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"Buying a house is the most stressful thin you'll do."Until you sell a house. Fucksake, what a palaver.

"Buying a house is the most stressful thin you'll do."

Until you sell a house. Fucksake, what a palaver.

To all my Welsh friends on this St David's Day a sincere and heartfelt "Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith...

To all my Welsh friends on this St David's Day a sincere and heartfelt "Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i'w gyfieithu."

Reading the world news, I would now like someone to make a Marilyn Monroe / Fascinating Aïda mashup:“Try Not To Be A Cunt, Mr...

Reading the world news, I would now like someone to make a Marilyn Monroe / Fascinating Aïda mashup:

“Try Not To Be A Cunt, Mr President”

I suppose if you look at it generously from the other direction, 4 out of 5 of my fellow Germans AREN’T prone to voting for fascists....

I suppose if you look at it generously from the other direction, 4 out of 5 of my fellow Germans AREN’T prone to voting for fascists. #lookatthebrightside #fuckafd #fckafd

Is there a way to make Thunderbird under Windows look less like Windows 3.1?

Is there a way to make Thunderbird under Windows look less like Windows 3.1?

After a brief sojourn into Bluesky, I've put my account there on ice, because - it's basically Twitter, and I've been living...

After a brief sojourn into Bluesky, I've put my account there on ice, because - it's basically Twitter, and I've been living very well without that for over a year. #TooMuchNoise

My favourite science joke, ever. This needs sharing on Mastodon, too! @m at his best (27/10/2016)

My favourite science joke, ever.

This needs sharing on Mastodon, too! @m at his best (27/10/2016)

“Felix Austria”, my arse.

“Felix Austria”, my arse.

France - please don’t. Remember the #CordonSanitaire

France - please don’t.

Remember the #CordonSanitaire

VOTE THE BASTARDS OUT.

VOTE THE BASTARDS OUT.

Now that's what I call a "long weekend" - back at work for another week on the 29th of July. #SemiRetarded

Now that's what I call a "long weekend" - back at work for another week on the 29th of July. #SemiRetarded

TFW you are cleaning your glasses and you are looking for your glasses because you want to see what you are doing. Time to go to bed, I...

TFW you are cleaning your glasses and you are looking for your glasses because you want to see what you are doing. Time to go to bed, I think. #goodnight

#Fensterfreitag Das Bild machte ich um die Verputzkünste meines Nachbarn zu dokumentieren. Es passt aber sehr gut zum FF.

#Fensterfreitag

Das Bild machte ich um die Verputzkünste meines Nachbarn zu dokumentieren. Es passt aber sehr gut zum FF.

After months of occasional deliberations, our Neris Smart Pro hybrid kayak now has a name.The name "Zora" comes from the 1941...

After months of occasional deliberations, our Neris Smart Pro hybrid kayak now has a name.

The name "Zora" comes from the 1941 children’s novel “Die rote Zora und ihre Bande” (lit: Red Zora and her gang, published in English as “The Outsiders of Uskoken Castle”) by Kurt Held / Kurt Kläber.

Most of the European far right parties: “The AfD have outnazied us, that’s bad for our rep” - the FPÖ: “Jo sauber Krah, du sogst...

Most of the European far right parties: “The AfD have outnazied us, that’s bad for our rep” - the FPÖ: “Jo sauber Krah, du sogst wia’s is”.

https://youtu.be/Pa5cRIYZv-M#ukpol

https://youtu.be/Pa5cRIYZv-M
#ukpol

One for the geeks among my friends (question also just posted here:...

One for the geeks among my friends (question also just posted here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78511309/is-it-possible-to-have-an-relative-expression-in-a-icalendar-rfc5545-recurrence )

I am trying to set up a recurrent calendar event for "the Monday preceding the first Thursday of all even months of the year" to use in my Thunderbird calendar.

This means it has to be EITHER

the FIRST Monday of an EVEN (Feb, Apr etc) month if the Thursday falls on a date from the 4th to the 7th (Monday's date 1st to 4th) OR
the LAST Monday of an ODD month (Jan, Mar etc) if the Thursday falls on a date from the 1st to the 3rd (Monday's date from 26th to 31st, depending on the number of days in a given month)

I can set up either rule for an event, but cannot see a way to integrate both conditions in one RRULE line, since iCal does only accept the last valid condition in a line, or the second RRULE if one sets two.

Any pointers what I could do, or even an "impossible in iCal, move on with your life" would be much appreciated.

My journey so far:

I use Thunderbird as my calendar app I have used an SQLite editor to edit the cal_recurrence table in local.sqlite, then checked in the calendar app if the behaviour is as expected, then exported the .ics file to look what happened when it didn't work as I had hoped.

Condition 1 - this works as expected 1 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTH=2,4,6,8,10,12;BYDAY=1MO;BYMONTHDAY=1,2,3,4;

Condition - this works as expected 1 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTH=1,3,5,7,9,11;BYDAY=-1MO;BYMONTHDAY=26,27,28,29,30,31;

Conditions 1+2 - only the second line is used in iCal 1 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTH=2,4,6,8,10,12;BYDAY=1MO;BYMONTHDAY=1,2,3,4; 2 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTH=1,3,5,7,9,11;BYDAY=-1MO;BYMONTHDAY=26,27,28,29,30,31;

Conditions 1+2 - only the part from the second "BYMONTH" expression is used in iCal 1 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTH=2,4,6,8,10,12;BYDAY=1MO;BYMONTHDAY=1,2,3,4;BYMONTH=1,3,5,7,9,11;BYDAY=-1MO;BYMONTHDAY=26,27,28,29,30,31;

#icalendar #ical #thunderbird #help #MyBrainHurtsMakeItStop

I’m not brave enough. Are you? #dwcon

I’m not brave enough. Are you? #dwcon

I think this upgrade did not quite go as expected.Edit: beating the NVIDIA driver into submission seems to have helped.

I think this upgrade did not quite go as expected.

Edit: beating the NVIDIA driver into submission seems to have helped.

Covid, round two. Meh.

Covid, round two. Meh.