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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve always thought that decent hiking gear is a waste of money. I will die on this hill.

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 11d

Oh yeah. Also phrases like “dermatologically tested”

I was tested a lot at school. It didn’t mean I passed.

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 11d

See also: “A share of…”

£1 is “a share of” £23m

I’m looking at you Postcode Lottery

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 11d

Dancing in the Moonlight (Thin Lizzy) 9/10
Dancing in the Moonlight (Toploader) 1/10

10/20

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 11d

It seems so obvious now

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 11d

Tossed salads AND scrambled eggs?

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 11d

See also: the lyrics to the closing credits of Frasier.

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 11d

But no. I went right through university, got a qualification I don’t fully understand, and worked the best part of 3 further decades without finding out.

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 11d

Speaking of things I don’t know, I always assumed that one day I’d learn how the university grading system works, why there are 2 types of class 2 but not the others, what ‘hons’ means and so on.

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve been on LinkedIn for at least 20 years and I still don’t know what it is.

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · 29d

It’s at least as good as the last one

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Sep 10

Turns out the government really don’t like you putting paint on things. Unless it’s a roundabout or a zebra crossing.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Banksy 'judge' mural scrubbed from Royal Courts of Justice wall

The artwork of a judge hitting a protester with a gavel has been removed from the listed building.

www.bbc.com

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Sep 10

Seems like a pretty rubbish rescue-lizard

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Sep 5

He looks like he’s just been told he’s about to beam down and he knows what’s coming

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Aug 31

I see Aldi have already got the Christmas stock in

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Aug 23

The easy mnemonic for remembering which is in California and which is in Florida is that they’re both just off the A406 in Park Royal.

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Aug 21

Mmmmmmmm five takeaways

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Aug 12

The article I read blamed datacentre cooling systems but if it’s power consumption were worried about we really need to discuss bitcoin transactions.

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Aug 12

I’d be interested to see where this advice originated. Images and data just sat in storage are likely using very little water as bytes on disks don’t generate heat. What may well use more water is the heat generated by CPUs from people accessing them or, maybe, deleting them.

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Aug 12

Amazing Paces?

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Aug 9

Oh touché Jon, touché

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Aug 9

The bagless vacuum cleaner is the worst invention of the post war era. It took a question no-one was asking and gave it a shit answer.

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Aug 8

Obviously the joke *would* work, but everyone knows Route 65.99999999 goes from Albany to Scranton

Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Jul 8

I thought Sade’s “Smooth Operator” was about someone who worked in a telephone exchange because at that age it was the only context I had for the word “operator”

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Jon Davis @angryjonny.bsky.social · Jul 2

Back in the days when you had to come first to proceed to the next round, rather than not come last.