This account is archived until I figure out what's going on with Twitter - updates will be posted on @proffalken@fosstodon.org

Monmouth, Wales
Joined November 2008
I'm going to pause posting on here whilst I work out which direction Twitter is going given the recent shenanigans. I'll be posting just as infrequently as usual over on fosstodon.org/@proffalken - hopefully I'll see you there!
Hey @NOWTV and @EEHelpdesk- every September I get bombarded by you both with offers to cover the cost of watching the football for 6 months. Now that #cricket season is here, everything is full price! What's up with that? #Ashes2023
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If you're in the #UK and affected by the #TwitterLayoffs, @ContinoHQ are looking for people to join our teams in #DataEngineering, #Azure, and #AWS (SC Cleared only). Get in touch if you want to know more. Good luck with whatever you move on to.
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Sooooo, with @heroku's free tier gone and no sign of it coming back, what are folks using for #free, low-bandwidth #container runtimes with a database backend available?
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Me: Ah, everyone is out of stock of that switch, I'll pay @Ubiquiti the extra to get it shipped next day @dhlexpressuk: We've got your parcel and we'll deliver it today Me: Great! That's exactly what I wanted! @dhlexpressuk: Oh, wait, lol, nope, not today.
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The expedited postage was almost as much as the device itself, and when I try to connect to a "live sales agent" I just get told that no one is available. No phonecall, nothing.
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It gets better, because I've been tracking this all day and the update from 1140hrs this morning has *literally* just shown up on the website:
Is this the most capitalist @what3words address in the UK?
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SLOs explained: computers break, and that's bad. computers working together break less, and that's good. waking up the team for every broken computer is bad. SLOs let you notice when the computers might start breaking too much, and that's good.
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Turns out I'd not quite finished unpacking from #monitorama...
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NEW TOY ALERT! Thanks to a grant from #Monmouth Town Council we now have a #3DPrinter in the space for members to use! Come down to our next Open Night on September 1st to see it in action and learn more about joining. Meeting details on the website: makemonmouth.co.uk
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Massive thanks to Pablo from @Fossil who took the time to make sure my watch was replaced after repeated failures of the original.
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Currently looking for a Tandata TM512, a Watford Electronics MagicModem, or a Hayes Smartmodem 1200 or 2400 if anyone knows the whereabouts of one 👀
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It's the first week of the Month, and that can only mean one thing - Make Monmouth's Open Evening! Join us at Woodland Stores, Wyesham, between 8pm and 10pm this Thursday to find out what we do! More details on the website: makemonmouth.co.uk
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Still finding these things around the place... #emfcamp #rabbits
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"I am so sorry"
The year is 2045. The first astronauts have landed on Mars. They find a cave with a human skeleton. And 4 words are written on the wall. What are the four words
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NEW Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative Party leader today
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Good news @DavidTCDavies - Boris has resigned, you can continue to sit safely on the fence
Hey @sesamestreet, can you lend the Count to @BBCNews so he can announce the total every time another MP resigns? We may as well add another Muppet to this circus! #clownfall #BorisJohnsonMustResign
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