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It’s that JSR

@jsr.com

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Generic Gen-X Nerd. I do post here, but it's very much a subset of my posts to Mastodon, as I have zero confidence in VC-backed corporate social media. Various links at https://jsr.com mastodon: [email protected]

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 3d

Friendship ended with cast iron pan. Stainless steel pan is my best friend now.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 7d

They literally would have been better off saving those files to the local disk connected to their workstation. At least then one fire wouldn’t have taken it all out.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 7d

n THIS day and age, I am seldom personally shocked by shitty tech stories. But as it turns out, it's still possible.

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NIRS fire destroys government's cloud storage system, no backups available

A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government’s G-Drive cloud storage system, erasing work files saved individually by some 750,000 civil se...

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 11d

Can confirm, yes.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 11d

I have received more than one unpleasant medical diagnosis this week, and I do not like it.

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Annette @annettle.bsky.social · 16d

The entire week @jsr.com and the kid were away I was worried that Naboo was being distant and withdrawn bc he never joined me in bed and didn’t want to hang out much, but since they got home last night he has been glued to JSR like a surgically attached koala. Guess we know who’s the favourite 😳

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 16d

The feeling of getting home to your own bed after some time away is a very positive feeling. AAA+++ GOOD FEELING WOULD FEEL AGAIN

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 18d

The South Canterbury town Geraldine (pop 3000) doesn’t have much nightlife. We did see a yellow (and later red) traffic bar for the main road on the maps app during the day. We drove through it and the affected road segment contained, to a first order approximation by my Auckland eyes, zero cars.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 19d

I feel like going to a 70s-style roller skating rink where they play 80s and 90s goth and industrial music while I skate around a circle for a few hours would fix me.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 19d

Saaaaame

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 20d

I feel like constructing additional pylons would fix me.

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 20d

I just watched the pilot for Knights Of Guinivere from Glitch Productions. Immediate thoughts:

(1) it is AMAZING. I am all in, just based on this pilot.

(2) Dana Terrace did NOT I repeat DID NOT have a fun time dealing with Disney when making The Owl House.

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 21d

My high school sported as uniform items both Nomad shoes, which very much looked like an East German product designed for the lumpen proletariat to wear while trudging... and Sub Four shorts, which were 100% an item one could have worn to the most decadent West Berlin nightclub without any issue.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 21d

The athletic running guys at my high school wore shorts which were called (if memory serves) "Sub Fours" and they were like Stubbies shorts, except they were also slit up the sides "for increased movement." In retrospect, they were the sluttiest little twink shorts you could possibly imagine.

Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 23d

For most of the 70s and 80s everyone's dad was wearing Stubbies, absolutely everywhere!

Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 23d

Even this meme forgot us so I wanna hear you most gen x complaint?

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 22d

Some of you have never wandered around while singing a sea shanty to youself on the subject of stealing an F16, and it shows.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 22d

I am choosing to deal with this by Looking Away. If anything changes, however, I shall go forth.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 22d

How busy could our local hospital, the only hospital on this side of the harbour bridge, possibly be? On a Saturday night?

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 22d

Getting warnings from my watch about this. If it persists, I believe I shall have to go see the good folks at the hospital.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 22d

Perhaps I should simply Vote.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 23d

I woke up and I felt weird and my heart rate is real high and it's not going down. That's probably fine, right?

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 23d

Me: Alright Brain, it's 3.00am and I am awake and by myself. Time to make your usual choice for how the next few hours are going to go. Sadness, or Manic Energy, which is it?

My Brain: [Looking at the horizon] What difference does it make? What difference does ANYTHING make?

Me: Sadness it is!

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 23d

What's this?! A new Nine Inch Nails album! Sadly, it seems to be conceptually associated with an upcoming Jared Leto movie, but I will try not to hold that against it.

It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 23d

Yes. Yes, good. Highly relevant to my interests.

deadline.com/2025/09/forc...

Natasha Lyonne & Matt Berry Creating & Starring In Retro Comedy Adventure Series ‘Force & Majeure’ For Sky

A 'Force & Majeure' Sky comedy series will star Natasha Lyonne & Matt Berry and is created by Tom Scharpling.

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 26d

The Algorithm has decided to give me near constant ads for extended sojourns on giant cruise liners, clearly assuming that this would be an experience I would enjoy and desire to participate in, and goddamn does The Algorithm not get me.

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 28d

Today, September 15th, is the 30th anniversary of the release of the movie "Hackers."

The _30th_ anniversary. Three decades.

THREE. DECADES.

Anyway, don't forget that prostate exam, maybe a pair of reading glasses would help, and I hope your back feels better today.

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