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Cake day: August 9th, 2023

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  • One year I did actually open one of the cards, but as predicted there was no return address, or even surname, so no chance of getting back to them.

    So as much as putting “No longer at this address” as has been suggested would probably stop me getting the cards, the senders would never know because the cards can’t be traced back.

    This way, those wishing the Jarvis’ season’s greetings year after year can continue to happily wish them well, oblivious to the fact that they lost touch over a decade ago.

    The Jarvis family probably have a different opinion though, and question why they never get Christmas cards from these people despite sending their own every year. Should have given them a forwarding address then shouldn’t you? Clearly you’re not that disappointed to lose touch if you couldn’t be arsed to update them, you boring-surnamed fucks. Merry Christmas.






    1. Party venue in pub conference room.
    2. Arrived 30 minutes prior to the start time of our party.
    3. Brought some token decorations to make it look like we’d made some effort.
    4. We brought a single small balloon.
    5. There was obviously a party the night before, celebrating a 60th of some kind.
    6. Pub owners hadn’t removed the decorations from previous party.
    7. We didn’t want to dispose of the original balloons in case their owners wanted to collect them and weren’t able to previously.
    8. The 60 balloons sat there the whole time during our party.
    9. Previous party organisers made us look like the absolute amateurs we are.
    10. MILDLY infuriating.
    11. Bonus extra item: nobody actually cared, just thought it was comical, emphasised by the placement of the 70th balloon, where each set of balloons is in direct proportion to the amount of sentiment held for the celebrant.










  • Linux absolutely does not exist “outside the market”, that’s absurd. Red Hat, Canonical, SUSE etc aren’t charitable organisations. These major contributors to the Linux kernel aren’t doing so out of love for their fellow man.

    For you, yes, Linux is “free” if your measurement of cost is purely financial outlay.

    There’s a great back and forth here, and the original thread on Mastodon, which nicely covers both the evangelism (my original issue) and the “cost” of Linux. There’s plenty of reactions in there from people talking about the same things, from both sides of the coin.

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