Admiral Patrick

I’m surprisingly level-headed for being a walking knot of anxiety.

Ask me anything.

Special skills include: Knowing all the “na na na nah nah nah na” parts of the Three’s Company theme.

I also develop Tesseract UI for Lemmy/Sublinks

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Cake day: June 6th, 2023

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  • I miss the days when the obnoxious fireworks were illegal in my state :sigh:

    This year, Sacramento upped the fine to $1,000 for the first firework, $2,500 for the second and $5,000 per firework after that. If you lit a firework on city property, such as a park or a school, the fine goes up to $10,000 each. There’s no limit to how many fines you can be issued.

    “If we see multiple fireworks being used at a single property, we can stack the violations based upon how many fireworks they’re using,” SFD Fire Marshal Jason Lee told KCRA. “So, it could be thousands of dollars per location.”

    Hell yeah. Keep me awake till 3 am with your constant “boom boom boom”, that’s gonna cost ya. The only thing that would make this story better is if after a certain threshold, they bring in armed Predator drones.

    If I’m coming off a bit cranky, it’s because I’ve barely slept in 4 days.






  • Process was pretty easy. Basically you have to:

    1. Fill out the recall form (linked in post).
    2. Provide info for the unit:
      • Model number
      • Serial number
    3. It will check to see if that exact unit is part of the recall. If it is, you’ll also need to provide:
      • Where it was purchased
      • The order number associated with the purchase
    4. Let them know if you want a replacement unit shipped to you or a non-expiring gift card for Anker.com
      • I selected “replacement unit” and had to provide my shipping address. Not sure if gift card needs that or not, but would assume so.
    5. You have to submit two photos of the unit:
      • Write the current date and the word RECALL on a piece of paper.
      • Upload a photo of the back with the serial number visible with the paper in the shot
      • Upload another photo of the front with the paper in the shot. Also, you have to write RECALL on the device itself in Sharpie (not sure if they’ll be able to see it in mine since the case is black and you can’t see the marker at all)
    6. It said the turnaround time is approx. 5 days.
    7. It advises to send the unit for recycling after you submit the form, but I’m holding onto mine for now because I’m not sure if they’re gonna complain about the Sharpie not being visible in the second photo.





  • Also, when on the highway, remember: A safe following distance is 69 bible-lengths per 72,411 bible-lengths-per-hour of speed.

    Bonus layer to this: It’s the Christian rock of joke comments. I just took regular old advice, crossed out words, and replaced them with bible.

    Boring math stuff
    • Assuming a handheld bible size of 8.75 inches tall
    • Safe following distance is 69 bible lengths (keeping that from the post) per 10 MPH of speed
    • 10 miles = 633,600 inches / 8.75 = 72, 411 bibles






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    4 months ago

    Let the hate of the crowd wash over me, but I don’t even like Flatpak, and I’ve got love-hate (mostly hate) relationship with AppImage as well.

    Just give me a system package or a zipped tarball.

    In recent years, have had to just get used to needing to build most projects from source.