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Master tinkerer, retired. Loves: old Macs, cats, humour, SF&F, Star Trek Loathes: politics, sport, Facebook, Google, anything POSIX This might be he/it/oi-you.
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Even #StarTrek isn't immune from dad jokes.

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And Bart Simpson had a lucky red cap, too.

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BRB bio break

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I've been informed this is ornithologically accurate.

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Americans Abroad.

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"Are yas gonna come quietly, or do I have ta rough yas up?"

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monty python and the holy grail must now be remade frame-for-frame in columbus, ohio

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“The whole thing feels like Black Mirror.” “He would listen to the bot over me.” “It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.” Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:

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Don't ask.

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So I coded a new After Dark 3.0 screen module in May 2025, based on a concept and artwork from Japhy Riddle. After Dark had this THINK C SDK, perfectly matching my experience. It's called the "Screen Shaver" See it in action for a spell, running under Basilisk II. www.youtube.com/live/07Dhl8O...

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Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/t...

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"You're welcome to stay overnight, if you wish. We've plenty of room."

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Caught on Wikipedia before the mods got there...

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when tech bros say "data" they mean "feelings" but they're too weak to admit it

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Overheard: "Today's AI is like a toddler that exists solely on a diet of mushrooms but is incapable of discerning between nutritional, psychotropic and toxic. And we know all three types thrive when kept in the dark and fed a pile of bullshit."

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We'll miss you, Ruth Buzzi. "I just heard they have a new dating system for people my age. Carbon dating." apnews.com/article/ruth...

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Emu Wars II.

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What I'd love to see happen to any CEO with an annual salary of $1 million or more:

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The sad thing is, I can actually see Microsoft doing this.

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It's only AI if it's from the AI region of France. Otherwise, it's just sparkling machine learning.

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Ever wondered what happens with all those chicken carcasses culled because of avian flu?

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This popped up on a predominantly Irish WhatsApp group that I’m on today and it tickled me.

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An episode all about sound effects in the Goon Show. Packed with hilarity, fantastic knowledge and all manner of noises

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When Attenborough eventually passes (hopefully a little while off yet) it's going to be like a bat signal for every industry to ramp up their fucking over of this planet.

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Today's discussion truthiness:

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If you work in IT, *never* tell your spouse or family member to "submit a ticket" if they need help with anything, not even as a joke.

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Yet another example of why "AI" sucks. #StarTrek

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I'd watch the hell out of this.

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You see that sticker on Tim's NeXT? Want one on your own machine? Grab the PDF linked in the ALT & print your own on some adhesive stock.

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#OnThisDay in 1993, CERN released the World Wide Web software to the public. Proposed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the web was originally created to allow scientists and institutes working on CERN data to share information accurately and quickly from across the globe. #WorldWideWeb

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Google's calculator believes data has a three-dimensional volume.

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Do you love using AirPlay to 'cast your stuff to CarPlay, smart TV or AppleTV? Time to turn that feature off. 'Airborne' (encompassing seventeen CVEs) can worm its way in and lift your Apple ID credentials, amongst other things. www.oligo.security/blog/airborne

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Can you "picture something in your mind's eye"? I can't. I don't have an internal monologue either. But once I've heard a piece of music, I can mentally hear it again whenever I want, with all the detail as if I were listening to it on an iPod. The realm of the mind is weirder than you can imagine.

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"I see Alpha Foxtrot is on re-heat again."

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What is it with scientists who can't tell the difference between 'could' and 'should'? www.404media.co/researchers-... (PW bypass: archive.is/UdVpX )

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Googly eyes make everything better.

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'IqnaH QaD!! I cannot get this radiator hose off, hand me my Bat'leth! #StarTrek

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CALVIIIIN!!

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My favourite way of dealing with SMS spam:

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Without doubt the most pointless "Choose Your Own Adventure" title ever published:

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Global Constipation Awareness Day? Global Anal Abstinence Day?

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ELECTRIC CAT PARKING

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Documenting Japan’s classic arcades before it’s too late

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Zenomorph.

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