Ross Burton
@ross.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
geek, mtber, father.
#yoctoproject #python #ttrpg
Now at Arm, views my own etc.
[bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@ross on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
#yoctoproject #python #ttrpg
Now at Arm, views my own etc.
[bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@ross on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Seriously surprised that none of the music streaming services have a "Christmas It!" button that beat-matches sleigh bells over whatever song you're listening to.
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Seriously surprised that none of the music streaming services have a "Christmas It!" button that beat-matches sleigh bells over whatever song you're listening to.
Reposted by Ross Burton
Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
hachyderm.io
December 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hm, I wonder what happens if you rebase the git reflog.
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Hm, I wonder what happens if you rebase the git reflog.
Just had to explain to my teenage daughter than phone calls used to cost money…
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Just had to explain to my teenage daughter than phone calls used to cost money…
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my husband made it so the home assistant voice assistant can use full-on ollama to interpret instructions. then he told it to turn the lights on. it's been explaining its thought process for over five minutes now and the lights are still off.
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
my husband made it so the home assistant voice assistant can use full-on ollama to interpret instructions. then he told it to turn the lights on. it's been explaining its thought process for over five minutes now and the lights are still off.
If anyone out there uses @feedbin but is annoyed at certain tech blogs being 50% adverts, then you can filter the bulk of them out with an Action. I use `**title:(("nearly" OR "almost" OR "practically") ("pennies" OR "peanuts" OR "free" OR "nothing" OR "pocket change" OR "giving away")) OR […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If anyone out there uses @feedbin but is annoyed at certain tech blogs being 50% adverts, then you can filter the bulk of them out with an Action. I use `**title:(("nearly" OR "almost" OR "practically") ("pennies" OR "peanuts" OR "free" OR "nothing" OR "pocket change" OR "giving away")) OR […]
obviously I'm not paying you for this advice so feel free to ignore, but do you feel a git hosting service geoblocking the UK (eg https://repo.or.cz) due to the OSA is a misunderstanding of the law, or sensible?
Public Git Hosting
repo.or.cz
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
obviously I'm not paying you for this advice so feel free to ignore, but do you feel a git hosting service geoblocking the UK (eg https://repo.or.cz) due to the OSA is a misunderstanding of the law, or sensible?
Typographical question for the internets: ..? or …? Is the dot in a question mark part of a questioning ellipsis, or not?
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Typographical question for the internets: ..? or …? Is the dot in a question mark part of a questioning ellipsis, or not?
So I'm zsh-curious. Is there a good introduction to zsh that doesn't drown you with mad hacks but does explain all of the useful features?
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
So I'm zsh-curious. Is there a good introduction to zsh that doesn't drown you with mad hacks but does explain all of the useful features?
#nowplaying Trance Frendz by Ólafur Arnals and Nils Frahm. Best loud, and the video version is just a delight.
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#nowplaying Trance Frendz by Ólafur Arnals and Nils Frahm. Best loud, and the video version is just a delight.
Drinking a pint of warm Ribenna because this stupid meeting room keeps on trying to cool itself to 15C.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Drinking a pint of warm Ribenna because this stupid meeting room keeps on trying to cool itself to 15C.
Reposted by Ross Burton
Someone put this "blue plaque" on a London Tesla showroom to mark his becoming the world's first trillionaire. “World’s first trillionaire Elon Musk. Could have solved world hunger but funded fascists instead. Bellend.” […]
[Original post on social.vivaldi.net]
[Original post on social.vivaldi.net]
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Someone put this "blue plaque" on a London Tesla showroom to mark his becoming the world's first trillionaire. “World’s first trillionaire Elon Musk. Could have solved world hunger but funded fascists instead. Bellend.” […]
[Original post on social.vivaldi.net]
[Original post on social.vivaldi.net]
Just did a blind taste test and FYI the M&S Salami Sticks are much superior to Pepperami.
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just did a blind taste test and FYI the M&S Salami Sticks are much superior to Pepperami.
Someone more organised would have posted this last week, but if you fancy playing a spooky game of #MausRitter this weekend then may I humbly suggest https://rossburton.itch.io/a-ghostly-tail or https://rossburton.itch.io/the-bloody-burrows?
A Ghostly Tail by Ross Burton
A trifold pamphlet adventure ghost story for Mausritter
rossburton.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Someone more organised would have posted this last week, but if you fancy playing a spooky game of #MausRitter this weekend then may I humbly suggest https://rossburton.itch.io/a-ghostly-tail or https://rossburton.itch.io/the-bloody-burrows?
Reposted by Ross Burton
endianness is just a plot by big endian to sell more byte swap operations
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
endianness is just a plot by big endian to sell more byte swap operations
Any Ubuntu developers to hand? Curious how uuutils/coreutils interacts with dpkg-buildpackage/fakeroot...
October 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Any Ubuntu developers to hand? Curious how uuutils/coreutils interacts with dpkg-buildpackage/fakeroot...
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In an interview with Bloomberg, Farage has said that Nathan Gill was "one bad apple" - unintentionally being accurate because he forgot the rest of the proverb.
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In an interview with Bloomberg, Farage has said that Nathan Gill was "one bad apple" - unintentionally being accurate because he forgot the rest of the proverb.
Today's ironic observation is that patchwork is maintained in GitHub.
October 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today's ironic observation is that patchwork is maintained in GitHub.
Finally managed to reduce my thoughts on Three Body Problem to a few words. It's Pretentious Star Trek, but sold as much more.
September 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Finally managed to reduce my thoughts on Three Body Problem to a few words. It's Pretentious Star Trek, but sold as much more.
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So, everyone saying that Online Safety was the reason #imgur blocked the UK is going to update their posts now, right?
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/09/statement-update-on-imgur-investigation/
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/09/statement-update-on-imgur-investigation/
Statement: Update on Imgur investigation
ico.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
So, everyone saying that Online Safety was the reason #imgur blocked the UK is going to update their posts now, right?
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/09/statement-update-on-imgur-investigation/
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/09/statement-update-on-imgur-investigation/
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3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
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2. Countries that have ID cards - like the whole of Europe - still have the same irregular migration problem (you may have heard!!!)
& in fact the UK has the lowest share of its economy estimated as irregular economy in Europe so if it fixes the issue WHY DIDNT IT FIX IT THERE?
& in fact the UK has the lowest share of its economy estimated as irregular economy in Europe so if it fixes the issue WHY DIDNT IT FIX IT THERE?
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
2. Countries that have ID cards - like the whole of Europe - still have the same irregular migration problem (you may have heard!!!)
& in fact the UK has the lowest share of its economy estimated as irregular economy in Europe so if it fixes the issue WHY DIDNT IT FIX IT THERE?
& in fact the UK has the lowest share of its economy estimated as irregular economy in Europe so if it fixes the issue WHY DIDNT IT FIX IT THERE?
Reposted by Ross Burton
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.