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@pndc@social.treehouse.systems
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Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me.

Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot.

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Joined April 26, 2022
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · 3d ago
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @jess@blop.social
@jess@blop.social I assume the light screens are extremely blue and have aged badly?
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · 4d ago
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @jess@blop.social
@jess@blop.social The trick I saw from Big Clive is to 3D-print letters and then run LED tape through it. ISTR he even published some OpenSCAD programs where you just feed in the text and other parameters and out pops an STL.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 31, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @pndc@social.treehouse.systems
@servo@floss.social Intriguingly, if I run it from a shell (Servo.app/Contents/MacOS/servoshell) rather than the Finder, then it seems to work. So the requirement for a newer version seems to be a mere misconfiguration in the XCode build settings rather than a need for something in newer APIs.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 31, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @servo@floss.social
@servo@floss.social I downloaded it to give it a try, but it sadly told me to go and buy a new computer. (Specifically, it requires a newer version of macOS than will install on my machine.)
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 29, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop
@cstross@wandering.shop @davidgerard@circumstances.run My penchant for necrocomputing pays off here: I'm stuck on iOS 13 and macOS 12 and don't get nags to upgrade. I'm also keeping an old iPod Classic running thanks to virtual machines, stubbornness, and the occasional waft of a soldering iron, because it's the last good audio player they made.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 28, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @pndc@social.treehouse.systems
@davidgerard@circumstances.run Translations: Dat kan niet!: "Go fuck yourself." helaas: "And the horse you came in on." Further context: https://stuffdutchpeoplelike.com/2011/08/09/dat-kan-niet/
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 28, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @davidgerard@circumstances.run
@davidgerard@circumstances.run Dat kan helaas niet!
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 28, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
LinkedIn gleefully tells me "You’d be a top applicant" for a gig at PostNL. If the public face of the organisation is representative, one only needs to bother to turn up for work perhaps twice a week, and then throw the job in the bin, or leave it in the office and tell customers to finish the job themselves. I don't know that I could manage to be good enough for these exacting standards.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 27, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Token bills are killing IT Industry profits! We left this chatbot prompt blank so you can help. 🏴‍☠️
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 27, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @pndc@social.treehouse.systems
@davidgerard@circumstances.run Realistically, you're looking at about $100 unless there's something special that makes it worth more. Are you that cheap?
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 27, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @davidgerard@circumstances.run
@davidgerard@circumstances.run "Filthy fiat only."
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 25, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @RnDanger@infosec.exchange
@RnDanger@infosec.exchange @zzt@mas.to Yeah, but in Glasgow the rest of the local cuisine will wreck your cardiovascular system well before the caffeinated rocket fuel gets a look in. See, for example, the Munchy Box..
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 25, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @jess@blop.social
@jess@blop.social Are you sure it's not a £20 note stuffed in there?
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 24, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267733536588 The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. Only if the intended purpose is to burn your house down. More horror pictures behind the link.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 23, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @zzt@mas.to
@zzt@mas.to There's even a bit of Scotland known as the "Buckfast Triangle" where it is quite popular, and the life expectancy is fifty-two.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 23, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @zzt@mas.to
@zzt@mas.to Oh, there's much worse booze in the UK, but that's perhaps the one with the most misleading name. I'd say the most infamous British booze is probably Wreck-the-Hoose-Juice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_Wine
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 23, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @zzt@mas.to
@zzt@mas.to Ah, you've tried that fine British beverage Special Brew?
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 23, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @zzt@mas.to
@zzt@mas.to They're still making Mother's Pride, apparently, which is the UK version of Wonderbread. It was everywhere in the 70s and 80s, and we're all still trying to forget it is a thing.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 22, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @marjolica@social.linux.pizza
@marjolica@social.linux.pizza Ah, I see you've been to my local dive bar then?
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 22, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @RogerBW@discordian.social
@RogerBW@discordian.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run @zzt@mas.to So it's really £500 for the bike and £10k for delivery?
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 22, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @RogerBW@discordian.social
@RogerBW@discordian.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run @zzt@mas.to Sir Clive's nephew Grant Sinclair picked up the reins and now makes a modern version of the C5, but sadly did not get his uncle's memo about cost-cutting to get the price point down and one of his contraptions costs a cool £10,000, plus an extra £500 for delivery. I didn't know Royal Mail was charging so much for stamps these days!
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 22, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
I'm fascinated that Andy Burnham has a ten year plan. Does he seriously expect to still be in power in 2036? There's just the minor detail of the next general election, to be held no later than August 2029, which is by no means a foregone conclusion. It's going to be a three-horse race between Reform, Tories and the Greens, with Labour's contribution being the source of the suspiciously-cheap lasagne in the racecourse canteen. Given how well his predecessors went, he shouldn't even bother measuring-up for curtains in Number 10 because he'll be gone before they're delivered.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 20, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @me_@sueden.social
@me_@sueden.social @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange Not every task needs 2GHz of compute and gigabytes of RAM.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 20, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @bebadefabo@mastodon.social
@bebadefabo@mastodon.social @aburtch@shakedown.social Punishing children for writing with their left hand was still a thing into at least the 1970s, i.e. easily within living memory. Ironically, trans folk were mostly left alone to get on with their lives back then, and this current moral panic is new.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 16, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @pndc@social.treehouse.systems
Anyway, Linus apparently thinks it's just fine to be charged hundreds of dollars per month and/or be employed by a large tech company with deep coffers to be able to contribute or make changes to the Linux kernel. This is very much in the spirit of the GPL and not any sort of problem that might come and bite in the long term.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 16, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
At least when Theo de Raadt was being obnoxious, he was usually in the right. Has anybody pointed out to Linus Torvalds that the only people left who are prepared to work with him are those who are being paid to do so, and many of those only grudgingly?
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 16, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @rrwo@infosec.exchange
@rrwo@infosec.exchange Does it even matter if something is not "actively maintained"? It could mean that it's just finished, and anything else would be just tinkering for the sake of it.
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pndc
@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 15, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
If you don't stop Nazis coming to your bar, you will eventually have a Nazi bar. If you don't stop AI bros committing to your project, you will eventually have a Nazi bar.
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 13, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @mudasobwa@mastodon.social
@mudasobwa@mastodon.social @baldur@toot.cafe You know that some of us actually know what we're doing and churning out code is relatively easy, right? Using an LLM is coding, just in an imprecise language that takes more effort to describe the desired results. There is a real problem in that programming can be a bit gatekeepy and this is something which really needs to be solved, but LLMs are the wrong answer.
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 13, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @mudasobwa@mastodon.social
@mudasobwa@mastodon.social @baldur@toot.cafe If I have to put in as much effort to use an LLM as just writing the code, I may as well cut out the expensive middleman and just write the code.
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 13, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
How can they call it a 2CV if it doesn't have a thick cloud of soot and unburnt petrol fumes behind it? I bet they don't even preinstall the compulsory CND bumper sticker! https://www.cityam.com/citroen-2cv-returns-as-a-13000-electric-car-and-the-timing-is-no-accident/
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 11, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop
re: UKpol BinPol Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive
@cstross@wandering.shop Well, Binface is currently polling 12% ahead of Farage… [Source: https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/british-public-more-likely-prefer-count-binface-wins-clacton-election-nigel-farage.]
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 10, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @feorag@wandering.shop
@feorag@wandering.shop Some of us have fantasies of being handed a stout stick and getting a couple of minutes of privacy with certain Tories.
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 08, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop
@cstross@wandering.shop @zzt@mas.to @davidgerard@circumstances.run Being obscure with few examples doesn't really prevent it, sadly. What happens is that the smaller corpus makes the output more likely to be a straight copy of the input, and now you can add an increased risk of being sued for wilful (since an attempt has been done to cover one's tracks) copyright infringement to your problems. It's like asking an LLM to "write me a romance novel set in a shop" versus "write me a fantasy horror novel set in the British civil service".
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 05, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

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In which a bunch of preppers decide that they do want the power of the state after all: https://blog.meshcore.io/2026/07/04/help-us-save-meshcore
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 02, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @alice@lgbtqia.space
@alice@lgbtqia.space You could make a copyright claim, but note that in the first instance OVH is likely to just doxx you by sending your complaint direct to the abuser, so perhaps give your lawyer's postal address instead of your home address. The legal process for copyright claim against a Canadian host differs from the USA's DMCA but I doubt OVH are bright enough to tell the difference.
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jun 28, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @rysiek@mstdn.social
@Jokk_Wolfhard@mastodon.social @rysiek@mstdn.social @mullvadnet@mastodon.online Hey, look, a zero-follower freshly-created sockpuppet account!
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jun 27, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
RE: https://universeodon.com/@UncleDuke1969/116822232922791565 This is also a metaphor for CEOs who want to eliminate their skilled staff.
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jun 22, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange
@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange How is 100kg of exuberant muscle and fur not a massive puddle of sweat in this weather!?
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jun 08, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems

I see that the AI circle-jerk on LinkedIn is somewhat muted this morning. Did the Claude bills just arrive?

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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jun 07, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems

TIL they are making brand new 5¼″ floppy drives: https://www.micropolis.com/micropolis-1255-floppy. Which interface, you may ask. All of them! (And how did I not find this out from @foone@digipres.club?)

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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jun 07, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems

RE: @MAKS23@mastodon.social

This sounds a bit like the setup for a "In Soviet Russia Ukraine" meme…

mastodon.social

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦: "💥 In Donetsk region, birds are building nests fro…" - Mastodon

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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jun 07, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems

RE: @alternativeto@mas.to

Yes, this means that if you don't want Google to pound your site and steal your content, you need to sign up for a Google Account and agree to their terms.

Or just null-route all of Google's networks, and nothing of value will be lost.

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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jun 06, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems

RE: @nileane@nileane.fr

Proton Mail is allegedly a Milkshake Duck.

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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · Jun 04, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @jess@blop.social
@jess@blop.social Cheese is one of the things I miss from Blighty. Sure, there's loads of cheese over here but it's all the same cheese.
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · May 18, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems
Replying to @Gina@fosstodon.org
@Gina@fosstodon.org I've considered a lot of things, but what I'm looking for are actual leads. Everywhere has a lot of legacy stuff, but not so many places are hiring people to fix it.
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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · May 11, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems

Tired: "Rust" job listings for blockchain, Metaverse, AI.
Wired: "Rust" job listings for quantum computing.

…but what is the target triple for a quantum computer, and is it Tier 2 or better?

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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · May 08, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems

Watching a documentary from 1992 about the BBC's computer literacy project from 1982:

"Today, a personal computer is as common as a typewriter."

So, quite rare then…? (Typewriters were obsolete by the 1990s.)

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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · May 08, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems

It has been [zero] days since Rabobank has misused my personal data and broken the law.

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@pndc @pndc@social.treehouse.systems · May 07, 2026
@pndc
@pndc@social.treehouse.systems

Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other nutters [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust, Perl, sysadmin or other related gig? Ping me. Account is only locked to keep out bots etc, and follow requests from humans are almost always accepted, even if I don't know you. Try not to look like a spambot. #NoBots

social.treehouse.systems

TIL about Kartoffelhaus, a restaurant in Munich specialising in potato dishes. But don't book that trip to Germany just yet because it's sadly closed down. That's right, it's had its chips.

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