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  is anyone here in the UK still using #MythTV? my ancient server went bang, and I'm trying to rebuild, but finding a compatible dbv-t solution seems really hard. all my old cards are incompatible with my new motherboard. MythTV wiki page on compatible hardware looks … kind of abandoned?

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  asking for #advice again, sorry. i'm now officially #diabetic (type 2) and looking to control it with diet. (hence the last request for advice.) information about nutrition on the internet has always been a hot mess, more so in these days of so-called "Al". can anyone reccomend an _authoritative_ source on the amount of carbohydrate in basic foods? searching online i see *wildly* different numbers for, eg, potato. i don't mind buying a book. feel free to boost.

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  https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/116691958652614007

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  I put the kettle on, the wise man's song for you I took a needle and thread to make amends with you And the tape rolls on, another year gone And I await your cue I put the kettle on The wise man's song For you

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  **Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall** > Liz Kendall has insisted Labour will make artificial intelligence “work for workers”, and not abandon people whose jobs are swept away by its rapid advance. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/05/labour-will-make-ai-work-for-workers-liz-kendall

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  @ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social My daughter's chair gives her a lot of freedom. But basically she has it because when her legs give out, we're not strong enough to carry her? Probably on any given shopping trip (say) the chances of her legs giving out are 30-40%. If it was 5%, we'd still be screwed…

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  @friedelitis@mastodon.social I am strangely proud that I had enough knowledge of German to understand that.

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  @geekysteven@beige.party you might want to strike the word "has"

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  #microfiction Once i had all the safety gear on – and there was a lot – they led me to a giant steel door. "I thought," I said, having to raise my voice to be heard through the layers of padding in the helmet, "that you were hiring an IT manager?" "We are," they said, beckoning me over and throwing open a little port in the door. They indicated that I should look through the port. Hot red light poured through it. "Behold: IT.&am...

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  @spaf@mstdn.social regretably, once you are past a certain point, i think you need both.

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  @geekysteven@beige.party Al? or AI? Al can stay if he helps with the washing up; AI not so much.

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  @GeofCox@climatejustice.social @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us the people on this rally were not all extreme right. so, sadly, things have got a bit beyond that.

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  @0x0@hachyderm.io @lori @Khrys@mamot.fr no objection here…

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  @0x0@hachyderm.io @lori @Khrys@mamot.fr i'm old enough to be certain that i, for one, do not need the power of a modern computer – given the right software. something between a BBC Model B / Acorn Electron and a 386 would be just fine.

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  @CiaraNi@mastodon.green well, either it's true or it isn't. i'm all for metaphor, but he's presenting the statement as evidence; that's not the time for it.

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  @astrid@infosec.exchange @scream@bots.robots.rodeo

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  @Lana@beige.party you missed out survivorship bias…

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  @fixatedpersonsunit The screwiest part is: there is a small body of evidence saying that advertising does not influence our buying choices that much.

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  37% of americans approve of trump as president. THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT. i mean, okay, there's some statistical hand-waving in there; it's an average across questions. but. but.

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  "Guardian explainer: why do the US have military bases in Germany?" Okay, now i feel old. Why the fuck would they have to explain this?

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  @HadasWeiss if you could prove the existence of your god, it wouldn't be a religion; it would be science…

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  @peter it can be done; i've done it. the question is whether it's worth it. the correct way to proceed is to write tests first, then start by slowly moving out the duplicate code to new files/classes, commenting as you go…

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  @RikerGoogling x files

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  @log i don't think it's _technically_ possible to gaslight yourself? it's about malicously manipulating someone.

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  @ecoscore "polyestor"? is that like polyester?

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  @bruces "reasoning". riiiiiight.

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  @zekjur … with git. other vcs do exist. i know, i know.

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  #microfiction When the government were onto me, I told the manager this would be my last night tending bar. I told all the customers, too, and gave them all one free cocktail on me, a "special". No more carefully listening to their stories and saving my gift for when the risk was worth it. Didn't cure cancer that night, but it turned out that everyone _did_ need a special. I saw people crying into their drinks because a weight was lifted; hugging strangers; making ea...