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Last year, Sainsbury's awarded me the dubious honour of being the 6th biggest buyer of Double Deckers in my town. My main objective this year isn't career progression or personal happiness, it's to be in the top 3 buyers of Double Deckers in my town.



Die von Behörden registrierte Gewalt gegen Obdachlose ist in den vergangenen Jahren deutlich gestiegen.




How often do you usually use #Bookwyrm? #Poll #Polls

  • Every day / All the time (0 votes)
  • Every week / regularly (0 votes)
  • Every now and then / rarely (0 votes)
  • Never / Huh? What's that? (0 votes)
Poll end: 1 month ago







8 y/o daughter lost her hearing. Had to learn to sign. Struggled at first as none of her friends knew how to talk to her. One day I noticed our Labrador run to the treat cupboard after she signed "treat?" to her. In the absence of friends our dog had learned sign language for her

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This front door can go from clear to opaque with a voice command - The Home Depot’s newest smart door features smart glass th... - theverge.com/2024/9/30/2425834…


Radio Recorder – command line internet radio player and recorder linuxtoday.com/blog/radio-reco…



NanoPi M6: High-Performance SBC with Gigabit Ethernet and M.2 SSD Expansion lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…



HP ink cartridge DRM bypass demonstrated using physical man-in-the-middle-attack

A tiny PCB installed on a refilled HP ink cartridge allows users to continue using it despite HP's strict DRM settings.
#hardware
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The kid on the checkout in the latest Barclays ads has produced one of the finest acting vignettes ever. Her posture, attitude, facial expressions and demeanor absolutely nail the bleak despair, numbness and thwarted ambitions of modern adulthood. Perfect.


Q: Why do the police always travel in threes?
A: One to do the reading, one to do the writing, and the other keeps
an eye on the two intellectuals.


@Tutanota
Tuta contact is in the application tuta mail or is contact tuta separate? Thank you
@Tuta


The original Raspberry Pi was awesome because it ran cool. You could just set it up and forget about it, literally for decades. But now they require fans, they're just like any other computer. They've added a definite point of failure, given enough time. Well done, chaps.




Samsung unveils the $649+ Galaxy S24 FE, a "Fan Edition" value-focused version of the S24 with a 6.7" display, Exynos 2400e, and 8GB of RAM, in five colors (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

9to5google.com/2024/09/26/sams…
techmeme.com/240926/p26#a24092…



When one of the "car accident that wasn't your fault" scammers used to call my house, I told them I was driving a DeLorean and was being chased by guys in a VW campervan. I'm amazed I got as far as telling them I need help finding Dr Brown in 1955 before they hung up.


Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 review: lighter and comfortable with improved ANC and transparency, but underwhelming Gemini Live and no high-quality Bluetooth codecs (Chris Welch/The Verge)

theverge.com/24254109/google-p…
techmeme.com/240925/p51#a24092…




A man walked in to a bar with some asphalt on his arm. He said “Two beers please, one for me and one for the road.”


How To Efficiently Search Linux Manual Pages with the man -k Command linuxtoday.com/developer/how-t…


CrowdStrike SVP Adam Meyers apologizes before Congress over the company's faulty update that caused a global IT outage, to largely sympathetic House lawmakers (Tim Starks/CyberScoop)

cyberscoop.com/crowdstrike-exe…
techmeme.com/240924/p45#a24092…




Roku unveils the $100 Roku Ultra, which is 30% faster than its other streaming players and has Wi-Fi 6, HDMI 2.1, Dolby Atmos, the Voice Remote Pro, and more (Chris Welch/The Verge)

theverge.com/2024/9/24/2425248…
techmeme.com/240924/p19#a24092…




Ivan Bartoš ve vládě končí, Fiala navrhne jeho odvolání lupa.cz/aktuality/ivan-bartos-…



“I’m going to buy him a copy of the Mythical Man Month. Actually I’m going to buy him two copies so he can read it twice as fast.”

— Unknown

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How do you make a water bed more bouncy. You use Spring Water


I saw an ad in a shop window, "Television for sale, $1, volume stuck on full", I thought, "I can't turn that down".

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