"There are protests, your majesty."
"Good," said the Emperor. "What are they protesting?"
"Grain prices. But why are protests good?"
"What would you call a society with no protests?"
"Happy, your majesty."
"I would call it oppressed. Prepare a report on their grievances."
@kimlockhartga I always thought there was money to be made in selling prepaid postage bags in a vending machine at the security checkpoint.
@inthehands Ah, yes, the classic:
Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views
Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes?
Con: LOL no...no not those views
Me: So....deregulation?
Con: Haha no not those views either
Me: Which views, exactly?
Con: Oh, you know the ones
(Edit to make it clear this is not original to me; I first saw it on Twitter in 2018 posted by @ndrew_lawrence)
@jackscottau I have tried using VScode built in ai stuff to bang out some quick powershell stuff recently. its just like copypasting from stackexchange with less steps. and you still have to debug it.
Hey Australian Internet Peeps of the 1990s,
I am trying to find some definitive information about a Federal(?) government “Community Public Access Network (CPAN)”, which I believe existed between at least 1995-1997.
I have solid memories of this as a teenager visiting a local Government building to access the internet (which was mainly gopher at the time) and obtaining an email address which was @cpan.???.gov.au with Eudora on a floppy disk. The service I think shut down around 1997 and people were told to go and sign up with new email provider Hotmail.
I have not been able to find any references to this early internet service and would love to try and get some information about it.
Special Shoutout @NewtonMark any chance you have any knowledge on this, or have a contact who would? (I am too scared to cold-message Geoff Huston :))
Well I don't think the election result could be any better.
Wannabe Trump party? 0 seats.
Racist party, aka One Nation? 0 seats.
Coaliton absolutely rinsed.
Potato Dutton lost his seat.
ALP Majority in the house.
Increased majority in the Senate, although not full control.
Professor Stephen Whittle OBE, famed UK Trans Legal activist from Press for Change, probably the most reputable trans person in the UK in regard to the law and affecting it, has put out the action plan guide stating that the best chance of influencing things is for trans people and allys to each write physical letters to their MP and 6 copies to specific other members of parliament.
He's provided the relevant facts to be included and laid out what you need to write.
https://translucent.org.uk/a-guide-to-how-to-write-a-letter-to-parliament/
Meanings of the smoke for the upcoming papal conclave:
Black smoke means they're burning oil, which could be a sign of piston ring or valve stem seal wear
White smoke means they're burning coolant and the papal head gasket has blown
@jef id bet that some underpaid worker put them in, heard the announcement, decided that was above his paygrade and someone else would come fix it.
Did you know? The word “trumpery” appeared in the 15th century with the meanings “deceit” or “fraud”. 100 years later, it was being applied to objects of little or no value. Then in the 1900’s, it came to mean “showy but worthless”. — Today, it is equated with “fascist shit”.
@Tarah @deviantollam Also do you guys have any recommendations on remote access software? Everything I know of that does full unattended wants big money for a sub. I don't mind paying but their smallest plans are all too big for occasional access to a small number of machines.
@Tarah @deviantollam Been trying to get my parents onto 1password. and its been an uphill battle. But between failing memory and the realisation that EOL planning is sooner than I would like. (my dad is 80) he really needs it.
@zenkat its practically rent-a-gitmo
@zenkat they are basically giving elsalvador a load of cash to lock up whoever they send there.
Over at TechCrunch, the tireless @zackwhittaker has found new Android stalkerware that requires a password set by the abuser to uninstall and has a writeup on how to remove it: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/this-sneaky-android-spyware-needs-a-password-to-uninstall-heres-how-to-remove-it-without-one/
