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rmuk

@ rmuk @feddit.uk

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  • sports rule

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  • I still say "wash in cool or cold water" occasionally.

  • Tufted titmouse on the window feeder

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  • Borb.

  • What's a decision you made that you wish you made differently?

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  • In 2015 I turned down an excellent job in the Netherlands - a country I see myself retiring in - because I had an even better job coming up in the UK at the EMEA campus of a major global corporation. Then Brexit hit, and our incompetent, populist government paralyzed themselves by making multiple contradicting promises, pissing off everyone else in Europe, presuming the most extreme implementation of Brexit imaginable to satisfy some kind of nationalist bloodlust, and refusing to entertain any kind of diplomacy or moderation. The company I was starting with waited as long as they could but ultimately had to throw in the towel - how could they have their EMEA headquarters in a country that wouldn't even commit to allowing foreigners visit, let alone live and work here - and they shut the campus and all the jobs moved to EU countries. Desperate I took a series of miserable underpaying jobs in shitty towns. It took me eight years to find a job that would allow me to pay rent consistently and even though I like my current role it pays about a third what I would have been earning, even before adjusting for inflation.

    So I wish I'd taken that job in the Netherlands: I could have citizenship by now and reclaimed the freedom and opportunity that was taken from me.

  • Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot

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  • Yeah, I fucking hate that. At least the Windows/Magic/Menu button has a conceptual equivalent in every major OS, so it does something Start Menu adjacent, but the Copilot button is a really arrogant overstep, like when you get a TV with a Netflix button on the remote.

  • Pope Leo XIV brings not peace but a sword to AI oligarchs and a slop-mad world in new address, says it's 'Turning people into passive consumers of unthought thoughts'

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  • "unthought thought" might replace "artificial hallucination" in my vocabulary.

  • Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption

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  • Your full name is "Jeremy"?

  • RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!

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  • Add a cheap 120GB SSD alongside the HD and it'll give it whole new lease of life.

  • New York Startup Builds Fridge-Sized Machine That Can Turn Air Into Gasoline

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  • Yeah, put these in Iceland, Scotland or the Sahara where there's virtually unlimited zero-carbon power available and they make a world of sense.

  • What kind of job can you never imagine yourself doing?

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  • Any job that involves moving around in four dimensions. I can't imagine that at all.

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  • The labels are from the perspective of the other plushies, which are standing over her.

  • How much is your monthly average mobile/phone data usage?

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  • It varies, but so far this month (day 11) I'm at 80GB and 300GB a month isn't unusual. At home and work I typically get 500+ Mbps download so I don't tend to bother with WiFi. I'm currently paying £12/mo for a SIM-only service.

  • Very confusing

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  • For the truly enlightened it allows you to piss into the shower while standing on the toilet.

  • What do people like about Star Trek Voyager?

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  • Year of Hell is one. The episode where they discover that the entire ship and crew are replicas and they're slowly coming apart is another.

  • Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 Puts Linux Gaming Marketshare At 3.58%

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  • I got an MSI Claw instead of the Steam Deck and I adore it, but the best decision I made was to get a USB-C docking station like the one in the photo. It turns it into a full desktop PC.

    Even better is that eventually you can connect an eGPU to that dock to a massive boost when you're at the desk. The Claw has replaced my desktop and laptop.

  • Mama!

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  • But you're still coming in to work, right?

  • [@alexkrokus] Elders

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  • Ten years? Up until recently I had a Core2Duo with 1GB RAM running Qobus in as a jukebox in the bedroom. But now he's gone, off to a better place, where he can finally rest. By which I mean I upgraded to 4GB and installed at a relative's house running Home Assistant.

  • smart

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  • My neck: long, pale, displayed proudly Einstein's neck: obscured by shadow, probably ashamed

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  • Your name better be Caleb

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  • The 3½" floppy disc icon means he has the most important thing, the thing women crave, the thing that drives all women crazy with lust: a vast and meticulously organised collection of fully working computers and consumer electronics from the 80s and 90s.