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Computery guy, experience in mobile and support engineering, now working in community health.

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Comment · 1 month ago

https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

> "I generally do not connect to web sites from my own machine, aside from a few sites I have some special relationship with. I usually fetch web pages from other sites by sending mail to a program (see https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/womb/hacks.git) that fetches them, much like wget, and then mails them back to me. Then I look at them using a web browser, unless it is easy to see the text in the HTML page directly. I usually try lynx first, then a graphical browser if the page needs it."

Comment · 1 month ago

yeah same here. I actually don't spend too much time on my phone and I feel pretty smug about it until I realise I just replace the smaller screen with the bigger one a lot of the time :<

Comment · 2 months ago

Yes, there are food vendors and professional DJs etc, so it's not the same. But it's similar in the sense of dedication, creativity and DIY spirit.

Comment · 2 months ago

Just gave it a go, but I'm getting "That number is no longer in service", so there might be power/connectivity issues?

Comment · 2 months ago

Whilst I don't think you're necessarily wrong, I would suggest Fusion festival in Germany to come close in terms of scale and dedication.

Comment · 2 months ago

I'd seen and enjoyed the film adaptation, didn't realise it was based on a book

Comment · 2 months ago

Same with my Wipeout 3 disc

Comment · 2 months ago

Wow, didn't know TF was developed in Melbourne RMIT! That's awesome.

Comment · 3 months ago

Damn, what did Mullvad do?

Comment · 3 months ago

Looks like lots of people (myself in Australia included) are getting the following error message:

"Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes."

Comment · 3 months ago

Were the forums ever backed up anywhere? Given the quality of writing it'd be a shame if it didn't get archived.

Comment · 3 months ago

Came here to comment about Tokyoflash's designs, nice to see them here!

Comment · 4 months ago

There's a good vice article about that very topic.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-do-we-play-video-games-t...

Comment · 4 months ago

No, it's the children who are wrong!

Comment · 4 months ago

Heh, I thought of maple syrup as well. And I'm ashamed to say I prefer the fake stuff! Although it's likely because it's what I had as a child, so there's a strong nostalgia factor.