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Walrus

@Walrus@toot.wales

I live in Sir Gaerfyrddin with my wife, our son (some of the time), two spaniels, and the World's loudest Tonkinese cat. I have lost count of our computers.
#raspberrypi #garden #cooking #cactus #photography #Lego

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lowqualityfacts, to random
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Wow, that's a lot of combinations.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Walrus,
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@lowqualityfacts

That's funny, because it surely means permutations, not combinations. The number's a bit low, as well...

Walrus, to RaspberryPi
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I had an irritating email from RealVNC, telling me I will have to pay to access more than 3 of my machines. Fortunately, I will be able to use the new "Raspberry Pi Connect: Remote Access to your Pi from any Web Browser", apart from the one Pi I can't update.

https://www.omglinux.com/raspberry-pi-connect-remote-access-via-web/#:~:text=Using%20the%20new%20Raspberry%20Pi,from%20any%20modern%20web%20browser.

glynmoody, to Russia
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built and supplied equipment to months after saying exports had stopped - https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/15/jcb-built-supplied-equipment-to-russia-months-after-saying-exports-stopped "Russian customs records suggest firm owned by major Tory donor kept supplying machines after ‘voluntary pause’" money above all...

Walrus,
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@glynmoody

But, but, money...

stfn, to random
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HI there, I haven't been here for the last few days, but I'm back.

So, how are things?

Walrus,
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@stfn
I'm not sure. I'm in Greece.

Walrus,
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@stfn
Like this.
Might have a beer and some seafood in a while.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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For some reason I'm reminded of this famous exchange between Dennis Skinner & the Speaker of the House:

DS: 'Half the Tories opposite are crooks'

Speaker: 'Please retract'

DS: 'OK, half the Tories opposite aren't crooks'

Nowadays one might quibble with Skinner's proportions, but the message stands....

Walrus,
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He did not say it. Search Hansard if you don't believe me.

aral, to random
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Hello, I am a new startup!

I’m funded by venture capital and free to use.

Please come and make me valuable by using me. Make my numbers go up!

Once you do, I’ll have everything I need and I can do whatever I want with the time and effort you’ve put into making me successful.

Not happy? Fuck you, I don’t need you anymore (network effects FTW, amirite?)… I’m laughing all the way to the bank.

Goodbye!

…

Hello, I am a new startup…

When are we going to learn to say “no” at the start?

Walrus,
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@aral @imsnif

Is it possible to poison them with fake data, instead?

glynmoody, to london
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Tory staff running network of anti- Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/27/tory-staff-running-network-of-anti-ulez-facebook-groups-riddled-with-racism-and-abuse lies and cheating is all that the tories have got. nobody should vote for them, neither in , or nationally...

Walrus,
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@glynmoody

Lies, cheating, AND theft.

judy2k, to random
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So ... you think you're a good programmer, do you?

https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04/22/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/

Walrus,
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@judy2k
Yes, Judy, I do. But it's not a monopoly.

Walrus, to random
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Ooh, postal vote papers for the PCC have arrived!

I must choose between Welsh Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, or Labour and Cooperative Party. There's a Tory, but he doesn't even live round here. And he wants farmers to help to police us with drones...

sos, to infosec
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So, Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 systems and this is a disaster.

How can you push a tool that siphons data to a third party onto a security-critical system?

What privileges does it have upon install? Who thought this is a good idea? And most importantly, who needs this?

Walrus,
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@sos

I'm now down to my one last Microsoft app, which runs on a virtual Windows 10 machine. I am looking forward to never seeing anything of theirs again...

Walrus,
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@miblo @sos

An old version of OneNote, as I have been using it for yonks, and have found nothing better for the job. I think M$ bought it, rather than writing it, and they've been adding unwanted extra "features" until the latest version is unusable...

ScepticalScot1, to random
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https://www.thenational.scot/news/24239082.anger-meets-labour-pledge-bring-private-healthcare-nhs/

You know what you are getting if you vote Labour. In Scotland you have the choice SNP & the Scottish Greens will not privatise NHS. Labour will force it on the NHS

Walrus,
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@ScepticalScot1

The bribes it needed to get Starmer and Streeting on board were surprisingly small.

Walrus, to random
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Wes Streeting has sold out. If the Labour members can't dump his sort, the country is doomed.

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/

Walrus, to food
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Even though my DNA is only about 1% Ashkenazi Jew, apparently, I thought you might enjoy this review by @JayRayner of a Jewish sandwich bar in London. It gets a bit political, and I agree with every word.

Frankly, there should be sandwich bars like this everywhere. I'd go into the megalopolis that is St Clears for lunch, if we had one...

[Jay, it's a long way to here from there, but you ought to visit our Elaichi Restaurant. The chef keeps winning prizes...]

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/mar/31/freddies-london-over-salt-beef-i-brood-on-the-need-to-review-this-jewish-deli-restaurant-review

mlawton, to random
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I just successfully helped with advanced chemistry homework -- not because I remembered any chemistry, mind you, but because I was calm, employed a bit of logic, and know how to search online.

I'm sure the kids hate having a dad who remembers nothing, knows nothing, and yet somehow calmly and swiftly solves their problems and scuttles their rage in under 5 minutes.

Walrus,
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@mlawton

Been there, done that, there wasn't a T-shirt for it back then...

GrantMeStrength, to random
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Software than can write software has been a dream since.. well.. software was invented. This advert from 1983.

Walrus,
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@llamasoft_ox @GrantMeStrength

I went for an interview at The Last One's office in Ilminster, ages ago... I didn't get an offer, but I really didn't like them, either...

lauren, to random
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The revelation that there is a strong far-right, fascist component in the "furry" community (as explained in a fascinating documentary I saw sometime back), is both bizarre and headache-inducing.

Walrus,
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@lauren

Well, I hope you will share the reason with us, as I am unable to guess it. I'll try to ignore the resulting headache...

Walrus, to random
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Good morning.

RichardJMurphy, to random
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The introduction to the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/03/20/the-introduction-to-the-taxing-wealth-report-2024/. The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 is now complete, at least in draft. This is the final stage. The introduction explains what the whole thing is about - and that the austerity that Rachel Reeves is planning is totally unnecessary. All the money needed to transform the UK is available. As a result I have to assume Labour wants things to stay as they are.

Walrus,
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@RichardJMurphy

I think there needs to be more notice taken of the distinction between the latest little group that has taken control of the Labour Party, and the much more socialist members of the party.

I don't quite go so far down the "infiltrators stealing a party" conspiracy line as some, but Starmer doesn't appear to be anything to do with the party that he has clambered to the top of.

I think Kinnock was entirely right about entryists, but I'm unsure if he was one, too.

simon_brooke, to random
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"between 2017 and 2020 McSweeney failed to declare £730,000 in donations from a slew of millionaire businessmen, misreported and underreported other payments, and falsely assured supportive MPs that electoral law was being followed"

The Corruption Behind ’s Rise Has Finally Been Exposed | Novara Media
https://novaramedia.com/2023/11/14/the-corruption-behind-starmers-rise-has-finally-been-exposed/

Walrus,
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@simon_brooke

I believe I may have been ranting about little cliques getting their candidate into power in a party where they don't belong, for ages.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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Aha, as it now emerges that a civil servant helped Michelle Donelan draft the letter alleging extremism that resulted in a successful demand for its withdrawal & payment of libel damages to the accused... thus, making a little more sense of why her department picked up the tab for damages rather than her personally.... not sure if this makes it worse; she needed help to write a letter which made baseless allegations?

h/t FT

Walrus,
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@ChrisMayLA6
When I used to live in Melksham, she was trying to get elected a Chippenham's MP. At that time, she demonstrated clearly that she didn't know how government spending worked. You know, the usual crap about how we had to pay off our debts before we could spend on anything...

Walrus, to random
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I seem to remember thinking violence against minorities is a BAD thing.

So, please understand when I unfollow you for saying I should punch Nazis.

I prefer the idea that we should just try them for any crimes they happen to commit, and jail them accordingly.

Walrus, to food
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I made Welsh Cakes for breakfast.

NeadReport, to random
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I always keep a good book within reach at my desk, in case there's a Windows update.

Walrus,
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@NeadReport

I used to block Windows updates, and wait to see if people started screaming about them, before allowing rhem a week later.

But now...

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