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@GopherPete @thezenlady @dianea @paninid do it like #France and actually #investigate the #EpsteinConnection!
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@GopherPete @thezenlady @dianea @paninid do it like #France and actually #investigate the #EpsteinConnection!
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CW: CSA
@GopherPete @thezenlady @dianea @paninid do it like #France and actually #investigate the #EpsteinConnection!
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CW: CSA
@GopherPete @thezenlady @dianea @paninid do it like #France and actually #investigate the #EpsteinConnection!
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@GopherPete @thezenlady @dianea @paninid do it like #France and actually #investigate the #EpsteinConnection!
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Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the UK Government's Exercise Turnstone report? If we're going to get CO2-shortage induced food shortages it'd be helpful to know what we're up against!
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'Morning tooters! Still battling with miserable weather thanks to British "Summer" Time, but I did find an interesting article on a solar power breakthrough: https://petergarner.net/notes.php?thisnote=20260401-Solar+Power+Breakthrough+in+Yorkshire.html
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In the Old Days (2003-2004), a guy in the US called Julian Bleecker developed a portable WiFi node called wifi.bedouin which he toted around in a backpack. I was enthralled! Imagine being able to do that! I felt I'd like to do the same but I had very little money, lived in the UK and wasn't at Uni. Even so, I had a go, and my version - "Billy Nomad/YARWAP" was born. YARWAP=Yet Another Roaming Wireless Access Point ☺️
I wrote it up as I went along and today rediscovered the PDF, which is available for you reading pleasure at https://petergarner.net/projects/YARWAP-The_Billy_Nomad_Project.pdf and Julian's is at https://nearfuturelaboratory.com/projects/en/wifi-bedouin/
I did actually take it outside a couple of times for testing, but in those days so few people had mobile devices that did WiFi, that it didn't really achieve its objective. Enjoy!
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Still concerned about handing over your #biometrics data to some shady, anonymous 3rd party? Me too, but retail outlets have an app for that now (2 articles in my RSS feed):
Via https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/facepos-brings-biometric-point-of-sale-system-to-irelands-central-bank-sandbox and https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/sunmi-wink-and-qualcomm-bring-biometric-checkout-to-android-payment-terminals
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Looking at the fuel types used to supply electric power to our region this morning, I see the picture is worse than normal. Not only do we have #fossilfuels supplying nearly everything, the highest percentage is #biomass. The problem here is that the mighty #draxpowerplant runs mainly on *imported* wood pellets which is largely imported from the USA by sea. So, now that we have a war/conflict, how will the disruption to shipping in general affect the UK's power capability. But hey, isn't it lucky we have gas to fall back on! 🤦♂️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drax_Power_Station#Full_firing_with_biomass
https://bioenergyinternational.com/drax-receives-100th-biomass-cargo-dedicated-us-export-facility/
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@terminaltilt @kiwix Edit: there's a reason why it's no longer available but there are still copies available onljne.
https://hub.kiwix.org/weblog/2025/1/wikihow-content-has-been-deprecated/ -
FINALLY! Someone stood on the tail of a Brontosaurus months ago, and its tiny brain has only just registered it!
"'Big Tech’ fears and confusion dominate dialogue over UK digital ID scheme - Consultation launches with inter-government conflict raising more questions"
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FINALLY! Someone stood on the tail of a Brontosaurus months ago, and its tiny brain has only just registered it!
"'Big Tech’ fears and confusion dominate dialogue over UK digital ID scheme - Consultation launches with inter-government conflict raising more questions"
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FINALLY! Someone stood on the tail of a Brontosaurus months ago, and its tiny brain has only just registered it!
"'Big Tech’ fears and confusion dominate dialogue over UK digital ID scheme - Consultation launches with inter-government conflict raising more questions"
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FINALLY! Someone stood on the tail of a Brontosaurus months ago, and its tiny brain has only just registered it!
"'Big Tech’ fears and confusion dominate dialogue over UK digital ID scheme - Consultation launches with inter-government conflict raising more questions"
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I see that Roblox are introducing a new AI-powered, near-realtime text autocorrect to replace what it believes is profanity with a "corrected" alternative. Apparently replacing it with "####" wasn't enough! What could possibly go wrong 😂 How long before the other morons follow suit?
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/improving-our-text-chat-filter-and-introducing-chat-rephrasing/4474526
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Yay! It's Friday! So to celebrate I grabbed a copy of this year's must-have instructional tome, "The servant's behaviour book : Or, hints on manners and dress for maid servants in small households - Patmore, Emily A. (Emily Augusta), 1824-1862" available at the #gopherhole or via the web front-end at https://petergarner.net/gopher/eBooks/pg78121-images-3.epub
If you've ever wondered how a servant should move, speak or interact with the family, then this book's for you. And never the forget the pivotal role that The Tray plays in the life of a servant! A fascinating insight into life "below stairs".
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Yay! It's Friday! So to celebrate I grabbed a copy of this year's must-have instructional tome, "The servant's behaviour book : Or, hints on manners and dress for maid servants in small households - Patmore, Emily A. (Emily Augusta), 1824-1862" available at the #gopherhole or via the web front-end at https://petergarner.net/gopher/eBooks/pg78121-images-3.epub
If you've ever wondered how a servant should move, speak or interact with the family, then this book's for you. And never the forget the pivotal role that The Tray plays in the life of a servant! A fascinating insight into life "below stairs".
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Yay! It's Friday! So to celebrate I grabbed a copy of this year's must-have instructional tome, "The servant's behaviour book : Or, hints on manners and dress for maid servants in small households - Patmore, Emily A. (Emily Augusta), 1824-1862" available at the #gopherhole or via the web front-end at https://petergarner.net/gopher/eBooks/pg78121-images-3.epub
If you've ever wondered how a servant should move, speak or interact with the family, then this book's for you. And never the forget the pivotal role that The Tray plays in the life of a servant! A fascinating insight into life "below stairs".
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Yay! It's Friday! So to celebrate I grabbed a copy of this year's must-have instructional tome, "The servant's behaviour book : Or, hints on manners and dress for maid servants in small households - Patmore, Emily A. (Emily Augusta), 1824-1862" available at the #gopherhole or via the web front-end at https://petergarner.net/gopher/eBooks/pg78121-images-3.epub
If you've ever wondered how a servant should move, speak or interact with the family, then this book's for you. And never the forget the pivotal role that The Tray plays in the life of a servant! A fascinating insight into life "below stairs".
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I actually used #wormhole for real today! I had to get a screenshot and howto doc from a restricted Linux box to my phone. Wormhole to the rescue, and it worked a treat!
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And talking of melting ice caps, the latest (half-hourly) electricity generation fuel sources for our region look distinctly dinosaur-powered...
Carbon-zero Fuel Percentage 6.3%
Fossil Fuel Percentage 93.7% -
I've added some new dataset feeds to the #gopher server, some with daily updates. A simple bash script does the collection. They include MAC addresses, open Proxy server lists and Sea Ice index data from the apparently radically-defunded NSIDC (National Snow and Ice Data Center). Now you can watch the ice caps melting away in front of your eyes. For some of the stats (which I didn't use) I was pointed at an FTP server with a .edu domain! String and sealing wax come to mind. Visit https://petergarner.net/gopher/Datasets/ for a quick look but get yourself a gopher client (#gophie is good).
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I'm getting increasingly unsettled by the way personal computing is going. I'm going to write a blog post about it anyway, but I think devices like #mntreform Pocket computer will become key devices in P2P networks. As I said in Reddit, "if you can't lobby for change through the established channels, you need to go your own way and annoy the hell out of people in power". I'm old enough to been in computers since before PCs, so I've seen it all.
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"Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 betaUsers who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps"
This is all getting rather stupid now. Of course it's not the UK - Australia and Singapore are getting screwed as well. It makes me wonder what personal computing will look like in the 2030s... in the meantime I have all the Apple apps I need thank you, and I'll not be giving Apple my PII.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/884306/apple-age-verification-uk-users-ios-26-4-beta
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'Afternoon gopherers! I'm pleased to announce that today we achieved our 16000th file in the gopherhole which now holds just over 17Gb.
For reference, that monumental last file is at https://petergarner.net/gopher/Stuff/standards-document-19h-v7.pdf and its description is "UK CAA Standards Document 19(H) Version 7 Part-FCL LAPL and PPL (Helicopters) Skill Test Policy and guidance for Applicants". Never let it be said that we have a mundane selection of content! Anyways .. 20,000 is the next target.
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Hey fellow gopherers! Do you regularly monitor your statistics/downloads? I'm still building my reporting system but my goodness, I've had nearly 19,000 files downloaded this month, so far.
That's just the genuine #GopherProtocol downloads. Since I opened up the web view as well, that's also gone crazy, with the Prepping category leading the way, and Cybertech, especially TPN (Papers, Specs, Decks, Manuals, etc) compiled by Trent Nelson and dehain). Also, the plant section deserves an honourable mention - there seem to be a lot of hardcore botanists hungry for data! Let me know if you're getting an uptick in traffic!
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More Perl hacking to analyse the gopher log files - gotta love SQLite! Anyways, early analysis of February this year (so far) reflects what's on peoples' minds. In case you're wondering Epstein-related stuff is at 49 visits... I'm developing the reporting as we speak...
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So I did the writeup for the rationale for opening up my #gopherhole content to web users. It also made me think that in times of restricted/intermittent Internet, any protocol that's lean and mean will help you get your content quicker. Read it at https://petergarner.net/notes.php?thisnote=20260208-Building+a+Better+Gopherhole.html We also have an RSS feed.
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Morning all! Today's offerings at the gopherhole are a mix of dystopia and sleaze. I've added a very few selected Epstein files which I'll be keeping visible with today's date for the rest of the week. Also, some papers on 5th Generation Warfare, which segways nicely(?) into Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD). I'm also scratching around for some info on NBIC...
TBH I'm constantly bemused by the money and effort "we" put into hurting/killing/controlling each other, especially in the name of freedom.
"Enjoy" .. at https://petergarner.net/#gopher-latest - today only, thereafter via your gopher client 😉