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lmao a friends printer seems to have weaseled its way to the internet (probably using UPnP) and is old and doesn't know what to do with the data it's being sent so it just prints the data to pages ...

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Mar 05, 2026

@thermia Printer making strange sounds. Where'd I put my gun?

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Feb 26, 2026

The real purpose of a refactor is to move the confusing parts into files with newer timestamps.

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It used to be said that the internet is for porn, but I think we have now conclusively proven that it's actually for gaslighting.

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Jan 16, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop Doesn't quite scan well to the song though.

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Nuclear Oatmeal

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Jan 16, 2026

So the scrum leader threw this out in Slack for standup/retro this week. "today's Ice breaker: If you could turn into a pet for a day, what animal would you be?" What animal breed is Cthulhu?

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"The Regicide Report", final novel in The Laundry Files, comes out in 11 days time! Here's a brief snippet from Chapter One (see alt text) …

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Jan 16, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop I was definitely going to read it, but that last bullet point did an excellent job of selling it.

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US defense logistics agency is only able to resupply Thule in Greenland in the months of June/July using a convoy led by a CANADIAN icebreaker. The USA is militarily unable to occupy the nearest coast

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Jan 14, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop « Naked Gun facepalm sequence »

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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Au contraire, I think we should replace the royal family with furries. (Although replacing them with trans furries would be even better.)

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@cstross@wandering.shop @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Um. Excuse me. We need furries for sysadmin jobs, not waving from balconies and keeping corgis. Although, I suppose the corgi thing is ok, but come on, t

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Put the corgis in charge of infrastructure, They'll actually slow the enshittification down.

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Nuclear Oatmeal

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Jan 04, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt They can do a little infrastructure, as a treat.

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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Au contraire, I think we should replace the royal family with furries. (Although replacing them with trans furries would be even better.)

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Jan 04, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Um. Excuse me. We need furries for sysadmin jobs, not waving from balconies and keeping corgis. Although, I suppose the corgi thing is ok, but come on, there's infrastructure to be maintained.

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AAAHGH GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN I suddenly feel a compulsive need to write a thinly-disguised knock-off of Heinlein's "I Will Fear No Evil" about a dying billionaire who has his brain transplanted int

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Jan 02, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop I'd buy it.

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@tek@freeradical.zone Hint: try layering it on your sandwich with (a) peanut butter, OR (b) really strong mature cheddar.

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@cstross@wandering.shop @tek@freeradical.zone I came at it from a different direction and use a couple slices of mild Swiss cheese, rather than a strong cheddar. It becomes a lightly salty umami exper

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party @tek@freeradical.zone I will note that to British taste buds, American peanut butter tastes *sweet*.

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Dec 30, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop @tek@freeradical.zone Got it. So for a proper experiment, I need to find less sugar content peanut butter. My spouse likely knows where that can be purchased. Might also be an interesting modification to my bacon sandwiches. Good info, thanks.

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@tek@freeradical.zone Hint: try layering it on your sandwich with (a) peanut butter, OR (b) really strong mature cheddar.

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Nuclear Oatmeal

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Dec 30, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop @tek@freeradical.zone I came at it from a different direction and use a couple slices of mild Swiss cheese, rather than a strong cheddar. It becomes a lightly salty umami experience. I'm sitting here pondering the peanut butter. I eat peanut butter and bacon sandwiches, so I'm not immediately against the idea. But I'm also wondering if there's any significant differences between USA peanut butter and UK peanut butter. I mean, do you mix curry into it or such? 😁 ... Oh, gods. I just tempted the chaos. Sigh. I accept responsibility for peanut butter curry if it didn't already exist, but becomes a thing.

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New blog entry: Webtoons revisited: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/webtoons-revisited.html

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Dec 26, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop Hm. You're first 3 are in my daily list, not quite counting QC as it's M-F. I saw a few familiar ones as well, and since it's a list, I'll check it the others during this break.

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Because it's nearly Christmas, BUY THIS SINGLE MAKE IT NUMBER ONE IN THE CHARTS AGAIN THIS YEAR: https://youtu.be/rNkgDJpcuwU?si=lHJM7K9JEFfa-0DU

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Dec 17, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop BY THE GODS!!! He breeds true? Oh, surely this is the end of days.

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Because it's nearly Christmas, BUY THIS SINGLE MAKE IT NUMBER ONE IN THE CHARTS AGAIN THIS YEAR: https://youtu.be/rNkgDJpcuwU?si=lHJM7K9JEFfa-0DU

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Dec 17, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop You exhibit joy while you engage in sins against the goodness of man.

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Could be worse: he could have implanted the chip in his dick! https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115628349141387312

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Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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Nuclear Oatmeal

@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party

Same person, different server! Seriously, I'm just this guy. I speak computer. I speak a little bit political philosophy. I'm usually too tired to come up with something original, but I'll riff off your post because I usually can add funny. Still only 13.2 inches tall when I'm yelling at LRRR. I also say "fuck" a lot. # nobot

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party · Nov 28, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop I got nothing. Tried to work in a "turbo mode" joke into that, but it became sad and walked away.

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