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• Post #4357154

  Tell me you didn't watch my talk without telling me you didn't watch my talk. https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/08/03/claude-code-is-revolutionizing-digital-archaeology-enterprise-better-dig-it/5281676 - I never said I designed the Transputer accelerator, I built it from parts I got from the guy who designed it in the 80s. - I said I used Claude because I ran out of time and the code wasn't working. All but one of the fixes on the RISC OS side were human-done... and I sti...

• Post #4198816

  "The truth is, I thought it mattered. [...] But does it bollocks. Not like people matter."

• Post #4039093

  I'm thinking about doing #40c3 - are any mutuals in a position to share a voucher code with me when they land? Went for 33c3 and missed it ever since. #ccc #c3

• Post #4019984

  Hell is this.

• Post #3982453

  Speaking of the Sinclair C5 - I hear it has a ULA to control the battery logic. Anyone know where I can get my hands on a dead ULA to decap? I have a wild idea which might lead to a like-for-like ULA replacement. (boosts appreciated)

• Post #3981798

  Now at #emfcamp #emf2026 , a fusion spliced fibre necklace. (Photo taken with permission)

• Post #3958379

  The most important #emf2026 Venn diagram. The EMF Nuclear Furry Circle

• Post #3944214

  I wish whoever organised the #emf2026 #emfcamp Elon Burning had given about fifteen or twenty minutes notice... Five wasn't quite long enough to get myself and a friend with mobility issues to the lakeside to watch ;( (Also pls use a human voice for your wardials, I thought someone was pratting around with the phones...)

• Post #3906856

  Anyone know what the melting point of a pair of Crocs is? Because mine have, and nothing else in the tent has been affected... #emfcamp

• Post #3805009

  Engaged with the "process" as asked, and all I've got is demands and a demand that I "guess what the problem is" and "offer any information you think might help explain". I feel like I'm in a non-consensual re-enactment of Kafka's "The Trial". If you don't tell people what they've done wrong, how can they learn and improve? How can there be any trust? Honestly really just - don't know how to feel about #emfcamp #emf2026 right now...

• Post #3804989

  EMF says everyone should feel comfortable attending. That depends on trust in organisers’ judgement. EMF's Villages organiser says a group they’re part of can “bypass the CFP”, jokes about having a “vested interest”, then jokes about someone accused of serious animal abuse. On top of everything else - I don't know what to think or how to feel about this. Context (CW animal abuse): https://dogpatch.press/2025/10/23/uk-furry-zoosadist/ Public chat; unrelated names and avatars redacted.

• Post #3773865

  I got tired of debugging SIP fax lines manually and annoying Marrold with dumb questions and my own stupidity. So I made this. It receives a fax, analyses the data and audio from it, and looks for common flamingo-ups like G711 alaw and ulaw mismatches or lossy resamplers. It can also detect failures in T.38->G.711 fallback and report that. Bonus: it tells you what your fax machine can do. And then it sends you a fax back with the result. And instruments that too!

• Post #3664079

  This is the most musical "the number you have dialled is not currently in service" intercept message I've ever heard - does anyone know where it's from? (boosts appreciated) #voip #asterisk

• Post #3655246

  "Hacker culture ports Doom to a microwave or hoists a car onto a building for funsies. Infosec culture tries your front door, finds it unlocked, tells you how to close it, then implies you should pay them a bounty." Quoted with permission, Chatham House rules.

• Post #3561303

  Hmm. I'm sure that'll buff out.

• Post #3498313

  Had my website taken down by a bunch of asshole AI bots sitting behind Alibaba Cloud and running what was effectively a DDoS. I've blocked both their ASNs as a result. If you were doing something legitimate with my content, please get in touch and I'll add an exception rule.

• Post #3476490

  This quote keeps popping into my head unannounced... Crowley: "What was it he said that got everyone so upset?" Aziraphale: "'Be kind to each other.'" Crowley: "Oh yeah. That'll do it."

• Post #3454973

  "Man from Barking said 'Aruf' to his dog, corresponding Welsh CW station slowed down."

• Post #3335136

  How it started, how it went and how it's going. First time I've ever mixed mortar or laid bricks. I guess I'll find out how good a job I did next week sometime?

• Post #3099069

  Well, today I learned about https://cppinsights.io/ and as cool as it is, the demo code with the range expression over an array makes me think "I can see why that works but I wouldn't have written it that way".

• Post #2997738

  Are looking to hire an experienced embedded software engineer? - 15 years experience (industrial and consumer electronics) - Embedded security - 15mo for work, plus *years* as a hobby - C, C++, Python and currently learning Rust - ARM, MIPS, PIC, AVR experience plus x86 - Looking for UK remote or hybrid, or within commuting distance of Leeds via bike or public transport. Boosts appreciated, CV available on request. GH: https://www.github.com/philpem WWW: https://philpem.me.uk #GetFediHired

• Post #2375932

  Librarians of a certain vintage, are any of you aware of a surviving copy of the BLCMP (Birmingham Libraries Co-operative Mechanisation Project) library automation software? It existed in the 1980s and 1990s before being replaced with other systems like Talis or Dynix. I'd love to see it running again! (also see vga256's post looking for a copy of Dynix ILS - https://dialup.cafe/@vga256/113822702847532196) #libraries #digipres

• Post #1920088

  I was digging through some old photos and this one has some real Cult of the Lamb energy. #furry #fursuit #fursuiting

• Post #1543845

  Two engineers.

• Post #1533511

  SCSI, IDE, SATA, SAS, NVMe... it's moving the same bits, just quicker. We hope. At least we moved away from those clunky DASD things. ..... shit.

• Post #1490414

  Whatever you do, don't tell your local RAYNET group about this. #hamr #hamradio (surplus military MAN KAT truck with an antenna mast) https://ljacksonandco.com/product/man-kat-a1-25-422-6x6-with-aerial-mast/

• Post #1383682

  fr: "Did you decode that key in GIMP?" me: Yes, yes I did. fr: "That's some serious Deviant Ollam shit."

• Post #1108165

  We were promised a utopia, we got a panopticon

• Post #1108164

  This is scary. Deeply, deeply scary. > Lawsuit: Google Gemini sent man on violent missions, set suicide “countdown” > Gemini allegedly called man its “husband,” said they could be together in death. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/lawsuit-google-gemini-sent-man-on-violent-missions-set-suicide-countdown/

• Post #977532

  If you don't yell "REBAAAAAASE MASTERRRR" to the beat of "LEROOOOOY JENKINS" are you really alive?