ShawiniganHandshake

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JSON Query Language in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
Tech support workers, what are your favorite stories from your time in the industry? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[โ€“] ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The "store things in the recycle bin" people are the victims of a Lotus Notes-ism. The Trash folder in Notes was (is?) excluded from storage quotas, so some people started storing anything they wanted to keep there. Those people told other people to do the same without explaining why and it took on a life of its own as a technological fairy tale.

A disease that makes crops inedible would be so much worse than any pandemic in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[โ€“] ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lone star tick bites can cause a condition called alpha-gal syndrome that makes you allergic to red meat.