Why should people care about all these things? Payments should be as straightforward as cash.
Blue Ćyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
YT
https://youtu.be/Dy4HA3vUv2c?si=S3FHfSykkBOlMzb3
#BlueĆysterCult #Music
Saw them live. Brilliant track.
I had to migrate the 'computer centre' from my old shop to home today.Ā Ā It went badly.Ā Ā Arch is a sod. Using NAT to jigger getting the max IPs from a /30 has done my head in.Ā Ā But I'm back online!Ā Ā Photos of the new expanded home-lab may follow once tidied up......
Need a beer!
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
by Max Ehrmann Ā©1927
End of an era. :( Closing after 26 years. Cookability, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, UK.
That's brilliant!
Another round of hires of UK ex-polititians by the US big tech firms, accompanied by subservient admiration of those firms by the current government crop.
The current crop happens to be Labour, but it makes no difference. Universal corruption.
My disdain for these politicians is unbounded. Moral disdain for their corruptability, but also political & strategic disdain for their stupidity and their disregard for the consequences of their actions.
A minor sign of hope: some scrutiny coming from the UK parliamentary committees.
Good writing by the Guardian's Robert Booth.
#UKpol #Labour #corruption #USBigTech #StopTheAICorruption
At least those are honest thoughts. ;)
ā”ļøš¬ NEW - Andrew Tate on the importance of privacy.
https://blossom.primal.net/4bc8c8a2766313b0474ac6339ed2cccca44a5f517f8df2b28e2eb30a6e3dc0a2.mp4
Oh dear. USA. Really sorry about the quality of our exports. Maybe tightening your immigration controls would help. ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Here in UK it's #totp 1988 and that makes people happy. :)
Pamela Smith, victim of a civic coup?
Street art. Stroud, UK.
Cloud acts like mist over that sensitive data you know?
RSS
Itās the plumbing of the web: essential, reliable, and routinely underestimated.
Well. I'm not sure what a leftist is or does. I'm a small business owner. Most of my friends are too. Does that count? Probably not. Your presumptions seem either clouded or confused. As for Bluesky, my account there has been suspended, so that assumption is unfounded. But it goes someway to answer your last question. This network has potential but it's just seems to be an unwelcoming place to hang out right now especially if you can't freely express yourself.
Yep, well you sound like one, given your tone, intervening in minor discourse and obviously monitoring activity. But also demonstrating a low tolerance for dissent and quickly trying to shut down a differing opinion. All comes across as bossy, self-appointed moderator type behaviour which erodes trust, clearly discourages newcomers and stifles healthy debate. You could have just chosen to walk on by..... or engaged in a constructive debate...... But you chose to take on the role of tone police/moderator.....
So in defending the premise of the network you attempt to police my speech....... lol. Would you have bothered to reply if I'd shit posted, or would you just have walked on by?
Maybe you've just demonstrated why this network is a firehose of bitcoin/scammy/christian/libertarian stuff? Everyone else has just taken the hint.
Freedom of expression fuels democracy, but it isnāt limitless. Laws that curb hate, incitement, or denial of historic atrocitiesālike Germanyāsāprotect public order and vulnerable groups. True liberty balances robust speech with responsible limits, ensuring open debate doesnāt become a weapon against anyone.
That's how it is in the EU. You're welcome to disagree with it, but this is how the people of the EU have chosen to develop their democracies.
Never heard of it. But I have experienced having gentian violet applied to a face wound in the 70's. Not sure what its medical qualities were but it was a potent dye.
It's been and gone. I used to install it. A1Mb/s twisted pair network system.
Hery Mat and I'd probably snigger for the rest of the date.
Sure, all this stuff is hard. I'd agree that Cwtch is not ux focussed! As for these apps and mission critical..... Let me think about that a while. ;)
I used to be the only person in the office with a Soundblaster card. A distinct advantage! ipx/spx network too, I don't think dos had an TCP/IP stack back then.
I used to eat that sort of thing with impunity when I was younger. Even though I'm relatively fit, not overweight and don't smoke, I had two heart attacks recently. I nearly didn't make 60. :(
Staying somewhere posh tonight!
Using some nostr clients it's made difficult to like posts, let alone dislike! e.g. forced use of an emoji rather than just tapping a heart.
Engagement. Eyeballs. Advertisements. Profit.
The masterplan for the downfall of civilization?
The thing is; you ain't going to see any growth when people's first experience is; a firehose of bitcoin/scammy/christian/libertarian stuff that's really in need of moderation... That's pretty much what people see, like it or not. I'd say most, if not all, just say wtf, I'm missing nothing here and never return.
And people that have tried a bit harder say they've been fleeced transferring crypto to sats with even the popular wallets compounding the scammy perception.
It's going to be a difficult base to grow from imho.
The teaching of Black and Minority Ethnic history and racism is compulsory in Wales, yet it is not a mandatory part of the curriculum in the rest of the UK.
Why's that?