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I have a 70lb ebike that I love, but it's been difficult and dangerous to get it up and down the stairs to my apartment's basement bike storage room. The HOA refuses to install (or allow me to install) a bike ramp to make it easier. Any tricks or anything I can buy to accomplish this?

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago

Take a vacation and see if that improves things. If so, burnout. If not, look for other reasons that you're lacking motivation.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

I watched Inventing Anna, a dramatized true crime miniseries. It was pretty decent.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

I'm making ham and bean soup now. It's super simple - toss a ham hock and chopped ham into a slow cooker with 8C of chicken broth, add a finely chopped onion and a couple cloves of minced garlic, toss in a can of petite diced tomatoes, add a bag of 15 bean mix (soaked overnight), cook on low for 8-12 hours. Season with chili powder, salt, and pepper. Squeeze in the juice from a lemon for brightness. Tastes best after resting for a night in the fridge.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. Serbian Film isn't scary, it's just gross and controversial.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

If you liked The Descent, you should try As Above, So Below. They felt very similar to me.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Audiobooks and ebooks are always reserved for weeks or months for popular titles on the library services in my city. I use it for lesser known titles, but sometimes I want to read a book the day it comes out.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago

I've been using Samsung phones since 2011 and have never seen anything like this. I'm using an S25 Ultra right now and have never had ads in my notifications. Not sure what you setup incorrectly but this certainly isn't the normal experience.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 days ago

I used to work at a small IT company. Every Friday at 2pm the boss would stream The Big Lebowski over all of the office TVs and speaker systems. He had painstakingly cut all of the profanity out of the audio by hand.

You were encouraged to get a beer or two when the movie started. Then we just worked with the movie on in the background and sipped beer until 4pm when the office closed.

I can still recite The Big Lebowski, sans profanity, over 10 years later.

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I haven't been able to see upvote counts since the latest update, and I saw a few other people mention the same issue. Is this on the radar to be fixed?

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I've never taken a vacation, and I'm determined to take on this year in Spring. I'm in Pittsburgh area and would like to bring my dog along (he is too anxious for boarding or a dog sitter), and don't want to put him on an airplane. Any ideas?

The best I've been able to come up with is renting a small island with a cottage on the Great Lakes. My pup could run totally free on the island for a week and live his best life chasing squirrels and swimming. I'm not much of a nature fan, though, so it might be a bit boring.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 179 points 1 month ago

Uplifting news? In MY feed?

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submitted 4 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/rant@lemmy.sdf.org

I was with a man for four years and thought we were going to get married. He was a widower and I fell in love for the first time. When I found out he was cheating, it killed me. I felt my whole self die.

I miss myself. I wake up every day and go through the motions, even try to date here and there, but at the end of the day I am a soulless husk of a person. I've tried focusing on myself - losing weight, exercising, rejuvenating old hobbies, lots and lots of therapy and meds. Nothing helps. At this point I'm only living because I have three pets who rely on me.

I still don't understand why I deserved that. I guess this is just as good as life gets for someone like me.

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Got electrocuted today (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 4 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/rant@lemmy.sdf.org

Lowes hooked up a new washer/dryer combo, but when I ran it the water backed up. I went to clean it up and got electrocuted somehow.

My hand is fucked but my heart is OK, so I got out lucky. Spent the whole day in the hospital and I'm dreading the bill (thanks USA). So much for my plans of gaming over the holiday - can't do much with one hand.

The breaker to that room is off and I'm keeping the pets out until an electrician can come.

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I have a Plex server running on Mac OSX. Whenever I want to add media, I remotely connect into the Mac, login to my private tracker, download the torrent, wait for it to finish, then update my Plex library.

I'm hopeful that there's an easier way. I'm imagining a way I can remotely tell the Plex server what I want to watch and it takes it from there. Does such a thing exist?

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submitted 5 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/food@beehaw.org

I'm one person and won't have a fridge for a few weeks as mine died. I can't stomach any more canned soup. Any ideas for small meals I can make with shelf stable ingredients?

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I was shocked in the presidential debate that Harris gave staunch support for fracking. I was under the impression that democrats are against fracking, and remember people being critical of Fetterman for supporting it.

I also grew up in an area that was heavily impacted by the pollution from fracking. People who worked in the field were seen as failures of moral character who chose profits over the health of their children. How is it that both major parties are now in support of it? I feel like I must be missing a piece of the puzzle.

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submitted 7 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/zerowaste@lemmy.ml

A small apothecary opened in my neighborhood that makes beauty products. They've been very accommodating with selling me shampoo and body wash in my own reused containers. It's all locally sourced ingredients. I'm new in my Zero Waste journey but it feels great to eliminate plastic from part of my daily routine.

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submitted 8 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

My bestie broke both of his arms and wrists two days ago. He's in his 20s, a gamer, has a pregnant wife and a young kid. Any ideas for gifts I can get to cheer him up? He'll have no use of his arms for 3 months.

Already got a bidet for him and hooked it up. Looking into accessible gaming controllers, but he said that the pain is so bad rn that even alternative controllers are probably a no go.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world

Took me a few hours to figure this out, figured I'd pass it along. Forgive formatting, I'm on mobile.

How to Bypass Bitlocker for Crowdstrike BSoD

Only use this if the Bitlocker key is lost.

 From the Bitlocker screen, select Skip This Drive. A command prompt will appear.

Type bcdedit /set {default} safeboot network and press Enter.

Type Exit to exit the command prompt, then select Shut Down

Hardwire the device to the network

Login as an admin account

Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Crowdstrike and delete C:\windows\system32\drivers\crowdstrike\c-00000291-*.sys

Win+R to open the Run menu, then type msconfig and press Enter

Go to Boot

Uncheck the box for SafeBoot

You will receive a warning about Bitlocker. Proceed.

Click OK and you will be prompted to restart. Do so.

Have the user login

Test their access to files

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submitted 10 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/food@beehaw.org

Rice crispies and marshmallows were on sale, but I want to fancy them up a bit.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 272 points 11 months ago

Nintendo could have raked in millions by doing it themselves, but they prefer their closed ecosystem.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 180 points 1 year ago
[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 162 points 2 years ago

I was an IT help desk manager for 10 years. Your attire is perfect, and it's a good sign that you're concerned about looking professional.

Here's a pro tip - In your interview you will almost certainly be asked how you'd solve an issue that you have no idea how to approach. What they're looking for is how you'll respond emotionally. The correct answer is to assure the end user that you will find a solution, don't panic, and then check internal documentation. "Have we run into this before?" Insist that the company should never have to solve the same issue twice because documentation is paramount. Never be afraid to say that you'd escalate the issue but KEEP OWNERSHIP. Ownership is huge to these people.

I'd be glad to go into more detail about what they'll be looking for if it will be helpful.

I won't wish you good luck because you've already got this!

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