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ex-NHS RNMH 1985-2002 ex-Automattic Support Maven 2006-2020

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www.bbc.co.uk 8d ago

Billionaire Warren Buffett stops donations to Bill Gates charity

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news.ycombinator.com 6mo ago

Skimfeed has changed it's url linking

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newatlas.com 7mo ago

Caught on video: "The wave that shouldn't exist"

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www.bbc.co.uk 8mo ago

DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

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www.theguardian.com 1y ago

Hey aliens, here's our new album. How to follow up a record hurtling in space?

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automattic.com 1y ago

Restructuring Announcement

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www.theregister.com 1y ago

JWT to size up asteroid 2024 YR4 before it rocks our world

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blog.charliemonroe.net 1y ago

A few words about indie app business

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www.sewagemap.co.uk 1y ago

Real-time, river sections downstream of sewage discharges from storm overflows

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inphotos.org 1y ago

Ablocker Not Detected

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ma.tt 1y ago

Price of Freedom – Matt Mullenweg (2007)

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www.theguardian.com 1y ago

The 'mad egghead' who built a mouse utopia

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storage.courtlistener.com 1y ago

WPEngine add 9 new claims (now 20) against Automattic / Matt Mullenweg [pdf]

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wordpressenginetracker.com 1y ago

WP Engine Tracker

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automattic.com 1y ago

Defending Open Source: Protecting the Future of WordPress

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ma.tt 1y ago

Response to DHH

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wordpress.org 1y ago

Secure Custom Fields

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wank.wordpress.com 1y ago

Back into the Shade (2010)

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www.engadget.com 1y ago

Steam now tells gamers up front that they're buying a license, not a game

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wordpress.org 1y ago

Wordpress.org login now requires a WPE non-affiliation declaration

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www.wpgraphql.com 1y ago

WPGraphQL Becomes a Canonical Plugin: My Move to Automattic

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old.reddit.com 1y ago

WordPress Plugin Repository Inaccessible to WP Engine Hosted Sites

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old.reddit.com 1y ago

WordPress Foundation Filed in July to Trademark "Managed WordPress"

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www.bbc.co.uk 1y ago

Men on sodium valproate told to use contraception

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www.bbc.co.uk 2y ago

India alert after boy dies from Nipah virus in Kerala

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www.theguardian.com 2y ago

Boiling point of water dropped below 100C during Storm Ciarán, study finds

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www.theguardian.com 2y ago

Bugs, drugs and electric venom: is this the most deadly library in the world?

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www.bbc.co.uk 2y ago

Gaming giant Steam accused of ripping off 14M UK gamers

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en.wikipedia.org 2y ago

The Penrose Triangle

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www.telegraph.co.uk 2y ago

Britain's cutting-edge stealth aircraft – that flies at the speed of a bike

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First happened upon NFS around 2005. I have long admired their terms, their FAQ, the whole shebang. Currently have two sites hosted with them for the sole reason that they are not EIG and I feel confident that were the targets of those two sites (and they are not offensive, just opinionated) to complain to NFS that my sites would not be affected in any way. For years now that has proved true.

In 2010 I was coming back to the UK from Japan. Walked through security carrying a 500ml bottle of water. Realised after clearing everything that it was in my bag. Turned round, went back to the security and handed them the bottle, saying it's just water but I knew I could not take it on board. The guy there took the bottle, placed it into a recess in the desk/table, pressed a button and lights happened in the recess. Then he gave me the bottle back "Yes, water" and indicated I could board.

The tech has been around for over 15 years.

This article directs it's attention to email spam which is indeed an issue.

"What happens next? Once human attention becomes a gated resource, the prize is no longer reaching the human directly but tricking the gatekeeper into passing the message through."

That is where blog comment spam sits, and there a lot of blogs.

I wrote this in Nov 2007 and it persists today, across blogs and pretty much anywhere else that allows comments.

https://akismet.com/blog/it-really-is-spam/

Part of the continuing problem is that, for blogs, Akismet is effectively paywalled (One ad? You pay). Alternatives exist - use them.

What we have now though is spammers creating blogs then setting AI to comment on those blogs promoting spam and comments which then promote that spam.

It's a cesspit.

Don't read the comments.

This has stuck with me for years.

“Yes, yes,” said Bethan, sitting down glumly. “I know you don’t. Rincewind, all the shops have been smashed open, there was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?”

“Yeah,” said Rincewind, picking up a knife and testing its blade thoughtfully. “Luters, I expect.”

Excerpt From The Light Fantastic

Great author.

If you want to follow and get notice : https://steamcommunity.com/groups/RemGC

"This is a place for those who have a moderately large collection of removed games (games no longer available for purchase on steam) to gather. For most, this group will just be about the name, showing off that you own what others no longer can. For others, it can be a resource to find what you once believed could no longer be found."

Comment.

Share your knowledge, experience, humour.

Do not post 'posts' / links.

You don't need to concentrate your attention anywhere in particular or to explore anything in depth. I stay away from news / politics / gaming subs even though they are my main interest until I have enough of a history / karma.

Some subs do have subreddit specific karma limits but they are many and varied.

It can be a long game, but gaming reddit with comments is easy enough so you'll pass their 'checks'.

Thalassophobia 7 months ago

I was maybe 15/16, family holiday on the island of Menorca. There was a long cove where I would snorkel. Saw hundreds of sea urchins, some fish, an octopus here and there. Water was warm and clear

I surfaced and kept heading out. All of a sudden the water went from warm to cold. Goggles still on I looked down into the water. Darkness. Nothing.

I don't think I have ever swam faster back into the cove and got out.

Phobic? Probably not but it was very scary.

"WordPress maker Automattic" arguable.

"without properly giving back to the open source community." The GPL does not require this

"and claimed to its customers that it had committed 5% of its resources to support the WordPress ecosystem. Automattic says it never kept those promises." So what?

"Automattic also claims that WP Engine degraded the consumer experience and product quality in an attempt to cut costs during this time by removing essential features." So what?

Welcome to a new service for the sharing of illegal images/videos!

"Is it secure?

Yes, we do not share any user data, IP addresses, or any other personal information."

The law will test that.