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2024-09-11 13:48:47

are there any search engines left?
the kind of site that you type in a list of words & it finds you pages that contain all the words

2024-09-02 09:56:01

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@npub1d4h…2ta7 beyond the simplest ones, they evolve into a write-only language where they can't be explained but seem to work for the patterns they were built for

2024-09-02 09:44:20

if "AI" was useful, you'd hear a lot about it being used to generate regexes 'cos nobody understands those

2024-03-05 12:08:37

bought a new hi-fi at the weekend & pleasantly surprised that wiring speakers is still "here's some loose wire ends, prod them in & screw the contacts down
Denon CD, bluetooth & radio unit. Probably never going to use the CD as they're all on spotify/tidal etc, but WFH music without linking work laptops to spotify :)

2024-02-16 10:13:14

shitehawk eero amazon wifi mesh routers. Damn things should not need an app, they're a box you set up once - just use a fucking webpage like every other router ever

2024-01-29 09:59:29

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@npub1tam…hwjr this is a key thing with UBI - cheaper to give everyone the same amount of money every month than run the whole means testing bureaucracy

2024-01-11 00:55:40

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@npub17hj…7a0r I'm not saying there's a right time & place for a series of large EMP blasts
BUT

2023-12-21 20:28:35

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@npub1p5m…kvmg the furries better be playable races

2023-11-09 15:35:48

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@npub1jvr…8tkt there's times I thin Javascript was a mistake because it makes it very easy for Silicon Valley sharks to do all this stuff by being to run any arbitrary code in a user's browser
websites should receive zero information

2023-11-09 15:18:50

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@npub1jvr…8tkt they're both deliciously similar, salted or no. main decoration I've seen on bills is wavy lines of icing or chocolate chunks/curls sprinkled on top of the chocolate layer

2023-11-09 15:13:57

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@npub1jvr…8tkt worse, there's a Billionaire's Shortbread, which is the same but they've decorated the top :/
plus I like the caramel shortbread name - you know exactly what you're getting, it's not a marketeering based statement of aspiration (like a millioniare would buy a pack of these from greggs :P)

2023-11-09 15:09:11

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@npub1jvr…8tkt yes, full chocolate topped caramel shortbread, before inflation, back in the last century

2023-11-09 15:06:58

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@npub1jvr…8tkt it used to be simply called "caramel shortbread"

2023-10-25 15:08:02

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@npub15zu…s7lx another Brexit Benefit
https://medias.meow.social/media_attachments/files/111/296/279/237/494/595/original/c0ac225fef7f328c.png

2023-10-23 10:29:29

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub10ha…fduc with refurbishment, you can keep the same trains going for decades, which will affect the manufacturing CO2, then whether your trains are diesel or electric - don't need heavy engines & fuel tanks if your power's from a wire, and there's some way that large power stations are more efficient than having lots of little generators zipping around the country
IDK where you'd get figures on any of these, but climate town might have pointers in the right direction

2023-08-19 14:53:47

cursed linux techstack: systemdp

2023-07-08 15:46:06

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@npub1qz2…nlrg being on multiple social sites was normal before the big "universal" networks. You'd join different forums on separate websites to be part of the communities that shared your interests. Whether that be a wide tech site like Slashdot or the forum for a single game or book series

2023-06-15 12:34:03

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@npub1uyx…dmcm @npub12da…pxp8 muting/blocking is just like how you'd decide not to interact with or pay attention to some people in the offline world