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I am, or have been, in no particular order, a: parent, data analyst, aircraft designer, guitarist, project manager, chartered mechanical engineer, chorus member, tinkerer, programmer, music fan, executive assistant, traveller, glider pilot, concert promoter, crowd herder and supermarket cashier.

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jake4480, to random
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Listening to upbeat sludge in the semi dark

hl,
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@jake4480 What's an example of "upbeat sludge" for the ignorant amongst us?

hl,
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@jake4480 Thanks, I'll give that a go once the children are in bed.

hl,
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@jake4480 It is #BandcampFriday today, so I might be a little twitchy on the buy button if I like it after a first listen. I'm also tempted by @tldr 's Slater-Keeny offer, plus this
https://killerantz.bandcamp.com/track/bruce

neilgmacy, to random
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Switching it up for day 2 of and writing about some basic DIY things I’ve learned in the last few months after lots of dumb errors https://www.neilmacy.co.uk/blog/diy-tips

hl,
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@neilgmacy Most useful thing I learnt on a building site doing year 11 Work Experience was "Measure twice, cut once": https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/measure_twice_and_cut_once which I see you've discovered as well. The other thing I learnt was that I wasn't insured to use power tools, and that by arguing a kettle was a power tool, I got out of having to make all the teas for two weeks. (Not really sure what the lesson there is though.)

hl,
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@neilgmacy I'm terrible at negotiations and arguments, so I still consider that one of my finest achievements.

hl, to Parenting
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My children have (EU) shoe sizes 26 and 31; but like some magician's trick, they can contain a Sahra's worth of sand. If I pull out the insole, and hold the shoe upside down, there's a solid, continuous pour of sand for about 5 minutes.

hl, to random
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Good luck to everyone doing . I did think about it, but sadly it'd be /another/ thing I'm committing too, with too little time, and I already have about 100 of them. But looking forward to seeing what everyone writes 🍿 .

cory, to random
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Present me with the Shakespeare’s Hamlet, but written in the tone of an author that ardently believes only eMacs should be used to write such a work.

hl,
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@cory
Ctrl-b, or Alt-b, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The keys and bindings of outrageous fortune,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of

keenan, to random
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WeblogPoMo2024 begins tomorrow. I am going to try and write 31 posts about 31 different songs. And even though that may not happen, at least I made a really fucking awesome playlist.

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/weblogpomo2024-playlist/pl.u-55D6Pp3io8Jy5

Obviously don't click that if you're sensitive to spoilers about my blog.

hl,
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@bendaubney @keenan There so needs to be a songwhip for playlists. Any chance of a track listing please for people without Apple music?

calpaterson, to random
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It takes me a long time to write blogposts and certain ones in the past have (at least felt) like they have taken weeks...

Recently I totted it up and I reckon I take about 1.5 hours to produce 1 minute of reading time. So longer posts like my past one about Bank Python which are 30 minute reads...yes they felt hard because they were a lot of work!

hl,
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@calpaterson Well, thank you for writing it. I found it very interesting. I also find it takes frustratingly long to write anything, and even after proof reading it a thousand times, there are still grammatical and spelling mistakes in what I've written.

alpine, to random
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Honestly. Hospital food is not complete shit.

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@alpine GIve it 8 hours....

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@alpine I'm sorry to hear that, hopefully it won't be too much longer.

My, poor, joke was meant to imply that even good food is, after about 8 hours of digestion, normally sh--.

bendaubney, to random
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🛠️ Sunday: had a lie-in, went for coffee, pootled around some charity shops, now for a bit of plumbing DIY.

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@bendaubney Hey, don't knock it. Some of us would love to have an afternoon that filled with 40's success. I'm still looking at a replacement Dishwasher part that's lying on the kitchen counter, and has needed installing for about 6 months.

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@bendaubney Only a bit I think, this thread describes the kind of issue we're having. It's probably not terrible, but I've not managed to get the motivation up to do it, yet: https://www.elektroda.com/rtvforum/topic3652484.html

hl,
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@sarajw @bendaubney It's one of those jobs that probably isn't terrible, but requires to motivation to remove some impractical parts, lie on the floor, and potentially break something expensive. Or I could just pointlessly browse the internet?

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@bendaubney @sarajw To be fair to myself (for once) since it's not urgent, it falls down the list behind the more urgent things that do get done, and the need to have break from time to time. The dishwasher still washes dishes, so that's the important thing. It just means there's this ever growing backlog of things that /should/ be done, but don't happen, which gnaw at my conscience.

andycarolan, to random
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I really should do something with my son's domain. I got it years ago as I wanted to reserve the URL for him, in case he wanted it for when he's older 🤔 - He's still too young to make use of it.

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@andycarolan Similar here. I think for now I'll keep it parked, but I have sometimes wondered about making a 'lost & found' contact page. E.g. if you add it to their name tags, and it's easy to understand if it's something like firstname-lastname[.]com, then people could get in touch if they find something tagged like that.

cat, to random
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that post that suggests stripping meta data from your protest photos by loading them onto a desktop pee see and then taking a photo of the screen... surely this just embeds the location of your desktop pee cee into the new photo? is that fine because it's 'deniable'... photo of a photo, or have i missed sutin?

hl,
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@cat Wouldn't some variant of ExifEraser not be quicker and easier? It's also and Android app and I presume there's an iOS version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.none.tom.exiferaser , so no need for the pee cee

hl,
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@cat Ah, I see, sorry. Agree that it's weird in that sense that you're replacing metadata of the photo location, with that of the PC location. Also don't know if that's better.

hl, to FreeBSD
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It took a couple of steps that weren't obvious to a n00b like me, but I did manage to get my scanner working on https://www.henryleach.com/2024/04/setting-up-a-scanner-on-freebsd/

hl, to mastodon
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I've activated two-factor-authentication on my account. That means you can be 53.42% more certain that the nonsense written here is genuine nonsense by me, and not imitation nonsense.

hl,
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@anniegreens It's my pleasure to serve you 100% none-AI, lead free, organic BS.

hl, to hvac
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Now I feel like a proper home owner; we had to pay for a heating service at short notice as after a power on and off our boiler didn't come back. The solution was to replace its control board, so /something/ on here is broken. Technician reckoned a relay was the culprit. Don't think I have the energy to try and figure it out, but probably a cheap part that's not too hard to replace. Annoying when it's quicker to just replace the whole thing.

hl, to Parenting
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Put the baby monitor next to the sink, and the empty beer bottle on my bedside table. Definitely bedtime.

hl, to random
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Late update, but today's random pick from my shelves for is this Billy Idol greatest hits. While his constantly scowling face always make it look like a he's just realised that he forgot to take the bins out, you have to admit he writes a catchy tune.

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@timdnewman Recycle Yell?

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