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dflite on here & Twitter. @dflite@twit.social on Mastodon. Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/dfluff I fix things on your telly when they break. Like music. Like photos. Like comedy. Like computers. Like work. All views are my own, RT != Endorsement

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Would you do 3 for Β£20?

09.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i feel like this is all happening cause we stopped pumping up the jam

07.03.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 1464 πŸ” 357 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 0

I do hope he makes them say thank you.

05.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

05.03.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 7341 πŸ” 2312 πŸ’¬ 182 πŸ“Œ 50

Celebrity FACT: Michael J Fox always sits in his garden with his back to the fuchsia.

04.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Right, I've had to tell YouTube to not show me Shorts three times in two days... time to let UBlock do it properly.. www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTip...

02.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some great names in here. The show will inevitably get slated no matter what but I can't wait to see what this set of odd-balls do.

02.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She is! I saw her comparing a new-act night years ago and she was excellent.
Also one of my favourite odd-balls Chris Cantril! It's generally a very good list.

02.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Being a Luddite Is Cool and All, but Have You Seen the Hilarious Tapestries These New Looms Are Making? Don’t get me wrong, I’m as invested in keeping my job as the next weaver. When the boss brought in that big new power loom, I was pretty skeptical....

When the boss brought in that big new power loom, I was skeptical. He said once he got it running, we’d be out of a job, so when the boys started talking about breaking into the factory and smashing the thing, I was on board. Until, that is, I saw the funny tapestries it could make.

01.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5
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Gorillaz are back so time to resurrect the greatest of all music tweets. We're all out here tryna be The Quietus and she just walks up and zeroes in on the essence.

14.02.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 1935 πŸ” 447 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 27

MY SCREEN BUTLER: What will it be tonight, sir?

ME: I think I’d like my evening phone, please.

MY SCREEN BUTLER: Excellent choice, sir [takes my current phone out of my hand, wipes it lightly, and places it back into my hand]

28.02.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When they start building the new bridge parallel to the old bridge do you think the old bridge sees the writing on the wall or does he just think he's getting a buddy?

25.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

He didn't mention the Β£0 price tag. Or that it's annoyingly addictive. Also I know the guy so can vouch that it's not doing ANY data-snaffling.

25.02.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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25.02.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 1261 πŸ” 352 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 8

These tech geniuses really are advancing civilisation in new and exciting ways

24.02.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Interviewer: what's your biggest weakness?

Dwayne Johnson: *sweating nervously* certainly not paper that's for sure

29.01.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I used to walk past this regularly in work and it never stopped boiling my piss.

19.02.2026 07:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The audio clip isn't included, but it's out there and worth tracking down

18.02.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two rulers, unalike in measurements

Two rulers, unalike in measurements

They released this like this

Why would anyone ever drive a car by people who do not Look At MEASUREMENTS

17.02.2026 10:25 πŸ‘ 478 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 69

Again and again, guardrails are a scam

15.02.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Looking forward to a slew of your trademark puns!

15.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought they didn’t sell blue buckets any more

15.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Album cover version of the image above, featuring three burrowing owls, one so close to the camera we can only see one blurry eye, another peering up curiously from below, and one in flight above the grassland stretching to the horizon. Sticker in the corner: "Parental advisory explicit content"

Album cover version of the image above, featuring three burrowing owls, one so close to the camera we can only see one blurry eye, another peering up curiously from below, and one in flight above the grassland stretching to the horizon. Sticker in the corner: "Parental advisory explicit content"

15.02.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 997 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8
15 Storeys High S02E04 The Plough
15 Storeys High S02E04 The Plough YouTube video by ChorltonBrook

If you’re enjoying Pearce Quigley in Small Prophets (I’m 3eps in, deliberately spacing them out) he’s in one of my favourite eps of one of my favourite comedies: Sean Lock’s 15 Storeys High (also starring Benedict Wong)

youtu.be/-yVA8cyvOZM?...

14.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

forgot the most important of the genre

12.02.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 2281 πŸ” 737 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 16

sigh

11.02.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 10536 πŸ” 2577 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 36

The code will probably be fairly standard. The more likely thing driving obsolescence would be changing to video codecs that need more processing power to give better quality and/or lower bitrate for reduced bandwidth + data transit costs or better copy protection.

13.02.2026 07:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS COLD DARK RECTANGLE OF SAD AND GLASS IS NOT GIVING ME THE SUPPORT AND COMFORT I REQUIRE.

12.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 384 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

I have been beta-testing this and it's very quickly gotten deep in to my brain-hole.

10.02.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
XhatGPT idiotic layout of 13amp plug wiring. Just random wires really.

XhatGPT idiotic layout of 13amp plug wiring. Just random wires really.

CoPilot AI diagram of plug wiring. Two live wires, one forked off the earthm and a screw head is also labelled Live.

CoPilot AI diagram of plug wiring. Two live wires, one forked off the earthm and a screw head is also labelled Live.

And finally, Gemini AI diagram of 13 amp plug wiring. Hard to know where to even begin with this. Just a mess really.

And finally, Gemini AI diagram of 13 amp plug wiring. Hard to know where to even begin with this. Just a mess really.

One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about.

Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.

From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:

06.02.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 794 πŸ” 251 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 69