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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · Aug 06, 2026

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · Aug 05, 2026

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · Jun 28, 2026

Replying to @codinghorror@infosec.exchange

@codinghorror@infosec.exchange Why artists? Will it be actors next? Then singers? I think unpaid carers would have benefitted a hell of a lot more. Then charity volunteers, people trying to escape domestic violence, recovering addicts, etc We can do the arts after we get basic human necessities funded first.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · Jun 18, 2026

Replying to @TechConnectify@mas.to

@TechConnectify@mas.to Did I miss it or did you get through 1:11 without mentioning the word punkhawallah? The punkha (or pankha) was the predecessor to the ceiling fan and was often operated by a punkha wallah, who was paid to keep the punkha moving. It dates back to 8th century Arabia. Because ceiling fans replaced the punkha and the wallah they were sometimes called punkhawallahs. The word lives on in the 'Punkah Louvre', the kind of device you'll find above your head directing air towards you.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · Jun 15, 2026

Replying to @jbz@indieweb.social

@jbz@indieweb.social What about if we ban corporations and bigots from running social media.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 26, 2026

Replying to @raye@weirder.earth

@raye@weirder.earth @jenny753@indiepocalypse.social The contact email is used on loads of other scam sites. AVOID. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mediavilladarci%40gmail.com

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 11, 2026

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@aredridel@kolektiva.social I said 8 for the backache in that case because, when it flares up, I can find it hard to got out of bed and get to the toilet but I'm not unable to.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 11, 2026

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@aredridel@kolektiva.social Using the scale above I'd be classifying repeatedly hitting your thumb with a hammer, a sickening kind of pain, as 4, it wouldn't stop me doing anything but would be a distraction. About the same as treading on a weaver fish, or being bitten by a bullet ant. Crippling back ache after an injury, where it takes 20 minutes of careful manoeuvring to get to the toilet would be 8. Are these representative of what you'd expect?

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 11, 2026

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@aredridel@kolektiva.social In the case of the person i mentioned with a high pain threshold I'm sure it later lead to their premature death in hospital after a accident. The doctors didn't treat their injuries and deterioration seriously because they weren't in pain. They probably would have classified walking on a broken ankle at 3. I worked with then for many years and saw them shake off hits, that would have crumpled me into a ball, without a second thought.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 11, 2026

Replying to @aredridel@kolektiva.social

@aredridel@kolektiva.social Even 10 seems a bit soft there, in my experience. Where are "the thought of movement terrifies me, I will deficate where I lay" and "I'm only vaguely aware of your presence. Pain is everything If death is the only way to make it stop please kill me." On the other hand I know someone who, after coming round after major lung surgery, was repeatedly offered pain medication because they "must be in a lot of pain" and didn't need any because it was "just a little uncomfortable".

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 10, 2026

Replying to @gloriouscow@oldbytes.space

@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space I am 2716 years old.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 10, 2026

Replying to @tpfto@mathstodon.xyz

@tpfto@mathstodon.xyz Closing the stable door after you've cashed the paycheck.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 10, 2026

Replying to @gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz

@gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz It was obvious bullshit, not that Springer care.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 10, 2026

Replying to @ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club

@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club @bradheintz@mathstodon.xyz This how LLMs learnt to generate such bad code.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 08, 2026

Replying to @drahardja@sfba.social

@drahardja@sfba.social When the pub shuts people spend their time on social media run by right wing tech bros. Surprised no-one is.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 08, 2026

Replying to @vulgalour@birdbutt.com

@vulgalour@birdbutt.com @brad@1040ste.net Best warn them it's a 9/64" 40tpi non-standard, proprietary Singer thread. I'd just re-tap the hole and go with something standard unless it's being preserved for historical or sentimental reasons.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 07, 2026

Replying to @europlus@social.europlus.zone

@europlus@social.europlus.zone @TheConversationUS@newsie.social It's backfeeding mains voltage so unless breakers are upgraded and it's on a dedicated spur it can stop protective devices from cutting the power in a fault situation, or continue feeding in mains voltage to other outlets after other protective devices have tripped.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 03, 2026

Replying to @Em0nM4stodon__dup_1827@infosec.exchange

@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange That's why I blocked mastodon.social

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 02, 2026

Replying to @mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com

@mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com I've got some Sirius/Victor 9000 discs to image. The drives for those spin at different rates depending on which tracks they're writing to, to squeeze on more data. Back then that was an easier option to changing the data rate. They sound really strange in use.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 02, 2026

Replying to @mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com

@mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com I've got a few Mitsubishi MF504B (branded Technomatic) they already have a switch on the front for 40/80 track and can be jumpered to switch 300/360 rpm either by default or by 1/0 input on pin 2. I should get round to adding a switch for that. I also need to dig out out a 40 track drive so I can write proper 40 track discs.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 02, 2026

Replying to @mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com

@mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com The Acorn Archimedes I restored recently had several 3½" discs with it that gave me trouble but that was mould rather than damage or delamination. They were mainly copies so I just squirted some isopropyl onto the magnetic surface and spun the discs. Don't try that with anything rare/valuable though. About 15 years ago I bought multiple of the best 'new' floppy drives I could find in all formats, so at least I don't have to worry about them.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 02, 2026

Replying to @mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com

@mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com The only ones I've ever had trouble with are those that have a scratched surface from a bad drive head or dirt on the surface. I'm just setting up a greaseweasle rig for 3", 3½", 5¼" and 8" if the 8" drives I have work and I get round to making an adaptor.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · May 01, 2026

Replying to @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social

@GossiTheDog I would never rent through a letting agent. They're the ones constantly pushing prices up to maximise their commission. They actively approach the landlords and encourage then to up the rent as much as possible.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · Apr 30, 2026

Replying to @campuscodi@mastodon.social

@campuscodi The only way to ever get cPanel to work the way you wanted was to was bypass its controls. Without that it's nothing.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · Apr 29, 2026

New, old stock, British Gas 5¼" floppy discs.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @concretedog@mastodon.social

@concretedog@mastodon.social What pitch thread on the M5 tap? Course 0.8mm or fine 0.5mm? Who am I kidding, I've got both. Never needed a 3d printer though.

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groff 🇺🇦 @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk

@concretedog@mastodon.social @emily_s@mastodon.me.uk It's metric course threads that ISO724 only specifies even numbers of mm for nominal diameters above 5mm. Why, when fine threads are available on so many more sizes? It makes no sense. Someone should revoke their permission to use the metric system if they can't use it responsibly.

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