Reporting in via phone as softwareupdated has rendered my Air all but unusable.
Is it just me or has MacOS seriously regressed over the years?
@streakmachine You have to allow a very healthy following distance. People will slam on their brakes and pull to the side of the road in a instance.
Happened twice on my way back from lunch.
There is a good side to the Lee Highway Yard Sale event.
Testing batteries in our UPSes.
Driver rubbernecks. Exclaims, "My, was that a Ronco Pocket Fisherman I saw on that tabl…" BAM Hits utility pole.
Lights flicker. UPSes go beeeep.
The silent ones need new batteries.
@kdfrawg Power blinked off and on a little while ago. Someone, doubtlessly gawking at some roadside sale, slammed into a utility pole.
Happens every year.
Turns out, it's a good way to make sure the UPSes are still working.
If the legions of housewives in SUVs who slam on their brakes in the middle of the highway are any indication, it's the annual, "Let's turn Lee Highway into a big yard sale", event. (Yes, it's actually a thing)
The drive home is going to be interesting.
Suddenly, Amazon's targeted advertisements are convinced I need this. Five sites now.
https://www.amazon.com/…/B…/ref=draamsmrhnxxP3379_100…
I've never once asked of Internet, "Hey, Internet, tell me about those golf cart things". Golf, as a sport, has never interested me. Hit ball. Walk. Hit ball. Walk. Seems pointless. This is likely the first time I have ever mentioned 'Golf' online.
No clue where this came from.
Someone might want to give the Ad-o-matic 2000 (Or whatever the Hell they call it) a whack with a wrench or something.
Presently answering, "What do you mean, 'It's dying'? We haven't had it that long" with..
It has a install date of 2005 and a 160GB IDE drive that SMART reports has spent a little over 11 years in a powered-on state.
..If he persists, I am going to read /var/log/messages output at him.
TO-DO LIST ADDENDUM
- Rethink how status and error messages sent by the server during SSL connection handshakes are displayed because they aren't very fun to diagnose via text messages the way they are now.
Is it five yet!?
If you are ever in a situation where you have to diagnose a SSL connection issue via text message while an office full of girls with strong Louisiana accents are shouting all at once into a phone at you.. You have my sympathy.