Advanced Persistent Teapot
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<p>Network security witch doctor turned Splunk whisperer. All of the logs! All of them.</p><p>Servant to three cats.</p><p>3rd adjutant undersecretary to the chief assistant to the assistant chief of the Wokerati (Midlands division 5, reserves)</p>
Posts
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Post #4198526
Note to self: if you do not put the lid on the grounds container of the coffee grinder before you grind coffee, you will have a Bad Time ™
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Post #2071791
Every person involved with pushing &quot;AI&quot; LLMs needs to get in the fucking bin. This article is just one reason among many. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c242pzr1zp2o
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Post #2071789
I need to order some hardware supplies which even my local hardware store doesn&#39;t have, where in the UK that is NOT Amazon am I likely to be able to get: Loctite 270 (not the standard loctite, very specifically need this one) A glue that will dry hard but with a little stretch - most superglue is too brittle, and for preference something slightly less runny than normal superglue Also interested in recommendations for a small table vise and a small heat gun
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Post #2071786
When baristas ask my name for my coffee order I&#39;m going to start saying &quot;Spartacus&quot; just to see the chaos when they announce it&#39;s ready
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Post #2053870
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/as-a-ukrainian-journalist-ive-covered-the-us-for-20-years-i-find-it-increasingly-shocking This article mentions something I&#39;ve been feeling for quite a long time: the very *existence* of a charity suggests the failure of government to do something important. I initially had this thought due to food banks. It&#39;s absolutely horrifying that we should ever need a food bank to exist. But then later I realised that the same applies to cha...
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Post #933241
One thing I don&#39;t often see mentioned as a benefit of free bus travel is how much it speeds up the bus when they&#39;re not having to sell tickets to every passenger
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Post #832853
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/school-book-banning-escalates-in-the-uk-as-greater-manchester-secondary-school-censors-scores-of-books/ I don&#39;t know how to talk about this other than to say it&#39;s fucking revolting censorship. So many things wrong with this situation I don&#39;t even know where to start. Using &quot;AI&quot; to classify books for censorship. The idea that teens cannot handle, and need to be protected from, discussion of racism or misogyny. Te...