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Before you plug in your new Timex/Sinclair 1000, please take a moment to think about this exciting new adventure. We want to assure you that: 1. You will enjoy computing. 2. You will find it easy as well as enjoyable. 3. You shouldn’t be afraid of the […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

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One of my dogs was clearly visible in a call today - especially as I got up to help her get under a blanket - and nobody asked me about her. Wtf?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Love to jab at a yaml file to get a CI server to build again because some mystery thing changed in the past 6 months and who knows what it is.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Crusty on a bike. This is incredible stuff. https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Biscuits for pudding

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

We've got a tiny code snippet we want to work, that looks like this: ``` let n = 3; let mut x = 1; let mut i = 1; while i <= n { x = x * i; i += 1; } x ``` The first thing we need to do it get `<=` to lex. https://video.infosec.exchange/w/jY9vC5ZaSQBPTPhoVZGi4p #coding #video

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

https://www.jezuk.co.uk/blog/2025/04/edrychwch-ar-yr-olygfa.html

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The #6music news just said "Britain consumes 117 million tons of cocaine every year" How are you getting through your two tons?

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

@andybalaam Thinking about rewriting (well, reimplementing) something in Rust 🙄

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

@mattgodbolt Wasn't able to stay to see it in person, but have just watched your ACCU closing keynote. Terrific stuff, really enjoyed it.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Ahoy @kevlin

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Can't get comfortable. Feels likes someone's been in an adjusted my chair ever so slightly, and everything's a bit off 😟

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I'm about 3 months behind reading @gdinwiddie's newsletter, because I know it's going to give me something to think about, and I just haven't had the energy for it. I appreciate it may not read like it, but this is a recommendation.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

I'm not sure Mr Walsh will still be around to claim this

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

I'm in bed and quite drunk, so forgive me, but I gave a conference talk today in which I very gently kicked the ankle of Big AI, and several industry famous people came and I nearly shat myself with nerves. I think it will be a high point in retrospect, but blimey.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Bristol Parkway - spent 20 minutes waiting at Britain's most soulless station for train to do the last few miles to Temple Meads, or bail out and walk even though it'll take an hour longer?

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

I done blogged again. "Plastic Jesuses: The Original #OneSongOnePlaylist Resurrected" Recreating the first ever #OneSongOnePlaylist in a less problematic (I fucking hope) streaming service. https://theaardvark.co.uk/plastic-jesuses-the-original-onesongoneplaylist-resurrected.html

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I'm not the first to say it, and I won't be the last by @beasts are the best.

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I love Claudia Roden - she's an absolute titan https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/mar/23/claudia-roden-there-hadnt-been-cookbooks-in-egypt-everything-was-just-handed-down

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

It's past time to put Linux on my ten year old Macbook, isn't it?

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

I'm entirely fine with you not listening to a podcast biography of Kemi Badenoch, but if you do listen to one, make it this one https://pca.st/episode/816b8f20-a365-4e8b-8689-6e558fbce154

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

In a change to our regular walk we're up on the mountain

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I done blogged! Continuing the break-neck cadence of around 1 post per month through 2025, I have written an all-new blog post. For this chapter, I'm breaking into the world of food and recipe blogging with *"The Fish Finger and Scampi Nik Naks Sandwich"* […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Sofa dog is watching you

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