floppy

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I made this fondant cake sub. Welcome! in c/wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca
PayPal is Introducing a new crypto currency. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 3 points 2 years ago

Please no.

Niche communities you're in that haven't had much interaction? EDIT: Thanks for all your suggestions! in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Most of the ones I created;

!teletext@fedia.io

!yoursinclair@retrolemmy.com

!dtt@feddit.uk

!dabradio@feddit.uk

!beds@feddit.uk

!chiptune@fedia.io

!lemmings@lemmings.world

All of these are largely just me posting! The last two do get occasional posts from others.

UK may try to send small boat arrivals to Ascension Island, minister confirms in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They'll be sending them to Inaccessible Island next.

Curious, how many users here actually use ActivityPub's capabilities to see other social media sites? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 2 points 2 years ago

I think it's because they all show up as being boosted by the group.

Curious, how many users here actually use ActivityPub's capabilities to see other social media sites? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You can follow communities from Mastodon with format @lemmings@lemmings.world (ie replace the exclamation mark with an @). It's a miserable experience though. It's better to follow communities using Lemmy or Kbin (I'm not sure if Calckey works better).

Text-based games!(?) in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 5 points 2 years ago

Talking of MUDs reminded me that some years back I discovered Shades (used to be on Micronet/Prestel in the 1980s) was still running. It took me quite a bit of searching to find a random comment, which said Shades is still running (a few years ago) on telnet://games.world.co.uk I just tried it and it's still there!

advice in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 4 points 2 years ago

It depends.

One which has communities on that you like will make your "local" feed more relevant. (have a look at !specialized_instances@kbin.social)

One which has a domain you like might appeal.

Otherwise, given you can subscribe to anything on any instance, it doesn't really matter.

What is your favorite operating system and what do you like about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 4 points 2 years ago

RISC OS. It's quite unique, and the UI design is great. Want to save a file? Drag this icon where you want to save it. Access the menu? Middle button, oh and it's all context sensitive, directly under the pointer. Applications are just directories - there are no hidden files.

Backups, backups, backups. A learning process (and small rant). in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 3 points 2 years ago

I did have a problem with this, but it was due to a password manager (possibly Chrome's built-in one which I had a load of passwords duplicated in at one point) auto-filling a hidden field with the wrong password.

The front-end error is backup corrupt, but it's not, it's just the encryption key has been changed at the point of restore. Sort that and error gone.

Backups, backups, backups. A learning process (and small rant). in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Backing up to a local server and then shunting off to B2 is largely what I do, except I just use a local file share and try not to store much locally. The Windows 10 built in backup works quite well for this. The file share I back up using Duplicati.

The author of vim has sadly passed away in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 50 points 2 years ago

They finally worked out how to exit this realm?

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Bolton Abbey UK (rabbitea.rs)
 

Old carriages at Bolton Abbey station, maybe waiting for restoration.

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Electric car owners celebrate 1 August as it's when 'average petrol bills surpass EV charging costs for the calendar year' (www.thisismoney.co.uk)
 

How did you celebrate?

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UK traditional TV viewing sees record decline, Ofcom report says (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Nadine Dorries' constituents 'pawns in a political game' (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/906301

I really do not understand what the people of Flitwick were expecting. The Tory party is always about jam tomorrow. Expecting them to actually follow through with a promise was asking more than they should imo.

Joking aside though, we need a mechanism for rogue MPs like this. We need a cross party committee set up after each GE to make the call when an MP gets out of line in this fashion.

The Tories like to spout about minimum terms of service. Well constituents need those also. People rely on an MP to get representation at times when they are desperate. Swanning off for weeks to get a backhander from "I'm a celebrity" etc, or just refusing to work entirely in this fashion should never be acceptable.

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No Activity - BBC2 10th August 10pm (rabbitea.rs)
 

cross-posted from: https://rabbitea.rs/post/90640

Just an early heads up (very early - I'll forget otherwise), that BBC2 is repeating this Australian comedy series. I enjoyed it the first time around but it didn't appear to get much publicity, so I doubt many have seen it.

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BBC Launches A Mastodon Instance (social.bbc)
 

cross-posted from: https://kbin.projectsegfau.lt/m/fediverse@kbin.social/t/19913

Hi! 👋 Here's our #introduction. We're BBC Research & Development; we explore and test new technology to discover how the BBC can best make use of it in the future. For 100 years our engineers have been at the forefront of developments in broadcasting. We're now researching how everyone could get TV & radio via the internet – along with all the flexibility and creativity that brings. 5G, AI, next-gen audio, UHD, personal data… we are investigating all these – and more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzztGFXYR1Y

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Extraordinary photos of July's extreme weather - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

It is a summer of extremes. Burning temperatures followed by raging fires. Wild storms and torrential rain. And a run of broken climate records.

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UK DAB Radio - a community for technical discussion of DAB radio (feddit.uk)
 

Specifically UK platform based but any general DAB discussion is welcome too.

This is moved from fedio too, like my !dtt@feddit.uk post yesterday, but this one I never really promoted so it's effectively new 😊

One of these links should work. If it isn't known by the instance, often copying/pasting the URL into search works best in Lemmy, and searching for the @ address works best in Kbin:

!dabradio@feddit.uk (Lemmy local)

!dabradio@feddit.uk (Kbin local)

!dabradio@feddit.uk

@dabradio@feddit.uk

https://feddit.uk/c/dabradio

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Welcome to the UK DAB Radio magazine! (rabbitea.rs)
 

Please use this to discuss any aspects of UK DAB Radio, for example the ongoing #SSDAB licence awards.

I've created this as a companion to my @BedsDAB@botsin.space bot, which posts changes to any DAB networks within range - it will create a thread when changes are observed (tends to be at/shortly after midnight).

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Immerse yourself in gaming history as the Science Museum (London, UK) opens a games arcade (www.ianvisits.co.uk)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by floppy@rabbitea.rs to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
10 comments fedilink
 

A large basement space in the Science Museum now echoes to the sounds of Space Invaders to Mario Kart as the whole space has been filled with arcade and computer games.

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Flitwick Town Council calls on Nadine Dorries to resign as MP in open letter (www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk)
 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/791723

An open letter reads: "Rather than representing constituents, the Council is concerned that your focus appears to have been firmly on your television show, upcoming book and political manoeuvres to embarrass the Government for not appointing you to the House of Lords."

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[repost - moved] UK Digital Terrestrial TV (Freeview) - Feddit UK (feddit.uk)
 

I'm re-posting this as I've moved the community to a different server for various reasons, and want to ensure anybody interested is aware.

It's a community for discussion of the UK Freeview TV platform, with a bot which posts channel changes when they happen.

!dtt@feddit.uk

!dtt@feddit.uk (Lemmy local link)

@dtt@feddit.uk (Kbin local link)

@dtt@feddit.uk

https://feddit.uk/c/dtt (searching for this tends to produce the best results on Lemmy if the community isn't known)

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