Matt Copperwaite

Security 🔐
Tech 💻
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London, UK

Views are my own and not of my employer

Homepage: https://matt.copperwaite.net
GitHub: https://github.com/yamatt

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2026-08-13 14:51:48 UTC

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I did that for a while. Didn't seem to do much but attract spam accounts.
So I became more discerning.
Now I play a fun game with myself as to how big my invitations list gets too.
Currently I'm at 24.
I think it got up to 80 at one point.

2026-07-23 12:11:30 UTC

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it's a fair point.
I'm thinking that it's Microsoft so it looks a bit Windows like, a bit Visual Studio, a bit like Office.
Nothing so distinct from everything else it's completely unfamiliar.

2026-07-23 11:37:37 UTC

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someone who is new, unquestionably VS Code.
It would be the most familiar experience.
Yes, you could say Codium or Sublime.
But it just makes things more complicated.
And VS Code has a lot of support out there, so fixing or finding instructions for things is easy.
This is from someone who is still bitter about the Atom being EOL

2026-07-20 13:36:56 UTC

Getting world-o-techno (the bot that you push around to create new music from your location) to run on my laptop so I can close my eyes and pretend I'm still at #emfcamp
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2026-07-16 06:45:42 UTC

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I have no idea how you've fit all your stuff in that bag. That's impressive.

2026-07-11 16:43:32 UTC

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you might have enough for all of us

2026-06-10 09:48:37 UTC

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one of the things that bothers me about clearance, that I don't think is recognised enough, is how much clearance dictates the sorts of people who apply and get cleared.
Without identifying that weakness it will lead to less diversity and more group think.

2026-05-25 15:18:35 UTC

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I found the energy. Getting rid of bramble is like scratching an itch for me.

2026-05-25 12:17:17 UTC

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that's incredible work. I'm thinking of attacking more of the bramble this afternoon and I cannot muster the energy.

2026-05-23 15:40:36 UTC

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oh to drop in some nice clean cold water right now would be incredible.
The best I've got is the local canal 🤣

2026-05-23 13:33:33 UTC

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might have been this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMqkuAb-HYg

2026-05-23 13:24:47 UTC

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I remember seeing a good video a couple years ago about how buildings in the UK are designed to trap heat.
The country isn't built for this heat 😁

2026-02-20 17:37:33 UTC

That's mad. This flight seems to be from Amsterdam to Rennes, North West France.
I'm in London and picked up the messages.
#meshtastic
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