Mastodawn

Reading a post where someone mentions getting ID'd in their 30s under 'challenge 25' rules. Those were introduced in ~2011, when I was 31.

Meanwhile, to the best of my recollection, I've been asked for ID in the UK to buy alcohol exactly once: shortly after my 18th birthday when I was legally old enough but did not yet have any way to prove it. (We just went to the shop next door and bought our weekend beers from there instead.)

Is this the power of beards?

John 1d ago

RE: https://wandering.shop/@cstross/116415149109689267

Surely that should be 'Doctor Florida surgeon'? After all, Florida Man didn't go to Florida medical school for all those years for no reason!

John 1d ago

Jonty Wareing 1d ago

I don't know why people say vibecoding is new, teledildonics researchers have been doing it since the 90s

John 1d ago

Sam Machin 1d ago

Customer: Our Government requires ISPs to Block VoIP traffic, what would you recommend?
Me: Either an IPSec VPN or a Violent and Bloody Revolution.
Customer: ......
Me: Would you like be to suggest some models of Guillotine

Reasonable.

If you poop enough microplastics, you're technically a 3d printer

John 1d ago

Alan Francis 2d ago

Nothing positive to say. They don’t care whether you vote for Labour or Reform, they’re just terrified of Scottish independence. The SNP have been in power for so long in the face of this. This concentrated hate. It’s almost every newspaper, the BBC everything. And still we managed to hold steady at roughly 50% support for almost 15 years. Imagine the landslide if the mainstream media were actually neutral.

John 2d ago

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This Is My Glasgow 2d ago

Why are buildings like the one on the left being replaced by ones like the one on the right? In part it's due to a UK tax system which provide incentives to construct new buildings while punishing developers who wish to re-use or renovate older ones. If we wish to preserve our built heritage, it really should be the other way round.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #urbanrenewal #urbanregeneration

John 3d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@semanticist/116397093398102733

Any last minute opinions on 3d printer filament storage?

John 4d ago

lizard appreciator 4d ago

my Miami vice is sloth, it’s so nice in the shade with a breeze