My IT Hero
As you may know, I'm a retired journalist, so money is tight.
One of my Dear Readers, who wanted to remain anonymous to you, recognized my plight and contacted me.
An IT wizard, he diligently refurbished & mailed me, at no cost to me, a wonderful laptop I can use to help me grow AURE FREE PRESS and bring you the latest news.
I wanted to share this with you to confirm that kind hearted people still exist in this world.
And for this hero, I will forever be grateful
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@Free_Press@mstdn.social that’s pretty nice!
@punko I agree Punko!
@Free_Press@mstdn.social Awesome. There are many good people in the world.
@bumble Bumble, I'm meeting more and more of them every day
@Free_Press That’s so lovely; yay! (And thank you so much for your work.)
@aral Aral, you made my day - thank you
@Free_Press Hurrah for kind people!
@Free_Press Those Dell Latitude laptops are workhorses, built for use by sales people on the road, so you've got a good piece of kit in your hands.
@kevingamin Kevin, I'm going to spend the day going through and getting used to the laptop. It's an amazing machine.
@Free_Press All IT people should do that. I have refurbed and given away a lot of laptops at work. If it's not suitable for a new employee, and we have enough spares, give them away.
@mike805 Mike, I agree. There are a lot of people who would cherish them
@Free_Press Inspiring! What a thoughtful, kind way to support independent journalism. The Mastodon community benefits as well. Look forward to more good reporting. Congratulations on your new laptop!
@Free_Press what a great story - thanks for sharing. Time for me to turn off social media and go to Stereo Brewing, and talk to nice humans while listening to Lefty Licks play some good acoustic tunes.
Pass more thanks and appreciation to your IT friend.
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Please let me know if you need any custom software / automation platforms or solutions for your work. I'd be more than happy to provide them to you, open-source for nothing or next-to-nothing.
@VoltaicGRiD Voltaic, you are amazing, thank you for your kind offer
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Open source. Love it! Using judo to throw vendor lock-in flat on its back for the past four decades.
I heartily raise my Middle Finger to the companies that keep requiring needlessly rising hardware standards to run the same software.
Hope that laptop brings years of utility.
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That's wonderful.
@Free_Press I did something similar for a guy on Twitter back in the day. Didn’t work out so well. He returned my kindness by turning into a vicious troll who stalked me for years. I’d probably do it again, tho.
@Free_Press That was sweet of them, I’m sure you’ll put it to good use.
@Free_Press Stupendous. There are many kind humans, unfortunately the mean and angry ones get most of the press.
I saw this. I follow you. I think what you do is VERY GOOD. Thank you to BOTH you & the person who helped you