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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 I realised one problem about getting rid of fossil fuels - of which I'm completely in favour of, ...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 Party balloons, of course.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Those who remember me from the other site may remember that I save nice vacuum capacitors from sc...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 @45268449 interested in any QRO work? :)
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Fucking donkeys. Fucking culture wars. Fuck off. If I could get any angrier I'd turn green and te...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 I was swearing at my car radio at 5PM news. What a bunch of wankers.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 I've forgotten most of the ...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 my first PC was an XT clone with a hercules card and 1200 baud modem.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 Huh? How did I not even kno...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 small but a fun operation. Lots of games available and you have a free hand on trying out or asking about rhe micros you might have never used, but I guess you would have used them all. :)
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Had a lovely time at Northwest Computer Museum. Fantastic place.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/159/923/005/751/992/original/d05ef5d2e2357f38.jpg
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 New Map Men video talks about morse code, among other things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJU-KYMREbQ
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Can't decide whether we inadvertently became part of today's Go Slow protest or it was just norma...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 So people are obeying the 20mph limit as a protest?
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 For some weird reason. NL Web SDR is extremely choppy on this Fedora-Chromebook.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 Not far off the work PC I'v...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 Uninstall Win11.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92
I'm not sure what OS it run...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 Was a crap joke about long "warm up" periods. 

We had a mini-VAX machine in the Pyhsics dept, which took around 60 minutes to boot up and load a UI.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub14unegdf5e6jvv5lllda6cdqw8xxg8dmjcl0z3glexdxtd59xeydqylnv92 I hope they were yours.
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 my sister's and niece's old bikes therefore no.
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Gave away two bicycles today. Feeling better.
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6fd4cedc | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Raspberry Pi 5 announced (delivery end October) 



gets single lane PCIe, 2-3 times more process...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @e7b4518c Ordered!
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Clint | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub16jupxu70nh0pg0wt4maseaf2fg3kv2tgcjal2kaaunms2ltdaxysdry8u7 Ah happy days, I used to se...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ac91e25a @d4b81373 PC LOAD LETTER hack was a lot of fun.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Thanks to you lot, everyone in my department is now checking that we have COVID tests that are in...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 Last time I tried, I couldn't find a place that would sell us masks, leave alone tests. Had to be ordered online.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub1nkgexesvth2pc2hlq9nwgm8qwgqgk40hnet0npmty8695wjseynsgceq8v I merely suggested awk may ...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 @9d919366 

Seriously, that's just perfect for Awk. How junior are they?
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 I'm having a "this would be easier in awk" moment. I may go and lie down until the rage of the pe...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 You're right. There's always Perl to fall back to.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Back during the early days of lockdown I asked my then landlord if I could landscape the garden. ...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 Reminds me I nees to sort out some antennas for the winter.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 I've been asked to cook a meal for 6 people tomorrow night. Problem is I'll be 100 miles away.

H...
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 That sounds like the correct distance.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 FuckKnowsCantRemember is a bit of a shit name.
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 Any other tricks to grab the most common security Qs?
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 @45268449 Lidl?