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Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL] https://social.chinwag.org/@mike
Chinwag admin, fan of open communication standards, maintainer of communities, male comedienne.
Winner of Time Magazine "Person of the Year" 2006 and will never get tired of that joke.
I talk about #retrocomputing a lot. I also do a lot of #gardening and occasionally make #bread and #beer. I was a Unix #sysadmin for 25 years and I'm slowly recovering.
I live in #Melbourne, #Australia and sometimes tell jokes on stages around here. I co-host a #StarTrek podcast with @ThePingMachine
It's 1pm and I'm now pretty certain that I forgot to take my make-brain-go pills this morning.
This is a wild article that illustrates some real bullshit that we're all going to have to live with.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/afl-guns-found-collingwood-carlton-mcg/105136164
tl;dr - we added "AI" crap to our processes and everyone was really pleased with how much faster everything was but it turned out what we had just didn't fucking work. it was faster though!
The men were arrested and charged after allegedly bringing two…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/afl-guns-found-collingwood-carlton-mcg/105136164Tonight I'm going to see Becky Steepe's show, as linked above! Come along if you're free, or go and see Donna Collins! Either way you are in for a great time!
uspol snarky
The only surprising thing about any of this current wave of utter insanity and bullshit is that a lot of Americans seem to actually be surprised by it
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"manage-bde -KeyPackage" should not be a valid command on any operating system. Someone is taking the piss.