Adam Trickett :debian: :kde:

I do SAP #ABAP & PO, XML. I like #Linux & #Debian. I believe in openness and I'm passionate about fairness. I'm a pro-European Liberal Democrat.

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2026-07-20 15:09:12 UTC

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Paris used to be paper ticket based and worked very well. Then they went electronic only, the apps are a pain and I never got the NFC on my phone to work with a gate or you buy a card and then fart about topping it up, and again that wasn't super reliable.
Trains are a mess too, as there are different sites and apps for same fricking company... You can only do certain things on the TER platform for example even though it looks like you can on the SNCF site/app but you can't!

2026-07-05 13:45:21 UTC

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In the Anglosphere, Canada is supposed to be nice and you should have easy access to from the US.
Ireland and the UK are easy to get to from the US too, but you probably don't wan the UK at the moment given the way its travelling - which is why I left...
Plenty of stupidity in Europe too, but so far no one has managed to get the same grip that Trump has managed, so be careful where you go...

2026-06-06 12:24:41 UTC

My day has gone from bad to worse.
I've replaced #Windows10 with #Debian13 on someones computer (good bit).
Debian won't boot, so I took it home to investigate.
The #BIOS battery needed replacing and now the motherboard is dead - nothing happens at all - not a beep, nothing the motherboard does nothing. Removing the battery doesn't make a difference. So I'm screwed.
#hardware #asus

2026-05-24 16:34:48 UTC

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it's rare and nice when you first see a request and it makes business sense and is possible to do. All too often it makes no business sense and it's physically possible...
I've used AI and it's often better than a plain Google search but it is very keen to write code that will never compile let alone run, and then says you're right when you point out the most basic error it made.
I'm sure it can't cope with vague requests..

2026-05-24 11:14:54 UTC

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I've long said that as a professional software developer for business software that over half the problem is teasing out of the business what they actually want, not writing the code.
Half they time they don't know what they want and the other half they want something that's physically impossible.
One client is currently using an AI to do things for the C-level people, but behind the senses it's just remote hand crafted SQL...

2026-02-12 07:50:32 UTC

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#RedHat Linux 5.1 made to dual boot with Windows NT4.
My first full time distribution was #Debian Woody. Been with Debian ever since.
Have used Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server at work from time to time.

2026-01-07 07:52:51 UTC

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ditto for France.
My SIL works as a locum vet's assistant and sees people selling out, lots of investments in the infrastructure but then to recover the investments lots of tests recommended that are pointless and lots of sales of things that aren't necessary. The vets then find they are slaves to the system and no longer in control.
It's not good for competition, animal care or staff wellbeing.

2025-12-26 10:56:27 UTC

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Okay. Is this a frsh install? Or upgrade? I've seen it be stupid before, I can't remember what I did. I'll try to remember. I can confirm it does work as I've it running on my home systems, and I didn't do anything specific to get it to work.

2025-12-26 07:30:07 UTC

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is that kmail or the full kontact suite?
Kmail on stock Debian with KDE works fine, I'm running it on several systems at the moment, though all have been upgraded from the previous version at least once.
I have experienced periods when it could be unstable though. I use IMAP, so can delete everything and restart my profile if I need.

2025-12-25 06:18:31 UTC

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yes, used kmail since Debian Woody. Wouldn't say it's perfect but still use it for my daily email client.

2025-08-21 19:35:44 UTC

Sunny sunflower
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3405284882413257959
#blip of a multi-headed #sunflower against a house and some sky in #Brittany
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #Photography #flower #france

2025-05-31 10:21:52 UTC

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Palm oil sounds so harmless, a natural product - no mention of the environmental catastrophe in growing it...
However you are right that some products do have better labels than others.

2025-04-04 05:55:26 UTC

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is more of it new than old now?
Makes my Filco look very bland..

2025-02-21 19:40:17 UTC

Across the road and lake
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3339699566663434636
#blip #blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #france #sunset #sky #brittany #Reflections

2025-01-02 08:30:09 UTC

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fully supported on macs since Sonoma and iOS 17. Partial support since High Sierra and iOS 11.
Not being able to watch YouTube on a Mac would be a bit of a problem these days...
Older Macs and pre Windows 10 systems didn't support Opus out of the box. Various media players have done, even when the OS doesn't, e.g. VLC.

2025-01-02 08:09:31 UTC

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opus is apparently a very good choice, considerably more powerful and efficient than the antique MP3.
At low bit rates it will give you tiny files half the size of MP3 and of the same or better quality, in the middle bit rates it will continue to outperform MP3 in both quality and size and at the high end it competes well against other modern formats where MP3 can't.
I believe for speech at the low bit rates it's particularly good.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format)

2024-12-22 12:11:02 UTC

The first time I encountered an alien playing Rescue on Fractalus! on my #c64 I was quite surprised to say the least.
Today I was playing under #VICE on my #Linux box and waiting for the first alien to appear - it took quite a while and it's still a surprise. Anyhow the green alien was suitably fried and all pilots were rescued unharmed...
#retrogaming

2024-12-14 11:24:10 UTC

My old #Commodore64 is working fine, but I've also got #VICE working fine on my #Debian box.
I've a pair of old style joysticks for the C64 but nothing for the PC. The PC is easier to connect to modern displays, so I need some kind of joystick/joypad/thingy for the PC.
Must work on #Linux/Debian with VICE.
Suggestion?
#retrogaming

2024-12-07 17:07:09 UTC

EMITAPE = Emergency blip
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3312114008928030149
#blip #blipfoto #photography #retrogaming #gimp #rawtherapee #emi #retrocomputing #audiotape

2024-11-29 21:26:58 UTC

:commodore: Pi1541
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3309274651863023881
#blip #blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #Commodore64 #RaspberryPi #retrogaming #Pi1541
Oddly my copied games wont load back from the SD card in either Kung Fu Flash or the Pi1541 but work perfectly under VICE...
My personal BASIC stuff is more important as that is unique and I can't get that from anywhere but my own disks...

2024-11-17 12:36:06 UTC

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Well strictly speaking I never really cared, but up to 18 it seemed to matter. Once you are over about 25 I think I was more keen to not have one, and give my current age I really don't like birthdays anymore...!

2024-11-09 11:46:21 UTC

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Can't imagine inverting it is good for air flow and cooling...

2024-11-05 20:36:22 UTC

My #RaspberryPi #pi1541 works better when you give the CBM ROMS the right file names...
Much #retrocomputing and #retrogaming here I come.
On a more serious note I can back my own old #BASIC programs up before the disks die on me...
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