Arstechnia confidently stating that Arch isn't used in production systems.

Lololololol. I think they're underestimating Arch users.


Asked for tomorrow morning off work so I can do things. Problem is that I can work the first few hours then a couple of hours off to do shit then back in the afternoon.

Presenteism from 10-2 is bullshit as long as the work gets done, especially in my line of work when there's no meetings that need to be done.


JamesB

Accidental Electronic Engineer. Geek. Mentally broken. Team Cat. Radio. 3D Printing. Lid. Potty mouth. Ex-Brewer. Handcuff collector. Anti-fascist. Anti-bigot. Anti-parsnip.

Shitposts and poorly thought through brainfarts.

He/Him/They/They're is fine but I hate being called Sir.

I might know more about beer than you.

Terminally online but not that good at it.

Jack of all. Master of none.

I'm here to help you feel less affected by imposter syndrome.

Debian and Mint ftw.


nostr:npub1g5nggj0vfpp4caz5cewlepze69q4aywyuqvs3cudasyf6y95fxsswxzc3j Do you like Fear Factory?


ARGH! She's eaten all the chocolate.


Bah. The .us registrars are no fun at all.


Calon Lân is such an awesome song.


Of course it's Friday 13th.


This was a bad idea. It hurts.


Damn, should have added olives.


nostr:npub1zpt9zrs8e9tdmrx3d9r752rr30t9u98e6cmgvtpfw3zm5wa3fh5szq8tt8 They paid it off years ago and there's no other charges on the property.

I'm wondering if it's something to do with the incoming installation of some NHS equipment but that seems a bit much.

I've alerted him anyway and he can deal with it. He's far from senile.


I was talking with her mum on the bus. She asked me where I lived now. I told her and she said I used to live down there with X. She hadn't realised I'd got on the bus with X so was quite surprised when I turned to X and asked him if that was true. It had been so long ago they didn't recognise each other. X happens to be GW8ASD if you know him.


Just to pre-empt some comments (My money is on Dale) that doesn't mean we're going out for ten pints and a kebab. It's a proper restaurant.


Turkish Restaurant for wife's birthday later. Menu looks a bit off alright.


nostr:npub19m4qp5955zfc5v5p05jvtzlcq6y93dfgsyv5lqmc3u8rrr8rkmps98a2az Because fried bread only takes about two minutes and it's far easier?


Can't wait until this time in 2024 when everyone's realised that AI has gone the way of NFTs and everyone's realised it's useless.


nostr:npub1smxq9p4d3tfl0hkf87djw22fywrmhw83wus4v7kjtnqkrf4jkqwse9ce4f It's probably why I have too much PTFE tape.


nostr:npub1wcx4llfh3pjdex6cfg7t5p3vkqs6cfz8cgsnd4yp9w92l04xjpzq4kxyeu Question 2.... where's my fork?


That site said free shipping on orders over £60 on the top. If you read the delivery details page it was actually on orders over £75.

I wasn't going to argue the toss with them but I selected free delivery anyway for my £62.75 order and they honoured it.


Bloody Mead. Iesu Grist. Where's my kebab?


Also, when cover bands do Belinda Carlisle around here they seem a bit offended when we all start singing "Oooh Cefn is a place near Chirk"


Well that was odd. Met a girl today. 15 years ago she used to call me Poo Poo Head. Now she's 18 and out drinking. Haven't seen her in the in-between times.

Been a very odd old evening.


nostr:npub19m4qp5955zfc5v5p05jvtzlcq6y93dfgsyv5lqmc3u8rrr8rkmps98a2az I didn't have any pastry cutters so I used a wine glass. The stem shattered off as I was pushing down and went straight between my index and middle fingers.


nostr:npub19m4qp5955zfc5v5p05jvtzlcq6y93dfgsyv5lqmc3u8rrr8rkmps98a2az I once ended up in A&E while making scones.


Dammit.

*Adds one roll of PTFE tape...

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/187/355/691/193/433/original/828c7f7f7aca820f.png


nostr:npub1ssm987803hh2hqv72fk7nh6g8rax4kxfvzrhqemy3z05thn99m4st3g0dg nostr:npub18eqc760mmrjgfzg8pfkw2kassz5zf6nufj43u0h5s8jsh3kju52s44naqe nostr:npub157fz8d37d0qj6v7zy9vu2ysrh5q5crxaylxx6m02l3yer775vcgsrjpu60 I used it to find out the times our electric kept tripping, and then managed to work out what the cause was.


nostr:npub1wjtfgz5yj0xkwckfmq5w7zdq4ftzghr5fkl9y6atw0dqta792d4qy74ya3 Could have been worse I suppose?

You ok?


Urgh. Had a message off my dearly beloved that she could see what I put on what was a private facebook group. This isn't the first time I've seen this so be careful what you put on it. Luckily for me it wasn't particularly embarrassing.

Some old private Facebook groups appear to have turned public. This isn't good.


nostr:npub1w073mye4kxgl3uhsw89xftt7vgw3u693nvw6s67cccy9npeqn0lq4y95ew I doubt you'd shock me.


nostr:npub1wcx4llfh3pjdex6cfg7t5p3vkqs6cfz8cgsnd4yp9w92l04xjpzq4kxyeu Ecotricity constantly fuck up my online bills with weird numbers, and double take when I pay online. I'm sick to death of them. I realise you're in Stroud...


nostr:npub19m4qp5955zfc5v5p05jvtzlcq6y93dfgsyv5lqmc3u8rrr8rkmps98a2az Several of them as it happens. The Real Ale Twats one is always fun.


Does anyone have a bad word to say about aoctopus Energy before I launch into another diatribe about EcoFuckingTricity?


nostr:npub1w073mye4kxgl3uhsw89xftt7vgw3u693nvw6s67cccy9npeqn0lq4y95ew I never see you anymore!


nostr:npub1w073mye4kxgl3uhsw89xftt7vgw3u693nvw6s67cccy9npeqn0lq4y95ew I have to ask what exactly you were trying to do with that? I have an idea but I like confirmation.


nostr:npub1w073mye4kxgl3uhsw89xftt7vgw3u693nvw6s67cccy9npeqn0lq4y95ew Got a spare psu for that? Asking for me.

I think you were gone before we did a 20kV source supply.


Actually, what voltage rating do people need? These are 9kV working, 15kV peak. They may work for some magloop designs even if the vacuum has popped. I have plenty of those.

Been a while since I've looked at it all.


nostr:npub1w073mye4kxgl3uhsw89xftt7vgw3u693nvw6s67cccy9npeqn0lq4y95ew Oooh. Spicy.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 They need to be banned.


Dealing with a bloke who doesn't realise that "when the p*ki fucker at the shop said my tablet was all working" isn't responsible for knowing his Facebook or email passwords.

I'm trying to get him into his account but I'm tempted to shove his tablet in the wrong hole.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa The 10mm and 13mm would still be missing.


I also have 10kV 1mA bricks that we save from scrap that I can use for this. We have rather a lot of them and we don't know what to do with them all. Got some 20kV ones too. They scare me more. Arc fault testing was spicy.


I realised one problem about getting rid of fossil fuels - of which I'm completely in favour of, of course; where are we going to get Helium from?


Those who remember me from the other site may remember that I save nice vacuum capacitors from scrap that would work well for Magloops.

I've just had another couple come into my possession that should be available once I've been able to build something to test for vacuum leakage on them.


Back in the factory today. I've been nice enough to mask up.


Wife has asked for an iPad for her birthday. I did my best Edward Tattsyrup voice - "This is an Android house for Android people. There'll be no Apple products here".


nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as That's why we're all here.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa I don't normally suggest summary execution but you're there to do the risk assessment...


I hope the designer went to the talk on the Sunday.


Oops.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/177/184/080/984/564/original/55dce8ff83aec99a.png


*Reads the news

How exactly did we end up with this lot again?


nostr:npub19m4qp5955zfc5v5p05jvtzlcq6y93dfgsyv5lqmc3u8rrr8rkmps98a2az oh don't.


Ok, I've calmed down now. As much as I hate people, my experience in life is that most people are decent, at least in my circle of things. I haven't physically met many people who infuriate me. Oddly they only seem to do it on the Internet.


Fucking donkeys. Fucking culture wars. Fuck off. If I could get any angrier I'd turn green and tear off my shirt.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/171/902/579/707/555/original/3fc0a23a18c5b28a.png


I'm still on FB for reasons I'm not willing to argue about. I'm getting sponsored posts from people I already follow. Guess that gets the revenue up.


Also just a note to say that you don't grab someone's wheelchair to "help them" unless you've asked if they need it first. Don't do that.


Call me woke if you like, I don't take it as an insult. Basic facilities should be open to everyone. Don't make me take an angle grinder to that door.


I spent most of my childhood around people with disabilities. My brother has CP. How, in 2023 are we still struggling to get access for people into buildings? I just popped to a shop and a wheelchair user was struggling to get into the door because of the door frame giving a significant step. I asked if they needed help. That was confirmed so I helped them into the shop. This shouldn't be a thing now in modern buildings.


And I'll point out I'm in Wales which has stricter Part P rules than England for no obvious reason.


And I'm not going to sort out your fusebox either. Fecking Part P.


Just because I'm capable of doing it doesn't mean I'm willing to do it. Especially if it's immoral.


nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta Ubuntu on a server? Crazy.


nostr:npub1g9jcylqauekvmf4uv2e9pvlpt2tvsly4tu97fylcwuy6vawncqpqysnven That view looks familiar for some reason.


nostr:npub1zpt9zrs8e9tdmrx3d9r752rr30t9u98e6cmgvtpfw3zm5wa3fh5szq8tt8 The chilli in that would certainly help sweat things out. I prefer more flavourful ones these days rather than hot. For some reason my body has developed a rather violent reaction to chilli over the last few years.


nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta Debian. Ubuntu can get into the sea although I quite like Mint but I default to the Debian version of it.


nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta I have a realistic border collie on the chair by my bed. Someone had it in a pub and I bought it off them for a fiver. I have no idea what was going through my head at the time other than 4% Best Bitter but I don't regret that purchase.


Has there ever been a proper study into the effect of curry on respiratory infections? It's the first thing I reach for but I can't come to a conclusion just based on a data set of me alone.

Lamb Saagwala with Keema Naan btw. It was delicious. And £ouchy but I didn't feel up to cooking one myself.


Bit rough this morning but now other than a bit of gunk I feel ok. It's as if my body always beats the fuck out of infections within 48 hours. Every time. Except for long COVID, let's not talk about that.


Urgh. I don't get ill very often so this is knocking me about a bit.


nostr:npub13ruqn3wt7y3kwssdfdwfgt9fuy8p4ge4tf3quxg8hwvnlyjc57wq0t67kn That's cheap! When I had a half plot 20 years ago it was £29/year.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa I haven't noticed many big ones lately but it seems they're always short of something. I'm putting the blame firmly on the supermakets and the price they're willing to pay for stuff rather than the Government and the B thing.

Why grow those watery tasteless things for the Brits when you can get a better profit growing stuff for people willing to pay the asking price?


nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as Please don't make something that wraps around your todger.


Huh? When did flex-PCBs get so cheap? This may be easier for a project I have in mind than my previous thoughts, if I can get the power rail tracks sorted in 2l for the available thickness. Yes, there will be a lot of LEDs.

Cooling may also be an issue of course.


nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta Hang on, I need to find my invisible violin.


nostr:npub1aa4ll53vg9x2plctt35t9c7kugr9fnnkp6crd4y404veltc9djlsa86xrp I was 16 at the time. Got to see her a ten years ago and again last year and it was glorious. I understand some of the meanings in the songs more now that I'm middle aged but to me the songs are still as fresh and relevant as they ever were. Glad you enjoyed it!


How can one human body create so much mucus? Thankfully still testing negative for COVID.


nostr:npub1xj8nd39f4n66a2e02c9546a5s0hjmrcgzy7thv90d7x7599r3hhqsar9lm fucks sake Josh.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 I've forgotten most of the ones I would have used as they were all fairly common back then. I was s relative late starter with my first computer being an A500. Didn't really get into computers until we got a PC in the earlyish 90s. 486DX2-66.


nostr:npub1wjtfgz5yj0xkwckfmq5w7zdq4ftzghr5fkl9y6atw0dqta792d4qy74ya3 nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 Everyone had that one back in the day.


nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as I can donate tram fare.


nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as It's when you can't go through hole with them.


After feeling as fine as can usually be expected I woke up a bit snotty and it's got worse as the day has gone on. *SIGH* Braintickler test later then when I get home.

Go camping they said. The fresh air will be good for you they said.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 Huh? How did I not even know this place existed?


nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as Exactly! Just three minor modifications to that list though because I don't do parties, I prefer my steak raw and I don't like Death Metal.


Inspired by a conversation last night I really want to make a Reubens Tube. What could possibly go wrong?


nostr:npub1yr3nhd5rsn0h63zdprvghgu0agr0azkdg08yhuy5q7gznfxzquzs2t6cw9 I wondered if anyone would notice the amount of people that were suddenly roaming between Herefordshire and Jersey last year at EMFCamp.


nostr:npub1h8j0d8xed8ax3pdn86axg0wwwnlcukx8vj5l6juw908zh2cma4gsxam0fw COVID definitely plays havoc with my blood pressure so it sounds likely.


World of Techno is sleeping.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/154/873/948/318/239/original/507c3ce7aa6af9fa.jpg


Ah, Castlemorton Common. Time for some music with sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.


Shropshire is weird. Just spotted a young lad on a disability scooter towing a massive trailer with a ride on lawnmower on it.


nostr:npub1nkgexesvth2pc2hlq9nwgm8qwgqgk40hnet0npmty8695wjseynsgceq8v I think my words were "Oh for fucks sake" as we walked round the corner to Ludlow Brewery and spotted them there.


Morris Dancers sir! Thousands of them.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 Got to love their thinking.


Can't decide whether we inadvertently became part of today's Go Slow protest or it was just normal traffic on the A483.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 I love how the English language means I can take that in two completely opposite ways.


nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa It would be a surprise to me too given that public speaking really isn't my thing. Perhaps I should get out of my comfort zone though.


nostr:npub1g5nggj0vfpp4caz5cewlepze69q4aywyuqvs3cudasyf6y95fxsswxzc3j I've just spent the last five minutes cleaning up cat shit so I'm not very happy with them.


nostr:npub1g5nggj0vfpp4caz5cewlepze69q4aywyuqvs3cudasyf6y95fxsswxzc3j Ah well, at least your stalker seems nice.


nostr:npub1g5nggj0vfpp4caz5cewlepze69q4aywyuqvs3cudasyf6y95fxsswxzc3j You've moved then? Awesome.


nostr:npub137jz4ps20g466v9wv3lchxw2n7zwkpsfr34zhszkusfyt2xgwccqzcztkl From that description then I'm going to guess S&W. Their double lock system is shite and easy to fuck up. Even a bit of dust can break it.

Sorry, I'm a bit of a geek about this stuff.


nostr:npub137jz4ps20g466v9wv3lchxw2n7zwkpsfr34zhszkusfyt2xgwccqzcztkl Go on then, what happened and what cuffs were they? I'll put my money on Peerless.


nostr:npub137jz4ps20g466v9wv3lchxw2n7zwkpsfr34zhszkusfyt2xgwccqzcztkl Dunno, that seems like a perfect demonstration of what could go wrong to me.


It still breaks my mind that I'm still friends with people I know from before proper Internet times. And don't piss these people off - they run the Internet.


nostr:npub19m4qp5955zfc5v5p05jvtzlcq6y93dfgsyv5lqmc3u8rrr8rkmps98a2az Yeah, that's an odd one.


One thing I like about things and change is that I always manage to find the same people online without even looking for them. Some people here I've known for over 25 years yet every time I move to another platform they turn up without me having to search for them. Good people always find each other.


This isn't funny anymore.

I'm not anti-drugs in general but these people are not people you want to be around. Fucking arseholes.

Even the barstaff have cottened on to what's going on.


nostr:npub1e0rn2dnne5k7ehw5yfgk0ma9ks7sf4gqd5s7ka8xv3wc7p0fe3fsngchsf No fires. I do actually have knives somewhere but I won't be taking them. It'll be good to try and get some social skills back again I suppose.


nostr:npub1da2jd9tf3mt8amh58tzknwfqyg34k0wp65z2fw447esx8ru0ptpqvzteyq is the correct answer.


Looks like I'll be camping with a load of nerds tomorrow, only one of whom I know, another that I've briefly met and some of the others I've only seen on stage. My introvertness is twitching.

They're all good people though so it'll be good... although I suspect I'll make an arse out of myself as usual.


nostr:npub17wkkj73azdfr23hmgd07fn0h39xvy0w72garahk5p8hg8jv8dx5s09uzqr One thing I never got about that song is how they knew about Usenet.


Iesu Grist. I now know what the wholesale price of a kg of coke is. I can see why people do it.

Sadly although I quite like money I don't think taking it or dealing it fits my lifestyle.


nostr:npub1ua7ld4as3dplpjfwdws9mk57y6cjrm4scxtcwhm825r7u02hul2qlmrrg3 I'm wondering if the blue band aids we use in the UK if you're dealing with food would work because they're designed to be detected by metal detectors. Sadly I have none to hand to find out.


Bit annoyed that I'm going to be away tomorrow and can't go on the protest march to retain Wrexham's second full time fire engine and firefighters but never mind. My heart will be there.


I appear to have stumbled upon the meeting of coke dealers anonymous.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Guess I'm going hard then.


nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Having thought about it, the only instrument that would be viable to set up in a field surrounded by spiders is pretty boring to watch. The subject matter however, could be engaging. I'll refrain from mentioning it in public at the moment as it would then be immediately obvious who my employer is.


My constant current PSU design (300mA FS) is stable down to the hidden digit of the HP3456A with no sign of drift so now I can prove their device is shit. A couple of uA of flickering perhaps but that's nothing in the scale of things.


Friday afternoon brain mush


Did anyone else get an e-mail from RWG Mobile about their payment provider change?


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 Not far off the work PC I've been given for home use.


brb, just need to go and get "IT'S ADDRESS 6 YOU MORON" tattooed on my hand.


nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Given that I've actually just had to go and read a manual, I wouldn't trust myself to do anything at the moment.


nostr:npub1da2jd9tf3mt8amh58tzknwfqyg34k0wp65z2fw447esx8ru0ptpqvzteyq nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 And some modern Tektronix.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92
I'm not sure what OS it runs. Can you tell from looking at it?

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/147/026/205/590/032/original/cda6e663535280f1.jpg


Fired up the HP3456A to warm up for tomorrow just so I can prove a point.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa It's more the time it would take to set something up, which for a 30 minute slot would be a bit dumb. I may have a word with our T&I engineers.

A talk could obviously be done without equipment but that's just boring when you don't get to look at shiny things and blinkenlights.


I keep having thoughts about doing something about what I do at a certain hackers camp but I really can't work out the logistics.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 I hope they were yours.


One thing I've been pondering over the last year is now that Analog Devices have bought Maxim, can we trust designing in Maxim devices now?


I had to read a transcript of a corporate meeting on electronics manufacturing and component procurement from my corporate overlords earlier.

One highlight was "So we'll be getting some bombs* to experiment with". I asked my boss if I could be seconded to that project.

*BOMs (Bill of Materials)

I"m still not sure what "The focus now is on the Romanian Blonde" is meant to mean.

If this is the state of automated transcription software then we have nothing to fear from AI.


nostr:npub1gw8s4rl4grdwcfpkgkhc7j90wvpw2cuxtuwvs5sczgnrksz856css26gr7 nostr:npub13ruqn3wt7y3kwssdfdwfgt9fuy8p4ge4tf3quxg8hwvnlyjc57wq0t67kn There's no meter fitter involved yet - they won't replace the meters until I get the cutout and backboard sorted.


nostr:npub13ruqn3wt7y3kwssdfdwfgt9fuy8p4ge4tf3quxg8hwvnlyjc57wq0t67kn nostr:npub1gw8s4rl4grdwcfpkgkhc7j90wvpw2cuxtuwvs5sczgnrksz856css26gr7 It's my backboard itself that really needs replacing so I can't screw one to that yet.


nostr:npub1gw8s4rl4grdwcfpkgkhc7j90wvpw2cuxtuwvs5sczgnrksz856css26gr7 I don't have an existing isolator, but I was planning on the Toolstation, tea and biscuits idea.


Time to back up my CYA folder... in triplicate.


Just had a corporate e-mail that makes me go "Oh shit" that an entire binfire of shite may have been my fault.


nostr:npub16e22826p4rpdla2ugvn76w6s730gmll3fw6upqudmhp9f3cq2ursssks3l Did you spot any leopards though?


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as lp0 on fire was far better though.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as caveat: I know what the PC Load Letter message was about. Absolute PITA.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as Eh, what was that?


nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as Joke's on them, I don't even drive. But wait until I connect my cow-orker's scope to a secret ethernet network and start sending him messages.


FFS. This isn't meant to be persistent. Turned on my scope earlier and got greated with... Had to do another python script just to clear the bloody thing.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/138/642/531/319/113/original/f2237e78d1cd1275.jpg


I guess I shouldn't feel smug about not having to take down my HF antenna for the storm just because I haven't put it back up after the last one... or two... Apart from 2m/70cm I've been down for months. I should sort that out.


Thanks to you lot, everyone in my department is now checking that we have COVID tests that are in date. We're a sensible lot.... generally.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 Fuck offf.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 nostr:npub1nkgexesvth2pc2hlq9nwgm8qwgqgk40hnet0npmty8695wjseynsgceq8v Can I go for the "next heard of awk" thing?


nostr:npub1nkgexesvth2pc2hlq9nwgm8qwgqgk40hnet0npmty8695wjseynsgceq8v I merely suggested awk may be better for just getting the second word of an output than writing python to eval and process everything.

You'd have thought I'd have suggested shitting in his grannie's slippers.


I'm having a "this would be easier in awk" moment. I may go and lie down until the rage of the person I suggested it to subsides.


nostr:npub17wkkj73azdfr23hmgd07fn0h39xvy0w72garahk5p8hg8jv8dx5s09uzqr Perhaps so, but my point still stands.


nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as nostr:npub198t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszss5hasj Then how would the cats get in for scritches?


nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as nostr:npub198t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszss5hasj To be fair, to save the wiring I was just going to paint a bulb fluorescent red and mount it.


nostr:npub17wkkj73azdfr23hmgd07fn0h39xvy0w72garahk5p8hg8jv8dx5s09uzqr A DE-15 that isn't a video output on a camera seems like an interesting design decision.


I once tried what nostr:npub198t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszss5hasj did to show that they shouldn't be disturbed. I decided a lamp wired permanently into the mains with no switch would be the most accurate method.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Ok Pinocchio.


nostr:npub1c0j00l2myxm88tggq202wsd37y7e0y9v64hegk7g6drx8qape9tqxx6t9s It's not so much in the way that politics is polarised at the moment, most things are 50/50ish (Ok, 52/48). I have never seen a backlash like this in the entire time I've been interested in Welsh politics.

What worries me though is it appears to be coordinated by the usual suspects and some others I haven't identified yet.

I also know four people personally just this week who have had their FB accounts hacked to post anti-20mph stuff. Someone is deliberately causing havoc.


nostr:npub1c0j00l2myxm88tggq202wsd37y7e0y9v64hegk7g6drx8qape9tqxx6t9s Too late for that. The spite and vitriol coming out of most alleged adults is insane.


nostr:npub1c0j00l2myxm88tggq202wsd37y7e0y9v64hegk7g6drx8qape9tqxx6t9s Originally I was all for it... until last Sunday when I actually had to sit through it going down a main road, down a big hill as a passenger. I now think your suggestion of the Oxford model would be a better approach.

Councils can choose to make some roads 30mph but in our case they haven't.


I need to pester Tesco to stock ESD safe toothbrushes.


Has John broken Mastodon?


Great. When did Toolstation start closing at 6?


i should point out this isn't by negotiation or any other horrible shit. I negotiated a situation that works for us all. I feel sorry for the person that has to go to Crewe but that's life.


Well now...

Yep. I get my way.


Let's make murder illegal. That should stop it.


nostr:npub1lgfmnpwn287jsyga4pcxxdp3fnr6qa0hxj83hkphp0r82c2cwfhsvwlstr Hah! I don't need to run for shakey hands, they're a permanent fixture.


nostr:npub1gw8s4rl4grdwcfpkgkhc7j90wvpw2cuxtuwvs5sczgnrksz856css26gr7 I disagree. And so does my pet Czechoslovakian traffic warden.


Apparently the correct reponse to a friend announcing that he's got Bells Palsy on FB isn't "Don't worry, it's only temporary. Why the long face?"


nostr:npub1l8hs26y2cenwdfmz4y35usm28paqle8xtv2h0rkwfsvzwuwe45xsxtk958 I don't know whether to file this one under "Enshitification" or "Late stage capitalism". Or both.


Thankfully managed to avoid BHM on the way back. A more leisurely change at Wolverhampton was in order. There may have been Bathams and a cob by which I mean there was definitely Bathams and a cob.


nostr:npub193xy9wkvwy0xezpgnr0w3fphj3mxz85nrve9cxuj6rh4v47v8tysyyjvya Quite glad I managed to miss that one and got an earlier train.


Back in the local. Bristol and Cheltenham eh? What were you doing down there?

Where the fuck do you think my accent is from Russ? Bloody hell.


Thankfully the rail staff are far more intelligent than an app and none of them have even batted an eyelid when I told them what I've done.


There's a group of people I know who say I was punching well above my weight when I married my wife. I have only one thing to say to them.

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nostr:npub144gz88fevefks7arff62ukmqep6klfrsvpqcct670ktuhdf7uhvs8uhxem Burn it with fire.


nostr:npub1da2jd9tf3mt8amh58tzknwfqyg34k0wp65z2fw447esx8ru0ptpqvzteyq Erm... good luck.


nostr:npub144gz88fevefks7arff62ukmqep6klfrsvpqcct670ktuhdf7uhvs8uhxem My dad asked me to look at his printer while I was visiting earlier. I took one look at it and said "It's an HP, I'm not touching that. Go buy a laser printer".


Back during the early days of lockdown I asked my then landlord if I could landscape the garden. He was fine with that.

I have loads of antenna radials under there. Hehe.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa I'm old enough to remember when it was United Artists. Had a lovely tour around their headend once.


Thank you TfW App for telling me that my perfectly valid Off Peak Return ticket has expired. It's too stupid to grasp the concept of a break of journey overnight being a thing.


Old school

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/079/541/034/872/488/original/6d4685ac2157bcc1.jpg


Always nice to bump into friends when I'm in a random city with no plans. It reminds me that beer twitter was a good place once.


nostr:npub1gwqcglp0lqryhzk93m29urx6544vh7y6ggvceq428qefsnnxuu0s5tseja nostr:npub1wu2h77x0gc37q5kn5l42s4s9ncurg4fuxnzt5ud7n40sst5s9hgqp8dhan Shame they're not flexible, that would be perfect for something I'm planning on making for next year's EMFCamp.


Absolute grueler of a journey, not a single train was in time. And it was through Birmingham New Street which automatically ruins every journey.


36 minutes late. Ah, delay repay.


CrossCountry train in free seats shocker!


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa None, Shrewsbury isn't electrified.


nostr:npub1da2jd9tf3mt8amh58tzknwfqyg34k0wp65z2fw447esx8ru0ptpqvzteyq Transport for Wales, but I prefer your version.


In a rare bit of joined up thinking they've actually held the Birmingham train for us at Shrewsbury.


TfW are as reliable as ever I see.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 I meant Saturday night but never mind. As I'm a soft arse I'm cooking it now for them. My big pan is full.


I've been asked to cook a meal for 6 people tomorrow night. Problem is I'll be 100 miles away.

Hmmm.


nostr:npub1zpt9zrs8e9tdmrx3d9r752rr30t9u98e6cmgvtpfw3zm5wa3fh5szq8tt8 I've done it before online but it's not quite the same. I once had 128 faggots delivered to my old local pub because everyone wanted to try them. Great night.


nostr:npub1g7fnq0aelxmrpqhpj7v79f4urdl04twk6yskf94slwhnsjw96uns3jmm52 That's essentially the holiday entitlement we have in the UK.


nostr:npub1ltrj8fnhvyjey50jkhvggs9wtf4lu3l90w93fqfecy75j4frdjss7e08r2 In my job they could probably modulate the RF generator to reach me. Too bad that I don't do CW.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa To be fair, our place is very much give and take. They don't take the piss. I did the thing as it was easy and I was sitting there. I'll get that back at some point when I want to fuck off early.


Anyone here from Bristol? Do you know a good butcher that sells faggots in the city centre? Hit me up.

My dad's picking me some up from Tewkesbury tomorrow but I'm open to trying more.

Anything better than those you get from Farmhouse Deli. They're nice but there's something missing in them that I can't put my finger on.

I know I go on about faggots a lot but they're absolutely unobtanium up here and I don't count Mr Brains as actual food so when I have the opportunity to get some then I do.


nostr:npub1g7fnq0aelxmrpqhpj7v79f4urdl04twk6yskf94slwhnsjw96uns3jmm52 I have a day off coming out of my annual holiday allowance. I realise this may be an alien concept to Americans. I take this day off every year.


"I know you're off today but I know you'll be by your computer and watching this, could you just.." via Teams.

Fuck off into the sea...

... is what I should have said.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa nostr:npub157fz8d37d0qj6v7zy9vu2ysrh5q5crxaylxx6m02l3yer775vcgsrjpu60 There's also the "Oi mate while you're up there can you stick this up - I'll give you £50" thing.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa nostr:npub157fz8d37d0qj6v7zy9vu2ysrh5q5crxaylxx6m02l3yer775vcgsrjpu60 I wouldn't need to ask,  I already know ;-)


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa I only wanted to post a troll tweet to wind up beer twitter. It worked.


Hmm. Western Peak have expanded their "broadband" coverage so I should be able to get from my house. I'm tempted to get it as a backup option.

Not sure if I need to though, the fibre I have via Openreach and nostr:npub157fz8d37d0qj6v7zy9vu2ysrh5q5crxaylxx6m02l3yer775vcgsrjpu60 has been rock solid since I've had it. The only downtime has been from me fiddling with things.

But having RF internet interests me...


I worked it out but it shouldn't have been that hard. Fuck that place.


The X app is so shit I can't even work out how to post a tweet now.


I decided that the best place to go was actually my local. Unlike my previous locals I've deliberately not got involved with anything or anyone. People know me but they don't know anything about me. I'm just the fucking nice weirdo that sits by himself in misery guts corner (aka the table away from everything by the kitchen door with a good wifi signal, power sockets and the only place in the pub not covered by CCTV).


nostr:npub1vld30pxhlzk9u0rg4fquge4tuxty5m4put5wdfnk7g5szgjpxwss2fsj9h I have three out of four and an extreme lack of patience.


I've never seen a Fiesta with roof bars.

Birthday present to myself for the wife's car, making it infinitely more useful.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/068/830/848/250/672/original/62e92cf5e2de2744.jpg


nostr:npub1vld30pxhlzk9u0rg4fquge4tuxty5m4put5wdfnk7g5szgjpxwss2fsj9h I never bother with the kapton tape but I'm quick and I've had a lot of practice - in general it's a good idea.

Drag soldering is the easiest way of doing it if you don't have a fine tip, an excellent soldering iron, steady hands and a good microscope.


Today is my annual day of fucking off to a pub where no-one knows me and drinking myself into a state where I don't care any more.

Problem is that I can't decide where to go this year.


nostr:npub1vld30pxhlzk9u0rg4fquge4tuxty5m4put5wdfnk7g5szgjpxwss2fsj9h That's easy.


He definitely doesn't look like a creepy uncle at all.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/068/238/016/665/885/original/d1bc769d5e7ff491.png


nostr:npub1vld30pxhlzk9u0rg4fquge4tuxty5m4put5wdfnk7g5szgjpxwss2fsj9h 4V is absolute maximum... so I'd expect some leeway on that. I wouldn't expect it to cause a short generally.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/068/170/049/341/331/original/80cc1870b45eb4b3.png


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Long story short, pub landlady is on holiday and the staff had to break a window to get in today to open up as the main door lock malfunctioned. They don't know that I can find easier ways to get in and I don't want them to know that I do. The main doors have eurolocks and deadbolts. There's a back door, behind a locked and easily climbed gate that only has a eurolock. Could have popped that fucker in minutes.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Some directed infraread detectors I assume. I CBA asking anymore.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa In this case it isn't as this is specifically the entrance to the owner's quarters but "we have a beam system". Not for fucking long once I get inside you don't.


That's actually something I wonder if I could make a detection kit for. Reflection of finger grease on buttons. Makes sense that the first button you press will consistently have more grease on it than subsequent buttons. Would it be linear? Logarithmic?

If I still had any get up and go left at the moment I'd give it a go but now is not the right time. Let me know how you get on if you try. I'd go for light refraction if I was going to try.

You're welcome.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 Many.


Someone's just shown me their new "high security" lock on their door. Lol.

Is that a single paned window next to it? If I wanted to get in without being detected I'd cover that pane with sticky backed plastic, then use something to quietly smash that pane and lift the entire thing out with barely a sound.

But we have an alarm?

So I can see. Your code is 1563.

How do you know that?

The greasier and more worn the buttons are mean I can tell which order you put your code in.


nostr:npub1yq9zkf0a4vpfxup8jeudxvga6ne2fv0arwsmh2ts5dzsq8lzetjsmrhg94 nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta Where's your car?


Oooh. Someone's hacked me and recorded me through my webcam pleasuring myself.

Can I have a copy? I bet it's hot. If I get a copy I could probably sell copies to people who like that sort of thing.


FuckKnowsCantRemember is a bit of a shit name.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/064/786/670/618/547/original/5e429ed86d31c4ef.png


Ah. A lovely end to the week (I'm on my usual annual leave day tomorrow) to get the power of attorney documents through. Fucking A.

And I'll be in the 'nam over the weekend.


nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta Dude!


Had a weird one today. Two identical STM32s outputting the same data from the USART. With one the bit timing was consistently 320ns  faster than the other and it stretched out the last bit but the byte timing was identical. It was a faulty IC but we'd never seen that problem before. Stuck bit in some internal counter or shift register perhaps? Changed the chip and all was fine but very odd. Problem was present on both USARTs we were using on the chip.


nostr:npub1nespg9p38257kht4wk56dclz5v8g7r9xecuwu96sehwhj2k3j0dq6zm58r In theory, and I haven't tried this, you can unlock the part, select all the pads and change the solder mask with PCB Filter/PCB Inspector. I'll have a go later when I'm back in front of a computer.


nostr:npub1cnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqc5xm8p I did once use them for some random shit. I don't remember anything bad.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa I'm glad all of the ones I know would never watch either of those channels.

Sadly the left has just as many fucking idiots.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Although if I said "It's for trying to decoding all the weird EMF signals that people use to control and manipulate us" then I wouldn't actually be far off the truth 😂


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa And oddly the friend I'm thinking about doesn't mind coming round our house and has never asked what all the antennas I have up are for.

Maybe I'm just not "the man". Or she's never heard about me in whatever fucking stupid conspiracy theories she's read about on the internet this week.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Aye.

That said, it wouldn't actually surprise me if there were a *very* *very* tiny amount of people with some odd unknown genetic thing that may be sensitive to it. We're probably talking about less than one in ten million here.

But that lass that wears tie-die clothing and is proudly anti-chemical probably isn't one of them.

(Disclaimer: my missus wears tie dye clothing)


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa I'm lying actually. I can barely catch a cold let alone anything thrown at me.

I'd pick it up off the floor after it flew past me and keep it.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Teh evil 5G is upon them!

Funny, they had the same problem about 4G and don't mention it on FB now while they're using their iPhone.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa I'm glad you get the difference between firmware and HDLs.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa I'd catch it, say thanks, and use it as a paperweight. Or throw it at some of my associates that think it means immediate death unless they quickly cleanse themselves with rose quartz and a sage stick.


nostr:npub1asm22q5r4a65hqcwjg8h0q4zpz0r5ezzdq3ulwme2765kynnv24q0m4pqa Firmware too.


I'm pretty sure that phone call with my Dad just set off some triggers with the security services because I mentioned U235 and U238. 😂


nostr:npub1zrffa0sddrgsv8en7m5ly08x87y2ygdsurm3dupzhtzkrekr4w6qpa9xhn nostr:npub1gfdrrw9629qxwvwaa3vwnvzhtaqu2c5m9wf6vcwjnmdnhs7hl4jsux7gg6 This is where you learn what 'undefined behaviour" means, although gcc does do a good job of realising what you're trying to do.


nostr:npub1gfdrrw9629qxwvwaa3vwnvzhtaqu2c5m9wf6vcwjnmdnhs7hl4jsux7gg6 As programmers count from zero...

0: When your code compiles on the first tey WITHOUT warnings.


nostr:npub1tjfjfz3g3a4e9tkuaxg39k7jp0f35krf580w2cf0dxw3s9ydzmlqc00skx nostr:npub198t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszss5hasj When I had to reset my password on one earlier this year it sent me my new password in plain text. They expected me to send personal financial information and forms of ID through this monstrosity.


Sometimes I can't help myself.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/058/426/568/746/968/original/495506ce125f0195.jpg


nostr:npub137hm0mshl6gh0t033svlfs9xwfjkt3zp75w0dvvdnxec2x0zmgjs3eakfp nostr:npub1tpu6mqddem72dpcd5h2xrm8829yysqg6at7p22704q3nakg25hxqaz8fta But I thought there was no cabal.


I'm an adult and if I want corn on the cob for breakfast I'm having it.


nostr:npub14jg7ykhcj3grxqaq900vrykj9r6nqq5vd8qpmqwfrt6aqj44kjusnyz5as You're not meant to say that out loud.


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 I'd heard about the antenna thing but I haven't confirmed it.


I haven't used IRC in a long time, what client do people use these days? I will consider desktop Windows, command line *nix or some web thing.

I'm aware there's an inbuilt client in Thunderbird.


nostr:npub1cnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqc5xm8p But to give him his due, I was going to the NEC before I even knew what a Birmingham was. I haven't been for many years but I knew what the NEC was before I even knew where it was.


nostr:npub1cnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqc5xm8p I would favourite this status but that somehow means that I think it's good. It is not.


Interesting. I don't see anything in our company policies that forbids me calling someone a one man dunning-kruger crusade.


I feel like it's the day to "have difficult discussions" and "provide direct and actionable feedback".


The remnants of the start of my radio interest from almost 30 years ago.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/110/921/371/801/273/029/original/5591b8450765d21c.jpg


nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92
I go swimming and kayaking in North Wales lakes. I think I can handle a bit of stuff more interesting. I do own a wetsuit though.
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