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petelittle1970

@petelittle1970@masto.alittleofnothing.co.uk

#ActuallyAutistic, #AutisticOver50, #AutisticElder, Congenital #Anosmia, #Cravat wearing Scottish #Mathematician/ #Software Engineer. #eBike #Cyclist. Lives in #London with his wife and #Cat.

former MoD currently working for the Cabinet Office.

Interested in #SmartHomes, #IoT and #NabuCasa #HomeAssistant

Reader of books and speaker of nonsense.

Highly Irreverent, Occasionally Irrelevant ;)

Cishet (most probably Demi/Ace) He/Him.

in a Niche of 1

#nobridge

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petelittle1970, to Starwars
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OK.. so I was bored ok? ;) have fun, enjoy the "joke" and don't spoil the "puzzle" for others ;)

petelittle1970, to random
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People always mistake me for an adult because of my age. It's an easy mistake to make.

I am, in fact, a 54yr old kid. I like cartoons, computer games, eating junk food, sweets and ice creams.

I blush when I kiss girls and I love kicking my feet through big piles of leaves.

Now if you excuse me. I'm off to my pillow fort to do some colouring in ;D

petelittle1970, to windows
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ok people. Lend me your brains!

My 2TB HDD died. I didn't lose anything too precious but I did lose some stuff I'm annoyed about.

I'm buying myself another HDD (not an SSD) and Ive considered RAID (5 or 10?) but I doubt I'll go with that as I'll need to buy several HDD's

However I'm looking at backup options. I've looked at Macrium but don't know what/where to back up to.

Another HDD? DVD? Blu-Ray? External SSD? Cloud? Hand inscribed binary in Tungsten sheets? XD

petelittle1970, to random
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horrible dawning realisation

AWW MAN !!!!

When my HDD died I lost a lot of stuff. Not least, the flipping Minecraft mod pack I was creating! All my custom mods, my scripts, my config changes, my custom data packs.

KAPUT !!

Also doesn't help I'd recorded about 6 hrs of "Let's Play" to demo the pack and had enough for about 4 to 5 30 min episodes after editing and I wasn't going to upload to YouTube "Until I'd ironed out a few pack issues"

dammit ! :(

petelittle1970, to steam
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Exploring midweek sales and special offers.

Poly Bridge 3 40% off down to £11.99

Alternatively Poly Bridge 1, 2 AND 3..

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69% off down to £11.98 !!

Interesting pricing structure XD cheaper to buy the bundle than the game by itself :)

petelittle1970, to random
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The very best thing about is the abundance of nettles in our garden ensuring a good crop for a tasty "foraged" nettle soup or spanakopita! (Nettle soup in this instance!)

petelittle1970,
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Don't have any hard or fast recipes to follow so i just use what vegetables I have available. So in this instance i'm using onion, potatoes, carrots and celery along with the nettles which will be added later.

petelittle1970,
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@WhyNotZoidberg it was darned good I can tell you.

Nettles are abundant, taste a bit like a mild peppery spinach and a good source of calcium , iron, magnesium and vitamin B6.

petelittle1970, to random
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It's only Stygian darkness if it comes from the River Styx region of the Underworld, otherwise it's just sparkling gloaming.

JeremyMallin, to actuallyautistic
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I hate getting messy foods on my hands. Is that an everyone who is autistic thing or a just some people who are autistic thing?


@actuallyautistic

petelittle1970,
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@JeremyMallin @actuallyautistic it's definitely me thing. Possibly an aspect of my autism but the dataset isn't large enough to draw conclusions.

I love to bake, but making scones, for example, makes me feel nauseous with the sticky dough sticking to my hands.

I'm forever washing and rewashing my hands. And I hate sticky foods like jam or syrup.

petelittle1970, to Autism
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@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic

#Autistic buddies. Lend me your ears. I'm in somewhat of a quandry.

I am a #Patreon for a well known and respected #Autism YouTube account.

But for some months now he's not been producing anything nor communicating with anyone (at least not on the social media platforms I frequent)

I previously cancelled my patreon and later resubscribed when he returned but he's gone off again.

I don't want to just unsub as I do want to support him.. but that said....

petelittle1970,
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@actuallyautistic

I'm not on the bread line but I'm not exactly made of money either.

I support my patreons because I believe in what they're doing and want to help out. But if they're not doing anything I'm literally just throwing money into the void.

I know he had financial worries previously and I really don't want to exacerbate that.

I'm conflicted. Should I continue to sponsor? or cut my losses?

flockofnazguls, (edited ) to random
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    petelittle1970,
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    @mr_daemon @flockofnazguls

    of course, I programmed my own copy of Linux on my androids positronic brain by manipulating it's isolinear chips directly with a metal filing ;)

    hehe..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx21zq3xiHM

    petelittle1970, to cycling
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    So I've had my airless tyres on the bike for a few days now and had a couple of commutes to/from work.

    two observations.

    One, it's a fair bit more "boneshakery" You feel every lump, bump and road texture through your coccyx and the bike is vibrating a lot more.

    Two. Today in the rain I realised (a bit too late XD) that the factory coating on the tyres reduces grip in the wet. And today was very wet. I braked and wondered why I was skidding rather than slowing XD

    petelittle1970, to ai
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    Sure. install an app on my phone. I foresee NO issues with giving a technology that relies on slurping up everyone else's information into a statistical model access to a phone with all your contacts, text messages, Social media, phone camera and microphone.

    None what so ever...

    petelittle1970, to conspiracy
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    The jets were busy this morning spraying Wokeion and Agent Fushia into our atmosphere.

    Wokeion is activated by the microchips in the covid vaccine and turns straight people gay and makes us buy bikes.

    Agent Fushia is broken down into it's active agents by 5G antenna and makes us all left leaning and environmental focused and really keen to live in a15 minute gulag. ;)

    Or it's just ordinary water vapour on a cold morning? Hahaha

    😆😉

    petelittle1970,
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    Of course Wokeion and Agent Fushia are joke made up chemicals.. but these so called "chemtrails" are laden with Dihydrogen Monoxide!!

    A chemical often used in nuclear power plant cooling, It's found in all cancerous tumours, prolonged exposure can cause tissue damage. It's the main cause of soil erosion, inhalation of even a small amount can prove fatal, the government adds it to our tap water and it's sprayed on our intensive farmed crops to encourage growth.

    And THAT'S ALL TRUE... kinda ;)

    petelittle1970, to random
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    I thing the enshittification of everything is the direct result of entropy increasing. Everything tends to chaos.

    Mediocrity is applauded. People feel more skilled than they actually are resulting in some terrible fan fiction and shoddy artworks being sold out there.

    employees are thanked and "rewarded" for meeting the base level of competence in their jobs.

    adequate is adjusted to good.
    poor is adjusted to adequate.

    no one strives for excellence any more. The bar drops.

    rinse and repeat

    petelittle1970, to random
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    Can't wait to see Dune : Pt 2 .. or as it's better known as "Wonka : Extra Spicy"

    Timothée Chalamet plays Paul Wonka'Dib a young confectioner on a quest to find a rare chocolate flavour known as "The Spice"

    On his travels he finds a race of desert living orange people called the Oompa Fremenupa who have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a chocolatier, who would lead them to true freedom.

    He must battle with the evil Harkonen chocolate cartel in a musical battle of good vs evil ;)

    petelittle1970,
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    @jspath55 with Tim Curry as Baron Harkonnen ;)

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    petelittle1970,
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    @Melpomene @flockofnazguls I want a YouTube channel dedicated to composite organisms that arise from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species.

    "Please Lichen subscribe..."

    ;)

    petelittle1970, to random
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    "I don't like it. It's unnatural!" said the observer.
    "What do you mean unnatural? It has the very latest in synthetic flesh. Every hair is individually placed so it looks human as possible. Speech is completely natual sounding. We've solved the uncanny valley problem. What's wrong with it?"
    "Oh it's very realistic but still unnatural!"
    "But why?"
    "Well it's been talking to us for 3hrs straight and hasn't once used an erm, um or any other form of filled pause! It's unsettling !"

    eo, to actuallyautistic
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    @actuallyautistic do you have a pair of headphones that you love?
    Whether or not you consider yourself an audiophile.

    petelittle1970,
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    @eo @actuallyautistic While I really like my headphones I can't say I'm in love with them as they're electronics and plastic.

    However my Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones are an absolute JOY to use. Comfortable and have great noise cancelling.

    I deliberated over these and the Bose ones. In the end a local tech shop let me try both and they were both excellent.

    The Sony had just the edge on noise reduction and comfort.

    I listen to a LOT of music. Quality is excellent for what I listen to.

    petelittle1970,
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    @eo @actuallyautistic

    "Quality is excellent for what I listen to."

    By that I mean I listen to a lot of MP3 and streaming music. Not plugged into an expensive Hifi playing the latest in crystal clear music with diamond encrusted stylus hovering over the record on an angel's breath XD

    MP3 is lossy. Streaming is too.

    But I listen to Classical, Rock, Jazz, Metal, Blues, Punk, Prog, Orchestral, Vocal, Electronic, Dance and ...well everything and have no complaints about quality of sound.

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    petelittle1970,
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    @Robotron I feel called out.

    Who are you? How do you know me? And how did you get into my home office? ;) hehehe

    a pile of DVD inserts and covers awaiting filing in a ring binder
    a couple of my many DVD/Bluray folders containing some of my many movies

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