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@hailey ... old linux distros never die ... just like windows ones apparently don't either ... :)
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Malcolm Herbert
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mastodon 4.5.14+chinwaga little bit of this, a little bit of that ...
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@ifixcoinops@retro.social lots of folk use client-side JavaScript to do form validation and I get that, but if I can still submit to the form back-end directly with curl, what then? hopefully the back-end _also_ does validation otherwise at some point you will meet everyone's little friend johnny drop tables ...
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@ifixcoinops@retro.social fsck that noise - my website is still using tables for page layout ...
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@piepants@famichiki.jp @bonzoesc@m.bonzoesc.net @rebane2001@infosec.exchange you don't often see them in the wild these days and this one is clearly injured ... it was probably kicked out of the pack and will likely be picked off by scavengers ... it's a shame, but we must let Nature take its course ...
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@Unixbigot @jpm suggest follow-up shots and toast all the kit we lost to barrel jack connector "standards" ...
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@benno I have a friend on facebook that will utter this style of gnomic post at random moments, maybe they should compare notes ...
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@fakemetrotrains ... at least May does actually have 31 days, so ... we cleared that bar ... :)
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@gsuberland ... I love that this works even with our various date format clashes ... pi day wasn't so lucky although for us we approximate with July 22 ...
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@catsalad@infosec.exchange curious to see if you can tell how many people leant into the pragmatic rather than literal understanding of the request and selected all of the options presented ...
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@aeduna Mastodon complains if they're identical, so some creative punctuation was in order ...
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@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de @nblr@chaos.social ... it was never about the practical answer ... :)
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@DamienWise@aus.social @mike@social.chinwag.org after having eaten one, you need to _feel_ the micromorts accumulating ...
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@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net ah nice - I saw the original War Stories version which was amazing, will definitely check this out, thanks!
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@pjf ... clearly it's been going a while given the territory already claimed in the map ...
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@aeduna @coolandnormal it was very good to see him in that, but I definitely had the same reaction ... :)
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@futzle @aeduna @fullofmang ooh ... now that's something I haven't watched in a while - definitely re-watched Futurama more recently there
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@devopscats@toot.cat aah, interesting - I'd seen another article earlier which I'd not read but by the summary it was clearly talking about the same thing ...
steam day on the West Somerset Railway with a number of trains operating right now if anyone wants to watch - @Railcam-Heritage3@www.youtube.com for individual streams or one page with them all #wsr #steam https://mjch.net/pub/wsr.html
watching Rogue One on May 3rd as befits a prequel ... #may4th
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@mike@social.chinwag.org have been to several take-away joints over the years and the menu photographs never match the product ...
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@ifixcoinops@retro.social when core website functionality fails because the CDN doesn't deliver the JavaScript required to make a button work (I kid you not) on an otherwise static page and a simple web form then that tells me it's too damn complicated under the hood ...
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@daniel_bohrer @MicroSFF given playing pinball is what the ferryman does in his downtime when not taking folk across the river ... what would happen if you sponsored a two-player pinball game with him? would your trip be free?
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@Dss@infosec.exchange @ifixcoinops@retro.social exactly - same deal with apps vs database: you need the controls on at least the back-end if not both
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@bignose@social.chinwag.org thanks, it was an interesting read! I have forwarded it on to another (offline) friend who also enjoys Withnail & I ...
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@evacide dystopia is already here, it's just unevenly distributed
(with apologies to the great dismal)
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@stilgherrian it's a refreshing style - I hope he goes well, even if I am in two minds over Eurovision for all the obvious reasons ...
seen elsewhere and likely of interest to folks here #cycling https://bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2026/04/22/introducing-the-silence-cancelling-bike-bell
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@everything I look forward to the philosophical talk-down conversations we'll have with our smart weapons, as per Dark Star ...
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@aeduna @fullofmang I remember that really only season 1-3 are good for the re-watch - beyond that and there are definite diminishing returns ...
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@samwilson@wikis.world this! we are in the process of evaluating ML transcription in scanned documents and feature identification in photos and I've been arguing that no, we really need to be absolutely clear on where the information from any particular field was sourced and whether it was later reviewed ...