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• New note by bobjonkman 4 September 2019
  They're made out of meat https://web.archive.org/web/20190501130711/http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/
• Favorite 4 September 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by tom: we're all just markov bots made of meat
• Favorite 4 September 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by o0karen0o: Free and open source software's all about the fact that no one and nothing is perfect. #reminder
• Favorite 31 July 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by natecull: Dear everyone who is considering making a video of yourself talking rather than just writing the *exact same words* into a text file, a blog post or a PDF:Unless you're specifically targeting people who literally cannot read...Please don't.Sincerely, A Person Who Doesn't Have Literal Free Hours To Hear You Slooooowly […]
• Favorite 28 July 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by kensanata: I recommend people just turn off voice assistants whenever they can. That includes smart watches and the like! If you don’t depend on them, then there always the chance of activating them by mistake and of voice samples getting sent and stored where they don’t belong and listened to by […]
• bobjonkman repeated a notice by floxadvocate 27 July 2019
  RT @floxadvocate Happy System Administrator DayToday, please remember to thank the professionals who keep your computers and network functioning https://sysadminday.com/https://www.sys-admin-day.de/https://www.LOPSA.org/#sysadm #LOPSA
• Favorite 27 July 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by floxadvocate: Happy System Administrator DayToday, please remember to thank the professionals who keep your computers and network functioning https://sysadminday.com/https://www.sys-admin-day.de/https://www.LOPSA.org/#sysadm #LOPSA
• Favorite 17 July 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by wolfie: @ink_slinger also "blood is thicker than water" is actually short for "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" which means that friendship formed in hardship is stronger than family bonds, the exact opposite of the shorthandAnd curiosity killed the cat used to stop people […]
• Favorite 17 July 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by inkslinger: "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" was originally satire because that is, um, impossible. It's now stated without irony."Just a few bad apples," when referring to police, conveniently ignoring the full aphorism ials actually: One bad apple *spoils the bunch.*
• Favorite 27 June 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by selfcare: Fix something small that gets in your way. Sew on a button, clean a grimy keyboard.