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stuartl

@stuartl@longlandclan.id.au

Software developer, electronics enthusiast, Amateur radio operator, lover of classic rock.

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ai6yr, (edited ) to cycling

Achievement unlocked. Went to the farmer's market on a combo of bus and bike. Learned many lessons...

stuartl,
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@ai6yr I guess they think the bike just disappears into thin air when you enter, and magically re-appears for you to get home when you leave.

Kayla, to random
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Reader, the description was wrong.

I only went back to look at this after I received something covered in very hot hot sauce and mustard, which I hate. Discovered this gem/nightmare.

stuartl,
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@Kayla I think that comes under the banner of "false advertising" or "misrepresenting a product or service".

Use of AI to generate descriptions does not remove that responsibility of the vendor to accurately describe their products.

RickiTarr, to random
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Young people wanting to eat good food?! What's next?! Are they going to want to get paid more, own houses, take vacations?!

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-gen-z-splurge-groceries-spending-inflation-gen-z-boomers-2024-4?amp

stuartl,
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@RickiTarr Amazing isn't it… it's like young people have an addiction to eating! Sacrilege!

Edent, (edited ) to random
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You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraud.

"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?

The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."

Your phone buzzes. You tap the notification This is what you see.

Still think it is a scam?
1/3

stuartl,
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@Edent The banks seem to think they can "technology" their way out of social problems.

Social problems (e.g. social engineering), require social solutions.

Sorry shareholders, that means keeping bank branches open, for longer, so people can meet, in person.

mikemathia, to marketing
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stuartl,
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@mikemathia Maybe it's a need of sleep, but I read that right-one as "Bounce" at first.

DrALJONES, to Israel
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Report

A car belonging to Israel's far right minister, Ben-Gvir, has overturned after running a red light.

Ben-Gvir, one of his daughters, a driver & a bodyguard were injured, reportedly not seriously.

Local media claimed that Ben-Gvir "regularly orders his driver to commit traffic infractions”.

The accident was caught on video.

4.25 GMT Apr 27 AJ updates

-Gvir ..

stuartl,
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@DrALJONES Hopefully the idiot has learned his lesson… i.e. that running red lights is illegal for a very good reason.

ai6yr, to advice

Beekeeper's advice for the day: It's springtime, which is swarming season. If you do not want to have to deal with bees in your walls, make sure to either seal up or put mesh over any exterior hole in your house (especially your eaves and siding), particularly holes that are about penny to thumbtack sized.

stuartl,
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@ai6yr Ahh, it's that time when you're besieged by honey-making insects?

dgar, to random
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Racecar backwards is racecar.

Racecar upside-down is expensive.

stuartl,
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@dgar The latter point is true of any vehicle…

stuartl, to random
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Ahh… the joys of updating a site… think I'm going to be here a while.

`/tmp/site.zip' at 795618744 (12%) 547.3K/s eta:2h49m [Sending data/TLS]
VeroniqueB99, to random
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stuartl,
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@VeroniqueB99 Yep!

I just took the liberty of producing a rotated version for those that can't easily turn their monitors upside-down. 🙂

jpm, to random
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Oh so THIS is why the UPS isn’t working at all

stuartl,
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@jpm It's a wonder you didn't wake up one night, and go … sniff sniff "Why do I smell sulphur?"

Done that after coming home at 2AM… get off the bike, open the garage… and those were my exact words.

AGM battery was steaming away.

dgar, to random
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Smaller babies can be delivered by Stork, but heavier ones may require a Crane.

stuartl,
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@dgar You know it's a big baby when the stalk out-sources the delivery task to the crane.

stuartl, to retrocomputing
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Here goes… on a Toshiba Portégé 7010CT.

Pentium II 300MHz
160MB RAM

ai6yr, to repair

Hello fuse! #auto #repair #yikes

stuartl,
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@ai6yr Did the radio just power itself from the antenna coax shield instead?

Edit: I wonder if something high current (maybe the starter motor) has a good connection to 0V, or did it just decide to find a route via the radio's connection instead?

ai6yr, to random

😂 "Microsoft Edge will let you control how much RAM it uses soon" https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/4/24120867/microsoft-edge-ram-control-settings

stuartl,
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@ai6yr Me: I give you 8MB -- if you can load the Bureau of Meteorology radar page successfully with that, then I'm sold.

dgar, to random
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It’s that time again!
Show me some memes!!

stuartl,
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@dgar Workplace Slack gifted me this one today.

dgar, to random
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Mac users swear by their Mac.

PC users swear at their PC.

stuartl,
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@dgar … but Macs are PCs?

ai6yr, to movies

It appears the copy of Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End I purchased at a thrift store the other day is NOT the standard Disney version. 🤔

I'm curious if this is an authorized dub or not, I now realize the cover looks like it's color copied... and the video quality looks like it was filmed off a movie screen from the back seat of a theater.

stuartl,
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@ai6yr Thai perhaps?

ai6yr, to random

Got a good giggle on seeing this photo of a paratrooper that landed in someone's kitchen in 2021. (the guy received only minor injuries and was fine).
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/07/12/british-soldier-smashed-through-roof-california-botched-training-jump.html

stuartl,
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@ai6yr "How nice of you to drop in? Next time, please use the front door."

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    stuartl,
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    @flockofnazguls CD-ROMs actually…

    We used to buy the boxed sets of Red Hat from the local computer store. (Between 1996 ~ 2001.) After that, we had ADSL so could download it directly.

    Free_Press, to news
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    Conservative who moved to RUSSIA with family to escape LGBT ideology now says she hates it because locals don't speak English... then begs for forgiveness after Kremlin hears insults

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13116159/Canadian-family-russia-bank-frozen-apology-feenstra.html

    stuartl,
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    @Free_Press Alternate headline: "English-speaking mono-lingualists shocked to discover national language in Russia is Russian"

    Idiots.

    stuartl, to email
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    Fun and games with email today… Yahoo and Google have stepped up their filtering game, requiring stricter DKIM/DMARC.

    That broke my workplace email addresses.

    Consequently, I wound up reviving my old yahoo.com.au email address… fun and games remembering the password to an account I haven't used regularly in the better part of 25 years.

    Thankfully, I must've logged in more recently, and changed the password… and crucially, stored it in the password manager. So it's working again.

    My home mail server: delivers to the old Yahoo account, no problems at all.

    Meanwhile, Office365 + MailGuard… crickets chirping.

    SPFv1 for both work's domains are correct, how the hell does a hobby server admin like me get something right that professionals like Microsoft get wrong?

    ai6yr, to random

    Hmm, can't decide if things are quiet because they are actually quiet, or because that Misskey/Fediverse spam is gumming up the system. 🤔

    stuartl,
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    @ai6yr I must admit I haven't been paying a lot of attention as I'm at work just now.

    Things seem to be funnelling through though, so not completely dead.

    dgar, to random
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    Before crowbars were invented, crows would drink at home.

    The local crowbar was shut down because of all the murders.

    Police are still investigating the caws.

    stuartl,
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    @dgar Look, there's no caws for alarm okay?!

    stuartl,
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    @NormanDunbar @dgar

    It's all the lockdowns from CORVID-19 making us stir-crazy I think…

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