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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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Walrus, to ArtificialIntelligence
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#computers #RaspberryPi

Deep joy. Greedy RealVNC is taking away the ability to use more than three copies of it at home, free. I shall, of course, switch to TightVNC. I expect they thought aged hobbyists had loads of money they could grab...

Walrus,
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@scruss

Five? I have about 15 running...

Geri, to random
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ONE BILLION and gets to keep her bonuses

Wot?

Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled 'unachievable' as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586814/Post-Office-Horizon-replacement-project-labelled-unachievable-as-taxpayer-bill-reaches-1bn

Walrus,
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@Geri

As a person who HAS succesfully organised two pissups in breweries, I mock the useless Tories, and their predecessors, for the outright mess they have made of the Post Office.

The PO was started so that the government could intercept mail to anyone they thought was suspicious, which is why postcards were cheaper to send than sealed letters. I don't suppose they have stopped providing that service for the spooks. A Czech billionaire can be trusted with our security, surely?

Walrus,
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@Wen @Geri
I got the breweries concerned to pay for us to drink their booze.

ianbetteridge, to random
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Someone should probably tell Rishi Sunak that if he seriously believes that young people are being radicalised, teaching them how to shoot modern weapons might not have the outcome he thinks it will.

Walrus,
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@ianbetteridge

I remember how delighted I was in 1960, when the previous National Service scheme was stopped. One of the big worries then was that it turned layabouts into disciplined revolutionaries who hated the government, and knew how to use guns...

Wen, to UKpolitics
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A simplistic headline for a simplistic wanabee minister

Wes Streeting: Cultural rot means NHS puts itself before the public

http://archive.today/2024.05.25-173744/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wes-streeting-cultural-rot-in-nhs-has-put-the-brand-before-the-public-25wsdzvsz

NO. If you means some managers in a ‘reformed system’, instigated by the Tories and pushed hard by Labour maybe. What will increased privatisation do?

Walrus,
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@Wen

He takes bribes, which I refuse to call contributions, from health businesses.

Walrus, to random
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Back from holiday, to find this one getting ready to flower again. It seems to be suffering from "cactile dysfunction". I'm wondering if it's actually the way this species normally grows.

Close up shot of the top end of the cactus, showing red flowers opening, and more on the way.

aral, to DuckDuckGo
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“Choice.”

#alternatives #choice #DuckDuckGo #DDG #Qwant #ecosia #bing

Qwant search for foo at 09:18: Qwant is temporarily unavailable.
Ecosia search for foo @ 09:17: There was a problem loading search results for “foo”
Two astronauts staring at Earth from space. Front astronaut: “you mean it’s all just Bing?” Rear astronaut, aiming gun at front astronaut: “Always has been.”

Walrus,
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@Haijo7 @aral

But I don't have bookmarks for things I have not seen.

Walrus,
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@Haijo7 @aral

Very, very frequently . Maybe I'm doing it wrong....

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?

Walrus, to Bread
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Today's loaf... crumb shot to follow, if I remember. This one is half wholewheat, half white flour.

Walrus,
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One third rye flour...

Walrus,
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@Wen

Yes, but it was ages ago, and I can't remember what it was like.

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...

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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