Phil M0OFX
@philpem.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy
Software preservation | electronics | software dev | ham radio | a maker of things!
Pronouns: https://pronoun.is/he/him
Current projects:
#Datatrak radio navigation […]
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Pronouns: https://pronoun.is/he/him
Current projects:
#Datatrak radio navigation […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://digipres.club/@philpem, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Score: Leylandii 1, me 1, and the bin man is going to hate me. Again.
https://digipres.club/@philpem/115615078636224960
https://digipres.club/@philpem/115615078636224960
Phil M0OFX (@philpem@digipres.club)
Attached: 2 images @GordonFawks@rubber.social @tryst@meow.social Cheers Gordon. That was the money shot. Mattock, clear sight of the last two roots - chop chop, twist, gone.
digipres.club
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Score: Leylandii 1, me 1, and the bin man is going to hate me. Again.
https://digipres.club/@philpem/115615078636224960
https://digipres.club/@philpem/115615078636224960
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> Teachers don't start each day by swearing allegiance to the Education Fairies under a portrait of The Queen. It's not so much a calling these days as it is a graveyard for the unlucky and the unambitious.
- Mr. Gilbert from _The Inbetweeners_
- Mr. Gilbert from _The Inbetweeners_
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
> Teachers don't start each day by swearing allegiance to the Education Fairies under a portrait of The Queen. It's not so much a calling these days as it is a graveyard for the unlucky and the unambitious.
- Mr. Gilbert from _The Inbetweeners_
- Mr. Gilbert from _The Inbetweeners_
1200W peak PV ... in winter?!
(in fairness: only about an hour of usable sun, but still better than a kick in the face)
(in fairness: only about an hour of usable sun, but still better than a kick in the face)
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
1200W peak PV ... in winter?!
(in fairness: only about an hour of usable sun, but still better than a kick in the face)
(in fairness: only about an hour of usable sun, but still better than a kick in the face)
Reposted by Phil M0OFX
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
Lunchtime half-time score:
Leylandii stump 1, reciprocating saw blade 0.
Leylandii stump 1, reciprocating saw blade 0.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Lunchtime half-time score:
Leylandii stump 1, reciprocating saw blade 0.
Leylandii stump 1, reciprocating saw blade 0.
🎵 The winter is cold
🎵 I've got plenty of gold
🎵 And I'm standing in line
🎵 For a loaf of bread...
🎵 I've got plenty of gold
🎵 And I'm standing in line
🎵 For a loaf of bread...
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🎵 The winter is cold
🎵 I've got plenty of gold
🎵 And I'm standing in line
🎵 For a loaf of bread...
🎵 I've got plenty of gold
🎵 And I'm standing in line
🎵 For a loaf of bread...
I thought the Avanti trains running the Glasgow-Carlisle route were more or less the same as CrossCountry's Voyagers, yet the Avanti trains are much easier to move around in... funny that.
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I thought the Avanti trains running the Glasgow-Carlisle route were more or less the same as CrossCountry's Voyagers, yet the Avanti trains are much easier to move around in... funny that.
#edinburgh is so scientific, they have fractional platform numbers. At least it's easier to remember than "Platform 0.36787968862663154".
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
#edinburgh is so scientific, they have fractional platform numbers. At least it's easier to remember than "Platform 0.36787968862663154".
Reposted by Phil M0OFX
"It's so interesting to watch, like, powerful, high status white men say, "the worst thing that can happen to you is be called a racist", I see this all the time, and it's because it's the worst thing that can happen to _them_. The worst thing that can happen to you, if you have a lot of status […]
Original post on blimps.xyz
blimps.xyz
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"It's so interesting to watch, like, powerful, high status white men say, "the worst thing that can happen to you is be called a racist", I see this all the time, and it's because it's the worst thing that can happen to _them_. The worst thing that can happen to you, if you have a lot of status […]
Rattling out a new report draft (issue ten!) then playing with Transputers, as a treat.
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Rattling out a new report draft (issue ten!) then playing with Transputers, as a treat.
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welp, guess this one is the opening for congress this year
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
welp, guess this one is the opening for congress this year
The closest thing IRL to Sensible_chuckle.jpg
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The closest thing IRL to Sensible_chuckle.jpg
Reticulating splines...
![Steam game startup message.
"Launching Satisfactory"
"Processing Vulkan shaders (0%)"
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November 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Reticulating splines...
Anyone have any recommendations for a relatively decent but cheap Pentium or MMX era laptop which doesn't suffer from crumbly plastics, good build quality, physical serial port and good MSDOS compatibility?
I need one for radio programming and my Libretto has Crumbly ABS Disease.
#retrocomputing […]
I need one for radio programming and my Libretto has Crumbly ABS Disease.
#retrocomputing […]
Original post on digipres.club
digipres.club
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Anyone have any recommendations for a relatively decent but cheap Pentium or MMX era laptop which doesn't suffer from crumbly plastics, good build quality, physical serial port and good MSDOS compatibility?
I need one for radio programming and my Libretto has Crumbly ABS Disease.
#retrocomputing […]
I need one for radio programming and my Libretto has Crumbly ABS Disease.
#retrocomputing […]
I'm going to have dinner then I'm going to dig the 486 out and play with Transputers
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I'm going to have dinner then I'm going to dig the 486 out and play with Transputers
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I hope one day someone 3D models a recreation of the #toshiba #libretto 110CT case plastics that I can get 3D printed. They just...crumble. :(
#retrocomputing
#retrocomputing
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I hope one day someone 3D models a recreation of the #toshiba #libretto 110CT case plastics that I can get 3D printed. They just...crumble. :(
#retrocomputing
#retrocomputing
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The sheer scale of it shows that these people know they can get away with anything. The Environment Agency has been reduced to a chihuahua, sent out to do battle with rottweilers. It can yap, but can't land a bite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
River close to engulfing Oxfordshire waste mountain, MP warns
Waste from a 150m (490ft) long fly-tip is beginning to float towards the River Cherwell, an MP says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The sheer scale of it shows that these people know they can get away with anything. The Environment Agency has been reduced to a chihuahua, sent out to do battle with rottweilers. It can yap, but can't land a bite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Phil M0OFX
The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain through the looking glass: my dead goldfish is now a registered waste disposer | George Monbiot
Algernon Goldfish is long gone, but I was able to sign him up. No wonder so many crooks are illegally dumping and ruining our environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bought a power supply in ebay. It blew up on first use, tripped the electric and blew the plug fuse. So that'll be a dead short to earth or neutral.
Seller offered a replacement - "Oh no stock. How about an 80% refund"
me: No, it's dead. Full refund.
seller: "80% is best I do or boss beat me" […]
Seller offered a replacement - "Oh no stock. How about an 80% refund"
me: No, it's dead. Full refund.
seller: "80% is best I do or boss beat me" […]
Original post on digipres.club
digipres.club
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Bought a power supply in ebay. It blew up on first use, tripped the electric and blew the plug fuse. So that'll be a dead short to earth or neutral.
Seller offered a replacement - "Oh no stock. How about an 80% refund"
me: No, it's dead. Full refund.
seller: "80% is best I do or boss beat me" […]
Seller offered a replacement - "Oh no stock. How about an 80% refund"
me: No, it's dead. Full refund.
seller: "80% is best I do or boss beat me" […]
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November 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Hobby drama is at its best when you aren't involved, can avoid being dragged in, and can limit your involvement to mopping the floor once everyone's finished killing each other.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Hobby drama is at its best when you aren't involved, can avoid being dragged in, and can limit your involvement to mopping the floor once everyone's finished killing each other.
If coyotes are ANSI Trashdogs, then foxes must be British Standard Trashdogs.
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If coyotes are ANSI Trashdogs, then foxes must be British Standard Trashdogs.
"Enshittification" is going to be the word of the year, isn't it?
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Enshittification" is going to be the word of the year, isn't it?
I can see why Tormek include a pack of sticking plasters with their machines.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I can see why Tormek include a pack of sticking plasters with their machines.