

I just finished the hardest home repair task of my entire life. 😵💫

#Electrical work is bonkers!

The hall light fixture hasn't worked in a while. I detached it from the ceiling but was left with only 3" clearance between the dangling fixture & the ceiling. Cramming my hands & neck to see & reach in there was almost impossible. I don't know how men with their larger hands, work within those bloody tiny electrical boxes.

Finally found & replaced the faulty (melted) wire. What a struggle!

#DIY

I had to cross brace the long mounting plate that is meant to bridge the hole & hang the fixture from. Like all electrical things it was too damn small and kept pushing up into the hole.

I had to find a tiny 1" screwdriver to fit up in there when replacing that thing.

Good grief 2 hours of contorted torture. Not to mention holding your arms & tools above your head the entire time. 🥵

But.... it f-ing WORKS NOW!!! Bam! 💡

#DIY #Electrical

PSA - don't bandage over damaged wire sheathing with #electrical tape folks. It burns & melts over time. 😱

@stefano @dokuwiki I've used #dokuwiki for close to a decade (or more 🤔), I've donated repeatedly and made small code contributions a few times.... and I could not agree with you more!

It's a reliable workhorse that is stable, fast, easy to install & use, and frankly it's one of the cornerstone software tools in my professional and personal life. 😎