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2026-04-27 18:47:59 UTC

If we're going to abandon Ubuntu in all its flavours, what's a sensible #Lubuntu replacement? lxqt/lxde desktop, bonus points for something snap-free.

2026-04-19 17:02:47 UTC

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@nprofile…l7em I like Organic Maps on my phone. The car UI needs work but I daresay they'll get there.

2026-04-19 15:31:44 UTC

Trying #OrganicMaps on Android Auto. Looks like 1/3 of the screen is taken up by a 4-button menu that can't be hidden. #uxfail

2026-04-18 19:06:54 UTC

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@nprofile…6jyx Henceforth they were known by that name.

2026-04-07 14:46:46 UTC

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@nprofile…rrtm I can smell this photo!

2026-04-06 16:50:16 UTC

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@nprofile…z6pq @nprofile…k7ew They told us weeks ago that it was totalled. Still no cheque.

2026-04-06 16:43:54 UTC

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@nprofile…k7ew Still waiting for a cheque from my insurance co. for a car that was destroyed about a month ago. :-(

2026-03-01 13:52:01 UTC

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Happy St. David's Day!

2026-01-31 20:12:19 UTC

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@nprofile…pm95 It's compact and affordable. I can think of a few drawbacks but it's a board that crosses my mind on occasion. #RiscV

2026-01-31 05:18:23 UTC

Resisting the temptation to buy a Mango Pi MQ Pro.

2026-01-22 21:54:38 UTC

What does a person do in the UK if they don't have (and can't get) a P45 from their previous employer?

2025-12-19 00:58:19 UTC

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@nprofile…26cw I should be able to do it from a computer.

2025-12-19 00:44:52 UTC

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@nprofile…26cw Clock in and out at the usual times as though I was at work. I don't like it but I printed a hard copy of the email in case it becomes an issue.

2025-12-18 19:46:46 UTC

Ugh. Being told we have to clock in and out on Christmas eve even though the office is closed, otherwise we won't get paid. Sketchy as hell.

2025-12-10 12:59:37 UTC

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@nprofile…aqzs I've avoided buying a #RaspberryPi 5B, in part because NetBSD wasn't ready for it. I suppose without the binary drivers that Linux gets, NetBSD devs are more dependent upon hardware documentation, which may not be generally available. Does wired Ethernet work on 11?

2025-12-09 22:26:05 UTC

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@nprofile…ql78 Are those on the FTP site?

2025-12-09 17:47:04 UTC

I suppose I'll have to learn enough Linux for the Raspberry Pi experiments I had planned. I'm told #NetBSD doesn't run properly on the 64-bit boards.

2025-11-20 22:28:56 UTC

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@nprofile…pxcf That's a grim number. Would UBI enable some of them to study?

2025-11-18 00:22:58 UTC

Can't breathe worth a damn. Coffee helps but only a little.

2025-11-17 05:39:02 UTC

Hearing owls outside. That's new. #owls

2025-11-13 22:23:28 UTC

Does Aberdeen have trams or just bendy busses?

2025-11-09 02:53:11 UTC

Having a look at some free #ou classes.

2025-11-07 17:46:52 UTC

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@nprofile…mfuv Not everything is a desktop computer though. Should every microcontroller be 32-bit minimum?

2025-11-07 16:50:50 UTC

RISC-V might be great for 32-bit and up. Are there open 4, 8 or 16-bit RISC architectures? #risc #riscv

2025-11-07 13:21:44 UTC

Trapped in a rather awful dead-end job for eleven more months (or they pocket the 401(k) match money). Plotting my escape.

2025-11-06 12:49:14 UTC

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@nprofile…hzyj I worry about finding work in the UK if I go home.

2025-10-31 18:38:50 UTC

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@nprofile…lxup Wait, I thought we weren't allowed to visit Europe any more?

2025-10-19 15:29:33 UTC

Resisting the temptation to build a computer around my old Core 2 Duo mainboard just because it still works.

2025-10-08 15:01:20 UTC

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@nprofile…775a Video with a fake actor and no skip buttons.

2025-10-08 14:45:07 UTC

Are other companies being served up A.I. slop as mandatory training content? It's insulting.

2025-10-05 11:06:34 UTC

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@nprofile…w0ak CP/M-80 2.2?

2025-09-07 16:25:21 UTC

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@nprofile…tmdj I didn't know we had those!

2025-09-07 16:09:54 UTC

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@nprofile…tmdj Where's that?!

2025-08-23 22:53:58 UTC

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@nprofile…8x2j That's from Britain and Ireland, I think.

2025-07-24 19:32:12 UTC

Distracted by frigates.

2025-07-12 15:32:45 UTC

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@nprofile…843t Good luck!

2025-07-09 00:15:27 UTC

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@nprofile…a33k My main point on the call was that we can't pair mismatched monitors and we were sent the wrong equipment.

2025-07-09 00:09:43 UTC

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@nprofile…a33k If I could do that, I wouldn't. On principle.

2025-07-08 20:17:06 UTC

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@nprofile…775a He just didn't know. I explained it to him a few times and eventually I think he got it. We'll find out in time.

2025-07-08 16:45:35 UTC

Just had to explain to an IT manager why you can't take an HD monitor and "set it up as QHD".

2025-07-07 15:51:13 UTC

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@nprofile…775a Perhaps I should go there on holiday first. ;-)

2025-07-07 15:40:54 UTC

Apparently provinces in Atlantic #Canada will sponsor some skilled workers for immigration if they have a job offer. I wonder whether I'm a "skilled worker"!

2025-07-05 23:28:47 UTC

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@nprofile…nwpd Are you planting different crops next year?

2025-06-28 00:12:03 UTC

@nprofile…8kev I booted a Swiss operating system last night for the first time several years. :-)

2025-06-28 00:05:04 UTC

I'm supposed to be mowing the lawn but I just heard the neighbour fire up their mower and it /is/ #BikeNite, so perhaps I'll go for a short spin around the park instead.

2025-06-27 17:59:50 UTC

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@nprofile…775a My team reports to someone off-site who doesn't seem very technical ...or effective. He I think reports to someone more technical who is spread too thin to help much. There are organisational obstacles to getting anything done here.

2025-06-27 17:39:55 UTC

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@nprofile…775a Thanks. I wrote that yesterday, before I found out that the new monitors we've been waiting for have arrived ...and can't be deployed because they're the wrong model. :-(

2025-06-26 23:49:39 UTC

Work is increasingly stupid. Everything's broken but nobody cares enough to fix it. Terrible time for me to look for work though. :-/

2025-06-25 23:40:32 UTC

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@nprofile…5y8z My son says "I like that. It's cute!"

2025-06-25 20:32:11 UTC

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@nprofile…jd74 @nprofile…vuy2 @nprofile…ywqr "ATTENTION HUMANS..."

2025-06-22 02:46:00 UTC

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@nprofile…6yg2 If he passes out, does someone more competent get to make decisions?

2025-06-22 02:25:45 UTC

Hypothetically, where do the U.N. meet if they leave the U.S. for some reason? Presumably there is a plan in place for that.

2025-06-12 14:30:33 UTC

Wiping a seven year old PC so that it can be thrown away.

2025-06-05 02:08:24 UTC

I could have done without this evening.

2025-06-03 23:32:38 UTC

How far do people drive in a month? #cars

2025-05-12 15:17:12 UTC

Fed 90TB of tape to the robot for #backups.

2025-04-21 18:27:50 UTC

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@nprofile…775a The work we do can't be done remotely. It would cost me thousands (at least) to re-train.

2025-04-21 18:02:15 UTC

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@nprofile…775a Colleague who was hospitalised is back at work to pay off the expected hospital bill of several thousand dollars.

2025-04-21 17:57:35 UTC

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@nprofile…775a I'm confident that none of us would be here given the choice. Sadly there's almost no technology work in this town. One member of the team drives 64km each way to and from work.

2025-04-21 17:38:23 UTC

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@nprofile…775a One went to the E.R. with it on Tuesday (was kept on for a few days), another took Thursday off with possibly the same thing. Office was closed on Good Friday. I've had a sore throat and joint pain for a few days. Tested negative for COVID-19. Now it's back to Splutterfest.

2025-04-21 17:08:29 UTC

Everyone I work with is coughing horribly.

2025-04-16 21:39:20 UTC

Is it bad that I want a fifteen year old computer?

2025-04-16 16:09:57 UTC

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@nprofile…rh8v Ah. Sounds like they cashed out then.

2025-04-16 15:39:21 UTC

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@nprofile…rh8v What was FreeNow?

2025-04-12 04:19:07 UTC

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@nprofile…a33k I used to use F-M-F 50 Ohm ones for 10base-2 Ethernet.

2025-04-12 01:43:08 UTC

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@nprofile…a33k I don't like this one because the middle one's not male.

2025-04-09 19:12:41 UTC

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@nprofile…t5r6 Your world sounds better.

2025-04-01 03:29:00 UTC

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@nprofile…cgs9 Amstrad?

2025-03-28 21:59:49 UTC

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@nprofile…775a No. :-)

2025-03-28 21:42:12 UTC

#BikeNite?
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2025-03-22 18:03:44 UTC

@nprofile…v482 My son, just now: "Hey, let's do the iceberg!"

2025-03-20 14:02:14 UTC

Things I've had to say today at work include "Mexico is not in the U.S." #GeographyFail

2025-03-14 00:15:16 UTC

Is there a PC Linux that would suit a tablet or touch-screen laptop?

2025-03-07 15:15:52 UTC

Having to use WordPad because Microsoft Word won't work worth a damn.

2025-02-25 06:00:50 UTC

Thinking about passports.

2025-02-19 23:48:46 UTC

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@nprofile…qz4x and @nprofile…jyzx ? Great!

2025-02-15 01:24:57 UTC

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@nprofile…hy78 @nprofile…3qcd A1) I'm in the library. It's too loud for my current migraine. #BikeNite

2024-12-28 18:35:12 UTC

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@nprofile…skc4 FridgXBG

2024-11-23 22:14:09 UTC

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@nprofile…8eay I had one of those! Possibly my favourite XT.

2024-11-17 06:36:49 UTC

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@nprofile…827z I once drew up a cluster built from one Raspberry Pi 3B+ and three 2B v1.2 boards. Sadly I couldn't justify the expense and now they're no longer made.

2024-11-10 13:45:44 UTC

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@npub19lt…qfjk That would still contain obnoxious software to gum up the works. I prefer a "dumb" TV.

2024-08-29 20:42:54 UTC

Started typing 'Does Alberta have counties?' but search predicted I was going to ask about rats instead. #Alberta

2024-05-05 17:29:17 UTC

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@npub1up2…k6en Eww!

2024-05-05 17:27:18 UTC

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@npub1up2…k6en ISA hard card?

2024-04-30 17:31:51 UTC

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@npub1q37…k2ta I remember HotJava!

2024-03-10 01:18:30 UTC

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@npub1ynn…xf9a Does the framebuffer come out of ST RAM or is that separate?

2024-03-09 21:33:59 UTC

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@npub1se6…cmph @npub1y9v…srds Started a new #compost pile this year. Could put some chicken wire around it once it gets a bit taller. Aiming for a smaller diameter than last year but a deeper pile.

2024-02-19 13:00:55 UTC

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@npub19lt…qfjk Depending on how the reader is configured (and the cards are programmed), for each tap you'll get a stream of characters including some that aren't part of the ID number printed on the card. One task I used to have was programming readers to just give us the ID number.

2024-02-19 12:37:02 UTC

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@npub19lt…qfjk It's handy to have an ID card with the number printed on it: helps you mask off the characters you don't want.

2024-02-03 01:39:11 UTC

@npub1rsl…lqqt Did you explain "One hundred and eighty!" to your co-hosts? :-)

2024-01-23 14:33:05 UTC

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@npub1ynn…xf9a Are they picky about which disks they'll take?

2024-01-19 12:45:43 UTC

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@npub1ynn…xf9a VAXstation?

2024-01-06 14:02:25 UTC

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@npub1up2…k6en Secretly hoping for a Teac FD-55F.

2023-11-13 00:30:12 UTC

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@npub1uw8…88kr That stinks. Is this your first round?

2023-10-18 11:02:56 UTC

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@npub14u2…zq27 Those things are too heavy to fly!

2023-09-02 21:17:35 UTC

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@npub18yv…xxyn If only I could get paid for coding in BASIC.

2023-08-31 22:53:00 UTC

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@npub13le…6saf I have some 6504 & 6507 somewhere.

2023-08-29 01:10:44 UTC

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@npub1hvz…mle9 I fell off my front step yesterday. Bit stiff today but other than scraped knees and a broken toolbox, I am apparently unharmed. A lucky escape, really. Hope you're ok.

2023-08-23 20:08:39 UTC

#NewITGuy asked us how he should handle the ticket for a wired keyboard where the legends wore off.

2023-08-19 21:24:25 UTC

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 I don't have AppleTV but the trailer looked promising.