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luke

@luke@social.sdfeu.org

Iโ€™m tall, very tall. Married and father to 2. Enjoy reading, making bread, having a dance, swimming, cycling (that makes me sound sporting but Iโ€™m not). #BHAFC season ticket holder and enjoy going to #WhitehawkFC matches when I can. Would prefer a cup of tea to a beer to be honest. Live in #Hove #Sussex.

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Edent, to internet
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๐Ÿ†• blog! โ€œWhy did Usenet fail?โ€

This is annecdata - not a serious academic study. Adjust your expectations accordingly. When I first got online, the World Wide Web was still in its infancy - so CompuServe was my gateway to the Internet. I loved their well organised chat room. A couple of clicks and I could be discussing Babylon 5 with [โ€ฆ]

๐Ÿ‘€ Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/06/why-did-usenet-fail/
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#reddit #usenet

luke,
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@Edent If you're missing usenet then https://www.eternal-september.org Eternal September offer free access to text groups. Every couple of years I get all nostalgic and dive in again only to recall that is a bit of a wasteland these days.

sarajw, to random
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So the few times I've been to the US - once to California (which admittedly is different, on vacation rather than work), once to Corpus Christi, once to Arkansas (near Memphis) - I found myself boggling at how much open asphalt there was between stores.

I wondered if it was just because they had the space to expand, so they just did. It didn't occur to me that there were minimum parking rules. It was always very easy to park. Everywhere looked sort of empty/unpopular.

https://youtu.be/OUNXFHpUhu8

luke,
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@tldr @sarajw a quick search shows thatโ€™s the Hilton Meadowlands which is in sight of the stadium. However walking directions say itโ€™s 36 minutes! Look at the route, bonkers

penguin42, to random
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Classic piece of road repair; company repairs something (pipe?) in road and must restore road surface to spec; straight through a tiny part of a 'SLOW' sign with it's completely warn background.

luke,
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@penguin42 my friend just shared this with me from their town. The repair crew did exactly what they were paid to do and nothing else!

luke, to random
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The sun has gone down and the moon has come up

neil, to random

If my wife wants to do something "computer-y" - pretty much anything - she'll reach for her phone.

If I want to do something "computer-y", I reach for my computer, for pretty much anything other than reading a short message or quick, casual browsing.

Yes, everyone is different, but I much prefer a larger screen and a physical keyboard for anything but the most trivial of tasks.

Are you a computer-first person, or a phone-first person?

luke,
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@neil for years and years I was a computer person but last year or so I've definitely become a phone person. That said there are certain tasks I prefer a computer for, especially checking maps, as prefer the larger screen.

losttourist, to random

Now this is a TUNE.

Portishead single-handedly (almost) inventing Trip Hop and what a glorious tune Glory Box is.

luke,
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@losttourist yep still like that one now

matt, (edited ) to random
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Receiving pictures of exposing his arse on the group chat. ๐Ÿ‘

luke,
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@matt i w seen it far too many times the past few days. Once was too many so the rest were definitely far too many!

Tattooed_mummy, to random
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Looks positive (pardon the pun) https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/#graph-cases-daily

luke,
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@Tattooed_mummy @Oscii my brother and myself are the only people I know IRL that havenโ€™t had it.

luke,
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@markusl @Tattooed_mummy @Oscii true and my brother fits that category. However several members of my household have had it several times and Iโ€™ve still not had symptoms or tested positive. Regularly commute unmasked to work, meet friends in pubs, go to football matches. Iโ€™ve just been very lucky (and am fully vaccinated).

luke, to random
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It was a glorious sunset or Worthing is on fire.

Private
luke,
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@Tattooed_mummy @3goodthings ๐Ÿ˜ this is why I didnโ€™t post about it in advance ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ‘ (just kidding).

luke, to random
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My daughterโ€™s work experience this week has turned out pretty cool. Today theyโ€™ve sent her to Bonhamโ€™s auction house to bid on items for them. Sheโ€™s just bid on and won a Roman glass beaker.

Tupp_ed, to random

High Value Tea Towel.

luke,
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@Tupp_ed your post made me look to see where I can buy this as I desperately need one. https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/theliterarygiftcompany/product/cousin-explainer-tea-towel

liaizon, to lemmy
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Mlmym is a new Lemmy app that replicates the old.reddit interface

https://mlmym.org/lemmy.ml/c/fediverse

posted to [@lemmy]

luke,
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@liaizon @lemmy thatโ€™s pretty cool!

luke, to random
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My daughter is doing work experience this week at a gallery in Mayfair. She came home yesterday saying "the people in Mayfair seem quite rich". What an understatement! Think she is realising there is a whole other world for the very rich.

luke, to random
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Interesting cycle to work this morning: saw a BMW that blatantly had a fire in the engine with smoke billowing out everywhere and when someone waved to the driver to stop they shouted out the window they didn't far to go and it was OK. WTF?

luke,
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@penguin42 the impression I got was they were an imbecile but maybe

luke,
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@penguin42 ๐Ÿ˜‚ well obviously a BMW driver is special anyway but they seemed particularly clueless

clacke, to random en-us

I've never heard of dual-stack freight trains before!

No problem with electrified trains, you just need high clearance below the wires and a really tall pantograph.

Sweden runs double-decker passenger trains without any issues.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzlrZNโ€ฆ

farside.link/invidious/watch?vโ€ฆ

luke,
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@penguin42 @clacke and the train tunnels in UK are too small too.

matt, (edited ) to random
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My wife is suggesting that Iโ€™m some sort of freak because I donโ€™t have bread with an omelette.

Time to break a few eggs - itโ€™s time ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ

luke,
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@matt once had a very thin omelette in a baguette from a stall for lunch and have had cold Spanish tortilla on bread as a tapas in Spain. Other than that Iโ€™ve never had bread with an omelette.

losttourist, to random

Blimey, it's all kicking off in my town!

On a slightly more serious note, it's interesting that even the print edition of the local paper is essentially using a clickbait headline, as you can't find out which main road is involved without buying (or at least opening) the paper.

luke,
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@losttourist Now I want to know about the teacher and the SAS injury lies!

luke,
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@losttourist ๐Ÿ˜‚ they've already told us everything we need to know about that story already just with the headline.

ParadeGrotesque, to random
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In other news today, it seems like a super duper intelligence certified whistleblower is going to reveal the US Government has had UFOs in storage for DECADES!

The bombshell revelations will, of course, change everything we know about... well... everything.

Color me skeptical.

I have the feeling this is going to end in a massive informercial for the latest book by said whistleblower.

https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/

luke,
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@ParadeGrotesque why do the aliens always seem to land/crash in the USA?

Richard_Littler, to random
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I'm looking forward to my lunch even though I've had exactly the same lunch every day since Feb 2020.

luke,
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@Richard_Littler and what is it? A colleague of mine had exactly the same lunch for all the years I worked with him. The thought of such repetition and monotony would drive me crazy.

basil, to random
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4g6k1a4XYA

This lives in my head rent free and probably always will.

luke,
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@basil @andyc ๐Ÿ˜‚

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