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in reply to Shredni Vashtar

Is that your own instance? TBH that's why I created this one in case my dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk went down.



I can't play the drums, but I wish I could.
youtube.com/watch?v=Qsr5063uOU…


Twelve years ago (I'm sure it was longer than 12 years?), this man held us captive in a cellar in Liverpool. It's not The Cavern, but it did look like the sort of place Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb might hang out.
@methoddan



When someone leaves the company and people phone to speak to them, one of my favourite pastimes is to say to callers: "I'm afraid [insert name] no longer works for the company."

The four-second silence is brilliant. You can literally sense them thinking:
"Oh! What happened there?"
"Were they sacked?"
"Did they get another job?"
"Are they still in IT?"
"Where are they now?"

The vast majority of repressed Brits, although desperate to know, will be too tight-lipped to ask. 🤣



I just realised that if the Woke community has flooded to Mastodon because they believe Elon Musk intends to reinstate right-wing accounts, they're going to have a massive shock when they find out cancel culture doesn't work on Federated services. You can block and mute them, but you can't silence them. ✊


A whole slew of followers on the shrednivashtar account, "which was nice." Better start using it more, I suppose?

youtube.com/watch?v=XOhZgAPn_C…



Heard a noise outside my office window that, seriously, sounded like a cat had been run over. Goddam seagull is flying in a circle overhead, screaming its arse off!



What I find so hysterical about the mass Twitter exodus to Mastodon is that the very people and attitudes Twitter leavers will cite as their reason for moving have been on Federated services for a long time. If anything, Far-Right groups are bigger on Mastodon.



I woke up this morning and spent the first hour or so convinced it was Thursday. 🤦‍♂️



I miss TEXTS FROM DOG

twitter.com/textsfromdogs?lang…



Today's events demonstrate that you really need your own instance on the #Fediverse.

My biggest mistake was using my dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk account, which then put that instance owner in a difficult position which made me very concerned for them, TBH.

in reply to Shredni Vashtar

I posted a comment on someone's post about how their pictures were really good and that they should create an account on Hive so they could earn money for their work. It was a genuine attempt to show them somewhere they could earn some money. I don't even think I mentioned Crypto? The individual just told me to "FUCK OFF", and then the next thing I know; their weenie friends started reporting me to Sem. I was a bit worried for an hour or so.

in reply to Shredni Vashtar

You should know better. Let the new ones meet you first, earn their trust and then scam them but give them some days you're going too fast.


Groan. I take it I have to delve into the db to delete the username of an account I deleted on my #friendca instance if I want to use the username again?



And its gone dark again with a hint of rain. It's like when we were kids and flipped the light switch on and off like a poor man's disco strobe light. #Ukrain
in reply to Shredni Vashtar

I watched the weather with the Missus this morning; the radar picture they displayed showed it all going up through Wales to Scotland. I was like: "Oh well, they both used to rain. :-D


And this is why it is Great Britain. The rain has stopped, and it is daylight again. Nowhere in the world does mental weather like the UK does.


youtube.com/watch?v=zjgbKv7-vW…

This is why I don't "Play Online" I don't even think it's funny. Because of this, I won't buy "Internet Access Required" games. Imagine if you coughed up the £100 for #CallOfDuty #cod and these arsewipes were waiting for you.





Watched "All Quiet on the Western Front" on NETFLIX at the weekend. Brilliant version IMO although I was surprised [Kemmerich's] boots were left out.

in reply to Shredni Vashtar

I watched it at an ungodly hour of the morning and then realised my mistake as it meant I had nothing to watch in the evening. :-D


The wife has a basket of sweets by the front door, ready for the #halloween #trickortreat There is no longer any kids in our street, so unless some urchins from over the road show up, it looks like I'm munching through small bags of Haribo later. \o/



So my car passed its MOT Saturday with no advisories. Driving along a few moments ago, and the goddam engine light has come on! #ShakesFist

in reply to Shredni Vashtar

Will everyone stop telling porky pies and making out I'm ever so slightly over the weight threshold for my age and height? #ShakesFist


IMPORTANT:


IMPORTANT: Do not pay for 0.A.D.
twitter.com/play0ad/status/158…


tech.slashdot.org/story/22/10/…
#blockchain #crypto #google


Blimey! If Gnome cannot maintain its own installation of Mailman, what does that mean for LUG's?
theregister.com/2022/10/27/the…
#lug #mailinglists #gnome


So your broadband comes into your building to a router. It's that router that lets you on the Internet. If you have VOIP phones, they also need an internet connection to work.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: "Hi there, I was told to reboot our router, but I don't know what that is?"
𝗠𝗲: "It will be a white box with Draytek on it."
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: "I found it!"
𝗠𝗲: "OK, on the back is a small black switch.........."
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
🤦‍♂️



Aha! The image library was no longer working after upgrading my #Friendia instance. The fix is, wait for it, switch themes from vier to, in my case, Frio. TBH, I like it. I wish I had better emoji, though. Does anyone know how to get custom ones installed?


"Please ignore this email if you do not supply software."

So what do they all do?

"Hi, Pete, we do not supply software."



𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗚𝘂𝘆: "Do you still use xyz.co.uk?"
𝗠𝗲: "yes, that's where the bounces go. I bet there's a few in there?"
𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗚𝘂𝘆: "There's 27'000!"
𝗠𝗲: "Oops."
#fediverse
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There's one downside to fixing the timeout to the mailserver. There is now a queue of emails in postfix dropping into my mailbox every few minutes. 😟
#Blame @UnkleBonehead @3speakvidshare
#fediverse
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#LeSigh it's not: $ sudo move xyz.php is it you cretin Cannon! It's mv in't it.
#fediverse
[Friendica cross Post]


Running your own Federated Instance doesn't mean you are "Cut Off" from Social Media; it means you are in control of your own data and your real personality. I'm hardly likely to ban myself, am I? 🤔
#fediverse
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𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁
creativecommons.org/2022/10/25…
#creativecommons
[Friendica cross Post]


Hmm? Plenty of money to spend on looking at Data to see if there's a way to spend more money. theregister.com/2022/10/26/uk_…
[Friendica cross Post]


The UK needs to get back on its feet. Rishi knows he needs to form a robust and assertive government; if that means members that are right of the party, so be it.


Feckless BBC reporter this morning:
"Rishi is picking MPs that served under Boris and Liz Truss...."
Where else is he going to get them, you muppet!


Netflix suggested I watch The Courier last night. Pretty good film, TBF.
netflix.com/gb/title/81173715
The weird part is I'm actually reading Abyss The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 at the moment.

Is that coincidence, or is something or someone watching me? 🕵️ 🤣



So I have no idea where the news outlets get their information from, but I've just been to dinner at millerandcarter.co.uk/restaura… and the place is rammed!

So much for having to decide between eating and heating.



For the love of The Pond Gods!

Dear Unison Sync
It's all very well saying "add preference "dontchmod"" when using the GUI.
I had to figure out that you meant the [hidden] .prf file in .unison and then look at lots of search results to find out the actual format was: dontchmod=true after breaking it several times with the wrong syntax.

Why is there not an option in the GUI to perform that task?