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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱

@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk
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Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org.

Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it".

Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda.

Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 07, 2026
Wordle 1,722 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026
@thelinuxcast@fosstodon.org Good to find you on here, Matt. And I truly hope you enjoy your emacs journey. I personally decided decades ago that learning vi was such an immense pain, that I would never switch agin, so I shall die on my 'gvim' hill these days, purely because I am too old and too lazy to switch 🙂
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I am taking a required online training on "internet security" at my new university. In order to get the course to run properly, I was advised to enable all cookies and pop-ups and relax several other
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026
@actualham@social.coop Good time to find a better UNI, methinks!
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party Yup. Washed the fecker yesterday, now 'a bit dusty'. I think I'll probably live.
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026
Sent to me from The Other Place, sorry. https://x.com/i/status/2029591192657166615
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026
Wordle 1,721 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Payback for yesterday's luck!
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
@cwebber@social.coop I'd certainly watch the vid, if someone actually did this!
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
@dfs_comedy@mastodon.social Wow. Thank the Goddess we are all different. I hated those, after a while of a company-mandated Blackberry phones.
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
So, 'Benny & The Jets' had electric boots and a mohair suit, but 'Ziggy Stardust' was a leper messiah. Was this when it all began to go wrong? 🤔
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
@ater@flipping.rocks Like that. I recall reading a thing on a speculative-sciency blog some years ago that basically suggested that if ants had all the attributes we know, but were the size of Jack Russell terriers (with speed and strength scaled accordingly), they'd likely be the dominant species on this planet. Fairly silly nonsense, but made a fun seed idea for some scary #MicroFiction back when 🤔 @wtrmt@mastodon.social @futurebird@sauropods.win
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
@EuromaidanPress@mastodon.social Dignified, and adequate. Well done, Ukraine.
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Removing physical buttons from hardware was one of the worst product design decisions in history and everyone involved should be publicly shamed.
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
@tommorris@mastodon.social With the possible exception of that god-awful physical keyboard on the Blackberry phones. I believe I read that it was an obsession of the CEO of Blackberry at the time that they kept a 'real' keyboard.
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
@alice@lgbtqia.space Amazing. Alice rocks locks. Or SPPs them, actually!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
Wordle 1,720 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wild guess!
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Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
That is an excellent feature for them to offer. Sadly I have reservations about Proton as a company. If Tuta had a similar 'button', I'd probably have finished my migration by now.
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Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 04, 2026
@UkeleleEric@mstdn.social Cool. I have ownership of a cheapy domain which I've never used yet. I need to wade through the website nonsense on one or other of the EU alternatives to gmail, perhaps Tuta or similar, and figure out how to set up email addresses using that domain name, and then tell gmail 'forward everything to there from now on please'. Will probably(?) have to tell the registry for this domain some weird stuff as well. No idea. I'm not bad with code(!), but bloody rubbish at network admin! I'm sure I'll get there in the end, but learning new stuff is always tiring.
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 04, 2026
If you're in the UK, and you order stuff online, consider using a seller that does not use Evri for delivery? Got a msg at about 10.30 saying package was 'out for delivery' (first attempt), with expected arrival between 14.00 and 16.00. Got second message at about 12.30 saying 'failed to deliver. Returning package to the seller'. WTAF?! At no point did anyone bang my door, ring my doorbell, call me, anything. They are utter shite. Naturally, the seller still lists the item as 'due for delivery in 2 days' so can't do anything unless or until the package gets returned to them. I miss actual shops.
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 04, 2026
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 03, 2026

Randall is such a hero. He takes the most bonkers assumptions, and just goes 'let's see what if?!'

https://youtu.be/oTzW-mTQd5w

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 02, 2026
@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social I have literally just started using a credit card I really Do Not Need for larger purchases instead of my debit card for mainly this reason (the other reason would be effectively getting 4-6 weeks interest free credit!). If I ever actually NEED the emergency cushion of the credit card, I will want a useful limit on it, and that can never happen if I don't use the damned thing. In fact my last three credit cards were all cancelled by the providers specifically because I never used them. This may be a foolish strategy, but it seems to work at present!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 02, 2026
@IanAMartin@mstdn.ca Agreed. I think restoring from a 2015 backup, then iterating it forward until 'today' turns out sensible might be the way to go. @mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 02, 2026
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 02, 2026
@EmrynVale@social.vivaldi.net #Welcome!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 01, 2026
I Want This Shirt!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 01, 2026
@EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie Ooo ooo, they missed out the Orange Shit-gibbon. If he misses out on jail time or assassination, they should simply build a French-style pissoir over his grave. It'll provide a bit of shelter for the inevitable hordes of tourists travelling for that exact purpose.
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 01, 2026
@dee@social.treehouse.systems I do like a good Brie.
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 01, 2026
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 28, 2026
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social Hey Nick, I say your 'annual review' of the Linux DEs the other evening, and that was interesting as always! Are you planning something similar for the Linux distros any time soon?
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 28, 2026
@TimWardCam@c.im "But they're Freedom Beans!" @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 28, 2026
@JamesWNeal@mstdn.social That will be... fun!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 28, 2026
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 27, 2026
Not bad.... 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhokI1flaX0
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 26, 2026
@publicdomainrev@mastodon.social Sounds doable!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 26, 2026
@Geri@mastodon.online Nah. Nixon ended up as 'Tricky Dicky'. Trump will forever be 'that orange shit-gibbon rapist paedo'. People will travel specifically to piss on his grave. There will be tours for it.
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 26, 2026

Wordle 1,713 3/6

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 22, 2026
Sent to me from The Other Place...
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 22, 2026
@alexpsmith@beige.party I am *consumed* by envy.
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 21, 2026
@alice@lgbtqia.space And a scalp massage, please!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 20, 2026
@vincent@knuddelweide.de #Welcome !
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 20, 2026
@leyrer@23.social Oh FFS this!! Time for the Butlerian Jihad NOW!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 20, 2026
Wordle 1,707 6/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Grr!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 20, 2026
@GayDeceiver@mstdn.social I was told years ago that the best lie in the world is the truth, carefully told. Kinda the same thing!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 19, 2026
@EricLawton@kolektiva.social In half a century of programming, the three best programmers I've worked with were all Chemistry graduates, and two of them were women. @adub@beige.party
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 19, 2026
@paulk@writing.exchange I've decided that basically ALL advertising is very very carefully crafted to make one feel either afraid or envious. Or both, of course.
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 19, 2026
@dyckron@mstdn.ca Good.
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 19, 2026
Had an awful week of bad health - shortness of breath, rash, lethargy. GP. I have no idea, you need to be in hospital. Hospital. All the tests are negative. Go home, come back tomorrow and see blah. Blah. I have no idea. Go home and Turns out the whole thing was an allergic reaction to a course of antibiotics. Single course of steroids and now nearly back to normal. I can't even begin to imagine what all that would have cost me had I been in the US!
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 14, 2026

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 13, 2026
Solved this last bit, BTW! Found an icon at the top 'Repositories', which had a 'Settings' wheel, which way way down at the bottom had a 'Delete' option. Yay! All De-GitHubbed!
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Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 13, 2026
Anyway, tonight's chillout was this gem from a gazillion years ago, with three of the funniest people, in their own ways, that I've ever watched. https://youtu.be/R-JRE9K0zWU
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

Joined mastodonapp.uk back in Nov 2022. I have a 'backup' a/c on mendeddrum.org. Oldish bloke, got to retirement age in 2024. Now retired, due to the old line about "when it stops being fun, stop doing it". Anyway, old-school coder. I've worked with everything from punch-cards to Perl, via machine language and microcode, C, C++, SQL, etc, etc. Now a happy Linux user on Garuda. Getting more radically 'left' as I get older. I despise all racists, homophobes, Nazis, etc.

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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 13, 2026
Kudos to the people who pushed me toward Codeberg when I said I was itching to move away from githib. It took me waaay longer than I expected to migrate them across, largely because I'm a muppet and don't read instructions carefully after a certain point in the evening. One repo I would love to make public as it's a little C++ wrapper-library for encryption primitives, and there is this ONE test-case which always does a SIGSEGV. Used to work on Linux years ago, and still (I believe) works on Windows with a carefully crafted MS Makefile, the Cygwin gcc compiler that comes with Strawberry Perl, and the Boost libraries. If anyone is ever brave enough, they can ping me and I'll make that one public, and they can help me figure outin what way I've screwed up! Oh, one further thing, if I may: I can still log into the github website - how can I delete my repos from there completely without resorting to command line (which would mess with my config for Codeberg, of course)?
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