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@hikariuk

Software architect, geek, and roleplayer from Maldon in Essex.

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I find it weird that we're banning porn of something that's entirely legal outside of porn. On the other hand, if it reduces the amount of the damn content floating around, then that would be great (it won't).

13.03.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Internal scans" in the context of a JAV actress is a really interesting mental image.

13.03.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

O2 are always doing that too. Like I know. I’ve always been able to upgrade it; I bought it directly from Apple and not you. I am completely free to upgrade or move provider anytime I want.

12.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And DESQView.

12.03.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anne McCaffrey, Anne Rice, Ellis Peters, Kate Griffin, Agatha Christie, Diane Duane…

25.02.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It would be why they’re struggling though. Most teams work with gravity, not against it.

22.02.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For whom though?

22.02.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, radiators under windows is normal, precisely because of the cold air falling from them.

The full length curtains were a bit of a design choice failure by someone though....especially for a window that small.

20.02.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Medieval pardoners would be admiring her game.

20.02.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He really doesn’t like him, afaict. I don’t think any of them do.

19.02.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately tea also needs a tropical climate with relatively high rainfall, β€˜s why you tend to find it growing in more mountainous areas of India and neighbouring countries. Although some varieties can grow in the UK.

19.02.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed you are, sir.

11.02.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I always wished they’d actually done a full performance of The Mikado at some point; it’s just such a fantastic cast.

11.02.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have entire conversations with her.

11.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FPTP is dumb.

09.02.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am hesitant to ask the OED if it is.

02.02.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Always β€œKeep Clear of Me”.

30.01.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No idea what they’ve been feeding the Labour Party, honestly. You have a leader who is literally named after Kier Hardie, whose parents were working class socialists, and was himself involved with the IRMT. You wouldn’t know this, given his performance as PM.

30.01.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*gives you a strange look*

29.01.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like the same rule applies to the β€œBoard of Peace” as applies to countries with β€œDemocratic” is their name.

23.01.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've no idea if it's still the case, but AOL used to be one of the biggest peering providers - them being down used to affect everyone.

22.01.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that’s why I mentioned it’s a unix command :)

19.01.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a Unix tool, so possibly? I don’t have access to a Mac to know for sure. Poking Google suggests you can get it for OS-X, even if it’s not there by default.

19.01.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I find the command line tool β€œfile” is handy for identifying what a file actually is.

19.01.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Heh, no. They did do a video together recently though.

16.01.2026 08:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the laptop firm that Linus from Linus Tech Tips is an investor in.

14.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Framework, I suspect

14.01.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the huge advantages of controlling both the hardware and the operating system is that you know exactly what configurations to expect. It makes handling upgrades a lot easier.

The downside is lack of choice on the user side; but people that need that aren’t Apple’s market.

14.01.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish I could run Linux on my work laptop.

13.01.2026 11:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s ok, Windows hates you too. It hates everyone.

12.01.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0