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  • This happened to someone I worked with years ago. Not in a cubicle, but in a locked basement office. I was his supervisor.

    He died in the office on a Friday evening. He had taken off work the following Monday and Tuesday because he was going to do some work on his house.

    His brother was supposed to meet him on the Saturday, but he never showed up. By Wednesday, the police were involved, and they called me to ask me to see if he was in the office.

    I worked in a different building a few blocks away, so I headed over.

    I didn’t have a key to get in his office, but there happened to be a ladder, so I climbed up and popped out the ceiling tiles to look over the wall.

    He was a strange, troubled guy but very kind.








  • NABDad@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlIn praise of Linux.
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    25 days ago

    When people ask me why I like Linux, my go-to reason is my main personal machine. I use it for everything I do outside of work, including running my Emby server.

    I built it from $500 worth of parts 13 years ago. I’ve kept updating the os and applications. It’s starting to slow down a bit after the last os upgrade, but it’s still plenty usable.

    I am getting concerned about the spinning platters. As far as I am aware, Linux won’t prevent an ancient hard disk drive from reaching the natural end of is life.

    It’s probably time to move on to a new machine. Well, new motherboard, CPU, RAM, and disks at least.