Graham Adams

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Retired UNIX and Linux sys admin. Used to work at, though not necessarily for, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, BT, Atkins, Met Office, among others. Used to program in BCPL, C, perl, Python
No longer own a car. Interested in #homeautomation and #publictransport. General interest in #politics. Was on mastodon.sdf.org, now toot.wales.
Graham Adams6d ago
Mark Jackson6d ago
APFN Stays Silent on Restricted Access to Own UK FTTP Broadband Network https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/03/apfn-stays-silent-on-restricted-access-to-own-uk-fttp-broadband-network.html
Graham AdamsDec 29
nixCraft 🐧Dec 28
It’s a beautiful day until you realize that 64GB of high performance RAM carries the same price tag as a brand new MacBook Air featuring a "generous" 16GB of RAM. How did we get here? Here we call it the “AI” tax 😏 and it is just the beginning of the new era for DIY users.
Graham AdamsDec 13
Dr Paris (he/him)Dec 13

posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely?

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple …

Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison
Show threadGraham AdamsNov 28
On a related note (geddit), Lidl now playing piped music, boo.
Graham AdamsNov 28
“Materials of State” on BBC Radio 4 being ruined by plinky plonky music. Why do they do this?
Graham AdamsOct 30
Jon WorthOct 30
I have written a complete overview of what today's ORR decision on Temple Mills, giving Virgin access there, is likely to mean: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/eurostar-finally-real-rival-catch-4011493 #CrossChannelRail
Eurostar will finally have a real, cheaper, rival – but there’s a catch

Passengers will have to wait until 2030 but Virgin Trains is a step closer to running cross-Channel services - and it could drive down ticket costs

The i Paper
Graham AdamsOct 28
Meredith WhittakerOct 27

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/

Graham AdamsOct 19
Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Oct 19
Play with us! Play with us! Play with us! Play with us! Play with us! Play with us! Play with us!
Graham AdamsOct 10
Prof. Sam LawlerOct 9

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out a fact sheet about them to a bunch of journalists, but very few are going to write about this. So, let me try posting it all here.

Here's what I know about Reflect Orbital and all the downsides:

Graham AdamsOct 1
hackadayOct 1

AOL has now shut down dial-up service as of September 30.

Let us play the forgotten music...