Alun Jones
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On some other platforms, I've been ftp_alun. Still love XSS and "-prompt()-"'-alert()-'//">'><marquee>'"
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CEO Orders Alderaan Starbucks Be Destroyed to Squash Red Cup Rebellion: tinyurl.com/496kjtyz
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
CEO Orders Alderaan Starbucks Be Destroyed to Squash Red Cup Rebellion: tinyurl.com/496kjtyz
A series of must-have books.
Ladybirds for Grown Ups
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November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A series of must-have books.
Honestly? I'd rather see a Visual Studio with wizards back, rather than a Visual Studio choc-full of AI. But then most of my AI development requests have been "create me a simple program that has an X, a Y, and a Z in it", which is what wizards excelled at.
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Honestly? I'd rather see a Visual Studio with wizards back, rather than a Visual Studio choc-full of AI. But then most of my AI development requests have been "create me a simple program that has an X, a Y, and a Z in it", which is what wizards excelled at.
I saw someone playing Silksong on the plane today, and I have to say, it looks like they lifted the mechanic from Bugaboo (ZX Spectrum) successfully. Jump and keep jumping until you get out the top.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I saw someone playing Silksong on the plane today, and I have to say, it looks like they lifted the mechanic from Bugaboo (ZX Spectrum) successfully. Jump and keep jumping until you get out the top.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Yes, I know it's an obituary for James Watson, but you really really really owe it to the world to mention Rosalind Franklin.
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Yes, I know it's an obituary for James Watson, but you really really really owe it to the world to mention Rosalind Franklin.
I love that Transport For London manages contactless fares so well, including daily caps when you charge enough trips that buying a TravelCard would have been cheaper.
But I hate the insistence that _I_ am at fault for "not tapping in/out".
I tapped.
The barrier told me my balance.
TfL is at fault.
But I hate the insistence that _I_ am at fault for "not tapping in/out".
I tapped.
The barrier told me my balance.
TfL is at fault.
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I love that Transport For London manages contactless fares so well, including daily caps when you charge enough trips that buying a TravelCard would have been cheaper.
But I hate the insistence that _I_ am at fault for "not tapping in/out".
I tapped.
The barrier told me my balance.
TfL is at fault.
But I hate the insistence that _I_ am at fault for "not tapping in/out".
I tapped.
The barrier told me my balance.
TfL is at fault.
Pubs in England should be required to have a page on their web site devoted to the history of the pub, not the least of which should be the names they've gone under. I can't remember what The Limping Fox used to be, and The Elm Tree recently changed its name from The Duke...
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Pubs in England should be required to have a page on their web site devoted to the history of the pub, not the least of which should be the names they've gone under. I can't remember what The Limping Fox used to be, and The Elm Tree recently changed its name from The Duke...
AI allows the security industry to vibe-flood developers with lists of vulnerabilities, in the magnification of a process that's been going on for decades. Discovering flaws is important, but more important is fixing them. If you're going to analyse FOSS, you already have the source code there.
Meanwhile on X, Google’s Big Sleep AI was called out by ffmpeg to kindly provide patches with their flood of AI vulnerability reports, polarizing security researchers between ‘not our job to fix’ & ‘commercial vendors should support FOSS they use in commercial products with dev help’
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
AI allows the security industry to vibe-flood developers with lists of vulnerabilities, in the magnification of a process that's been going on for decades. Discovering flaws is important, but more important is fixing them. If you're going to analyse FOSS, you already have the source code there.
When sharing a second camera from Zoom, it's nice to say that the icon designers considered the prospect that it's an overhead view of your lavatory.
October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
When sharing a second camera from Zoom, it's nice to say that the icon designers considered the prospect that it's an overhead view of your lavatory.
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I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
Hi, I see this is the first time you've ever visited our web site. Can I persuade you to receive notifications the very moment we post any further stories to it? Please? Can we? Please? Huh? Come on!
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Hi, I see this is the first time you've ever visited our web site. Can I persuade you to receive notifications the very moment we post any further stories to it? Please? Can we? Please? Huh? Come on!
Makes me wonder how much Ceefax is available on old VHS recordings.
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Weird stuff? Home movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we could save at @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? airs live on Twitch tonight at 7pm EDT.
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
October 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Makes me wonder how much Ceefax is available on old VHS recordings.
That scene in Lord of the Rings where Frodo prepares to throw a hand grenade at Shelob.
October 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
That scene in Lord of the Rings where Frodo prepares to throw a hand grenade at Shelob.
Why does Teams for Android keep telling me I have an unread chat, when clearly I don't?
October 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Why does Teams for Android keep telling me I have an unread chat, when clearly I don't?
Reminding you to take a look at company policies like Uber/Lyft coupons etc, to check where they need to be extended to cover more broad-reaching RTO policies.
$50 won't cut it if you're asking support staff to miss their bus to the burbs.
$50 won't cut it if you're asking support staff to miss their bus to the burbs.
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminding you to take a look at company policies like Uber/Lyft coupons etc, to check where they need to be extended to cover more broad-reaching RTO policies.
$50 won't cut it if you're asking support staff to miss their bus to the burbs.
$50 won't cut it if you're asking support staff to miss their bus to the burbs.
Weird Seattle thing: when it's foggy enough outside first thing in the morning, that your smoke detector wakes you up.
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Weird Seattle thing: when it's foggy enough outside first thing in the morning, that your smoke detector wakes you up.
"Sorry, that's a misprint, it should read nine fives, not five nines of uptime."
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"Sorry, that's a misprint, it should read nine fives, not five nines of uptime."
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NEWS! Stolen Louvre jewellery found safe and sound inside the British museum newsthump.com/2025/10/20/s...
Stolen Louvre jewellery found safe and sound inside the British museum
Eight pieces of jewellery stolen from the Louvre have been found safe and sound inside the British Museum, French police have confirmed.
newsthump.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
NEWS! Stolen Louvre jewellery found safe and sound inside the British museum newsthump.com/2025/10/20/s...
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
6
Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
7
Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
8
Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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Can't reference one Azure support request by number in another Azure support request, because it "looks like a credit card number". There is no way to tell it "No, I've checked, this is absolutely definitely NOT a credit card number, it's one of _your_ tracking numbers".
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Can't reference one Azure support request by number in another Azure support request, because it "looks like a credit card number". There is no way to tell it "No, I've checked, this is absolutely definitely NOT a credit card number, it's one of _your_ tracking numbers".
Fascinated with Stephen Fry's new look.
October 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fascinated with Stephen Fry's new look.
Reviewed our own code.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reviewed our own code.
Thought this was supposed to be "satire". This is US life. Of course they missed a whole bunch, but it's a great start on reminding people how absolutely WTF the US seems to people outside its borders.
Six things you can't believe they do as standard in America buff.ly/duVh8WL
October 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Thought this was supposed to be "satire". This is US life. Of course they missed a whole bunch, but it's a great start on reminding people how absolutely WTF the US seems to people outside its borders.