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paulg.it

A tech enthusiast who geeks out over gadgets, sips whisky like it’s a career, grooves to music, devours podcasts, and occasionally listens to his wife. Born and bred in the UK, now navigating life in the bustling megacity of Shanghai, China.

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Someone made a Wiley E. Coyote style painted wall to see if Tesla’s autopilot would detect it and well…

submitted 104 days ago • 561 comments

We're going to keep telling it like it is 😼

submitted 105 days ago • 45 comments

Compliance is the root of all evil. So, you want to destroy the SSD? Drill all SSDs. Destroyed finally. All data is safe. Let’s go home. The SSDs:

submitted 107 days ago • 16 comments

bonk

submitted 118 days ago • 189 comments

them: write a sad story using only 4 words me: sudo rm -rf /*

submitted 120 days ago • 59 comments

Cult folk singer Bill Fay, who wrote The Healing Day, dies aged 81

submitted 124 days ago • 4 comments

.Assembly is crowned the most difficult language to learn on a beginner level followed by Haskell. So this meme seems accurate :P YMMV.

submitted 126 days ago • 9 comments

They heard it was the end of Dry January, actually.

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

People Mountain, People Sea - Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station the morning of the Lunar New Year Eve. Why did I chose to travel this day? 🤷‍♂️

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

Only if it's a foreign company. When we do it, it's innovation

submitted 161 days ago • 8 comments

I’m no font nerd, but I do love spotting the #Ubuntu font in the wild. Especially on random videos that pass by. Also, this person has thoughts on tabs vs spaces. 🤷‍♂️ vm.tiktok.com/ZGdSxVqSK/

submitted 164 days ago • 5 comments

Hmm, temperature difference between Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai is 25C, why can I not migrate to Vietnam for the winter?

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

Well it’s bloody hot in Ho Chi Minh City compared to Shanghai. Perhaps I should migrate here for winter?

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

So tomorrow is back to work day for me and I am almost better from whatever new virus is spreading around China. What a waste of my vacation time

submitted 174 days ago • 0 comments

I agree. Sacha Baron Cohen is brilliant. 💙💯

submitted 174 days ago • 2 comments

Linux distro hoping 2025 edition

submitted 177 days ago • 60 comments

When I was a kid my Dad always listened to the New Year's Day Concert from Vienna on BBC Radio 3. It later was televised and we used to sit and watch it together. Sadly my Dad is no longer with us but I still carry on this tradition.

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

Happy New Year folks! I sincerely hope your health is better than mine. There was no late night partying, hacking or anything for me though I did make it past midnight watching TV!

submitted 178 days ago • 1 comment

Your cat is a chapter in your life. In theirs, you’re the whole book. 💕

submitted 181 days ago • 307 comments

a special shoutout to everyone who "works with computers" and therefore is required to fix the electronics of their entire extended family over the holidays

submitted 183 days ago • 424 comments

So I have had no vacation all year and decided to take the week off over Christmas. I have been give. The gift of a cold, so 2024 clearly no vacation year for me.