Posts by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
(DIR) Post #AIoAyMCWnKw6tO14Fs by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-04-25T11:18:24Z
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Having a Doppelbock for bedtime drink. Goodnight, you lovely people!
(DIR) Post #AIq9LP7OItUd0YOZDk by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-04-26T10:19:46Z
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To our new migrants: Mastodon has CWs, please consider using them.Not just for potentially distressing/offensive material, but it can also keep the timeline a lot easier to read. A few on this instance (myself included) use it extensively to headline toots; click if interested, otherwise scroll on.
(DIR) Post #AK8ObefaIKkIl4smCe by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-06-04T04:14:19Z
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Non-technical Windows user has a copy of a video DVD* on a USB memory device, ie: file system copied over, so a load of VOB and other files.I assume, to watch it as a DVD, the directory needs to be opened with an application. The question is, what?*Digitisation of a VERY old home movie from one of their ancestors.
(DIR) Post #AKvoUSpkheFtzdaZZA by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-06-28T01:03:01Z
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For anyone on BirdSite, I am hosting @ WeAreDisabled (yes I am) for the next week. Come and say hi!
(DIR) Post #ALNNpMk5uFqn6w8ssq by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-07-11T08:22:02Z
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@matt Other than   I had no idea that was possible.
(DIR) Post #ALyhbKETLDmtUscGhc by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-07-29T08:21:55Z
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#TGIF with a Chimay. I have been aware of it, but I think this is the first time I have tried it. Trappist beer brewed in Baileux, Belgium. 4.8% ABV VERY drinkable. Santé, les pères!
(DIR) Post #AM14xWmy1YUc4ZE7bk by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-07-29T08:32:18Z
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@uoya I got a selection from Beer Cartel. So far it has been AWESOME. None of the weird fruity stuff I can't stand.
(DIR) Post #AMmj2BGE3M1xhWQOlk by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-08-22T11:33:54Z
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Oh, FFS. I was wondering if trying Apple Music would break shit. It absolutely did.
(DIR) Post #AMmj2Bw3XpUVnFznyC by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-08-22T11:38:59Z
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But it's now playing random Scandinavian rap, and I am not averse to that.
(DIR) Post #ANcUNyGI3omhG54FO4 by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-09-16T00:19:17Z
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Hélène du Thoury is the best. Just sayin'.Didn't know Minuit Machine/Hante were mainstream enough to be on Apple Music (been accessing through Bandcamp) but it's all there, so having a blitz on the best of Parisian Dark Wave,
(DIR) Post #ANszEHC91DlEBtLPc0 by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-06-27T10:12:40Z
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@bri_seven Just to throw in my personal experience, I am he/they because AMAB, but I literally don't give a shit about my gender, so there is never a case of being happy/unhappy about it. Personally, it's pretty much the least important part of my being. Maybe this is tied to my by the minute fluidity of sexuality - which defaults to ACE/ARO, but goes to pan.So I feel that you may creating yet another artificial binary, through that statement.
(DIR) Post #AOjpssqxWsP1UdkLVg by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2021-08-13T01:29:30Z
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@duncanhart Saw a photo of Lowry against a city backdrop, and it all really did look like that!
(DIR) Post #AOp0WjlognWaEpmbxo by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-10-22T09:49:19Z
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@josh Pretty decent price. I get Riverside Landing Chardonnay from BWS for $4 a bottle, less 10% for 6. Ditto their Shiraz. I don't know what the source is, but I think it's disposal stock, as the quality is what I would expect from $20+
(DIR) Post #APJZjDyy5xyDRaL02C by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-11-06T03:06:03Z
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So I have just re-registered werworld DOT social. Going to have another bash at starting a Fediverse RoCur (rotation-curation account,) now that there are a lot more people here. This mirrors the concept of @ WeRWorld over on :birdsite: Please say hi, if you would be interested in being a host.I'll toot again once I have got the instance set up.Boosts welcome.
(DIR) Post #APRRoX3MlSNzQRQMYC by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-11-04T07:03:06Z
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To me, the existence of billionaires implies the existence of fucked up tax legislation.
(DIR) Post #APRWLrqMt3JXHKUmUC by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-10-28T03:28:27Z
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#introduction thread. I've been on Mastodon (not just this account) ever since it started, but doing a new intro for the benefit of those who have just joined. So, hi, welcome to the Fediverse, I hope you enjoy your stays!I am 54, cis male, sexuality fluid with a baseline of ace/aro up to pan/who knows/who cares. I answer to Smiffy, Matthew, Matt, and a variety of non-English variants of my given name, for anyone who struggles to pronounce the th in Matthew. Pronouns he/they/hen; more concerned about getting it right for other people than myself (and would like the social default be to a neutral gender, because Fuck The Patriarchy.)English by birth, I have lived with my partner on stolen Narungga country (rural Yorke Peninsula, South Australia) for the last 21 years, with seven Labradors and an ancient quarterhorse.Veteran technology generalist by trade, working from home, currently in the remote sensing (LoRaWAN, 4G, rather than space) industry. Primary tools PostgreSQL, PL/pgSQL, PostGIS, Golang, AWS, Perl.1/2
(DIR) Post #APRWLtxt04W3rE1oTw by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2022-10-28T03:29:19Z
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I "enjoy" a number of complex, chronic medical conditions primarily manifesting as chronic pain, chronic fatigue. (My general physician describes me as a "medical disaster," and he's only half-joking.) Don't often use the D-word but yes, disabled. Somewhere on the spectrum, and likely to take you literally. Always happy to discuss this in case my experience can help others, but I alway CW material like this, and would encourage others to do so. Much of the Grumpy in my handle comes from this, especially the pain. Immunocompromised, so just wear a damn mask, FFS.Into languages to the point of obsession, food, drink, music, technology ancient and modern, Cold War studies including technology and culture, accessibility and social inclusion.To quote my bio, racists, misogynists, homophobes, transphobes, SWERFs, TERFs, GCs, MAGAs, antivaxxers can GTFO.Hates daylight savings and April fools.My views may not be those of my employer, although we're generally closely aligned on technical issues.E&OE
(DIR) Post #ATUrqbshZUfvbs0Fwu by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2023-03-11T05:37:39Z
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How it started, how it's going.I came home from hospital with a number of things requiring my attention, including a LOT of tomatoes, another bowl nearly every day. I have now reduced three bowls to considerably less volume of purée, which smells really good. Handing back to the grower/picker (my wife) for portioning and freezing. Then I get to do it all again tomorrow or the day after.
(DIR) Post #Auw7lJsmftgUNsjLjk by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2025-06-08T23:46:49Z
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@Kierkegaanks Oh, so true. A lot of us carrying trauma from that. And, those of us from the UK, the "Troubles." I had to do a lot of work, to deal with my visceral fear of nukes, indeed, initially anything nuclear. So I put my AuDHD, OCD brain to study - history, Technology, culture, you name it. I could probably cure anyone else, simply by boring them shitless, talking about it. Love that album, BTW. I was 17, when that came out. @stib
(DIR) Post #AynQzBfPI1hbPFWu6S by grumpysmiffy@aus.social
2025-10-02T10:49:30Z
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@clacke I can only ask: *why is even Excel*?