lucy
@lucymcphail.com
toucher of computers, doer of maths, Certified Yapper™
she/they
she/they
I have an angel on one shoulder telling me that I should build a truenas box, but the demon on my other shoulder is trying to convince me it should be nixos
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I have an angel on one shoulder telling me that I should build a truenas box, but the demon on my other shoulder is trying to convince me it should be nixos
computers were better when they were made of transparent plastic
they're getting too confident now that we can't see their insides
they're getting too confident now that we can't see their insides
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
computers were better when they were made of transparent plastic
they're getting too confident now that we can't see their insides
they're getting too confident now that we can't see their insides
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Infrastructure as Code is great because it allows you to write infrastructure bugs
October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Infrastructure as Code is great because it allows you to write infrastructure bugs
this new youtube AI dub thing is driving me nuts, why would you show me a video that looks like it's in english when it's actually originally portuguese or something, with a shitty AI-generated english audio track?
even fucking go magic are doing it :/
even fucking go magic are doing it :/
October 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
this new youtube AI dub thing is driving me nuts, why would you show me a video that looks like it's in english when it's actually originally portuguese or something, with a shitty AI-generated english audio track?
even fucking go magic are doing it :/
even fucking go magic are doing it :/
oh yeah great design, I didn't want to use those other sockets anyway
October 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
oh yeah great design, I didn't want to use those other sockets anyway
I'm so glad I have the new shitty samsung AI briefing thing to tell me that it's a cloudy morning
I live in scotland, I don't even need to look out the window to know that
I live in scotland, I don't even need to look out the window to know that
October 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I'm so glad I have the new shitty samsung AI briefing thing to tell me that it's a cloudy morning
I live in scotland, I don't even need to look out the window to know that
I live in scotland, I don't even need to look out the window to know that
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DOGSPINNER 🐕🌪️
Me and @todepond.com have made a very important tool - spin some hounds, share with your friends 🐕🌪️🐕🌪️🐕🌪️
www.pigenpalace.com/dogspinner
Me and @todepond.com have made a very important tool - spin some hounds, share with your friends 🐕🌪️🐕🌪️🐕🌪️
www.pigenpalace.com/dogspinner
Dog Spinner
www.pigenpalace.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
DOGSPINNER 🐕🌪️
Me and @todepond.com have made a very important tool - spin some hounds, share with your friends 🐕🌪️🐕🌪️🐕🌪️
www.pigenpalace.com/dogspinner
Me and @todepond.com have made a very important tool - spin some hounds, share with your friends 🐕🌪️🐕🌪️🐕🌪️
www.pigenpalace.com/dogspinner
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It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
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HCL is to terraform what sheet music is to an orchestra, if each orchestra invented their own meanings for notes & rests
September 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
HCL is to terraform what sheet music is to an orchestra, if each orchestra invented their own meanings for notes & rests
unsolicited wired headphones appreciation post
August 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
unsolicited wired headphones appreciation post
shot in the dark, but has anyone ever seen a service's auth work perfectly if you hit it directly, but complain about incorrect logins (the same logins that worked before) when you hit it from behind a load balancer and traefik? genuinely clueless about what's doing it
August 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
shot in the dark, but has anyone ever seen a service's auth work perfectly if you hit it directly, but complain about incorrect logins (the same logins that worked before) when you hit it from behind a load balancer and traefik? genuinely clueless about what's doing it
someone should make some smart glasses you can turn on whenever you have to read yaml, and they make it look like literally anything else
August 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
someone should make some smart glasses you can turn on whenever you have to read yaml, and they make it look like literally anything else
is the UK age verification stuff gonna push me over the edge and get me to host my own pds on a nix box? I'm not saying no
July 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
is the UK age verification stuff gonna push me over the edge and get me to host my own pds on a nix box? I'm not saying no
turns out the age verification thing here consistently can't tell I'm an adult, and it won't recognise my bank card either, so good luck DMing me I guess
July 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
turns out the age verification thing here consistently can't tell I'm an adult, and it won't recognise my bank card either, so good luck DMing me I guess
TIL about the newish TUI for choosing mise-en-place plugins: turns out you can just run `mise use` now and it'll let you search the plugin registry and pick a plugin from there
June 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
TIL about the newish TUI for choosing mise-en-place plugins: turns out you can just run `mise use` now and it'll let you search the plugin registry and pick a plugin from there
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I'm pretty sure this is the cuties thing you're going to see today 🥰 I mean both Iti and Lucy pillow (you can grab yours in @gleam.run shop. The pillow, Iti stays with me).
May 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm pretty sure this is the cuties thing you're going to see today 🥰 I mean both Iti and Lucy pillow (you can grab yours in @gleam.run shop. The pillow, Iti stays with me).
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PALPATINE HOLOGRAM: 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑸𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑳𝒀 𝑲𝑷𝑰𝑺?
IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord.
PALPATINE: 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑹𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹. 𝑳𝑬𝑻’𝑺 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹.
IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord.
PALPATINE: 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑹𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹. 𝑳𝑬𝑻’𝑺 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹.
May 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
PALPATINE HOLOGRAM: 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑸𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑳𝒀 𝑲𝑷𝑰𝑺?
IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord.
PALPATINE: 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑹𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹. 𝑳𝑬𝑻’𝑺 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹.
IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord.
PALPATINE: 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑹𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹. 𝑳𝑬𝑻’𝑺 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹.
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how many wikipedia editors does it take to change a light bulb? so far 3439 different people have contributed to the "incandescent light bulb" article but it's not done being changed yet so who knows
May 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
how many wikipedia editors does it take to change a light bulb? so far 3439 different people have contributed to the "incandescent light bulb" article but it's not done being changed yet so who knows
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never seen a group more insecure in their gender than UK terfs
April 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
never seen a group more insecure in their gender than UK terfs
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My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010
The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country
www.wearequeeraf.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
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The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.