mortimer

joined 6 months ago
[–] mortimer 4 points 1 day ago

"Is that Kung Fu?"

"No, he's only had 2 pints."

[–] mortimer 2 points 2 weeks ago

I tried using an exit node with Tailscale and couldn't get it to work either. I did find a fix, but realised I really didn't need an exit node for what I was using Tailscale for, so never carried it out. It was something to do with applying additional settings on the web GUI if I remember correctly.

[–] mortimer 49 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

I can see an experiment coming on. Give your snake two dishes and see which it prefers.

[–] mortimer 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, I can see that, but with a horse it's more about training I would imagine. A punishment/reward system. With a dog it's more buddy like. I've never really had to chastise my dog, other than perhaps a little shock value smack when he was a pup. As for rewards, it doesn't even have to be a treat (although it helps). Sometimes his reward appears to be just seeing me smile or laugh, which brings me on to sense of humour. My dog certainly has a sense of humour and knows what's funny.

All that aside, I wouldn't want a horse jumping up and sitting on my knee.

[–] mortimer 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Dogs are way more smarter than we give them credit for. They are the only animal that has been able to establish a relationship with humans to such a close degree, having evolved alongside us for tens of thousands of years.

I don't look at my dog Rocket as my pet, but rather as my best friend whom I rely on daily.

A while ago I didn't want him to get overly excited when I said the word "walk", so I started spelling it out instead. Didn't take him long to figure out it was the same thing.

It's not just a monologue either. He responds in ways that have subtle differences depending on how you say something and the intonation of what is said.

No other animal has even come close to creating such a close co-existence with humans. I'd go so far as to say they are better than most humans. People can be wankers, but a good dog will always have your back if treated with kindness and respect.

[–] mortimer 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You could also just drive the screw in without drilling the hole first. Seems pointless. Besides my Parkside cordless drill has a quick release where you can remove the drill bit and have the appropriate screw bit ready to go.

[–] mortimer 5 points 2 weeks ago

Okay. Duly noted and amended...

🇬🇧 English

🇺🇲 Fuckwit

[–] mortimer 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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🇺🇲 Pidgin English

 

I'm looking for something that will embed a selection of RSS feeds on a website so that it essentially does the same thing as an RSS reader but displays my follows on a webpage. I know 55sketch has simple-rss on Github but I'm looking for something that will pull from various sources and list the articles in order of newest first. Anybody got any idea where I might find such a thing?

[–] mortimer 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. What ads?

[–] mortimer 4 points 4 weeks ago
[–] mortimer 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I got caught once by a speed camera doing 65 in a 50 zone. The camera was in an unmarked van parked on the motorway lay-by (conveniently just after some temporary road works). A few days later the postman delivers a fine in the mail, so I ignored it as it wasn't sent by recorded delivery (so no proof of receipt). Now, by law in the UK, the police have 21 days to inform you of the offence and three weeks later I get another letter from the cops informing me that I have an unpaid fine. So I write to them and tell them that I never received it and that I have no recollection of being on that road. They then send me photographic evidence of my car being caught at 65 mph in a 50 zone and that I am obliged, by law, to declare who was driving. I write back and inform them that it was so long ago I have no memory of who might have been the designated driver, let alone even being on that road, and that because more than 21 days have passed they have failed to inform me of the offence. They write back with some nonsense about having proof that the letter was sent, but I argue that this isn't proof of receipt and that I'd be guessing if I declared who I think might have been driving that day. Result being that I never heard from them again.

[–] mortimer 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have my own website account for personal stuff, and all the other stuff that was going to my Gmail account is being redirected now to Disroot.org where I'm slowly changing the address over for each mail that comes in. I know Disroot is probably not the best, but it was free, had POP3 and IMAP support (I use IMAP on my phone and POP3 on my desktop) and it's not used for anything too important.

 

The animated clock app icon is exactly 2 minutes behind the actual time.

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Chinese Keyboards (self.nostupidquestions)
 

So, if the Chinese don't have an alphabet and use only pictograms comprising of over 6500 characters, how do they type on a keyboard? Do they have really large keyboards with over 6500 keys or do they just say "Screw Mandarin" and type in English (which can't be true because I've seen Chinese characters on webpages/spam emails)? Is there some kind of algorithmic key pressing magic that goes on in order to produce said characters?

 

At least 17 people have been reported killed in Israeli attacks since dawn across the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian news organisations.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said Israel carried out “horrific crimes” over the previous 24 hours with 34 air strikes that killed 71 civilians across the Palestinian enclave.

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Morning Loaf (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by mortimer to c/sourdough
 
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Orac-ify (self.nostupidquestions)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by mortimer to c/nostupidquestions
 

Do you think it's possible to make one of those virtual personal assistants (Alexa for example) speak like Orac from Blake's 7?

I will only ever use one if I can get it to sound like Orac.

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LibreSpeed - Speed Test (librespeed.org)
 

Free and Open Source Speed Test. No Flash, No Java, No Websocket, No Bullshit.

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OverTheWire - Wargames (overthewire.org)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by mortimer to c/linux
 

Having recently returned to Linux after a twenty year hiatus, I'm currently enjoying OverTheWire as a good terminal refresher.

OverTheWire offers various wargames that let you practice and test your skills in security concepts. You can join the chat, visit the game pages, and connect to each game using SSH on different ports.

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