Space Hobo
@spacehobo.teh.entar.net.ap.brid.gy
British dad with a Yank accent and a Dutch bike who just wants both his countries back from the fash.
"Forget the damned motor car
and build cities for lovers […]
[bridged from https://teh.entar.net/@spacehobo on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
"Forget the damned motor car
and build cities for lovers […]
[bridged from https://teh.entar.net/@spacehobo on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Once again I am looking for replacement builders' gloves for cycling, and @duckduckgo is giving me some grim sci-fi zombie emperor fanfic.
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Once again I am looking for replacement builders' gloves for cycling, and @duckduckgo is giving me some grim sci-fi zombie emperor fanfic.
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You circular reference. You denormalized database. You sparse-ass matrix. You fragmented fucking disk. You absolute BUBBLE sort. I can keep going because, you see, I actually have a real computer science degree
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
You circular reference. You denormalized database. You sparse-ass matrix. You fragmented fucking disk. You absolute BUBBLE sort. I can keep going because, you see, I actually have a real computer science degree
Testing's reach must exceed its grasp, or what's Production for?
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Testing's reach must exceed its grasp, or what's Production for?
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I had the displeasure of reading an article in the Harvard student paper by an economics major who said in apparent seriousness that comp sci majors are wasting time on theory classes like “Introduction to Algorithms and their Limitations” when they could be learning REAL skills like prompt […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I had the displeasure of reading an article in the Harvard student paper by an economics major who said in apparent seriousness that comp sci majors are wasting time on theory classes like “Introduction to Algorithms and their Limitations” when they could be learning REAL skills like prompt […]
Today only one site I use was inaccessible. That's it: one little site. And which one was that? Well let me show you:
TimeGuessr #901 47,572/50,000
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https://timeguessr.com
TimeGuessr
TimeGuessr - the game that tests both your geography and history knowledge. Guess where and when historic photos were taken.
timeguessr.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today only one site I use was inaccessible. That's it: one little site. And which one was that? Well let me show you:
TimeGuessr #901 47,572/50,000
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with apologies to `@lewis.moe` on bsky
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
with apologies to `@lewis.moe` on bsky
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make the grade five’s learn linux! turn me lose!
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
make the grade five’s learn linux! turn me lose!
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postmarketOS is the work of thousands of people from all walks of life and with all sorts of backgrounds, including our trans users and developers. Previous efforts of transgender computer scientists, including Lynn Conway, the inventor of generalized dynamic instruction handling, Sophie Wilson […]
Original post on social.treehouse.systems
social.treehouse.systems
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
postmarketOS is the work of thousands of people from all walks of life and with all sorts of backgrounds, including our trans users and developers. Previous efforts of transgender computer scientists, including Lynn Conway, the inventor of generalized dynamic instruction handling, Sophie Wilson […]
Greetings to all my fellow members of the "glad mine doesn't do that" network.
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Greetings to all my fellow members of the "glad mine doesn't do that" network.
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Four years since Apple figured we give free support to their users. https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/11/18/free-apple-support/
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Four years since Apple figured we give free support to their users. https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/11/18/free-apple-support/
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Down detector is down. Truly the end of times
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Down detector is down. Truly the end of times
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EU ‘strips’ anti-abortion charity of funding after openDemocracy exposé: NGO said it could lose EU cash after we revealed it won reproductive health grant despite abortion disinformation […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
[Original post on newsie.social]
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
EU ‘strips’ anti-abortion charity of funding after openDemocracy exposé: NGO said it could lose EU cash after we revealed it won reproductive health grant despite abortion disinformation […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
[Original post on newsie.social]
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if paypal wants to be the universal mandatory middleman (and they do), then they need to be held to a higher standard, by governments, than "we decided you're not allowed to pay for any goods and services because your OS/GPU combo from the browser fingerprint is pretty rare"
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
if paypal wants to be the universal mandatory middleman (and they do), then they need to be held to a higher standard, by governments, than "we decided you're not allowed to pay for any goods and services because your OS/GPU combo from the browser fingerprint is pretty rare"
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🚛 Glad to hear UK government is considering London DVS safer lorry standard: bit.ly/4oPwrAz
Have they read the latest TfL news that DVS has contributed to a big reduction in lorry related fatalities: bit.ly/3LDuQPF
@simonlightwood.org.uk
Have they read the latest TfL news that DVS has contributed to a big reduction in lorry related fatalities: bit.ly/3LDuQPF
@simonlightwood.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🚛 Glad to hear UK government is considering London DVS safer lorry standard: bit.ly/4oPwrAz
Have they read the latest TfL news that DVS has contributed to a big reduction in lorry related fatalities: bit.ly/3LDuQPF
@simonlightwood.org.uk
Have they read the latest TfL news that DVS has contributed to a big reduction in lorry related fatalities: bit.ly/3LDuQPF
@simonlightwood.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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#til Tokyo subway stations are both named and numbered. That's a good idea, and something I don't remember from any other major metro systems.
I was recently in Montreal, and their metro system is entirely in French. Mostly not a problem since it's a well laid out system, but I am glad the […]
I was recently in Montreal, and their metro system is entirely in French. Mostly not a problem since it's a well laid out system, but I am glad the […]
Original post on m29.us
m29.us
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#til Tokyo subway stations are both named and numbered. That's a good idea, and something I don't remember from any other major metro systems.
I was recently in Montreal, and their metro system is entirely in French. Mostly not a problem since it's a well laid out system, but I am glad the […]
I was recently in Montreal, and their metro system is entirely in French. Mostly not a problem since it's a well laid out system, but I am glad the […]
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***this book about "Cycling Past 50" is not applicable to those who are looking for tips on bicycling to the store safely 😉
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
***this book about "Cycling Past 50" is not applicable to those who are looking for tips on bicycling to the store safely 😉
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This. This right here is years of long hard campaigning by @londoncycling.bsky.social that saved lives. Huge kudos to ex staffer Charlie Lloyd and current staffer Tom Bogdanowicz for their work instigating and maintaining this campaign through to now and beyond. #EndLorryDanger #RoadSafetyWeek
👏 Some great news to start of #RoadSafetyWeek!
🪧 Two decades of LCC campaigning helped bring in this life saving legislation to reduce blind spots in HGVs: bit.ly/4oKn05f
Safer lorries mean safer cycling for everyone on London's roads 🚲
🪧 Two decades of LCC campaigning helped bring in this life saving legislation to reduce blind spots in HGVs: bit.ly/4oKn05f
Safer lorries mean safer cycling for everyone on London's roads 🚲
New data shows that since @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
launched the Direct Vision Standard lorry safety scheme in London we've seen:
📉a 50% fall in people killed & seriously injured by HGVs
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️six fewer fatalities every year
tinyurl.com/j3475ua3
launched the Direct Vision Standard lorry safety scheme in London we've seen:
📉a 50% fall in people killed & seriously injured by HGVs
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️six fewer fatalities every year
tinyurl.com/j3475ua3
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This. This right here is years of long hard campaigning by @londoncycling.bsky.social that saved lives. Huge kudos to ex staffer Charlie Lloyd and current staffer Tom Bogdanowicz for their work instigating and maintaining this campaign through to now and beyond. #EndLorryDanger #RoadSafetyWeek
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Deep Thought does not know the ultimate question to Life, the Universe and Everything, but offers to design an even more powerful computer, Earth, to calculate it. After ten million years of calculation, the Earth is destroyed by Vogons five minutes before the computation is complete.
( […]
( […]
Original post on front-end.social
front-end.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Deep Thought does not know the ultimate question to Life, the Universe and Everything, but offers to design an even more powerful computer, Earth, to calculate it. After ten million years of calculation, the Earth is destroyed by Vogons five minutes before the computation is complete.
( […]
( […]
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This is an absolutely shockingly powerful simple read: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform's rhetoric on immigration is hateful, shameful. Seeing Labour effectively follow it almost as much so. Far too many Britons are chosing hate over hope, selfishness over collective society.
Reform's rhetoric on immigration is hateful, shameful. Seeing Labour effectively follow it almost as much so. Far too many Britons are chosing hate over hope, selfishness over collective society.
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is an absolutely shockingly powerful simple read: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform's rhetoric on immigration is hateful, shameful. Seeing Labour effectively follow it almost as much so. Far too many Britons are chosing hate over hope, selfishness over collective society.
Reform's rhetoric on immigration is hateful, shameful. Seeing Labour effectively follow it almost as much so. Far too many Britons are chosing hate over hope, selfishness over collective society.
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This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I got nerdsniped by your shitpost into trying to write a Forth interpreter in RNA. It didn’t actually take that long to get it working, at least in a simulator. Then I started looking at how to get my code into a prokaryotic ribosome. Imagine my surprise when I found **very** similar structure […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I got nerdsniped by your shitpost into trying to write a Forth interpreter in RNA. It didn’t actually take that long to get it working, at least in a simulator. Then I started looking at how to get my code into a prokaryotic ribosome. Imagine my surprise when I found **very** similar structure […]
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Out for a supermarket spin with #thedoodle courtesy of #mpoulet and decent cycle parking *right at the entrance* to the shop.
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Out for a supermarket spin with #thedoodle courtesy of #mpoulet and decent cycle parking *right at the entrance* to the shop.