Mastodawn

This is a magnificent illustration of technical debt, but I wonder how many people will roll their eyes at the ridiculousness while allowing their own shitty CRM systems to set business rules according to the convenience of tech vendors…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/26/japan-pm-sanae-takaichi-pledged-sales-tax-cut-systems-arent-designed

‘Embarrassment for Japan’: PM wants to cut sales tax but cash registers say no

Sanae Takaichi pledged to suspend an 8% levy on food sales, but retailers say their systems aren’t designed for a tax of zero per cent

The Guardian

concretedog 4h ago

Rob Haines 23h ago

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concretedog 4h ago

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zool 4h ago

Recovered the will to #mayke which is good :) Got the MEMS mic streaming audio over the wifi, via UDP to ffmpeg on the laptop. A bit "why did i do this", a bit test the audio is working and find out what the range is like. A lot of trial-and-error half-learning about memory management on the ESP32 and subjecting the neighbours to repetitive beeps while fiddling with buffer size on both ends.

Managed to lose the mini breadboard under a rug, tread on it, snap half the jumper pins as well as the connector for the LoRa hat :/ but the board + mic still work!

concretedog 1d ago

Todays #mayke is functional. With a passion for #rocketry you often end up transporting delicate tubes for builds... I tend to chuck these in other tubes for protection.. Hence today, after a bit of #FreeCAD I've printed some threaded end caps for this postal tube. Might adorn it with a few more features and maybe paint!

concretedog 1d ago

Took a slightly scenic route to work (I know its a bank holiday but I'm just doing a few hours!) on the #TenQuidTrek #BikeTooter

concretedog 1d ago

Sarah Dal 1d ago

anyone got a nice GIS layer of Great Britain watersheds I can have? Before I make my own #GIS #Geography

concretedog 2d ago

Neil Brown 2d ago

I am grateful to the people who spend their time writing and maintaining software, and making it available to me - and others - under licences that let me use, remix, and share.

I won't always love their decisions, but unless I'm going to step up and make a difference myself, so be it. I will need to adapt my own computing accordingly.

#FreeSoftware #FOSS #Linux

concretedog 2d ago

Yorik van Havre 2d ago

The more we see the argument "with AI, #FOSS does not mean anything anymore" (which is kind of true, new apps pop up every day with totally unclear source and very questionable licensing). the more we can conclude real FOSS software stays important. AI-generated software is actually a third category, between proprietary and foss.

concretedog 2d ago

Still have an account on @tindie despite using the correct way to request deletion of my acc and data on 25th April. Might have to go via #GDPR right to erasure complaint soon. #tindie

concretedog 2d ago

Another little #repair job, put a new handle on my old sledgehammer.. #tools