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Oh and did I mention how absolutely user-hostile trying to use an already licensed under one user copy of Office 365 under a second user's account is? Because this is totally not happening without the extortion of Microsoft demanding I either add another license, which I will need to use on the incoming laptop, or just don't use Office in anything other than "we're taking your shit hostage" mode.

I entirely understand why non-techheads hate technology, because I want to throw things. I'm already dreading having to call support to unlicense the dead computer next week.

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Get in Babkans and other fedizens, we've made it to Friday.

I'm extremely glad Shabbat is coming later today, because I am here to tell you that we have six days left in 5784 and the entire rest of 5784 is fired.

This all started Wednesday morning, when I woke up to find that my computer had bitten the dust over night, of which I got confirmation yesterday thanks to some sighted assistance. And when I say "bitten the dust", I mean it won't even attempt to boot. Just white screen with faint Dell logo.

I'm waiting on a provisional laptop from a friend for whom I will gladly hide bodies, which I should receive sometime next week. And to deal with truly pressing issues I'm using an extra account on John's computer.

All of this is why activity on the fediverse has been extremely lite for this week.

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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum From Israel - The Hugh Hewitt Show from omny.fm
North Dakota Doug Burgum joined Hugh this AM. Burgum is in Israel and of course the governor and Hugh discussed exploding Hezbollah pagers and American support for Israel before turning to the issue of U.S. domestic energy and the crazy maze of federal agencies that impede domestic energy production. Plus, Congressman Mike Waltz who is a member of the select committee on the attempted assassination of former President Trump, Mary Katharine Ham on VP Harris’s word salad before the NABJ, Akash Chougule of AFP on VP Harris crazy ideas on price controls on child care, and Politico’s Olivia Beavers on the House’s plan on keeping the government open.
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Kamala Careening - The Hugh Hewitt Show from omny.fm
The New York Times published its new state polls from Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina which have Donald Trump ahead 5, 4, and 2 points respectively. Hugh opens the podcast talking about that and interviews Vic Matus, Bethany Mandel, and Jim Geraghty about those numbers and Kamala’s Oprah fiasco, as well as Senate candidates Mike Rogers (MI) and Dave McCormick (PA) before talking with Ned Ryun about his new book American Leviathan.
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