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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Jul 27, 2026

Replying to @xxv@mastodon.social

@xxv@mastodon.social my kid would have loved this at that age! They were constantly on about the moon but nights that were cloudy or not visible were a problem. Well done. That is awesome.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Jul 23, 2026

Replying to @oxy@social.bsdlab.au

@oxy@social.bsdlab.au I heard he wasn't always there for you...

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Jul 23, 2026

Just because I had the occasion to use one - here is the list of Australian phone numbers that you can use in documentation that are reserved and won't go anywhere. (like the USian 555 numbers) https://se.au/notes/fake-phone-numbers-in-australia/ #phone

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Jul 09, 2026

Work Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

Moving into the more unused classes in the legacy #PHP codebase, I was just horrified to discover a method about 200 lines long, the reused the variable name $field not once, but twice! moving from an object to an array to a string. I have renamed the variables to be better, and next week, some refactoring to break that apart. It is doing too much. #refactoring

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 13, 2026

I have no idea what plant this is apart from ‘some sort of cactus or succulent’ but it sits in a pot outside my front door and gets no care whatsoever. I believe my father in law waters it occasionally. But it has decided that this year is bloom time!
#bloomScrolling

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 13, 2026

June 16th - the last day I will have any #PHP v7 code running in production. This has been a task, but we have got there. Well done team (me)! 🥳

Next job, update from 8.3 to 8.5, but I can fix some bugs before then 🐜

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 13, 2026

@stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net Really enjoying your interview with (Mr) Sir David Attenborough. Half way through it at the moment. Thanks for putting that up.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 12, 2026

Discovered that we aren’t releasing our immense collection of historic film onto the free web because AI bots will harvest it and licenses and rights will not be recognised.
We are currently in discussions around allowing access through other gated means (memberships etc) but I want it open. I hate LLMs and all the infrastructure around them.
#historyShouldBeFree
#weAreInTheWorstTimeline

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 12, 2026

OMG I was in a presentation. My phone in my pocket. It’s on silent. I feel it ring. I ignore it. It rings again I ignore it again. It’s probably spam. It rings again, now I’m thinking it’s my kid no one else would be that persistent so I check. It’s an unknown number so I ignore it. It rings again. And again. 6 calls from different unknown numbers but all left the same scammy message. Some robocall nonsense. Such a pain.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 08, 2026

Dealer has been contacted. Drugs have been received. Another reminder that drugs are not cheap if they aren’t on PBS.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 08, 2026

Went to take my drugs this morning and discovered they are all gone! Quick visit to the chemist today then!

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 05, 2026

I just started a message to a colleague with "Can you humour me please - sorry this sounds really childish and I think I already regret asking... but" and now I think i have to resign.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 01, 2026

#catsofmastodon
Say hello to Dora!
Just chilling on a dining chair.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 30, 2026

I saw mention on here this morning about a newly discovered old exploit for linux, but I didn't get that it affects basically every linux distro released since 2017.
Patches have been written, so update your boxes people!
https://copy.fail
full root access, effectively undetectable, on any machine that runs su.
#exploit #linux #patch #onlySafeComputerIsOffTheNetworkAndTurnedOffInALockedRoom

Xint

Copy Fail — 732 Bytes to Root

CVE-2026-31431. 100% Reliable Linux LPE — no race, no per-distro offsets, page-cache write that bypasses on-disk file-integrity tools and crosses containers. Found by Xint Code.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 29, 2026

just started having a conversation about standards and how there were too many and thankfully remembered https://xkcd.com/927/ before we got to the second pane of the comic

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 28, 2026

Replying to @rdm@aus.social

@rdm@aus.social I was more referring to the last para ‘it’s all just smoke and mirrors’ which, while it definitely fits your story, also feels like what is going on in the here and now. I do love your writing 🥰

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 28, 2026

@rdm@aus.social oh dear, you are modelling this on current day setup are you? 😛

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 28, 2026

Replying to @abstractcode@eigenmagic.net

@abstractcode@eigenmagic.net of course! I wouldn't have woken up tired if I didn't go to bed.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 28, 2026

Note to self:
Going to bed at 1:30am on a school night is not conducive to productive thinking at the office at 8:30 the following morning.
#tired #oops

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 27, 2026

Oh that’s new…
Mother in law (80s & #alzheimers) just sent me a text. It was a group text with her, and her again and me. The text was only her name. I know that wasn’t what she intended. I wonder what she was trying to do? Sounds like a visit is in order 🤪

How is it possible to create a group message with you in it twice??

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 26, 2026

I have been taken back to my youth... My kid's friends just turned up unannounced at our house at 9:30 at night, because they were bored and my kid wasn't with them.
Purely spur of the moment, having fun because they can. Reminds me of being 19 and carefree...
There is now giggling and story telling happening in my kitchen :partyparrot:

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 23, 2026

Replying to @Cr_Sky@urbanists.social

@Cr_Sky @rdm oh it’s train mctrain face time!

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 16, 2026

Replying to @ellane@pkm.social

@ellane your cursive is beautiful Ellane! Very readable to me (genX) and very elegant. My young adult child seems to read my cursive fine - if I write it to be read by others. If I’m writing notes for myself I tend to scribble and sometimes struggle myself to work out meaning.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Apr 07, 2026

Replying to @fullfathomfive@aus.social

@fullfathomfive @steadilyebbing feeling this today as I packed all my orders this morning and sent all those notifications out and then forgot to pick up the parcels on the way out so now I will have to drop them at the post office tomorrow. Sorry customers!

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Feb 27, 2026

Replying to @eribosot@mastodon.social

@eribosot@mastodon.social @trib@aus.social yep it’s obviously not written by someone who has polled before. Too many ambiguities. I’m happy to support and tried to use the open text answers to elaborate on other answers if possible. Great that there is an effort to start (continue?) the conversation though!

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Jan 30, 2026

Replying to @vampiress@eigenmagic.net

@vampiress@eigenmagic.net oh giggling on the boot sequence already... the BIOS name This is so nostalgic. Thanks!

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Jan 13, 2026

Replying to @dgar@aus.social

@dgar@aus.social Hay Djar, that's a-maize-ing

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Nov 05, 2025

Replying to @MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social

@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social This is perfect, thankyou

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Oct 01, 2025

Replying to @darius@friend.camp

@darius@friend.camp this is an excellent idea. Well done.

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Aug 05, 2025

Replying to @xhr@infosec.exchange

@xhr@infosec.exchange Been on leave for a couple of days, and just used this at work for the first time. certainly better than grep -v :) thx!

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Aug 02, 2025

Replying to @xhr@infosec.exchange

@xhr@infosec.exchange WHAT??? I’ve been using more/less since 1991 and you are telling me this now????

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · May 05, 2025

Replying to @inthehands@hachyderm.io

@inthehands Oh my... that is very well done. Happy Brubeck Wars Day! May the force be in 5!

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Paul Williams @buddhawilliams@eigenmagic.net · Feb 04, 2023

Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social

@nixCraft oh wow. 🙋🏼

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