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raymierussell

@raymierussell@mastodon.scot

I am just this guy y'know.

Mostly retro games and programming.
Bad jokes, Politics and a bit of soldering occasionally

Download my free #ZXSpectrum Puzzle game "BlockZ"

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psychicparrot42, to random
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Why does the last 1% sometimes take 10 times longer than the other 99??!!! 🤔

raymierussell,
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@psychicparrot42
Because computers don't lie but the lying liars that program them do.

RickiTarr, to random
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is less than 5% of his income, so good job paying less than half of what everyone else does.

raymierussell,
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@RickiTarr @carstenfranke
Yeah, I have heard apologists for UK tax avoiders claim it is fair to use loop holes and offshore because their businesses and employees pay a lot of tax so the bosses are fine playing the system.

afewbugs, to random
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Today I learned that hi vis workwear kilts exist, and I think it's very important that I inform the Fediverse of this fact.

https://www.blaklader.uk/en/product/19211831-hi-vis-kilt

raymierussell,
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@afewbugs

If you wear one you have to have a strobing amber warning light underneath in lieu of underwear...

psychicparrot42, to random
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    raymierussell,
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    @psychicparrot42

    I think if you had a time machine the past would be nice for a visit but you wouldn't want to live there.

    raymierussell, to random
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    Can we agree that the only people who want to "bring back National Service" are right wing newspaper columnists and radio presenters. And in reality they only want to talk and write about it.
    #ge2024

    raymierussell, to random
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    Lol, doing a rewatch of the Johnny Vegas comedy "Ideal".

    Why have you got blood all over your T-shirt?
    Just back from Fight Club, come in and I'll tell you all about it.

    raymierussell, to random
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    Just word to American friends to let them know the horrors of socialised medicine.
    Took my dad to the local hospital for an ENT clinic appointment. Due his 6 monthly maintenance of hearing aids. He told them the up volume button was not working on both aids. The tech verified they were not working. He got two new aids then and there - no charge .
    In the hospital for a total of 50 mins. We arrived 20 mins early.
    Also we got there and back by frequent public bus service which is free for my dad.

    raymierussell, to random
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    Okay which big story is Rishi trying keep out the news by announcing an snap election.......
    #GE2024

    jbond, to random
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    A study in the UK has found that electric cars hit more pedestrians than petrol cars. Mostly because the pedestrians can't hear them. Without victim blaming, perhaps the pedestrians should pay more attention when entering the cars space? That space also contains bicycles and e-scooters which are similarly silent.

    As a cyclist it's common to have to avoid a ped who stepped of the pavement into the road without looking. Presumably because they couldn't hear any danger.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/electric-cars-more-likely-to-hit-pedestrians-than-petrol-vehicles-study-finds

    raymierussell,
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    @Wen @jbond @JackTheCat
    Legally, Bikes in the UK must be sold with a bell, but there is nothing stopping you from removing it after purchase.

    raymierussell,
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    @Wen @jbond @JackTheCat
    I do have a slight problem with modern pinger type bells. They tend to be a bit sub optimal in the rain. Had times where I tried to ping a pedestrian in the rain really struggled to get decent loud ding out of it.

    raymierussell, to random
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    Just thinking that after the water problems in Devon(UK) that I did not hear in any reports of the emergency mobile comms system being activated to warn folks to boil their water in the area.
    After testing the system the other year and being told of its virtues it would seem that as a localised public health emergency this would have been an ideal use case.

    NanoRaptor, to random
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    Go check your backups.

    raymierussell,
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    @NanoRaptor
    In some ways the only true offsite backups ever created are the golden discs on the Voyager probes

    raymierussell, to random
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    The UK gov't is considering banning protest groups which

    "routinely use criminal tactics to try to achieve their aims"

    Maybe the Conservative and Unionist Party of Great Britain and Norther Ireland should be banned.

    A few of their greatest hits.

    Illegal Rwanda scheme
    Partygate
    Illegal proroguing of Parliament
    Crony covid contracts
    Prepared to break international law in a "limited and specific way" as part of policy.

    ChrisMayLA6, to random
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    Andy Burnham (still Mayor of Manchester) on social housing:

    'One of the main reasons why the country has not built enough social homes for decades is because of the right-to-buy policy. Councils do not have an incentive to fund the building of new homes if they can be sold off cheaply & quickly. In the face of a desperate housing crisis, the existence of right to buy means we are in effect trying to refill a bath without being allowed to put the plug back in'!

    Yup, that's about it!
    #housing

    raymierussell,
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    @djr @ChrisMayLA6

    How about only a named individual can own a former council house and you can only own one former council house.

    When I say own, I mean properly own, not in a trust or a spouse/partner on paper but really owned by some other person or entity.

    kravietz, to random
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    Something remotely resembling spring finally came to England 😍

    raymierussell,
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    @kravietz
    Could almost be some windows wallpaper.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    I would make a joke about irony, but honestly, I don't know if anyone actually understands what it is.

    And if I did someone would inevitably come along in the comments, and try to explain irony, and even more inevitably someone would correct them, and then really this is just a joke about hubris, which is probably ironic, but who the hell knows.

    raymierussell,
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    @RickiTarr
    Irony - how something made of iron feels to the touch.

    GhostOnTheHalfShell, to random
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    raymierussell,
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    @GhostOnTheHalfShell
    Just a pity the electorate cannot advocate (to elected officials) for themselves without the outside interference of donors and lobbyists.

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    raymierussell,
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    @psychicparrot42 @Doomed_Daniel

    Yup if you have a movie,game, music, audiobook that relies on a service provider to allow you access it then you have never truly bought it. I am not a terribly big gamer but I don't pay for streaming for music and movies/tv. I try to source physical media if possible and put it on my NAS for local streaming.

    raymierussell,
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    @psychicparrot42 @Doomed_Daniel
    The only service I have that causes me concern is audible. I stopped my subscription many years ago but built up a large library over many years before I stopped playing. So audible have had no money from me for a long time but I still have access to my previous credit purchases. I expect at some point a TOS change to fuck me over.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Oh no!

    raymierussell,
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    @RickiTarr
    I still use a small Z80 routine that I first found in a magazine in circa 1987.

    ScepticalScot1, to random
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    Scots Labour think we are mugs

    They sent a letter to us from Rachael Reeves making false claims about SNP.She claims after 17 years of SNP Govt people in Scotland are paying more for less.

    Actually we have free prescriptions for all, no tuition fees for students, free bus passes for young people and the over 60's, a child payment of £26.70 for every child under 16, universal free school lunches for primary children, lower dental charges.

    So actually we get FAR more not less Ms Reeves.

    raymierussell,
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    @ScepticalScot1
    Also we are not suffering as many public sector strikes as elsewhere in the UK cos the Scots Gov't wanted to do a fair deal rather get into fights with Unions.

    dgar, to random
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    Snakes are measured in metric.

    No feet.

    raymierussell,
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    @dgar
    Even though they are all armless, many of them are dangerous,

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    raymierussell,
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    @psychicparrot42
    Sounds like it could be a serial to me.

    dgar, to random
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    #Dgar remembers the days when a long-distance phone-call would go like this: "Hi I'm fine how are you good ok better go this is costing money bye."

    raymierussell,
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    @dgar
    I remember my friends Dad talking to a relative in America (from the UK) using their PC with a mic, speakers and dialup modem. It was in the days when ISPs charged a monthly fee and local call charges applied to your calls. So he was making an international 'call' and paying local rates. Looking back he was a trailblazer. Me and my pal just thought he was a bit strange for talking to people on the internet.

    NormanDunbar, to random
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    When Dickens wrote "A Tale of Two Cities" he agreed that it could be serialised in only two publications.

    It was the Bicester Times, it was the Worcester Times. 😁

    (Apologies to non UK readers wondering what the hell the above is about!)

    raymierussell,
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    @NormanDunbar
    His sofa based story ' A tale of two settees' is the superior work.

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