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. 


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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

Will everyone stop telling porky pies and making out I'm ever so slightly over the weight threshold for my age and height? #ShakesFist
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IMPORTANT:
IMPORTANT: Do not pay for 0.A.D.
https://twitter.com/play0ad/status/1583100868236546050
https://twitter.com/play0ad/status/1583100868236546050
0 A.D. on Twitter
IMPORTANT: The person who released the game on steam today is charging 8โฌ for it. Please do not buy it. The game is free and always will be. It might contain viruses and other malware. #FOSS #opensource #indiedev #SteamTwitter
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/10/27/2159231/google-introduces-cloud-based-blockchain-node-service-for-ethereum?
#blockchain #crypto #google
#blockchain #crypto #google
Google Introduces Cloud-Based Blockchain Node Service For Ethereum - Slashdot
Tech giant Google said Thursday it will be launching a cloud-based node engine for Ethereum projects. CoinDesk reports: The company said its Google Cloud Blockchain Node Engine will be a "fully managed node-hosting service that can minimize the needโฆtech.slashdot.org
Blimey! If Gnome cannot maintain its own installation of Mailman, what does that mean for LUG's?
https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/27/the_gnome_project_is_closing/
#lug #mailinglists #gnome
https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/27/the_gnome_project_is_closing/
#lug #mailinglists #gnome
The GNOME Project is closing all its mailing lists
Everyone has to join Discourseโฆ although you can still participate via emailLiam Proven (The Register)
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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.
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: "Hi there, I was told to reboot our router, but I don't know what that is?"
๐ ๐ฒ: "It will be a white box with Draytek on it."
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: "I found it!"
๐ ๐ฒ: "OK, on the back is a small black switch.........."
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: "Hi there, I was told to reboot our router, but I don't know what that is?"
๐ ๐ฒ: "It will be a white box with Draytek on it."
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: "I found it!"
๐ ๐ฒ: "OK, on the back is a small black switch.........."
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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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."

So what do they all do?
"Hi, Pete, we do not supply software."
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๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐๐: "Do you still use xyz.co.uk?"
๐ ๐ฒ: "yes, that's where the bounces go. I bet there's a few in there?"
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐๐: "There's 27'000!"
๐ ๐ฒ: "Oops."
#fediverse
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๐ ๐ฒ: "yes, that's where the bounces go. I bet there's a few in there?"
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐๐: "There's 27'000!"
๐ ๐ฒ: "Oops."
#fediverse
[Friendica cross Post]
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. ๐
#Blame @UnkleBonehead @3speakvidshare
#fediverse
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#Blame @UnkleBonehead @3speakvidshare
#fediverse
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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? ๐ค
#fediverse
[Friendica cross Post]
#fediverse
[Friendica cross Post]
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๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐
https://creativecommons.org/2022/10/25/a-better-internet-for-better-sharing-join-the-movement-for-a-better-internet/
#creativecommons
[Friendica cross Post]
https://creativecommons.org/2022/10/25/a-better-internet-for-better-sharing-join-the-movement-for-a-better-internet/
#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. https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/26/uk_big_data_deals/
[Friendica cross Post]
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Netflix suggested I watch The Courier last night. Pretty good film, TBF.
https://www.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? ๐ต๏ธ ๐คฃ
https://www.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? ๐ต๏ธ ๐คฃ
So I have no idea where the news outlets get their information from, but I've just been to dinner at https://www.millerandcarter.co.uk/restaurants/east-and-west-midlands/millerandcartercannock#/, and the place is rammed!
So much for having to decide between eating and heating.
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?

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?
I am glad I am at work today. The hallway of #CastleCannon is being screeded and cannot be walked on for four hours. This means the wife is confined to the front room and kitchen till around one thirty today.

Anyone want a Sysadmin job?
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/linuxjobs/2022-September/001360.html
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/linuxjobs/2022-September/001360.html
if all of the ice on Greenland melts then yes. Then you take the ferry to Denmark no land based border anymore
I already have an owl which that gobbit @Tig says looks like a penguin. The wife is gonna rip his plums off when she sees him.
I think I remember a photo of it and it was clearly a penguin badly disguised as an owl. ๐ง -> ๐ฆ @srednivashtar @theru
Totally gobsmacked at the amount of dust produced simply from taking up [Large] ceramic floor tiles in the hallway of #CastleCannon
Lady Cannon is not a happy bunny with me, and it would seem saying: "But hold on, it was you that wanted to take the floor up!" was probably not the wisest defence strategy.
Lady Cannon is not a happy bunny with me, and it would seem saying: "But hold on, it was you that wanted to take the floor up!" was probably not the wisest defence strategy.
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I did that once. In my defense, they didn't have "hamburger" on the menu.
Iโd be all like โwho the hell is Pete and why do people keep ringing my phone and asking for him????โ
Our phone number must be on a list doing the rounds in India. We keep getting different people calling asking to speak to one of our customers whose website we, in fact, host, so it kinda shoots them in the foot when they ask: "Can I speak to Mr Mark S.... please?" straight away we know who they are.
Right, stop ya moaning! ASDA weekly shop. ยฃ22.00!
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/Features/2022/08/22/poverty-marker-display-the-yellow-labels-with-pride/

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/Features/2022/08/22/poverty-marker-display-the-yellow-labels-with-pride/
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Brings back memories of the Kwik Save โNo Frillsโ brand; plain white packaging with โNo Frillsโ in black stencil.
Just claimed $0.01 (Curation?) reward #hive
Of course, no sympathy, so it's not worth saying anything.

Of course, no sympathy, so it's not worth saying anything.
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How dare you quote back at me the very same attitude I present to folk who say, "Just found 2p in the road." ๐คฃ
Send me the $0.01 if you donโt want it.
Iโll tally it up with all the 1p and 2p coins Iโve found ๐
Iโll tally it up with all the 1p and 2p coins Iโve found ๐
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By the age of seven, 53% of the children in the UK own a mobile phone
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/resources/articles-reports/2020/01/31/age-seven-53-children-uk-own-mobile-phone
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/resources/articles-reports/2020/01/31/age-seven-53-children-uk-own-mobile-phone
You can tell it's nearly back to school time. The #BBC has started its annual "Parents can't afford uniforms" reporting.
Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann
•Itโs good to see youโฆ youโve been absent for agesโฆ
Shredni Vashtar