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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 have been a Unix #sysadmin for about 30 years but I think I'll be OK.
I live in #Melbourne, #Australia and sometimes tell jokes on stages around here. I co-host a #StarTrek podcast with @ThePingMachine
I was just starting to entertain the idea of going to a pub this evening after work and then remembered I drove the car in today. 😢
I have far too many cucumbers for one person to consume in a timely fashion so I guess I'm learning to pickle things this weekend.
It's been a long journey, but I finally found the worst "educational" film.
https://archive.org/details/0228_Look_at_Capitalism_A_22_35_36_00
Defines capitalism and shows that the keystone in American capitalism…
https://archive.org/details/0228_Look_at_Capitalism_A_22_35_36_00Computers were good enough to do everything we need them to do ten years ago. Everything since then is bullshit.
If you can't do your job on a computer from 2016 you're just bad at your job. That's a fact, I don't make the rules.
There are enough computer games to play now too. Your life isn't long enough to play all the ones we have, it's time to stop making more. Just play them.
Stop making more computer. Immediately.


