Nostr notes by dan 💾

Seems like we need something stronger though…

2026-07-26T15:33:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…enlj
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Seems like we need something stronger though…

This is a slippery windoze-y slope that you seem to be falling ...

2026-07-26T10:15:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…jzvv
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This is a slippery windoze-y slope that you seem to be falling down these days ;)

Happy pride month! #dogcow 🌈 ...

2026-06-13T12:38:39Z

Happy pride month! #dogcow
🌈

Ahhh, that clears that up then!

2026-05-28T19:54:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…g3vl
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Ahhh, that clears that up then!

It is the final letter in the word. ...

2026-05-28T19:42:04Z

It is the final letter in the word.

How about some terrible cheap aliexpress film dragged through a ...

2026-04-26T21:50:23Z

How about some terrible cheap aliexpress film dragged through a terrible ‘underwater’ point and shoot camera, developed in coffee? The film is ecn2 with the horrible remjet layer so doesn’t work in standard chemicals. But there’s something in the caffenol that’s angry enough to mostly deal with it. Will see if there’s anything worth scanning once it’s dry in the morning :D
#ShittyCameraChallenge
#BelieveInFilm
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The official rhubarb is very nearly just about ready to start ...

2026-04-26T11:25:59Z

The official rhubarb is very nearly just about ready to start thinking about maybe getting going.

SE/30 for scale.

#rhubarb #RetroComputing

I always forget about the Guardian's blind date column, but ...

2026-04-25T10:31:54Z

I always forget about the Guardian's blind date column, but if I see the link on a Saturday I'll click it out of morbid voyeuristic curiosity. They're typically a bit meh. '8/10, would meet again as friends’. Yeah, youre never seeing each other again.

Then there's the beautifully different wavelengths like this week…

Best thing about Charlie?
Her: He’s one of those people that naturally knows a lot about everything

Most awkward moment?
Him: My reaction to her questioning the moon landing

:D

Definitely didn’t plant rhubarb here, but I guess it’s a ...

2026-04-24T17:17:05Z

Definitely didn’t plant rhubarb here, but I guess it’s a place rhubarb needs to be. You’ll rue the barb! #rhubarb

So, you know how sometimes when an uncle or a grandparent or ...

2026-04-21T23:39:28Z

So, you know how sometimes when an uncle or a grandparent or close neighbour or whoever goes away on holiday, sometimes they’ll bring you back a pencil sharpener or a badge, or some other disappointing gift?

Wellll….
#disappointment #gift #pencil

Moo 🐮 ...

2026-04-21T09:05:42Z

Moo 🐮

That’s a weird notification ...

2026-04-16T17:22:38Z

That’s a weird notification

Plasticine arrived, so some Very Important Ahhhhht has happened, ...

2026-04-10T22:19:59Z

Plasticine arrived, so some Very Important Ahhhhht has happened, dahhhhlinks. #StopMotion

It’s so nice to have the evening light back again ...

2026-04-09T18:36:00Z

It’s so nice to have the evening light back again

Looks like Canadians generally want to join the EU. Which could ...

2026-04-06T16:06:44Z

Looks like Canadians generally want to join the EU. Which could make sense, seeing how there's a land border with Denmark and how France is only a few kilometres away. DO IT!

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/canada-in-the-european-union-poll-suggests-broad-openness-to-the-idea/article_3ca1e9ee-37ad-53b0-aeb2-d52c52a76ffd.html

Clipart that actually comes with some good advice! Check your ...

2026-04-06T10:30:29Z

Clipart that actually comes with some good advice!

Check your backups, punk!
https://mas.to/@gifs_bot/116357254685569732

Hail has to be one of the most ridiculous types of weather ...

2026-04-05T18:42:33Z

Hail has to be one of the most ridiculous types of weather #WeatherTootLOL

You know the Apple Scribe thermal printer for the IIc? Did that ...

2026-04-05T18:16:29Z

You know the Apple Scribe thermal printer for the IIc? Did that ever work with the Mac, or was it Apple 2 only? #RetroComputing :apple_inc:

Tag yourself! https://mas.to/@gifs_bot/116349940873239110

2026-04-05T09:28:38Z

Tag yourself!
https://mas.to/@gifs_bot/116349940873239110

Sounds nice, but I can’t quite remember how it’s done. ...

2026-04-04T15:29:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…pwh4
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Sounds nice, but I can’t quite remember how it’s done. You’ll need to go first to remind me 💅

Cheap ‘waterproof’ camera with cheap questionable film? Who ...

2026-04-04T13:05:39Z

Cheap ‘waterproof’ camera with cheap questionable film? Who even knows. 📸

Is $18 a lot or a little for diner cigarettes these days? It’s ...

2026-04-03T08:18:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…ty2q
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Is $18 a lot or a little for diner cigarettes these days? It’s hard to keep up now that the vending machines have all gone away!

Hello! 🐑 ...

2026-04-02T15:25:08Z

Hello! 🐑

What do you think this icon is for? #MARCHintosh ...

2026-03-29T18:15:30Z

What do you think this icon is for?
#MARCHintosh

Interesting!

2026-03-29T13:54:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…0cka
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Interesting!

What is this thing? Never seen anything like it!

2026-03-29T13:39:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…9es3
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What is this thing? Never seen anything like it!

Hey nerds! As #MARCHintosh starts to wind down, it's time for ...

2026-03-28T16:32:40Z

Hey nerds! As #MARCHintosh starts to wind down, it's time for one final giveaway:a t-shirt!

Karl Baron (npub1j4d…ftz8) set up a shared drawing program called Canvas over on #GlobalTalk. If you haven’t checked it out, you need to. Add some pixel art of you own :D

Anyway, once the month is over, I'm going print out the final canvas onto iron-on paper, and put that on a t-shirt (next toot for details)

If you'd like a chance to win the t-shirt, reply to this toot with ‘canvas’. 👕🎨

The draw will be on 31 March :D

What I'm hearing is 75% leaning towards going, 25% hesitant ...

2026-03-24T14:15:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…9qq2
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What I'm hearing is 75% leaning towards going, 25% hesitant ;)

Need to dust the cat more often ...

2026-03-22T15:34:36Z

Need to dust the cat more often

geeeeez

2026-03-21T22:49:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…ffax
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geeeeez

Oh yeah, definitely! But that's very different from angrily ...

2026-03-20T15:02:36Z

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Oh yeah, definitely! But that's very different from angrily mashing your phone on the bus home to say ‘@ target your staff in Walla Walla were rude and showed me the wrong sized shirt, never shopping there again!’ and then going in again two days later because there never was a real problem.

I forgot that when I first got rid of tw*tter it was annoying not ...

2026-03-20T14:25:27Z

I forgot that when I first got rid of tw*tter it was annoying not being able to complain directly at $brands. But turns out that was probably a bit toxic. :verified:

I was just having a conversation with somebody and she said that ...

2026-03-20T11:17:23Z

I was just having a conversation with somebody and she said that she's started watching a bit of regular TV, because she's missed having regular ads. Everything online is hyper-targeted and that's fine to a point. But it turns out that ads aren't just about selling a specific product or service to a specific person. They're a cultural phenomenon too. Or were? Something in common to have smalltalk about. She barely even remembered Easter is coming without the ad reminders. 🤷

Any UK folk have any recommendations for places to order pet ...

2026-03-17T11:12:04Z

Any UK folk have any recommendations for places to order pet supplies from that you have had a positive personal experience with? I have had way too many problems with Pets at Home that it's time to try somewhere new. The local shops can't get in the food or litter that my old-man cat wants. Would rather avoid Amazon. Suggestions?

Can you put a price on peace of mind? ;)

2026-03-15T18:43:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…03gn
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Can you put a price on peace of mind? ;)

Now this is true innovation!

2026-03-15T18:07:09Z

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Now this is *true* innovation!

Brilliant!

2026-03-15T16:51:36Z

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Brilliant!

Remember the thermal cat printers that were all the #MARCHintosh ...

2026-03-14T22:57:20Z

Remember the thermal cat printers that were all the #MARCHintosh rage last year or the year before?

Well here's one that's not printing. Instead it's staggering about. In a high-quality stop-motion fillum created on the worst Mac of all time, the Performa 6200!

📽️

(there's even a brief cameo by the real actual cat getting into the stage box)

If you’ve never considered experiencing Regina, Saskatchewan, ...

2026-03-14T18:12:44Z

If you’ve never considered experiencing Regina, Saskatchewan, then this incredible video is going to change your mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74B5kMLNd5Q

‘In a lot of ways, you’re just throwing a party with Windows ...

2026-03-14T10:29:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…vqvl
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‘In a lot of ways, you’re just throwing a party with Windows 7 as an honoured guest’

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ

Yes, I’m still bitter that I wasn’t chosen to be one of the ...

2026-03-14T10:26:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…8qa8
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Yes, I’m still bitter that I wasn’t chosen to be one of the Windows 7 party hosts 😤

It ain’t gonna be no at-home Windows 7 launch party, though, is ...

2026-03-14T10:25:49Z

It ain’t gonna be no at-home Windows 7 launch party, though, is it?

I wonder if the ImageWriter could do it, or if it moves too fast? ...

2026-03-14T00:11:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…zawe
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I wonder if the ImageWriter could do it, or if it moves too fast? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N76RMIR1kCc

I've heard of people setting up special printouts that would ...

2026-03-14T00:03:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…anyh
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I've heard of people setting up special printouts that would make the ImageWriter play a song. Just like the iPod ended up doing.

Eep! That's a dangerous pose!

2026-03-13T21:51:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…u6ak
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Eep! That's a dangerous pose!

No matter how good it is, it'll end up being bad! The power ...

2026-03-13T20:12:31Z

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No matter how good it is, it'll end up being bad! The power of #BadScan ;)

That's been my impression whenever I've looked at it too

2026-03-13T20:03:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…0r26
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That's been my impression whenever I've looked at it too

#BadScan update! The black ink in my Colour StyleWriter 2500 ...

2026-03-13T19:57:06Z

#BadScan update!

The black ink in my Colour StyleWriter 2500 seems to be working properly again. The other colours are questionable, but black is going strong. So if you print your image in B&W to Stylin’ in my #GlobalTalk zone, it should all come out fine.

Then I can scan your image in either glorious 1-bit or luxurious 5-bit greyscale with my Macintosh 512 and ImageWriter II, and save it either to my server or send it directly to yours over GlobalTalk!

What could go wrong

#MARCHintosh
🖨️

Just imagine if we shifted to regional and production-based ...

2026-03-13T19:42:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…sw3l
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Just imagine if we shifted to regional and production-based pricing. Just imagine how quickly the green revolution would happen if Orkney suddenly had ultra-cheap electricity prices and London was hyper-expensive.

Anyway.

And if you want energy rip-offs, Orkney generates more cheap ...

2026-03-13T19:40:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…erfc
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And if you want energy rip-offs, Orkney generates more cheap renewable wind, solar and wave electricity than we can use and more than the cables will let us export to the rest of the country. Yet we pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country, because the government pegs it all to the price of gas. And we don't even have gas for cheaper heating, it's all electric or oil.

And please don't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever make me be on ...

2026-03-13T18:49:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…kjxr
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And please don't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever make me be on the side of oil companies ever again.

I kind of hate that this current UK government has put me on the ...

2026-03-13T18:48:55Z

I kind of hate that this current UK government has put me on the side of oil companies! How is that even possible?

Dear Labour,

You are not in opposition. You are in charge. You are dealing with the oil companies, and not complaining across the floor during PMQs about how the other party is doing it wrong. Shouting about vague 'rip-offs’ is not good enough. You need to specify what that means, otherwise you don't even have a starting point. I'm sure you've heard of SMART goals?

🤦

it’s like one of those weird mice with floating things inside, ...

2026-03-12T09:10:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…z8td
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it’s like one of those weird mice with floating things inside, except potentially useful!

Hi, expanding foam is weird, that’s this entire post. ...

2026-03-10T13:28:28Z

Hi, expanding foam is weird, that’s this entire post.

Well poop :( If the printer is working then you could always try ...

2026-03-10T00:08:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…gm8u
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Well poop :( If the printer is working then you could always try Soft Server and/or Simple Spooler and/or the ImageScribbler card! So many options have popped up over the past couple of years :D

I’d even forgotten about that! Think it was something straight ...

2026-03-09T22:32:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…dafs
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I’d even forgotten about that! Think it was something straight forward like reseat the AppleTalk card

It’s Friday The sun is shining It’s #MARCHintosh Time for ...

2026-03-06T09:55:02Z

It’s Friday
The sun is shining
It’s #MARCHintosh

Time for another giveaway!

If you’d like to enter for a chance to win this stylin’ #LiveLaughLocalTalk pencil then reply to this toot with ‘ADB’

The hat-o-matic will make its decision on Saturday 7 March.

✏️

EDIT! The previous winner wants to give somebody else a chance. So tomorrow we'll give away TWO of these guys :D

Hey #marchintosh types, the #BadScan service is up and running. ...

2026-03-05T11:52:14Z

Hey #marchintosh types, the #BadScan service is up and running.

Have your precious images scanned by ImageWriter II with the ThunderScan 'cartridge’, powered by a Macintosh 512.

Send your precious images over this way, either by mail or to the StyleWriter in my #GlobalTalk zone, and I'll get a terrible-quality 1-bit and/or 5-bit greyscale scan back over to you.

Send a message for more details! Or just print to the StyleWriter and mention #BadScan on the page somewhere 😜

🖨️💾

There we go. Recycled sari silk. ...

2026-03-04T22:06:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…pqxq
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There we go. Recycled sari silk.

Oh yeah, these guys wanted to follow me into the house earlier. ...

2026-03-04T18:45:19Z

Oh yeah, these guys wanted to follow me into the house earlier. The answer was no. 🐑

doooo it!

2026-03-04T08:56:12Z

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doooo it!

Spinning some recycled sari silk. It’s pretty, but maaaan, the ...

2026-03-03T23:48:03Z

Spinning some recycled sari silk. It’s pretty, but maaaan, the flying fibre dust is real. It’s like inhaling the gunk that ends up in your dryer’s lint trap. 🧶

Want to try out #GlobalTalk but overwhelmed by all the setup? ...

2026-03-03T16:18:01Z

Want to try out #GlobalTalk but overwhelmed by all the setup? Maybe it's time to whip out that old modem and try something new…

The convenient dial-in service is now up and running!

We have access numbers in the UK, and both Vancouvers in Canada and the USA. Full details are in my zone’s entry in the spreadsheet.

Happy #MARCHintosh!
☎️

(ps: this is a voip line and the modem handshaking sounds are non-traditional and alllll over the place, so don't let that scare you)

The micro sd to standard sd card adapters should have always been ...

2026-03-02T11:04:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…3cpe
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The micro sd to standard sd card adapters should have always been printed like that ;)

Excellent! :D

2026-03-01T22:11:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…6z0l
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Excellent! :D

Hey #MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk types, Imogen the ImageWriter is ...

2026-03-01T20:43:11Z

Hey #MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk types, Imogen the ImageWriter is going to be down for a while.

We’ve got the first #BadScan victim ready to go!

That’s it settled by a good margin! You pronounce ...

2026-02-28T22:53:03Z

That’s it settled by a good margin! You pronounce 'router' like 'router’. :D
https://bitbang.social/@billgoats/116149286745270536

It just dawned on me... the current UK prime minister is ...

2026-02-28T11:29:06Z

It just dawned on me... the current UK prime minister is constantly talking about fighting. His party has a giant majority and another four years in power. Who is he so constantly, deeply embattled with?

:\

Mmmmm, nothing says Friday Afternoon quite like receiving a form ...

2026-02-27T16:52:40Z

Mmmmm, nothing says Friday Afternoon quite like receiving a form of SMART goals.

It'll make me live. It'll make me laugh.

2026-02-25T00:35:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…l3r6
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It'll make me live. It'll make me laugh.

No wifi calling? That's what we ultra-remote folk with ...

2026-02-25T00:28:45Z

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No wifi calling? That's what we ultra-remote folk with ridiculously thick signal-blocking walls tend to use.

It burns! It burns! ...

2026-02-25T00:25:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…mwfk
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It burns! It burns!

That's kind of what I thought. Not that anybody has landlines ...

2026-02-25T00:22:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…6cmn
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That's kind of what I thought. Not that anybody has landlines any more 💀

Do long-distance charges still exist within the United States, ...

2026-02-25T00:16:39Z

Do long-distance charges still exist within the United States, especially for landlines? Which is to say, if I set up a dialup #GlobalTalk option, does it matter which state/city/area code it's in? (already have UK and Canada numbers ready to go)

d’awww 🐶

2026-02-24T16:44:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…76fp
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d’awww 🐶

I'm sure Firefox needs over 1gb to sit there without ...

2026-02-24T15:45:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…s2ts
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I'm *sure* Firefox needs over 1gb to sit there without anything open, or that Word needs 400mb to have one document open! It must be. How could it be any different? *deflates*

He’s gonna do a mischief, you can see it in his eyes #caturday ...

2026-02-24T11:42:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…9g3f
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He’s gonna do a mischief, you can see it in his eyes #caturday

They grow up so quickly!

2026-02-24T11:03:37Z

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They grow up so quickly!

14 today 😻 #caturday ...

2026-02-24T11:00:50Z

14 today 😻
#caturday

Yeah! I don't have any sort of drive for mine so it's ...

2026-02-23T13:56:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…egvu
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Yeah! I don't have any sort of drive for mine so it's always been netboot. Kind of wild that it existed at all on such an old personal computer, and that it works really well.

Elsewhere, once I've got my a2server pi back up and running, ...

2026-02-23T11:43:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…nswf
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Elsewhere, once I've got my a2server pi back up and running, you can boot your IIgs over globaltalk from my zone ;)

Excellent, you’re all set for next month ;)

2026-02-23T08:37:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…x56d
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Excellent, you’re all set for next month ;)

It’s time for the sunken conversation pit to make a triumphant ...

2026-02-22T11:52:49Z

It’s time for the sunken conversation pit to make a triumphant return to living rooms around the world.

Eep! Looks like your black ink is out, and half the image was ...

2026-02-22T01:43:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…f8uq
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Eep! Looks like your black ink is out, and half the image was black ;) The important stuff made it through though, and that’s what counts :D

https://aux-penelope.com is going to become your new best friend ...

2026-02-21T23:49:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…24wd
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https://aux-penelope.com is going to become your new best friend ;) And grab a copy of jagubox right away; it's got so much useful stuff. https://aux-penelope.com/jagubox/ Other than that: good luck 😜

ps: a/ux is quite the wild ride, in all sorts of ways

2026-02-21T23:38:51Z

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ps: a/ux is quite the wild ride, in all sorts of ways

Welcome back!

2026-02-21T23:38:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…xzh7
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Welcome back!

Only fix bugs!

2026-02-17T15:14:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…jpfl
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Only fix bugs!

What if we… continvoucly fixed our bugs while we morged under ...

2026-02-17T08:02:57Z

What if we… continvoucly fixed our bugs while we morged under the branch 👉👈

More aurora. Moraura. ...

2026-02-14T01:22:07Z

More aurora. Moraura.

;)

2026-02-13T15:32:25Z

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;)

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2026-02-13T15:20:03Z

Moo

A bloated two-and-a-half gigglebyte program and it can't even ...

2026-02-13T14:41:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…q78h
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A bloated two-and-a-half gigglebyte program and it can't even handle something basic like text direction. And doesn’t give you an error or a warning or anything. Just mangles the letters into the wrong order. Argh.

I just had to... remove Indesign and reinstall a different ...

2026-02-13T14:38:10Z

I just had to... remove Indesign and reinstall a different version... because even in the modern day... it can't... deal with right-to-left scripts… even though… it lets you set the language to Arabic... it still mangles the text... until you... install... a different version…

I mean, come! on!

Are the snaps still chatting? I thought it was all ticky talks ...

2026-02-09T17:49:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…vmx5
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Are the snaps still chatting? I thought it was all ticky talks now? It's hard to keep up.

ps: I am 0% a discord fan. It seems to take the worst elements of ...

2026-02-09T16:27:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…0erj
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ps: I am 0% a discord fan. It seems to take the worst elements of irc, forums, skype, and who knows what else, and combines them into an impenetrable interface as part of a baffling service. Nothing about it makes sense. If forcing the world into having their ID stolen is a way to get folk to move away from it then I'm 100% here for that. Because won't somebody pleeeeassssse think of the children 💁

Apropos of nothing: remember a few months ago when tens of ...

2026-02-09T16:23:38Z

Apropos of nothing: remember a few months ago when tens of thousands of people had images of their government id stolen from discord and its age verification system for the UK and Australia?

https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service

Friend, excited for a big trip: Where's a fun part of London ...

2026-02-09T09:50:36Z

Friend, excited for a big trip: Where's a fun part of London to stay for a few days?

Me, cynical: The same as any major city, all the fun places have been hollowed out and replaced by luxury flats that nobody lives in because they're more useful as piggy banks for money laundering.

Oops

OH YEAH! I forgot to mention one of the best parts about the ...

2026-02-08T14:50:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…wf66
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OH YEAH! I forgot to mention one of the best parts about the French revolutionary calendar! It doesn't quite work to break the year down metrically, so at the end of every year are 5 or 6 bonus days for holiday :D

… pretty sure the nixie clock has serial input, which means I ...

2026-02-08T14:16:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…uh66
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… pretty sure the nixie clock has serial input, which means I could potentially hook something up to it to show decimal time…