The 2025 Neil festive tech support problem of choice is... "Smart" TVs abandoned by their manufacturer. For shame. The only realistic solution is to disconnect it permanently from the Internet, and use a separate media streaming device. (I mean, that was always the way, but it seems thay some people did make use of their TV's integrated "smart" features.)
If your body goes stiff when you think about gifts, you might be suffering from present tense.
Airsoft yesterday :) image
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Today's Airsoft was Santa v Elves. We sleighed them. image
Today I learned that a "cronut" is a cross between a croissant and a donut, and not a new Linux scheduling tool.
Is it me, or does the UniFi network application / controller get more bloated and slower with each release? I'm not yet at the point of replacing my UniFi stuff (or trying to install something else on it), but I am not at all sure that I'd buy it again.
I am pleased to announce my new AI-generated musical, "Little Slop of Horrors".
New blogpost: "A proposed legislative amendment to attempt to ban under 16s in the UK from common messaging services, sharing family photos, using Wikipedia, and doing much else online, by imposing age assurance on everyone" I'd have my head in my hands, if that didn't make typing rather tricky. Read and despair (and don't forget to like and subscriber), fellow Internet people.
A proposed legislative amendment to attempt to ban under 16s in the UK from common messaging services, sharing family photos, using Wikipedia, and doing much else online, by imposing age assurance on everyone
Earlier this week, I wrote about a proposed legislative amendment to attempt to compel VPN services providers to prevent anyone under 18 in the UK ...
 #OnlineSafetyAct
Today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent is text-mode web browser, links. Because, sometimes, I just want to be able to browse without all the cruft of the modern web. I find browsing with links more relaxing, with fewer distractions and annoyances, although it is not a good choice for some sites. You don't have to stop using your current GUI browser to give links, or another text-mode browser, a try :) Bonus: no-one is trying to force AI into it.
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