anomnomnomaly

@anomnomnomaly@mastodonapp.uk

Just a guy, on the spectrum with a tendency towards creating uncomfortable silences and the odd social faux pas.

Originally from as far from the sea as you can get in England, now living near the coast in a part of Wales.

I will randomly comment on your toots, I will be attempting jokes, sarcasm, dark humour & obscure pop culture references.

#InvisibleDisabilities
#Depression
#Autism
#Neurodivergent
#Humour
#Sarcasm
#ExDrummer
#ExComedian
#ExGoth
#ExSoftwareDev
#ExGameDev
#MetalHead
#Gamer

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sharongascoigne, to random

Back to my teenage self for with
https://open.spotify.com/album/2hallpchkYldMa5lGGf1Ko

anomnomnomaly,

@sharongascoigne

Just put on 'Electric' for a listen

JugglingWithEggs, to random
@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social avatar

‘Despite appearing to contradict national guidance from the Department for Work and Pensions (), local jobcentre managers have refused requests from Citizens Advice Central to guarantee that no further demands of mental health inpatients will be made.’

“Surely the fact that he’s sectioned is enough to know this person is not at a stage in their claimant journey when they could come and discuss ‘should I do an IT course?’ or whatever.”

Shameful.

http://tinyurl.com/5ctdssc3

anomnomnomaly,

@JugglingWithEggs A friend of mine was one of those the Tories screwed over when moving them from incapacity benefits to ESA.

They deliberately placed about 200,000 people in the wrong group. This denied them help with prescriptions and so forth. For years, they never even got an increase in those benefits. They forced the sick and disabled into destitution and poverty, and people died.

The tory scumbags lost judicial review after review, and in 2017 after 7yrs of this policy. 1/2

anomnomnomaly, to random

Do I need to explain this to anyone?

and I'm not talking about the typo

anomnomnomaly, to random

My Brain: You should be working harder

Me: Yeah, I should

My Brain: You should also take better care of yourself and relax more

Me: Yeah, I really need to relax more

Me: But how can I be so bad at both of those at the same time?

My Brain: It's actually kind of impressive.

Me: Thanks brain.

anomnomnomaly, to random

Friend: What are you doing this weekend?

Me: Nothing

Friend: Great, can you come and...

Me: You misunderstand... I'm doing NOTHING all weekend.

Friend: Yeah, that means you'll be free.

Me: No it doesn't

Friend: But you're doing nothing

Me: Exactly, a whole 48hrs of doing fuck all except what I want.

Friend: Why?

Me: Look my free time is not an invitation to intrude upon and assume that means I will drop everything to do what you want

Friend: But you're doing nothing

Me: Exactly

llamasoft_ox, to random
@llamasoft_ox@toot.wales avatar

Oh for fuck's sake. My heart sinks when someone posts a link to an article, you go to read it and after a few lines the text starts to fade out. You just know a "sign up to read the rest of this article" thing is going to scroll into view.

Fuck off with that shite.

anomnomnomaly,

@llamasoft_ox

The enshitification of all the things continues.

Is there still anything free from it?

anomnomnomaly, to random

I have what some now consider 'old person traits'

here's a few of them

1: I think a website should work in a web browser and not demand I install an app
2: I think single player video games should not demand you have an always on internet connection
3: I think that when I purchase a product, I actually own it and that it is complete and fully functional
4: I think that i should be able to talk to a person about a problem without waiting for 60 mins on a phone after spending 30 mins with a bot

soragrey, to random
@soragrey@sunbeam.city avatar

Baking cookies really can just turn your whole day around 🍪

anomnomnomaly,

@soragrey

Yes... but the problems begin afterwards when you eat far too many of them and then complain about the gained lbs. 😆

anomnomnomaly,

@soragrey

It's not worth turning the oven on for 3-4 cookies... 3-4 times a day.

Unless.... GIANT COOKIES

llamasoft_ox, to random
@llamasoft_ox@toot.wales avatar

and while I was fooling around with DALL-E 3...

A large fluffy sheep dominates the left of frame. It must be anthropoid to some degree as we can see its hands, both of which are holding a gun. Behind and to the right another anthropoid sheep holds an orb. In the sky a planet is visible, Earthlike, and spaceships fly around it, some of them emitting lasers and engine trails. Flying amongst the spaceships are various other sheep, looking quite rotund and woolly.
To the left a fluffy llama neck and head are visible. They loom over a planetary landscape full of llamas and computers. Off in the distance is a castle of some sort and next to it a beam of light shoots down from the sky, in which there are spaceships flying around and a peculiar swirly circular coloured structure which I have no idea what it is but which could possibly be some kind of time portal.
We can see the head and neck of a very cute-looking fluffy llama as the main subject of this picture. Around it are various daft-looking creatures of different colours, some of the more llama-oid than others. A lady in a green dress and fluffy blond hair is riding one of the more peculiar-looking ones. There are helicopters flying around, and tank-like vehicles on the ground shooting at them.

anomnomnomaly,

@llamasoft_ox

Given all of the lawsuits around these LLM's and their slurping of others copyrights to train these ML programs.

What is your take on anyone using stuff generated by them for commercial gain?

Is something trained on 'pirated' material, that is used to produce something that then earns profit... ethical or moral?

Would/should the 'owners' of said ML be held accountable/liable for it?

anomnomnomaly, to random

If you vote for the leopard eating your face party, please don't complain when leopards eat your face.

Recently, I had to shut down a few whiny arseholes who I know voted for brexit after they were complaining about shortages and prices caused by their votes.

I have zero tolerance for people who vote for leopards whilst not wanting their face eaten.


anomnomnomaly, to random

So it appears that has decided to go down the route of every other remote desktop access software.

Restricting their free personal use access to try and force people to give them money.

This would be the 3rd time I've had to start looking for new software.

I use it to access the 3 systems in my own home only.

They keep cutting my sessions off... Last POS company that did that used to do it after 60 seconds. At least they're letting sessions last longer... for now.

Time to switch

anomnomnomaly,

@wild1145

It's mostly used to access my home server and my work rig. I don't have a big enough home office to allow me to have multiple desks and monitors. So the server and workstation are in the corner and I remote onto them.

It makes it so much easier... everything is on the same switch. So speed isn't an issue.

But I remember the bullshit pulled a few years back. It was nasty, fake 'commercial use detected' bullshit to try and con you into paying hundreds for a license yearly

wisteela, to linuxmint

They want you to pay for MS Word. You don't have to. Install LibreOffice and you've got a compatible office suite for free. been using it for years. I'd also recommend switching to if you can.

Microsoft Kills https://youtu.be/w9JynqotWqk?si=fJfg2IghS44hW8rg

anomnomnomaly,

@wisteela

Just installed libreoffice today, I'd given up on MS Office a decade ago.

I'd kinda been winging it with googles versions (docs/sheets). Realised I was just being lazy in sorting out an open source alt.

anomnomnomaly, to random

If you run a business and require your staff to wear anything that makes a statement about what your employees think about their job... such as 'I love my job' t-shirts and so forth.

Those employees should be able to demand that management wear clothing that states how their staff feel about them without any recrimination.

On my last day of working for the 'Firkin' chain of pubs (who loved using 'firkin' in slogans)

I wore a t-shirt saying 'I'm a firkin c*nt'

Never finished my shift. 🤣

rooster, to random
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    anomnomnomaly,

    @rooster

    I always ask if women unable to have children, or those who have had hysterectomies are still considered women by their rule.

    The confused looks you get from them is kinda amusing.

    wild1145, to random

    I think it's time for a bowl of cereal, a bit of YouTube and then to get on with a load of jobs I have to get done today around the house!

    anomnomnomaly, (edited )

    @wild1145

    Translation.

    I plan on diving down a rabbit hole of YT vids and forgetting to do any of the chores/errands I planned on. 😆

    me, to fediverse
    @me@mysmallinstance.homelinux.org avatar

    I'm trying to convince the last friends I have left on Facebook, X, Threads, or BlueSky to join the Fediverse. Some have tried but felt a sense of loneliness. Nowadays, many people are so used to doing what algorithms suggest that they can no longer make independent choices.
    My timeline here, on the other hand, is beautiful.
    I see what I want, I follow people who post what I like, and no one tells me what I should do. Freedom may come with a "cost," but whatever it is, it's worth the effort. Always.

    anomnomnomaly,

    @me

    The problem with social media is always the same... people don't actually engage they 'trust' an algorithm to show them content and in return show theirs to others.

    On masto, you have to engage with others and let's be honest... most people are to lazy to do that. All they want to do is shitpost links for likes and expect everyone else to do their work for them by sharing it.

    That's why they don't get it... and you can't cure that sort of laziness overnight.

    anomnomnomaly, to random

    Some vid clips from the gig last night.

    Hopefully no copyright issues with a few seconds of bad audio. 😆

    Live

    Can only add 1 clip per post, so keep scrolling for a few more that I'll be adding as they're uploaded.

    video/mp4

    anomnomnomaly,

    @sharongascoigne

    I figured if no one else did... you'd be along at some point to fave them. :)

    anomnomnomaly, to coffee

    Has anyone used this brand of coffee beans before?

    My usual Lavazza Intenso (9/10) has rocketed in price recently. I used to pay £55 for 4x1kg bags that would last me 8 months. But the price is now £69

    These were £12.99 each. One is 8/10 and the other 9/10 strength... I usually make lattes with them.

    Thought I'd try them as it could save me a little money, but if I have to turn up the amount of beans I use per cup... then not going to be a cost saving.



    anomnomnomaly, to random

    were fricken awesome.

    A 2hr show with a few surprises, almost like a greatest hits tour as they hit at least 2 songs from every album including some wonderful rearrangements. Like Martin Gore doing Strangelove accompanied only by a piano.

    I also got to see them perform 'Black Celebration' & 'Stripped' from the album live.

    So many great songs, they hit the faves like Just can't get enough & Everything Counts, 5 song encore ending with 'Never Let Me Down Again.

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    anomnomnomaly, to random

    Birmingham, I am in you



    anomnomnomaly, to random

    If I phone your customer support and it says 'we're experiencing an unusually high volume of calls'

    I know that company is lying and shouldn't be trusted.

    For it to be unusual, it won't happen EVERYTIME you call.

    So either you're too cheap to hire enough staff, or your products are too cheap to last and require constant support.

    Either way... you lose a customer for ever because you put profits over people.

    anomnomnomaly, to random

    If ever there was a valid point to tell you that credit scores are worthless and are nothing more than an indication of how much interest lenders can get out of you... it when you are told that your credit score has dropped because you are using over 50% of your credit on one of your accounts... whilst at the same time telling that it's very positive that you are using less than 10% of your credit.

    Whilst also punishing you for daring to move and register on the electoral roll somewhere else.

    anomnomnomaly,

    So one of them decides to drop my credit 20 points out of 720, whilst another one has remained at 999 out of 999 for months.

    The only reason I got a credit card a few years back after decades without... was to improve my credit score.

    I pay my card in full every month. I never pay interest.

    They don't like it when you do that.

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