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i hate daylight savings time

Daylight Savings Time, which just happened 3-Nov-2024, is something I've never liked. And I'm pretty sure most other people can't stand it either. Both smartphones and the older feature phones auto-update their clocks for DST and always have, (or do they? More on that in a moment..) but there are a lot of clocks that don't, and this is how I personally deal with it.

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how to prepare for when the toilet does not work

Recently, there was some plumbing work that needed to be done where I live, and it required me to not use the water at all. I had to go without showering for a few days.

That was something I could deal with, since it's easy enough to wash with a wet cloth.

But what really bothered me was...

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nobody uses windows 11?

According to StatCounter, Microsoft Windows 11 has only commanded just barely over 36% of United States market share per the last three months. I'm being generous, because had I used the last 12 months of data, it would have been barely 31%. I know 36% isn't "nobody", but still, that's pretty low...

I switched to Linux about 500 days ago. No, I'm not telling you to switch, but the fact Windows 11 isn't the main OS on most PCs tells me a few things.

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