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leighelse

@leighelse@mastodon.nz

I've spent half my working life as a broadcaster and half as a software developer. Along the way I've been a professional musician, and an assistant to apiarists and undertakers (although not at the same time).

I live in Whanganui, where I write and record music, help out part-time at the software company I used to own, and enjoy biking, reading and travelling.

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BigD, to Podcast
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Watched Duncan's 1st podcast this morning. Editor in chief.
Interesting interview with an ex employee of a certain Green Party MP.
Duncan's wrap up of the interview hit the nail on the head.
The studio is basic and the technicals need practice "Which button do I push" lol
Maybe talking to the camera would feel more inclusive to a viewer?
But it's a promising start.
I'm usually a non- watcher/listener to morning invasive TV "news shows"
I'll probably watch again tomorrow.

leighelse,
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@BigD And where is this happening?

18+ leighelse, to random
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John Gilmore famously said “The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."

The greatest damage being done to the internet today comes from Big Tech companies seeking to increase their control and profitability at the expense of their users. It should come as no surprise to these monopolists that the internet is resisting their efforts by crowd-sourcing workarounds.

Hate Google's AI search answers? Check this out: https://tenbluelinks.org/

leighelse,
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@bananabob A little difficult given that 90% of the Cloud runs on it. But for personal use? Possible, I suppose.

More likely that only selected distros would be permitted. They would be those which agree to implement the mandated backdoors.

leighelse,
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@bananabob Right. And because there's a compiler built in, anyone can do that.

craftygardennz, to random
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Am just sitting here bawling my eyes out. The maple tree is being cut down this afternoon 😭

leighelse,
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@craftygardennz Oh no. It seemed like you might avoid that.

timClicks, to random
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For a "simple" format, there are a surprising number of incompatible variants of Markdown.

leighelse,
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@timClicks Aren't there?

18+ leighelse, to random
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I've completed the first iteration of an app to make my scheduling of TV shows quicker.

It downloads Matt Huisman's Freeview programme guide, parses it into an SQL database, then filters it against channels and programme names I've excluded because I have no interest in them. In the screenshot example, 6,500 programmes in a week are cut down to 39.

There's a detail dialog which navigates the list and provides all the information I need to quickly enter programmes into the NAS.

The log. Nothing very exciting to see; more useful when downloading and parsing.
Live filtering in the button bar.
The programme list, in this case showing only programmes I haven't excluded.

leighelse,
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@bananabob Object Pascal using Lazarus.

strypey, to random
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"In the two weeks before October's election, more people than ever before (454,000 people) enrolled to vote, including more than 100,000 enrolments on election day.

The Electoral Commission did not expect this number of late enrolments, putting pressure on its systems, the report said."

, 2024

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/516189/official-2023-election-result-final-check-done-in-a-few-hours-under-extreme-pressure

leighelse,
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@strypey @98Percent ... until the government instructs the Electoral Commission via regulation or legislation.

(Just to complete your sentence.)

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