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@virtuo.uk

Demoscene, retro hardware, software engineering, reverse engineering, infosec, breaker and builder of stuff, hoarder of other stuff. Anti-algorithm. Say no to generative AI. N Wales, UK.

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Nice, hammered my battery ๐Ÿ™‚

06.03.2026 00:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Holesome

29.01.2026 22:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"You"

29.01.2026 09:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The deputy leader claimed he didn't know anything about it. The Mostyns are vampires, too.

25.01.2026 21:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ruin the ending for us all.

25.01.2026 00:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hold on, did you try it with 2 't's?

21.01.2026 14:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's expensive shipping stuff from Cuckoo land

19.01.2026 23:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, just realised I'm a 10 minute walk from here when I'm in the office, might make the pilgrimage one lunchtime. Weather dependent, obvs.

19.01.2026 13:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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an older man with a beard is smiling with his eyes closed . Alt: It's Donald Sutherland!

I gambled the joke would land better than it did in my head, please ignore me. I do fully agree with your original sentiment.

17.01.2026 20:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character named donald duck is dancing ALT: a cartoon character named donald duck is dancing

Harsh

17.01.2026 20:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rudimentary will get you there!

17.01.2026 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not familiar with the Spotify player but it may well be possible, I built a proof-of-concept tool using Acast as the source, but a lot of creators seemed to stop using the platform. If you aren't comfortable writing your own code to do the job then there might be tools out there you can use.

17.01.2026 16:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or for a shorter answer: yes

17.01.2026 15:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some roviders that have their own web player will typically have some metadata for the episode that tells the player where to disable skipping/seeking for the embedded ads. Read that and use ffmpeg to chop out the ads and glue it back together. Might be a tool to do that if you don't want a project.

17.01.2026 15:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did they get your name wrong in the reveal video?

03.01.2026 22:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Split fiction is well worth finishing, I've been working on blue prince for a few days now after hearing it mentioned on BB. I think I'm enjoying it.

01.01.2026 12:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have a new year, everyone

01.01.2025 00:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This, but it's a hen do

30.12.2025 16:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anybody here used a good US to UK reshipper? Searching just brings up horror stories and shady-looking referral powered sites.

29.12.2025 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you made any progress? Got in to a chat at work today about freelance/contract jobs that never paid up. Thought of you

19.12.2025 19:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

.. thanks

19.12.2025 07:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is it just the N64 core that's not working?

12.12.2025 15:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Teaching assistant told Newport pupils he had killed 250 people as a sniper Scott John Trigg-Turner told a Year 8 class he had been a US marine and still owned a gun.

Teaching assistant told Newport pupils he had killed 250 people as a sniper - BBC News share.google/xgiVq3sF6dc4...

12.12.2025 14:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Goodwill is a stretch

12.12.2025 11:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, it definitely doesn't work, right?

10.12.2025 19:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Next time you hand over two and a half million quid to animal charities, you can repost it too. It won't hurt anyone.

09.12.2025 13:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll concede that my adult eyes do see through the plastic mouldings to the cheap steel frame underneath, but it's still cooler than the junk you can get today. And the font is ace.

08.12.2025 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It was 2 weeks ago, give it a rest

08.12.2025 15:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nope, that looks amazing

08.12.2025 15:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It wasn't even bilingual?

06.12.2025 20:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0