Once again the transitory nature of life is driven home to me by one of my computers giving up on doing its job. This was my dedicated internet computer, an HP that has a plastic case that has been falling apart for a year now (apparently a common problem with that model). It still runs, but it has decided that it no longer wants to actually connect to wifi, which kinda defeats the purpose of an internet computer. It might be tomorrow or longer before I’m up and running again. This is being tapped out on my phone, which is a pain.
UPDATE: Aaaaaaaaaaaannnnd now it’s working again. Hmmm. Should I trust it to keep functioning? Hmmm. I think I’ll put as much faith in its continued functioning as I would in the continued proper functioning of a career politician who has recently stumbled across a sane policy position. in other words: still gonna hunt down a replacement.