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From Stockport but drifted elsewhere. Tech director and developer of web and app things. Dad of one human and two cats. πŸ“ Pale Blue Dot

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I thought Anthropic had denied access to their tools for military use. Or was that after this happened?

05.03.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œdefensive strikes” Β¬_Β¬

05.03.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. And obviously it must be election fraud too. Gorton is a stone’s throw from where I grew up, and my Dad is a big Farage fan. I’m anything but!

27.02.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reference lost on me but liking β€˜Lordt’

27.02.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Practical Decentralization The point of decentralization is to guarantee the rights of individuals and communities on the Internet. Pulling that off is a balancing act between practicality and ideology.

New blogpost about atproto

It's not federation, it's not a p2p mesh. It's a secret third thing: practical.

www.pfrazee.com/blog/practic...

25.02.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 566 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 32

Ok yep - did a quick check and I’m still getting pre roll ads in the YouTube app

25.02.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve not tested that. I would guess YouTube serves its ads through the same domain as the video you want – or even as part of the same stream, so it’s probably difficult to block them.

25.02.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - pi-hole/pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements A black hole for Internet advertisements. Contribute to pi-hole/pi-hole development by creating an account on GitHub.

For anyone interested -> github.com/pi-hole/pi-h...

(You don’t need a Raspberry Pi specifically)

24.02.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My partner is at best mildly bemused

24.02.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Repurposed an old Intel Mac Mini as a Linux server running 13’s and my Minecraft world. Also got Pi-Hole on there blocking ads for the whole house, and Homebridge for IoT devices to work from Apple Home (handy for CarPlay!)

Hard to convey how satisfying this all is to less geeky folk

24.02.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

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20.02.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. Maybe they could help sift out a shortlist of flagged ones and then you could use some other kind of NLP software

20.02.2026 11:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

British Pound Sterling

20.02.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cymru β†’ England

20.02.2026 07:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a mossy log on the riverbank

20.02.2026 07:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if you could analyse the writing style in emails where the sender is redacted and cross correlate that with messages from known senders, and get a reasonable statistical likelihood of who each email is from.

20.02.2026 07:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The famous photo of George W Bush finding out about the second plane hitting the Twin Towers, with sweaty nonce Andrew Mountbatten's face photoshopped in place of George W Bush

The famous photo of George W Bush finding out about the second plane hitting the Twin Towers, with sweaty nonce Andrew Mountbatten's face photoshopped in place of George W Bush

19.02.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

18.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 40990 πŸ” 10912 πŸ’¬ 312 πŸ“Œ 339
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

18.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 26475 πŸ” 6433 πŸ’¬ 552 πŸ“Œ 1081

Yep. They love all that. He’s β€œsticking it to the man”, because he’s such an antiestablishment hero

17.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or, for that matter, delighted.

17.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pleased*

17.02.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Apart from the other suggestions, which are valid, it’s impossible for anyone to be please by backend work. They can either not notice it or be furious if all 10,000 things don’t work perfectly.

17.02.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow.

17.02.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 35905 πŸ” 16637 πŸ’¬ 1297 πŸ“Œ 2470

I live in the second town in an RPG. Despite our thriving trade with both, the quality of the items we sell here always seems stuck exactly in-between those found in Pleasant Shores and the Wretched Peaks

02.03.2025 21:28 πŸ‘ 734 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2
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Just saw that Xing Zhilei, the Chinese DIY influencer, posted an update on his self-built cat town which went viral last year.

youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU

15.02.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 2760 πŸ” 839 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 115

Using YouTube ? Either that or your banking app has hold music

15.02.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
My son on his scooter on a quarter pipe ramp, at an indoor skate park

My son on his scooter on a quarter pipe ramp, at an indoor skate park

Took 13 to the local skate park. I want a go too, but it would embarrass him immensely

15.02.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A high contrast colour photo of a person in a cream coloured coat and hat waiting at a crossing. There's a green car and a person in leather on a motorbike.

A high contrast colour photo of a person in a cream coloured coat and hat waiting at a crossing. There's a green car and a person in leather on a motorbike.

A man in a suit stands on a blue and white bathroom regarding himself in a mirror. It's very cinematic.

A man in a suit stands on a blue and white bathroom regarding himself in a mirror. It's very cinematic.

A garage with a fuel pump, a Volkswagen Beetle, and strong sunlight hitting a building in cream and red.

A garage with a fuel pump, a Volkswagen Beetle, and strong sunlight hitting a building in cream and red.

The foggy window of a launderette, tinted green. A bike is propped against the window.

The foggy window of a launderette, tinted green. A bike is propped against the window.

Taking a moment to marvel at the photography of Harry Gruyaert.

14.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

[Edit: *Googles Penga. Ah yes, that]

13.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0