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Once again, “protect the children” drives people quite insane, and rarely actually protects any children.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Once again, “protect the children” drives people quite insane, and rarely actually protects any children.
OK, I don’t like seeing Seasonal trees (or decorations or other signifiers) so early in the year, but I’ll give it points for looking like something from early 3D polygonal games. Maybe the decorations are crude texture maps?
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
OK, I don’t like seeing Seasonal trees (or decorations or other signifiers) so early in the year, but I’ll give it points for looking like something from early 3D polygonal games. Maybe the decorations are crude texture maps?
On this Remembrance Sunday, let us again remember the fallen cover of issue 32 of Amiga Power.
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
On this Remembrance Sunday, let us again remember the fallen cover of issue 32 of Amiga Power.
The giant, flamboyant Dalek (or possibly just a helter skelter) is back at the beach front.
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The giant, flamboyant Dalek (or possibly just a helter skelter) is back at the beach front.
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Also in TVS land (Soton region) Coca Cola and Pepsi struggled to compete with Panda Cola. No, really!
At the supermarket a can of Panda Cola was 12p whereas Coca Cola was 18p. It was shit but that wasn't the point.
And they sold it for 50p down at the kiosks in Bomo!
At the supermarket a can of Panda Cola was 12p whereas Coca Cola was 18p. It was shit but that wasn't the point.
And they sold it for 50p down at the kiosks in Bomo!
I occasionally bore people younger than I by telling them about how Walkers wasn’t really a prominent brand round here (TVS land) until 1992, 1993ish. Golden Wonder and Smiths were the big two.
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Also in TVS land (Soton region) Coca Cola and Pepsi struggled to compete with Panda Cola. No, really!
At the supermarket a can of Panda Cola was 12p whereas Coca Cola was 18p. It was shit but that wasn't the point.
And they sold it for 50p down at the kiosks in Bomo!
At the supermarket a can of Panda Cola was 12p whereas Coca Cola was 18p. It was shit but that wasn't the point.
And they sold it for 50p down at the kiosks in Bomo!
TBH, the Oliver Twins would have used genAI had it existed back in the 1980s, seeing as their deal whole was churning out cheap identikit games rather than anything of actual quality…
Remember when the Oliver Twins were creative?
Now, they are just another pair of aging "techbros" looking to shit out slop for a quick buck. Truly pathetic.
Now, they are just another pair of aging "techbros" looking to shit out slop for a quick buck. Truly pathetic.
...and here's the first trailer... 😬
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
TBH, the Oliver Twins would have used genAI had it existed back in the 1980s, seeing as their deal whole was churning out cheap identikit games rather than anything of actual quality…
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"So that's four large chips, haddock, battered sausage, mushy peas and curry sauce... what are the rest of you having?"
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"So that's four large chips, haddock, battered sausage, mushy peas and curry sauce... what are the rest of you having?"
I got asked the inevitable “where do things go when you empty the [Windows] Recycling Bin, and how can I get them all back?” question at work today.
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I got asked the inevitable “where do things go when you empty the [Windows] Recycling Bin, and how can I get them all back?” question at work today.
Off down the Pavilion.
October 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Off down the Pavilion.
Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.
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Independent shops are a great thing, people pulling them down because they can’t use them for content is not. Support the great thing
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Independent shops are a great thing, people pulling them down because they can’t use them for content is not. Support the great thing
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Another thing here - if you go to, let's say, a GP and you get an answer your not happy with, PERSIST.
I had a proper diagnosis when I reported what happened with my GP to my diabetic specialist. She then got me a referral, saying that the GP should have.
Eventually I was properly diagnosed.
I had a proper diagnosis when I reported what happened with my GP to my diabetic specialist. She then got me a referral, saying that the GP should have.
Eventually I was properly diagnosed.
Did my annual 'sending shit through the post' duty today. I also heard that a friend had died of cancer. So I commend you to take all the tests for this horrible disease, even if you're a bit embarrassed. Me, not so much.
October 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Another thing here - if you go to, let's say, a GP and you get an answer your not happy with, PERSIST.
I had a proper diagnosis when I reported what happened with my GP to my diabetic specialist. She then got me a referral, saying that the GP should have.
Eventually I was properly diagnosed.
I had a proper diagnosis when I reported what happened with my GP to my diabetic specialist. She then got me a referral, saying that the GP should have.
Eventually I was properly diagnosed.
My girlfriend just phoned her sister, who answered by singing the Pink and the Brain theme tune in German. Amazing.
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My girlfriend just phoned her sister, who answered by singing the Pink and the Brain theme tune in German. Amazing.
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I hear Bluesky’s user base is decreasing. They need some advertising.
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I hear Bluesky’s user base is decreasing. They need some advertising.
Someone at workplace just converted a PNG to a JPG by printing out the PNG image and putting the resulting printout in a flatbed scanner, whereby the resulting scan was automatically saved as a JPG. 🫤
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Someone at workplace just converted a PNG to a JPG by printing out the PNG image and putting the resulting printout in a flatbed scanner, whereby the resulting scan was automatically saved as a JPG. 🫤
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I see the 'ID keeps everyone safe on the internet' campaign continues to not keep everyone safe on the internet.
October 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I see the 'ID keeps everyone safe on the internet' campaign continues to not keep everyone safe on the internet.
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And this, class, is why aiming at agricultural self-sufficiency rather than spreading risk across different countries through international trade is a *really stupid idea*.
October 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And this, class, is why aiming at agricultural self-sufficiency rather than spreading risk across different countries through international trade is a *really stupid idea*.
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if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
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Pay me to go for a walk next year. Well, pay MNDA, but I'll still do the walking www.justgiving.com/page/mw-wind...
Walking the Windsor 50 for Motor Neurone Disease Association
Help Mark Williamson raise money to support Motor Neurone Disease Association
www.justgiving.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Pay me to go for a walk next year. Well, pay MNDA, but I'll still do the walking www.justgiving.com/page/mw-wind...
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Your favourite Youtube channel has a new video out. But since he's now pulling cars apart (Technology Connections) watch some throbber review Friday The 13th on the C64, Speccy and CPC instead. You'll shit your pants with fright or your money back.*
youtu.be/7a6N3ZyTWvM
* No refunds.
youtu.be/7a6N3ZyTWvM
* No refunds.
ChinnyVision - Ep 568 - Friday The 13th - C64, Amstrad CPC, Spectrum
YouTube video by ChinnyVision - The Retro Game Review Channel
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Your favourite Youtube channel has a new video out. But since he's now pulling cars apart (Technology Connections) watch some throbber review Friday The 13th on the C64, Speccy and CPC instead. You'll shit your pants with fright or your money back.*
youtu.be/7a6N3ZyTWvM
* No refunds.
youtu.be/7a6N3ZyTWvM
* No refunds.
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This is a brilliant dissection of the "Definitive Guide to SNES RPGs".
Having read through it, I'm actually amazed that Bitmap Books published it. The standard of writing is significantly below what I expect from their books. Significantly.
Having read through it, I'm actually amazed that Bitmap Books published it. The standard of writing is significantly below what I expect from their books. Significantly.
alright gonna put myself out there a little bit
oh my lord I do believe I regret purchasing a book. i am not done and I intend to read far more of it to finish judging it but I'm already pretty upset.
oh my lord I do believe I regret purchasing a book. i am not done and I intend to read far more of it to finish judging it but I'm already pretty upset.
October 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is a brilliant dissection of the "Definitive Guide to SNES RPGs".
Having read through it, I'm actually amazed that Bitmap Books published it. The standard of writing is significantly below what I expect from their books. Significantly.
Having read through it, I'm actually amazed that Bitmap Books published it. The standard of writing is significantly below what I expect from their books. Significantly.
For some reason, a local charity shop I looked at during had an ancient issue of PC Format from 1994.
October 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For some reason, a local charity shop I looked at during had an ancient issue of PC Format from 1994.
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FACT OF THE DAY. 3 October 1990. Communist East German Democratic Republic was abolished and became part of the Federal Republic of Germany thus reuniting Germany for the first time since 1945. People in Berlin celebrated. This day is now celebrated as German Unity Day.
October 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 3 October 1990. Communist East German Democratic Republic was abolished and became part of the Federal Republic of Germany thus reuniting Germany for the first time since 1945. People in Berlin celebrated. This day is now celebrated as German Unity Day.
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I always wondered where they were based
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I always wondered where they were based
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You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.
October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.