One journalist writing a book doesn’t make something true. Chav is not a slur for the working class.

I’m a working class man from a working class area in the UK, and the vast majority of people here have never been described as chavs and never would.

then go to the backwards time dimension and grow younger.

You might want to watch the end of that episode and see what happens to the cat first…

This could work really well for me too. My favourite sci fi series, Spinward Fringe, has a character who loves ‘ancient’ media, and who is one of the heroes of the story, so has access to all sorts of technology. As it’s set around a thousand years in the future, he should like at least some of the media I already own.

I’ve got an older laptop that I can take with me to give him a way to make our technologies compatible, then, for a few hundred pounds, I can buy some massive hard drives and fill them with whatever media he wants, assuming that he hasn’t given me a super powerful computing device yet. After a few decent trades, I should hopefully either be able to build highly advanced tech, or have enough information to trade on this side and pay to get things built.

I wonder if I could use a loophole too. They have sentient AIs that develop after they’re turned on for the first time. If I’m remembering it correctly, they’re not sentient beforehand. I could have one built with the knowledge of how to build their technology from scratch, and only turn it on once I’m back here.

Their medical technology is also super advanced, so bringing some of that back would be amazing. That would have its own set of questions though, like do you reveal it to the world and try to help as many people as possible straight away, possibly risking your safety, or do you keep it quiet until you can keep control of it and stop it from being taken by people who would hoard it. That’s a separate post though.

It’s a fantastic song, but the title is just Hurricane :)

https://youtu.be/bpZvg_FjL3Q

I believe there’s a movie of the story too :)

I got banned from a local music night.

Apparently ‘Come On Eileen’ was a song request…

As I understand it, they’re next to the muscles, and are alive alive - oh

That would be good because it would potentially explain some other conspiracy theories too, like the world didn’t end at y2k because we haven’t reached it yet. You could milk that for a while

That’s how I’ve currently got my phone and Fire tablet working, KOReader to Calibre over wifi, it’s the initial setup that I couldn’t remember.

I meant to check last night, but didn’t get a chance. More playing and tweaking needed tonight 😁

I’ll have a look at that, thanks :)

I’ll have a look at Calibre Web Automated, thanks :)

I’ve set up wireless access to my Windows Calibre library but I thought the device needed to be physically connected first? I’m realising that I might be thinking of a different program though.

Not much with the server, as I’m finally finishing my switch to Mint on my main PC, now that I’ve finished the things I was stuck with Windows for.

I’m debating whether to put Calibre Web on my PC or media server, as the PC is easier to access, but the server is always on.

I’m also trying to figure out the best way to host a family Minecraft server. I’ve currently got two running at home and one remotely, but have managed to get a decent free tier Oracle server running too.

One of the Minecraft servers is staying local, as it’s just for the immediate family for our gaming sessions, but the other is for the kid’s cousins to join in too. Typically though, they haven’t wanted to play since I got the servers running, so I can’t tell which is best for them 🙈

I’ve been using Immich, but with my photos as external media. That lets me keep my directory structure too, but with the Immich features 🙂

If you haven’t already, give RawTherapee a try. I can’t compare it to Lightroom, but I find it a lot easier to use than Darktable.

Have you tried RawTherapee instead of Darktable? They both do pretty much the same thing, but I find RawTherapee much easier to use :)

It’s a ‘dumb’ solution, but you might be better off with a key safe. My mother in law uses one, and it lets the family have access if she’s working or on holiday and something needs doing.

The PIN can be changed quite easily, and there’s no chance of being locked out due to a power / battery failure.

It’s never Lupus

Pfft, bloody kids… 😂

I should have a look, I’ve got a load of old floppies here, so might have one I’ve punched 🙂

You didn’t need to flip it, 3.5" readers could already read both sides, but the hole or lack of is what told them whether both sides were available. I’ve done it myself.

https://www.webcommand.net/index.php/2019/07/31/does-anyone-remember-the-floppy-disk-punch-notcher/

You could punch a hole in the corner and double the capacity 😁

There’s a very similar concept in motorbiking, target fixation. It essentially says that you go where you look. If you’re riding along and there’s a pothole in front of you, it’s easier to avoid it if you look either to the side of it or past it. If you look at it, you subconsciously turn towards it.