Could be for devs? China’s long term goal is to wean itself off western software and hardware.

Moving to Ireland. Better than the UK in almost every way.

I thought Fairphone would solve this for me, but the thing is too damn chonky.

• A general feeling of alienation from society. Particularly younger people.
• Dislike of ‘modern’ music.
• Nostalgia over the way things used to be as you have lived long enough to witness the enshittification.

Codec support is a bit of a bummer. Otherwise I would have bought them.

There is something strangely pleasing about watching house sparrows going about their lives. They lived in the roof of our old house. Almost felt like they were a part of the family. We’ve since moved & the new place has all the roof gaps either filled in or meshed off. Can’t do anything about it as it’s a rental.

I used to, because I had a buggy TP-Link modem/router, & adding a cap was the only way that port forwarding would magically start to work. I have no idea why. The bug never got fixed.

Toxoplasmosis.

“Alien Isolation” is worth a try. It’s very faithful to the original film. Should be available on PC, Xbox & PS. It can be a bit of a ‘locker hiding simulator’, but the suspense is good. If I was being critical I’d say it drags on a bit.

Thanks. I’ll take a look in local shops when I get there.

Thanks. Will take a look.

If you were Polish, those would be your balls.

Pubert

It catches up with all of us eventually. One day you find you just have to start cutting back.

Jumped to Lebara once Three started charging for EU roaming. Uswitch have a nice plan with 21GB/month for about £8–9/month. Includes EU roaming. No lock-in or contract. I think it also includes some free minutes to dial EU numbers. Pretty much better in every way.

True, but I found a flashing colour more informative. I knew instantly what it meant. With an AOD I’d have to look more intently at the phone or bring it closer to my ageing eyes.

No, but I was considering switching back to having one. I had an iPhone + Linux laptop combination for a while, which makes getting your music on your phone impossible. Now I’ve switched to a phone with CalyxOS, getting my FLAC & mp3 files on my phone is doable again, so I might not go the route of getting a dedicated mp3 player.

I kind of miss it. It was discrete and useful.

I’m sure many of us could ditch out fitness watches if we had a coach.

The Monty Python films.