Error message. "Playback was terminated abnormally. Reason: something happened." Well that clears everything right up. #linux #linuxmint #computer #errors #nothelpful

@Rajiv I’ve spent most of my life in engineering, I’ve been machining metal for more years than I care to remember, I could possibly help with technical questions, but wouldn’t for the life of me know where to find informational resources! #nothelpful

@Faithslayer202 It is not true. Why would you deliberately spread MAGA NAZI lies?
#NotHelpful

Yesterday I showed up at a store at 3:30 responding to a request for help. In short:
Woman was stranded, running from abusive spouse;
Wouldn’t go to PD due to warrants for her arrest;
Went to PD;
No warrants;
Bought bus ticket to big city with more resources;
Decided not to go;
Drove 76 miles to get car that ran out of gas (with gas can);
Car not there;
76 mikes back to bus stop;
Home at 8:30
Hoping she gets help
#PriestLife #BestEffort #NotHelpful

@cogdog I do recall. And I think, before I quit the T I saw that he was driving up the 5 headed through Washington to BC. I contacted him via DM? I think. I think he said he was living in CA? But I could be thinking about someone else? #nothelpful

I do recall the radio show and his voice.
@jimgroom @timmmmyboy

I "love it" when you get ChatGPT chat history as a „solution" for a problem... it's about NSUserActivity and first thing that pops into my eye is the property „isPoweredByNFC“... that totally sounds like Apple would call it #not #nothelpful

@AndiMann Turn it into an indoor pool? #NotHelpful

If you're wondering how my modern job hunt is going, I was just recommended for an open Actuary position in Europe.

#JobSearch #AIRecruiters #NotHelpful

*Edit 2*: I got a (filtered) notification from nextcloud which reads: "Sorry about the confusion! This is a post by an anonymous forum user, not one of Nextcloud's official help pages. We're sorry if that wasn't clear. And the community's suggestions for your Nextcloud server here are great, thanks everyone!"

That was really nice to know.

Original post below-------

Nextcloud, this is kind of assholey. No, I don't "value low cost over root access to the machine." I value my time and my data. I don't have the knowledge to manage security threats to my own machine (therefore pretty much all of my family's data), opened to the Big Wide Internet, and I enjoy the fact that the environment (e.g., SQL+nginx etc.) is set up and managed by my host, so I don't have to become a sysadmin to have a low-budget, self-hosted dropbox.

*Edit*: Nextcloud has been great and also a huge hassle. Upgrading is always (ALWAYS) a multi-hour or multi-day process for me, and there are constant headaches with little things that don't work (e.g., authentication with my mobile sync app, for some reason). I'm already considering paying #proton for some stuff, so I think in about February, if I can't get my major NC hassles fixed, I'll just ditch it once and for all and use Proton Drive, which seems secure and easy to use, even though it's not #FOSS. I really don't have time to go get a second degree in systems administration right now.

#nothelpful #nextcloud #selfhosted

@KC8JC No but I am using -Z on windows 🤣🤷🏻‍♂️ #nothelpful
Good luck, I want to switch my ham shack to Linux but I haven't for reasons 🤔 (but win10 is running out on my hardware) #littlejokebecomeslongramble

Always willing to lend a hand… er.. paw. #CatsOfMastodon #jigsawpuzzle #puzzle #sunday #gingercat #nothelpful

Current status: HELPING.

Dear reader, there is much purring. And rolling. And bracing of back paws and pushing, sometimes against objects that are breakable and sometimes potentially very expensive to repair, should gravity become involved.

So when I say HELPING, I may or may not be experiencing helpfulness.

His carefully considered opinion may differ.

#CatsOfMastodon #Cats #NotHelpful

Bad newsletter ideas:
- The Hermeneutic Tern (a birder’s guide to interpreting sightings)
- Carpe DM (appreciating the ephemeral beauty of social media)
- My Year Of Lavish Spending (Didion-style personal essays on spending beyond my means)
- Milk Toast (pans of new food concepts)

#newsletter #birding #nothelpful

Today my brain hurts because I wanted to see the locations I visited on a day 3 weeks ago, thinking I could submit the data to get reimbursed for mileage. #ios will track your locations and create a list of significant locations but only to run its AI on you. iOS won't show me the data it's collected on me, but it will use the data to build really nice memories for my photo album. This is #nothelpful https://mobileinternist.com/apple-maps-location-history

@autiomaa #nothelpful :-)

Dear Autocorrect,

Auto-“correcting” proper names to some other proper name is rude.

Thanks,
Me.

#tech #autocorrect #nothelpful

"There it is"

yes, it's a giant screaming monster from another planet. we all see it.

#NotHelpful
#monsterdon

Somebody thinks she’s helping mom get lunch ready. So… Happy #Mondog

#PotholdersAreNotToys
#NotHelpful
#DogLips

#Dogs
#Doodles
#DogsOfMastodon

@jmtd RS-232 serial. Probably compact.

#nothelpful

And if you’re wondering wether Éamon de Valera is a good guy or a bad one, here’s a tip: in the Michael Collins biopic, he is played by Alan Rickman. #NotHelpful