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@Kestenan headphones & power metal are my thing, the occasional times I go to the trafford centre

the classic office discussion:

what are you working on?

nothing useful.

same.

@DGI working while thinking, to redo an old slogan, "is your employer really necessary?"

@schratze @ranja except my local supermarket made the mistake of putting full size pringles next to shrinkflation pringles.

I know which ones to pick up

@laura @Nat1Advice Sailor Moon-Moon

(now why doesn't that exist anywhere?)

@schratze I remember terminal keyboards at uni gong all the way up to F24

@dee sounds related to any of the #emfcamp #emf2026 folks

though also thinking: yellow pages, phone up a few farmers near hay-on-wye & ask

@Rairii this could all be a a Makefile

@Rairii @Li ok, that really is something 🙁

@mewsleah @Li @Rairii and some sites include a checksum of the file, with instructions to download both & use the checksum to validate you've downloaded a script wth the right contents

@Rairii @Li probably still true

Every program that downloads from the internet sends a user-agent header to the server, normally it's program name, version & a bit more text.

A server could use that to detect curl & send a malicious install script that's different from if you downloaded it with Firefox

@yassie_j filling this with ads listing pension & 28 days holiday as "benefits"

again, the legal minimum

@IceWolf @wordshaper I can be much more honest with non-work friends because there's just us. If I'm having a rant about how worthless the job or company is, there's no risk of boss or HR popping up

@finn yeah, sometimes you don't even have to look at the software, just check their website & see if it gives the ick

@schratze mixing "if" & "unless" blocks, because the language allows it

@yassie_j annoyed that apk may mean alpine package or android package. Doesn't help searching for "is this software available for non Ubuntu linuxes"

@mira thinking of that famous tune: The Brown Danube

@outofprintarchive and these should always come with "show changes"

@robotwig one of a few superheroes who needs the right environment, can't websling very well if all you've got is 2-floor, single family homes

@ObsidianUrbex @OneInterestingFact or pair the mug & coaster, 2 different pics of the same place