Posts by tryst@meow.social
(DIR) Post #AZxxVVmEUXNwLEqZO4 by tryst@meow.social
2023-09-20T18:00:56Z
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@lowqualityfacts Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red
(DIR) Post #AaDzCJZckUQSLXLbyS by tryst@meow.social
2023-09-27T07:58:20Z
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Thanks for making me feel old, Google
(DIR) Post #AaDzCMZ1dAjHcY5fxQ by tryst@meow.social
2023-09-28T07:08:54Z
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@pippin @tilton In think I came in from Yahoo!. After dealing with Yahoo's cluttered AF internet front page, Google was tidy, sensory bliss.
(DIR) Post #AaRKKlQFiPJx7wJUH2 by tryst@meow.social
2023-10-04T22:03:08Z
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@lowqualityfacts They could do worse than a smart speaker, tbh
(DIR) Post #AaXZOmvTIFmHGduTho by tryst@meow.social
2023-10-07T22:15:00Z
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@EU_Commission It is disappointing to learn that the EC is in favour of apartheid.
(DIR) Post #AajOkwzJQlQIxdsyLQ by tryst@meow.social
2023-10-13T15:17:40Z
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@lowqualityfacts With the ultimatum given, being found in the area later implies that they're not civilians and therefore legitimate targets
(DIR) Post #AamFUcjYeQ9TOhXJom by tryst@meow.social
2023-10-15T00:17:54Z
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@lowqualityfacts Are they all employing Harold Shipman?
(DIR) Post #AatySQl5Cg85pOOB4y by tryst@meow.social
2023-10-18T17:44:34Z
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@tomjennings I'm honsestly surprised that The Onion doesn't have a recurring headline, a lá "No Way to Prevent This"
(DIR) Post #AbCgoXDGdsEw6PxanQ by tryst@meow.social
2023-10-27T18:26:39Z
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@lowqualityfacts The US needs a standardised classification scheme for firearms based on bullets per square child
(DIR) Post #AbjQxDJlEIKZAf9YqO by tryst@meow.social
2023-11-12T13:34:21Z
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@stux I keep all my smart home crap on a dedicated subnet and restrict the servers its allowed to talk to. I also log, and if it does something weird it's getting yeeted.
(DIR) Post #AcDJvITdSiGfIBAEUa by tryst@meow.social
2023-11-26T18:11:34Z
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@TechConnectify I think Volvo introduced these circa 2005 in the uplift to the C/V/S/XC models. My 2002 XC70 doesn't have them, but 2006 XC70s do. It's a common mod on the older cars to swap the rear light clusters for the newer ones with the side markers.
(DIR) Post #AcGj3tXQdMv8se0xaS by tryst@meow.social
2023-11-25T11:04:14Z
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Did you know that an air source heat pump costs £5,400 to £8,000 retail, and you can get a grant from the Government of up to £7,500 towards the cost of buying and installing it?There are probably catches like you have to use an MCS registered installer, which would increase the price a bit, but even factoring that in, with the grant, the difference between air source heat pump and a combi boiler of comparable output is only a grand or so.
(DIR) Post #AcGj3uTZ9DQPmxDOCm by tryst@meow.social
2023-11-25T11:13:40Z
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Unfortunately, there is a lot of FUD being circulated about heat pumps, e.g., they don't work in cold weather (they do, and are actually ideally suited to our climate in the UK), they're not as powerful (they are), they're noisy (only 40-60 dB(A) at 1m, comparable to a fridge or modern dishwasher), they only work with underfloor heating (they work just fine with radiators)
(DIR) Post #Acbz4w0hV6GJ1Tcino by tryst@meow.social
2023-12-08T21:11:13Z
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@lowqualityfacts This one is actually true
(DIR) Post #Acih0MXezVUanDQi1o by tryst@meow.social
2023-12-11T21:10:51Z
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The absolute fucking hubris on this ladhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/11/rishi-sunak-email-risk-covid-infections-inquiry
(DIR) Post #AckhAev1uRvd03BrTE by tryst@meow.social
2023-12-13T02:02:58Z
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@lowqualityfacts Tory
(DIR) Post #AcmMpibLPgpvZYdjOq by tryst@meow.social
2023-12-13T16:04:32Z
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To give you an idea of the difference between normal ISPs and @aaisp Other ISPs: "Technical fault. We'll have it fixed whenever."@aaisp: "Oh, yeah. We discovered a failed $networkDevice at $location. We've planned engineering work to resolve this properly on $futureDate. In the meantime, affected customers have been moved to alternative infrastructure. We're also doing a root-cause analysis to prevent this kind of issue causing outages for customers in the future."
(DIR) Post #AcnJ9hgeJkRtryM5gG by tryst@meow.social
2023-12-13T19:54:29Z
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@q @ryanpaaz @TechConnectify This. 120% this. Engineering safety-related products while claiming that they're not safety-related because the operator will supervise them in operation just does not wash, but that's the space we've found ourselves in. And it's not solely related to automobiles. Just ask @qdot
(DIR) Post #AcuPYtdU6NBHUMJ6wK by tryst@meow.social
2023-12-17T18:29:24Z
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@qdot https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/ ?
(DIR) Post #Ade8TXpOnezeBbKkEK by tryst@meow.social
2024-01-08T15:49:16Z
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