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Wow, Raspberry PIs got expensive. Still very good value, but about 3x what they used to be.

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Went into Discord for the first time in months. I had let the camel hump of hate run low. It is now filled.

I know it's common in service tickets but it really pings my nads when somebody opens one, you send a resolving response and they go quiet.

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the shareware CDs that used to come with computer magazines are on archive.org and they will cure your false nostalgia for 90s computing

Remote two days a week and I get this good boy keeping me company on the couch.

It's interesting that when you don't have a huge amount of CPU grunt (some ARM for example) just how heavy webapps are. Masto is fine, Gmail is not, neither is Linkedin or FB. They're dreadfully slow.

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A tour of CNPP's dormant #2 Reactor Hall. This is an RBMK-1000, a near identical installation to its infamous younger sister at the opposite end of the complex.
youtu.be/Oe_zzTQFV3o

In no way should this have made me laugh as loudly as it did.

youtu.be/crJ7DlMXoxg

Yesterday evening near midnight I took the dog out and there was this warm feeling witb a cool damp part on the back of your throat. Proper summer stuff. Lovely.

This is a real shame. A great team, great riders. They come and go. Hopefully they will be back.

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