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Slash909uk

@Slash909uk@mastodon.me.uk

#Engineer, #Environmentalist, #Humanist, #IT/DigitalTV architect (retired!), #Scout leader, #volunteer driver, sometime #musician, #Dad 🙂
Also identical #twin, ex-developer for #wireplay UK online #videogame service, #ham radio and general #electronics hacker and #DIY er. Have been known to #snowboard, #sail and #windsurf. Have a #Dax Rush racecar still waiting for me to fix up... life gets in the way 😅

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dgar, (edited ) to random
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I’ve listened to every song in at least four times. So many great tunes to choose from. My short-list got down to ten songs and I would have loved to have enough votes for all of them. I have picked three and put my votes in. I didn’t vote for my own entry because then I would really only be voting for two songs, so my three votes went out to other entries. Best of luck to everyone who entered and thank you to everyone else who listened, got hyped, and votes in , and of course a huge dose of gratitude to everyone involved in organising and running the event.
Big love to you all!!
🫶

Slash909uk,
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@dgar working my way through them now 🙂
So. So. good. 🎶everyone is awesome🎶
Gonna be really hard to choose just three!

snaptophobic, to random
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I hate vacuuming. I hate my vacuum, even though I chose it!

The problem is the whirly-brush bit on the front clogs with the combined hair from me and the cat. I need to spend half an hour dismantling the machine to clean it after a vacuuming session.

The other problem is neither floor type setting actually works as expected.

Perhaps I need a better vacuum, or better yet employ a cleaner!

Slash909uk,
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@snaptophobic We've got a Shark. Seems quite good at dealing with hair.. better than the previous Dysons we had.
Still needs clearing out after a few cleans, but better 🙂

dgar, (edited ) to Weed
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Here in Australia, as you probably know, it’s the future. So it’s Weed Day, 20th April, 4/20 already here. :420: :420leaf:

has released a new track for those who celebrate, called Gettin Stoned, a collaboration with Andre Louis (@Onj).
Last time I announced a release at midnight like this, there were issues with people not being able to play the song until the release date reached their time zone, which was annoying. This time, I hacked the system and released it a day early, so I feel comfortable that everyone should be able to play it immediately.
I present to you the latest in !

Happy Weed Day!

Gettin Stoned (feat. Andre Louis)
💚💛🧡🤎🩶🖤
https://songwhip.com/dgar/gettin-stoned

Slash909uk,
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@dgar @Onj great track 👍

howlinhobbit, to EarWorms
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(fill in the blank in the comments)

New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody’s talking about,
“_________”

(hey! @dgar can’t be the only one giving out free )

Slash909uk,
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@howlinhobbit @dgar crap, I feel old now.
That was a groundbreaking pop song though in 1979!

How about 'Da da da..' to a Casio keyboard bip-bop beat? Didn't the drummer kick the bass drum with his trainer? 😊 Earworm from 1982!

Floppy, to random
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"Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The Rendlesham Forest Incident"

Slash909uk,
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@phlash @Floppy 🤘😂
Somehow I slept right through that..

Slash909uk,
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@Floppy @phlash LOL 😂
The incident/hurricane.. (I was working at BT Labs at the time.) Woke up, went to work, wondered why the view looked different out of the office window.. !

Certainly not gonna be sleeping through Jeff Wayne's masterpiece 🤘

Slash909uk,
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@Floppy @phlash yes. Was there something else?

Slash909uk,
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@Floppy @phlash ah right, I was 13 and in another county then 😀

vwbusguy, (edited ) to random
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You show up to a technical coding job interview and they want to test to see how well you understand low level concepts and adapting. You are asked to write a simple algorithm that produces a result (eg fizz-bang), but you must write it in assembly. Given plenty of documentation oriented from beginner to expert at your disposal, you have a choice between x86 and 6502. Which are you picking?

Slash909uk,
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@vwbusguy 6502 - smaller instruction set, easier to read the docs!

dgar, (edited ) to random
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wonders if the world really needs karaoke versions of Dgar songs…?

Slash909uk,
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@dgar yes but the performer must change some of the lyrics to mis-heard lines.

And post themselves on tiktok singing it.

Slash909uk,
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@dgar love it! 🤘🤘🤘
Now that's stuck in my head, imagining James Hetfield's voice singing it..

Speaking of whom, this just happened:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68834493.amp

sashag, to random
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This is something that really pisses me off. We don't wear leather shorts, dirndl, drink only liter glasses of beer and eat sauerkraut!

And no, German music is not yodeling. Yodeling should fall under the Geneva convention 😬

Slash909uk,
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@grrrr_shark @sashag what did I just watch?!

Anyway, thanks for the Takeo link! You can keep the other yodellers, I'll stick with Rammstein as my favourite German band. 🤘

hobbitswife, to random
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UK Government wanting to ban sale of smart phones to under 16s.

Like that will work. They can’t have a contract til 18 so the adults buy the contracts. Like I’ve just done. All it means is they can’t get one on the shops themselves and can’t get the pay as you go SIMs, nothing will actually change.

So the government live in the real world?

*my kids smartphone has all the parental controls on, contacts limited, limited access to apps etc. He just wants to talk to his friends.

Slash909uk,
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@hobbitswife I think it's a PR stunt for them.
Honestly I want my kids to experience and understand how to deal with social media now, so they don't suddenly freak out and make terrible mistakes at 16!
Yes, they just want to chat with their friends and play games mostly.
Yes, I have parental controls on.

I suspect not having any controls is the real issue; I guess lots of parents don't know how this stuff works at all. Maybe mandating easy to manage controls would be helpful?

CatherineFlick, to random
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Can anyone explain to me how these people sleep at night? I just don’t understand how a company that feeds kids can see a profit rise of 30% as anything other than a damning indictment of the quality of their food and treatment of their workers.

Slash909uk,
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@Edent @CatherineFlick @choffee interesting, thanks!
As chair of our primary schools PTA, it is always frustrating when the school cannot use local people to provide goods and services and their hands are tied to the county council approved suppliers list.
Good to know there are means for local businesses to get 'in the door' provided the managers of the frameworks are open to this. I'd guess framework agreements work at council level, not per school!

CatherineFlick, (edited ) to random
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Help mastodon gardeners, setting up my automatic waterer and no matter how tight I screw on the hose end it sprays water everywhere. Am I missing a seal or something? I don’t recall it having one before (this is my replacement timer after I accidentally left my old one out in the cold). I’ve tried some plumbers tape to no avail too.

Edit: going to get an o ring for the timer unit and see how that goes.

Slash909uk,
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@CatherineFlick I take it this green part fits into a spigot on the timer unit?

Check there is an o-ring in the timer spigot.. does not look like there is a groove for one on this part of the fitting.

The hose itself seems to be quite tight on the fitting so that looks ok.

HTH!

dgar, (edited ) to random
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I'm thinking of going with this artwork for the new single.

What do you think?

Slash909uk,
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@dgar looks like a scene from the Amazing world of Gumball where they mix up the art styles. I like it! Make the car look like it was torn from a magazine maybe? So the whole thing is like a montage?

garius, to Futurology
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Adam Osborne is a forgotten giant of computing. Steve Jobs first true rival and a friend. A man who struggled with his identity: was he British, American or Indian?

In my new column 'The Crazy Ones' over at Every, you'll find a full history of Adam Osborne and the rise and fall of Osborne Computers.

The number of outlets prepared to pay for longform tech history journalism is tiny. So please do read, enjoy and spread the word...

https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-rise-and-fall-of-steve-jobs-s-greatest-rival

Slash909uk,
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@garius very nice, thanks @garius 👍

danieldurrans, to Battlemaps
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ffs. The neighbour has drawn a heart in the snow in their back garden. My wife is now trying to persuade me to get out and do one in our back garden.

Tempted to draw a cock and balls.

Slash909uk,
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@danieldurrans send us a picture!

Rjdlandscapes, to TeslaMotors
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's new the 5 entry level model will have 40kwh but no DC fast charging

Is this acceptable for 25k euro in 2024/25 ??

Slash909uk,
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@Rjdlandscapes no.

I just bought a 1 year old EV with 3000km, 50kWh and 100kW fast charge for that money. Limited edition too 😁

2nd hand market is solid now; new sales will need to compete with older, but more upmarket cars for sure.

Slash909uk,
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@Rjdlandscapes even if you don't use it most of the time, the perceived lack of utility would put me off. Would you buy a car without a jack for changing the tyre?
I'd guess it saves them some wiring and the socket? Maybe less cooling? It won't save development costs as they already have their car platform with fast charging in other models.

snaptophobic, to random
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Just paid the credit card bill. I mistyped the decimal point at first, and I was helpfully warned I didn’t have £36,000 in my account.

😬🧐🤭

Slash909uk,
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@snaptophobic yikes! Bank apps should really have a sensibility check when someone types a big number in.. perhaps even let you set one yourself?

danieldurrans, to random
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What was wonderful about MySpace was that everyone got to customise their page. Even normally non-techy people would learn a little HTML and CSS to bejazzle their space.

I would like Mastodon, and ActivityPub, to support the ability for me to customise my posts.

I would like to customise:

  • Backgrounds
  • Have twinkling stars falling across my toots
  • Blink and Marquee tag support
  • Font customisation (comic sans!)
  • Music that auto plays when you see my toot
Slash909uk,
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@danieldurrans markdown?
Just so long as it stays accessible as well 🙂
Maybe a 'give me the full experience' type of CW effect would suit?
I am with you though 😁

hobbitswife, to random
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wittering on about dogs in the office.

Absolute no! Other than guide dogs obviously.

What about those of us with allergies? What about those who are scared of dogs due to previous trauma?

Apparently we’d have to ‘have some provision’ for us.

How about not bringing dogs into the office the first place?

The office is for people, not for dogs.

Slash909uk,
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@rebornmedia @hobbitswife same perhaps applies to bring your kids to work day? See also: nits.

🤪😁🪲

Vibracobra23, to Archaeology
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John Buller - Statistical Account of the Parish of St Just, in Penwith, in the County of Cornwall: With some Notice of its Ecclesiastical and Druidical Antiquities. R.D. Rodda, Penzance, 1842, 1st Edition.

Slash909uk,
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@Vibracobra23 ooh, any mention of Penrose in there? My wife's family are mainly from St. Just and have a family crypt in the church yard 👍

rysiek, to random
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Apparently I am seething with malaise and disdain for Silicon Valley, and that's distasteful or something. :blobcateyes:

Well, SV has been causing malaise (ask the parents whom Zuck was just apologizing to) for and showed disdain (ask the Rohingya) towards pretty much everyone else. And made a killing doing so.

OpenAI said outright it's impossible for them to compensate authors of works they use as "training data". Implying their business model is more important than somebody's livelihood. 🤔

Slash909uk,
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@strypey @lightweight @rysiek that's a nice piece by Cory on the impact of GDPR and the move by NPO to dump surveillance tech. I'd not read that before, thanks!
I can see ad-tech moving to hide their surveillance even more as a response to this; let's hope consent is policed better in future!

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