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danieldurrans

@danieldurrans@mastodon.me.uk

Tech leader working in automotive financing and fleet management.

Street & documentary photographer, exploring the urban environment and human world.

Bristolian who is generally disappointed at the state of local politics.

Grumpy about national and world politics. Trying to be part of the tofu eating wokerati, but without actually having to eat tofu.

Occasional cat pictures & toots about home life.

#fedi22 #Bristol #StreetPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography #ProtestPhotography

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danieldurrans, to Signal
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Features that I never thought I would need, and indeed still don't need.

  • Reacting with an emoji during a Signal call.

dans, to random
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Wherever my front camera is right now, there's better weather than outside the car.

danieldurrans,
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@dans Errrr.... that's faintly disturbing!

ben, to random
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started offering in my area.

It sounded quite tempting until I looked closer at their terms.

Residential packages:

  • 24 month contract
  • price goes up a tenner a month if you roll off the end
  • Use of their router reqd

If you want a static IP, or to put the router in bridging mode, you need a business pkg, which are all symmetric, so cost a good chunk more.

I'd be paying more for less.

I think I'll stick with @aaisp and wait for Openreach to get FTTP rolled out round here.

danieldurrans,
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@ben We have been looking at some new build estates. Those made by Bloor Homes have deals with some alt-net where you are locked in to a choice of 8 ISPs using FTTP. It all feels really dodgy. One of my colleagues is in a new build with a similar dodgy alt-net and can't stand it.

We also looked at an estate made by a local builder. Had both Truespeed and Openreach FTTP - I would have bought on that basis alone.

mw1cgg, to random
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Right, no point sat here on the computator being cynical. Best crack on with adult stuff.

danieldurrans,
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@mw1cgg Too right, you can be cynical anywhere!

danieldurrans, to random
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Weekend plans ahoy!

  • Find Emma a helmet that fits
  • Exchange the bike charger with one that fits (silly bike shop)
  • Haircut (just the one)
  • Upfest (a graffiti art festival in Bristol)
  • Ride out to Ashton Court
  • BBQ
danieldurrans, to animals
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It's ! Here is a pic of Starbuck sitting in his favourite place at the end of the garden.

danieldurrans, to bristol
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We went for a little cycle ride this evening and saw a swan with its cygnets!

danieldurrans, to random
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Casually browsing around the internet, and I spot this model on the All Saints website.

I can't help but think he is looking into my very soul.

https://www.allsaints.com/men/shirts/roze-floral-print-relaxed-fit-shirt/M033SA-4193.html?cid=22023

yesterzine, to random
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“Email reaction digest”.

What fresh hell is this?

danieldurrans,
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@yesterzine Outlook by any chance?

The fresh hell began when I saw that in the latest version of Outlook you can send reaction emoji to emails.

danieldurrans, to random
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If you can be gender fluid, and gender solid, can you be gender gaseous?

mattly, to random
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I really want to like Passkeys, it’s the sort of thing that on paper sounds very nice and workable

and then you get into the real world where like, you’ve got three password-filling options for various reasons and they all try to be the thing that holds your passkeys as well, and it all falls apart in new and exicitng ways, bringing problems you never had with passwords or TOTP codes

danieldurrans,
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@mattly I agree. The concept is great but the implementations are lacking both in the Passkey filling software and the Passkey support in websites.

Then add security keys into the mix and it all starts getting confusing.

Sometimes I can use one as a login with no username. Others need a username. Others will accept as a 2fa but not as the password.

Then you have to add cross platform complexity into the mix.

foone, to random
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Can't believe they spent a gigawatt training GPT3 and the fucker isn't even trying to overthrow humanity.

Look, where I come from, if you burn a gigawatt of energy to make an AI, it had better damn well go skynet on you.

danieldurrans,
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@foone With Microsoft Copilot you can achieve anything you can imagine, including increased levels of hubris. Subscribe now for only £17.99 a month!

hobbitswife, to random
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I finish early on a Monday. It’s amazing how everyone appears out of the woodwork at 2:55 wanting things. I’ve switched Teams onto ‘offline’ whilst finishing my few bits off. I don’t get paid past 3!

danieldurrans,
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@hobbitswife One of my colleagues always set their out of office before any multi-day holiday to help prevent last minute requests & manage expectations.

pauljrobinson, to random
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"I hope this we email doesn't find you at all. I hope this email is left floating in the void because we're all too busy chilling."

The out-of-office I want to write.

danieldurrans,
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@pauljrobinson “No regards”

danieldurrans, to random
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It looks like my follower's registrar of choice is @beasts . Thanks everyone for replying. Notable shout out for porkbun that was mentioned here and also is a reddit favourite.
https://mastodon.me.uk/@danieldurrans/112421074129991628

revk, (edited ) to random
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WTF, was that some serious thunder in Abergavenny just then?

Wow, looks like it was!

(Catching rain on CCTV is not easy, unless, well, it is "serious" rain)

Update: I am checking if the new lawn needs the sprinklers turning on or not...

danieldurrans,
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@revk Blitzortung suggets yes! https://map.blitzortung.org/#12.77/51.82315/-3.00743

danieldurrans, to random
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Why is Newport getting all the fun!

danieldurrans, to random
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The Met Office set an expectation there was going to be a really good thunderstorm this afternoon.

Where's my damn thunderbolts and lightening.

I am not very very frightened. At best I am mildly disappointed.

mw1cgg, to random
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"What made you decide to buy a house?"

Well to be honest, we weighed up the options and decided that living under a box in a shop doorway wasn't really for us Roger.

danieldurrans,
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@mw1cgg we were looking at a show home the other day and the sales person asked, “what are you looking for in a house?”

Which to me is a really strange question for something that feels really subjective once you get past number of bedrooms and FTTP.

Jwab, to random
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"The friendly club"

danieldurrans,
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@Jwab happy hours may or may not coincide with bingo days. Terms and conditions apply. Errors and emissions excepted. Please see our privacy policy for further details.

oglaf, to random
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New Oglaf: www.oglaf.com/folk-art/

danieldurrans,
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@oglaf https://www.oglaf.com/folk-art/

danieldurrans, to random
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danieldurrans, to random
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I am getting the lead balloon ready for when Emma finds out that the bike shop gave us the wrong charger for her new ebike.

At least she has enough range for the ride we are going today, but I predict a riot.

danieldurrans,
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@yesterzine She took it relatively well, I think because we have enough range in the bike for the ride we are going to do today.

dans, to Eurovision
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Heavy magnetic storms in the northern hemisphere affecting satellite links (assuming they're still satellite)?

danieldurrans,
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@dans I assumed they are using satellite links. That or they have put everyone on a delay to cut them if they mention Joost or say something about Israel

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