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Simon Hampel

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▪️Founder of @propertychat.com.au and @zoochat.com ▪️Software developer: PHP, Laravel, XenForo ▪️Lives in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺

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"I wish it had not happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But the Dow is over 50,000"

"I wish it had not happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But the Dow is over 50,000"

13.02.2026 22:44 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
12.02.2026 04:28 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

I think most people would probably call it "procrastination" 🤔

14.01.2026 00:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

INXL - some of their well known songs "Always Tear Us Apart (ripped seams)", "Need You Tonight (cause my clothes aren't fitting)", "New Sensation (of clothes that actually fit)", "Original Singlet (dream on)", "What You Need (larger sizes)", "Don't Change (your clothes)"

13.01.2026 22:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Procol Harumf - well known for their angsty teenage anthem "Whiter Shade of IDGAF"

13.01.2026 22:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Salt-N-HEPA - well known for their songs "Push It (through the filter)", "Let's Talk About Particulates", "My Micron Sounds Nice"

13.01.2026 22:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hire Straits - well known for their songs: "Sultans of HR", "CV of Life", "Money for Payrun", "Twisting by the Talent Pool"

13.01.2026 22:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Spandau Pallet - some of their wll known songs: "Highly Stacked", "To Cut a Long Journey Short (because my pallet broke)", "Round and Round (the forklift goes)", "Man in shrinkwrap", "Lift Me Down", "Warehouse No. 1"

13.01.2026 22:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Moldplay - some of their classic songs: "A Sky Full of Spores", "Viva La Moho", "Yellow (Look at the molds - see how they grow for you)", "Fungus Just Like This"

13.01.2026 22:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LinkdIn Park

13.01.2026 22:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nan Halen

13.01.2026 22:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bee Geese - they have a lot of classic songs like "How Deep is your Honk", "You Should be Honking", "For Whom the Goose Honks", and of course, their most well known song: "Stayin' Alive (at Thanksgiving)"

13.01.2026 21:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

TATO - known for their song "I bless the rains down in Africa - so my crop of tubers can grow"

13.01.2026 21:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ratiohead - they are well known for their maths song: "I'm a creep, I'm a slow, permanent deformation of a solid material under constant stress over time, even if the stress is below its yield strength."

13.01.2026 21:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pimple Minds

13.01.2026 21:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Durian Durian (is it okay to add a letter instead of changing one?)

13.01.2026 21:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Interesting article - a lot more detail than I expected.

09.01.2026 03:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

While I agree entirely with your sentiment - I suspect there is a cohort of people who like watching these overly dramatic shows because it puts the drama in their own lives into perspective somewhat. "Yes, we have drama - but at least we're not as bad as those people on TV!"

27.12.2025 22:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sequel to Grosse Pointe Blank? @johncusack.bsky.social

13.12.2025 07:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wow - a date based celebration that works everywhere, not just in the US!

12.12.2025 02:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a man stands in front of a sign that says ' sutton ' on it Alt: Back to the Future
07.12.2025 21:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a skull and crossbones shirt says " that 's it man game over man game over " Alt: Aliens
07.12.2025 21:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man wearing glasses stands in front of a blackboard with the word bueller on it Alt: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
07.12.2025 21:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I would have thought a simpler option might have been to 1) disable the algorithm for under 16s, and 2) disable comments for under 16s - both their ability to see comments on other videos and the ability for other people to comment on videos uploaded by under 16s ???

02.12.2025 23:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

"Homophone detection" ... is that like an anti-gaydar? 🥁

02.12.2025 23:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Downdetector's Downdetector's Downdetector

Already exists - downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com

01.12.2025 11:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

After getting frustrated by some of the limitations of my Unraid based VMs and docker - I remembered that I had an old Intel NUC sitting in a cupboard unused. Pulled it out and installed Ubuntu server on it - it now happily sits in the corner just doing its thing. Love repurposing old hardware.

22.11.2025 21:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

All I think about when I see that picture is "ow, their knees"!

19.11.2025 00:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Comic: Death knocking on GitHub door after leaving a trail of blood coming from Cloudflare and then Azure doors.

Comic: Death knocking on GitHub door after leaving a trail of blood coming from Cloudflare and then Azure doors.

18.11.2025 22:18 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Comic: The #1 programmer excuse for legitimately slacking off: "Github is down".
"Hey! Get back to work!"
"Cloudflare & GitHub are down"
"Oh. Carry on."

Comic: The #1 programmer excuse for legitimately slacking off: "Github is down". "Hey! Get back to work!" "Cloudflare & GitHub are down" "Oh. Carry on."

18.11.2025 22:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0