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Artur Meinild

11:00 AM

Hey @Zanna - all good? 😎

Zanna

hey!

all good - had a rough couple of weeks with work being done on our building and having to stay outside etc

how are y'all doing here?

Artur Meinild

We're holding up I think.. 😁

Zanna

11:30 AM

good to hear

Artur Meinild

The biggest surprise was seeing Andrew nearly loosing his marbles - didn't see that coming! 😅

in Raiders of the Lost Downboat, 9 hours ago, by andrew.46

<rant> I don't often answer questions on AU these days but I am always tempted by media questions (FFmpeg | MPlayer | mpv etc). The one I answered the other day was clearly asked with an obvious answer but it was bedeviled with calls for Ubuntu version and more clarity; also down-voted 3 times and nominated for closure. The call for the OP to read the man pages was of course the icing on the cake. Some days I face-palm and just stare in frustration at my keyboard. Sigh... </rant>

Zanna

I feel the pain

Artur Meinild

@Zanna Indeed...

But as I mentioned, on the flip side this is an opportunity to get the Lifejacket achievement - which is an impressive feat in itself!

Oh, you got a Lifeboat - that's like a unicorn badge 🦄

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