Michael Moffatt

Are you angling for a Shame Award?

Now you got 10. Although I don’t live in the US, I’ve visited Seattle several times.

Me a couple of weeks ago trying to get GPT to help me make a luks encrypted partition bootable again after a Debian upgrade went bad.

In case it’s not clear I think we’re having “we’re cooked” moment because the public is starting to hate anything that appears automated. Where automation itself has been omnipresent for decades.

In defence of bots, I do run one that posts daily updates about a film schedule. It’s not AI and I fear that friendly bots are being lumped into a larger and unpleasant bucket because we have no way to judge the difference. AI can solve that I think… oh wait…

Morning all, let’s see what today brings…

T20 ICC Cricket final. Watching live from Munich go the #blackcaps!

Ableism perpetuates the myth that physical perfection is a measure of superior societal worth.

It's Lent - but instead of fun we’ll give up exhaust fumes! In keeping with the motto "CO2 fasting" we will make the road our bike path on Friday. 🚲🫶

🌞The sun should be visible, so grab your bikes and show Munich what the traffic turnaround looks like!

Havana Syndrome coming to a storage unit near you!

In Germany the merchant’s cost is the same whether customers use touch or chip. PayWave is provisioned differently and so merchants get charged extra and it’s total bs.

Waiting for Joyless Street to start at the Munich Film Museum @filmmuseummunich.bsky.social A German 1925 film directed by G.W. Pabst | 151 min | Original version, tinted | Musical accompaniment: Sabrina Zimmermann & Mark Pogolski

This changes everything! Is it real?

I had no idea that existed …🤔 Coming soon: Hurdles!

I use Google Authenticator, not linked to my account. I didn’t realise it was possible until now! I see how that could be problematic.
The spam is real. I run my email server with clamav, which isn’t great. Thunderbird spam filtering is 50% miss. But my email is entirely under my control ☺️

Topical… lol.

If you didn’t still enjoy your job, what would that say about your boss..?

Thanks, interesting. I wasn’t trying to cast doubt on that bay, but in general I assume it’s like shellfish where they can pick up contaminants.

Also no, I'm not in Australia.

I understand that it's an acquired taste. I've never had it AFAIK. Do many people like it? Would you eat it raw if you weren't sure about contaminants in the area?

I suppose that should be “dumbing” down, but that’s how I roll. I’m a Teams user.

Screenshot showing a Microsoft login page after a Skype app redirect, most titles and options are filled with “dummy string”

Skype app not happy letting go and appears to consider Teams a dumming down of some kind.

It’s safer on the ground anyway.

Thanks, I’ll check it out. Let me know how avoiding the internet is working out 😂

@brislen.nz mebbe?

Can any NZ IT professionals recommend an NZ DNS registrar? I was formerly with an NZ registrar but they were so bad I switched 10 years ago to an EU registrar. I expect things are a bit different now. I've been looking at the dnc.org.nz comparison page but I don't know any of these companies.

Well I was just having you on about such a corny joke. The 4K was just a riff after the fact 😆

Oof. I bet you post this every year. Time to refresh, there’s a 4K entry fee.

Host your own email bro.