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yst 12:59
@AndreascondemnsIsrael Oh it shows now! It looks great! :)
Tinkeringbell
Mon 20:34
I'll take your word for it, it already sounds good.
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Mon 19:55
@AndreascondemnsIsrael connection refused
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Mon 19:45
Yep! Next year I'm doing what my aunts and uncles are doing now and I'm either migrating away for a week or two, or saying I'm feeling very ill, and shirk all responsibility
Tinkeringbell
Mon 19:39
Just to have yet another day/evening in December to plan for :P
Tinkeringbell
Mon 19:39
We do that at Sinterklaas..
Tinkeringbell
Mon 19:35
We will have the big dinner on Christmas day, but not the presents. After all, Santa Claus isn't real nor Christian ;)
Tinkeringbell
Mon 19:35
@AndreascondemnsIsrael this honestly sounds fun.
Tinkeringbell
Mon 19:32
I know
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Mon 19:31
@AndreascondemnsIsrael we don't do Christmas Eve here, but both first and second Christmas day I'm with parents.
Tinkeringbell
Mon 19:30
Also, it's not just me! We're having a record period of no-sun-shine weather. Last time we didn't see sun here for this long, I was 2.
Tinkeringbell
Mon 19:29
Great! Party starts in ... A week. Or so. I definitely don't have time before that
Tinkeringbell
Mon 18:30
@AndreascondemnsIsrael you may drink tap water ;)
Tinkeringbell
Mon 16:44
A jubilee is as good an excuse as any
Tinkeringbell
Mon 16:44
@AndreascondemnsIsrael Why?! I need a day off. Just gaming, snacking and booze, and no responsibilities, please.
Tinkeringbell
Mon 09:01
@AndreascondemnsIsrael Yay. I propose we all get a day off :)
Tinkeringbell
Sun 19:36
I'm going to sleep I think
Tinkeringbell
Sun 19:36
Good luck then!
Tinkeringbell
Sun 19:33
That's before it's even healed :P definitely getting another injury then
Tinkeringbell
Sun 19:32
@AndreascondemnsIsrael this is also true. I find it hard to stay inside on the rare occasions we get snow :)
Tinkeringbell
Sun 19:32
@AndreascondemnsIsrael depends on whether you go outside :P
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Sun 19:31
@AndreascondemnsIsrael yep!
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Sun 19:31
Sorry. I slept for 12 hours and took an hour nap and I'm still too tired for a normal conversation XD
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Sun 19:30
@AndreascondemnsIsrael yeah okay that's crazy
Tinkeringbell
Sun 19:30
Welcome to Norwegian weather? :P
Tinkeringbell
Sun 19:30
@AndreascondemnsIsrael a bit. I don't generally mind the "short days" but I can't remember the last time I spent a whole week with lamps on because it kept being overcast and/or rainy
Tinkeringbell
Sun 19:29
Snow is usually pretty though, if you can stay inside :P
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Sun 19:29
@AndreascondemnsIsrael oof. Get well soon?
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Sun 19:28
As in, dark enough to need a lamp to see anything all day
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Sun 19:28
@AndreascondemnsIsrael We only get dark and rain here
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Sun 19:25
So dark
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Sun 19:25
@AndreascondemnsIsrael horrid.
Tinkeringbell
Sun 11:18
@Zoe-Savethedatadump Nah, it's called "having low standards" :P
Tinkeringbell
Fri 13:55
I've had worse, where the package was filled with trinkets/gadgets/stuff that I had no use for, that no one else I know had any use for either, and that were too low quality to bring to a recycle/second hand shop.
Tinkeringbell
Fri 13:55
The snacks are edible, so I will eat those :P
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Fri 13:55
Eh, this is fine enough. As with those packages every year, it's the thought that counts. Though this year the game will probably go straight into the bin, the backpack and umbrella will get a few uses (to be fair the backpack I use for work now is getting old and holey, soo...)
Tinkeringbell
Fri 13:45
And a box of 'christmas shaped' pretzels (the little things with salt)
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Fri 13:45
Christmas package is here... it had a backpack with company logo that has hooks so it can go on a bike's luggage rack (and that poke your back if you wear it.. practical.), an umbrella with company logo, a 'who am I' party game (bunch of paper 'glasses/masks' that you can write a name of a thing/person onto, and then you have to wear them so you can't read what's there, and guess what's written onto it by asking yes/no questions).
Tinkeringbell
Fri 13:43
I do
 

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yst 08:02
@Spevacus It's already been too long. So many murders each day, why does this guy leading a gross practice get all the attention?
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Mon 16:43
@M.A.R. delegating is an option for after I've failed :)
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Mon 15:37
@JourneymanGeek Since you know stuff ... any recommendations on a good enough soldering iron for fixing some small electronics (a Switch Pro Controller, joystick replacement)? I've looked at Ifixit stuff but that'd only arrive in April :/
 

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Tinkeringbell
Mon 14:12
Yay, I made sense! achiement unlocked, chocolate earned
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Mon 13:30
And now it's dark and depressing. Happy Holidays XD
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Mon 13:26
But to an extent I feel a 'social pressure' on me to not break the rules like that, to be a good example, and that example isn't one that's in line with what a community is and does.
Tinkeringbell
Mon 13:26
Because those are "the rules", and those create a certain 'social pressure' that's adhered to. I know rules are sometimes there to be broken, and if others want to offer those (empty? well-meant? You'll never know as you can't look someone in the eye while they're writing them) words of sympathy in those situations I won't go around mod-messaging them for excessive use of comments or something...
Tinkeringbell
Mon 13:26
@Tinkeringbell To an extent, perhaps 'social pressure' to be a 'real community' is lacking here too. If some suicidal user posts on a site I mod, I'm supposed to clean up the post (delete it so it won't bother others) and report it. If some poor kid drops a real tear-jerker on IPS, I'm not going to be using what few motherly instincts I may have, I'm reporting them for being underage, and I'll probably close their post as off-topic.
Tinkeringbell
Mon 13:04
I think I saw that in action on IPS once: A user wrote 25 answers in 2 weeks time, with very bad English spelling/grammar. The first few got edits and good comments explaining the misstakes made and fixed, but the same mistakes kept being made. At some point, I (and I think also the community) tired of correcting the same mistakes, even when asked for 'spell-checks', and went to 'just downvote and move on'
Tinkeringbell
Mon 13:03
@BryanKrause The other side of this, I think, is that there is also some 'social pressure' (to stay with your words) lacking for e.g. me myself an I to "improve" the works of those users or the genAI, even if it is not that bad: A bit of a 'you're putting in no effort (to improve) so why should I keep at it?' kind of attitude.
Tinkeringbell
Mon 12:58
It's most definitely not *just* AI. It's just a very convenient example ;) I think the 'deeper' thing is probably always boiling down to "how do you make a bunch of bits and bytes on the internet into something that reflects a 'real-life' community". There has to be something to tie things together, and replaces e.g. the amazing support in practical terms (e.g. the help with groceries, meals, chores and baby-sitting when you're seriously ill) a real-life community can offer.
For me, a few words of sympathy or a good answer have never really replaced that. You're all still internet strangers.