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2026-09-07 14:40:26 UTC

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As I understand the history... the Flat White is an Australian invention, it's something that they are proud of and it's not just a small Latte or Cappuccino...
https://flinderslanecafe.com.au/blogs/news/beginners-guide-to-the-difference-between-flat-white-latte-and-cappuccino

2026-09-07 10:38:52 UTC

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"Alex woke up this morning and chose violence..."
#australianbaiting

2026-08-26 10:45:58 UTC

Realise that not that long ago I posted a rather annoyed post about quitting Gnome on my laptop.
Anyway, I didn't and I'm now a (somewhat small, but non-zero) monthly sponsor of the Gnome Foundation.
Because... consistency is for losers. Or something. And yes, I need to look at KDE as well. And probably Fedora... and ... *groans*...
#gnome #fedora

2026-07-16 05:07:56 UTC

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Yeah, they are pretty amazing. I currently have two but I'm thinking of merging them. One is my network stack, the other is soon to be my homemade Synology replacement.
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2026-07-04 22:12:11 UTC

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My IT origin story involves a leaked copy of the original Wolfenstein 3D, a friend with an Amiga, two modems and a loop line in NYC.
He used to try to get me to laugh during the setup ... as I'd get a US operator saying things like "Hello, I have a collect call from Austin Maestro... will you accept?" which is a bit like saying you had a collect call from AMC Pacer ...

2026-07-04 16:59:24 UTC

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Phone phreaking was active through the 80s and 90s with sound cards producing the tones needed to break operator control ... no cereal required .... so I'm told. 😳

2026-05-26 09:23:09 UTC

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The revolving door of civil-servant to industry and back again is an issue.
But there is a problem to be solved here ... civil service pay grades are, in comparison to what you can earn elsewhere with the same skillset, dreadful. And seem to solely rely on that gold-plated government pension (which is an issue for a future discussion).
So, how to attract gamekeepers with sufficient skills when the poachers would pay the same people more?
As an example, one Government department advertised not too long ago for a CISO (chief information security officer, for those that don't know) paying £65,000 a year if they were based in London.
To some, that salary is a lot, I get that. But according to Glassdoor the average CISO salary in the U.K. is £107,000 ... according to Robert Half, its more like £135,000 ... so you're going to have to really want that final pension and be sure that you'll be a civil servant till you retire.
So, we'll either need to start paying civil servants a lot more, accept the revolving door as folks try to earn as much as they can for themselves and their families ... or accept that we will just have a government full of the lowest skilled staff who couldn't get jobs elsewhere.

2026-05-22 13:52:20 UTC

I'm somewhat dismayed to find, that whilst I can wire a plug, fix a leaking tap, repair a gurgling boiler, fit a shelf, assemble a bicycle and index the gears properly AND bleed the brakes, fix a broken TV, replace a car radiator, design and upgrade a campervan electrical system, build a computer, build a server, build a 100 servers - remotely - design a client build and maintain several thousand macOS laptops along with delivering the required infrastructure... I can do all that...
... and I have no idea what to do with my garden. What plants go where? Which ones are weeds? When do you cut them and when do you not?
I have zero skills and frankly zero interest (which is likely the source of my problem) in garden design and / or maintenance.
Can I just pay someone to make it so my garden is pretty to sit in? Why are local gardeners seemingly only interested in grand-design style makeovers? (It's large-quantities of money, isn't it?)
#rant #gardening #donttalktomeaboutgardening

2026-04-21 21:18:16 UTC

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I have to say… a few years back and the claim about privacy would have been hard to swallow … but now ?

2026-04-21 18:22:33 UTC

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Wot, no mastodon?
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2026-04-21 18:21:02 UTC

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Ok, I'll bite... (aka, have bitten)
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2026-04-21 17:51:47 UTC

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ok... ok ... yeah... I see what you did there...
13 Pro huh... hmmm....

2026-04-21 16:19:49 UTC

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Psst... Matt, it's just us here... you can tell me, what's going on?
No, no, don't look at them... it's just you an' me bro... :ablobcatwink:

2026-04-07 07:05:16 UTC

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Also puts Starmer / Scottish govt in a difficult position if TT decides to visit one of his Scottish golf courses.
Do we attempt to arrest "the leader of the free world"??

2026-03-28 10:33:02 UTC

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Obviously, the previous control for prices was competition but given the regulators everywhere appear to have turned a blind eye to the myriad of mergers, acquisitions and mega-mergers ...
We have a system of monopolies everywhere, hiding in plain sight through sub-brands and partnerships etc.
Once monopolies are in place, there path is clear.
#hattip to @npub1fdr…lvhs and his book Enshittification.

2026-03-28 10:23:38 UTC

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I think there's a bit more at play than just that.
Exploitation of cheap overseas labour, and a lack of environmental concerns with overseas factories have played a large part.
As the pollution and destruction was not in their backyard and therefore not largely visible to their customers, companies have gotten away with bypassing most of the environmental legislation that places like the EU have introduced (and those protections are no where near sufficient imo, so it speak volumes as to the crimes likely committed abroad).
And the globalisation of the labour market should need no explanation. Why hire a skilled automotive engineer in Solihull (if you've ever owned a Land Rover, I appreciate you might consider this term a bit of a stretch) when for the same price you can get three in China?

2026-03-27 18:37:45 UTC

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Nice ... might tempt me back from Cachy on my laptop. Desktop is still Fedora 43, so that will upgrade when the time comes.
Hmm, only ROCm 7.1 on 44?? That's a shame, but I appreciate ROCm is a fast moving target right now.

2026-02-25 22:31:59 UTC

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We visit Settle quite often and always end up in the Nettle for a breakfast and dinner. Amazing food, the chef is a genius and the staff are always lovely.

2026-02-22 15:33:45 UTC

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I think this says a lot more about the effectiveness of outsourcing entire projects the to private sector than it does about the case for nuclear fueled power stations.
No matter the capability of renewables, of which I am a huge fan, we need baseload capacity. When the sun isn’t shining (often in the uk) and the wind isn’t blowing (rarer, I’ll grant you) we need an ability to keep the lights on and battery storage isn’t going to be available at the scale we’d need.
Nuclear is ideally placed, from admittedly my limited understanding, as we can apparently turn it up or down as our needs require … without the complexity or delays that gas or coal plants seemed to require.
The next best thing might be pumped hydro, but geographically we have limited capabilities to build these at scale.

2026-01-26 06:32:27 UTC

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So strange how falling out with your neighbours and leaving their club after sacrificing everything you own on the altar of global finance would see you pinballing between oppressive superpower states begging for scraps.
But I'm sure there is a Brexit dividend right around the corner.
Honestly, how any of these politicians can claim to be competent is beyond me.

2026-01-03 10:52:09 UTC

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Pretty much my exact words. Yeah.

2025-10-12 09:37:12 UTC

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https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/360/519/273/457/486/original/8ab23dc74377ed65.mp4

2025-04-13 07:35:11 UTC

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You're one of the accounts from the bad place that I loved... and I was so glad when you started posting here... but, take care of yourself and ignore the assholes.

2025-01-31 19:33:51 UTC

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And be honest, can you tell any difference from your 4090?
Reviews suggest it's unlikely.

2024-10-09 12:18:13 UTC

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I'm not sure I get your point?
Things suck, oh well just keep throwing your money at them?
I'm not denying it sucks, but gaming is hardly a necessity so folks should be prepared to go without their fix of Destiny 2 or Red Dead Redemption in this case until those companies start paying attention to this market. It's 2% now but it was less than 1% a couple of years ago and will grow if we force it to. And god knows, the way Microsoft is going, I think Linux can do well in the next few years.
There are plenty of other developers who support (or at least acknowledge and do not hamper) Linux gaming so give them your money instead.

2024-10-09 11:50:59 UTC

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But the anti cheat they picked can work on Linux ... they chose not to do that. There was an outcry from the gaming community and Rockstar chose not to respond.
It is partially down to Valve, but it's also down to customers to not support companies who don't cater to you.
I'm a gamer who plays almost exclusively on Linux (the rest is macOS, don't judge)... and whilst I'm not expecting firms to do full on Linux ports (though games that do earn a lot of love from me), I at least expect you not to deliberately or through negligence interfere with proton.

2024-10-09 11:44:45 UTC

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Yeah but imo there's a difference between "we are not actively helping" and "we are going to stop this working for no particular reason"
As folks have said, they could have enabled anticheat on Linux and they chose not to, or chose to ignore it. Either way, not sure they deserve my money for other games as I could lose access to them later at their whim.

2024-10-08 21:03:36 UTC

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Given the shit they just pulled with GTA V online, they can whistle if they think they're getting my money.