Spudger

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I looked through the Giant Instruction Manual of Lemmy for this and I couldn't see any recommendations about titles but I'll change it for you if I can.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
  1. Programming big multi-media rigs with eight-hole paper tape and a thumb punch. #FourYorkshiremen
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

One of the problems I have with search engines when looking for tech solutions is that the results are incredibly out of date. I don't bother any more and just go straight to the product's own support forum. Where possible I add the forum's own search entry to Firefox's search box. At least I no longer get answers to a problem no one has had since 2018.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The earliest known burgers I have read about were made and sold as roadside snacks in the Roman empire.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. If they want honesty in labelling then images of happy cows in fields on dairy products should be replaced by pictures of young calves being pulled from their mothers so they don't consume the milk.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Have you ever been confused by coconut milk? Do you think that hamburgers come from Hamburg? Are sweetbreads made from wheat and sugar?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The whole Bellendcat thing sounded a bit sus to me when I first came across them being lionised in the UK press. One plonker sitting in his bedroom outdoing the might of the Five Eyes? Mmm, sure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pot/kettle.

‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pot/kettle.

‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It was Mozilla for me back in 2000. I gradually replaced all the proprietary apps I was using on Windows with FLOSS alternatives and then finally made the mover to Linux around 2010. The only closed stuff I use now is an iPhone and I despise it.

 

Headphones on, volume up, sit back.

 

Triumph Herald/Amateur Photographer.

 

Sleaford Mods are an English post-punk music duo, formed in 2007 in Nottingham. The band features vocalist Jason Williamson and, since 2012, musician Andrew Fearn. They are known for their abrasive, minimalist musical style and embittered explorations of austerity-era Britain, culture, and working class life, delivered in Williamson's East Midlands accent.

 

I was watching an old episode of Have I Got News For You and a David Cameron promotional site was mentioned so I checked it out. His people must have let the domain name expire as it's now a spam blog called David Cameron Journalism.

David Cameron improving your life, one shitty link farm at a time.

 

You like shredding? Alvin Lee was the OG shredder.

 

Could*

 
 

From the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland.

 

Another hugely underrated band from the 70s. Great songwriters, talented musicians, a very satirical edge and a stage show like nothing else.

 

Possibly the most underrated UK punk band.

 

In the basement today we have quite a rare machine (for North America:) The BBC Master 128. It's an evolution of the original Acorn BBC Micro from 1981. My first task is to service the PSU and convert it to 120v, then see if this machine is working.

 

Russian moon landings, week long traffic jams, a workforce replaced by automation and above all, too much leisure time!

These are just some of the bold predictions made in Don Haworth's 1963 BBC 'mockumentary' Time on Our Hands - a remarkable film which projects the viewer a quarter of a century into the future.

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