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Sam Pointer

@sam_pointer

Proud recipient of a 70% ST Format magazine review. Formerly EA, Playfish, Space Ape, Hive. SRE. Anti-faxer. 9600–8-N-1

 United Kingdom
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Joined August 2011
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Rekabi is expected to fly to Tehran on Wednesday, but she (and teammates) have reportedly already left their Seoul hotel and are currently uncontactable, according to BBC Persian. There are also reports of her passport and phone being taken from her. ukclimbing.com/news/2022/10/…
NEWS: Iranian Climber Elnaz Rekabi Competes without Hijab in IFSC Asian Championships

NEWS: Iranian Climber Elnaz Rekabi Competes without Hijab in IFSC Asian Championships

In solidarity with protesting women across Iran, professional climber Elnaz Rekabi removed her hijab in the Combined Finals at the IFSC Asia Continental Championship in Seoul yesterday, breaking...

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Dino Sofos@dinosofos15 Oct 2022
Possibly the greatest moment in the Today programme’s history courtesy of Miriam Margolyes.
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Amanda@Pandamoanimum18 Jul 2022
As the weather is so hot I asked the Hermes delivery driver if he'd like a bottle of cold water. When he said yes I dropkicked it over a fence into my neighbour's rose bush and told him I'd left it in a designated safe space.
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In more “country totally prepared for hot weather” news: Blackpool Victoria Hospital has propped its doors open to keep the building cool, but now the hospital is full of seagulls 🏥🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
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If I die today plz remember me! #kyivnow
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So went to open my PlayStation 5 that I ordered from @AmazonUK and found this! Some one has replaced it with rice!I wish I was joking! Pls RT!
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Sorry folks I buried the goddamn lede here. Version 69 (in production for 4 minutes) granted unfettered read-write-delete access to cassandra and removed access to EVERYTHING ELSE.
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Rob Baines@Telecoda10 Sep 2020
Second wave? Up late drawing this one :)
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Totally sums up my credos: spotless.co.uk/insights/5-th…
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Out now, showcasing original Jungle techniques using Amiga/Atari ST and Akai Samplers, it's my new video with @soundonsoundmag 3 new Jungle tracks made with Octamed & Cubase 2, along with timestretching and chord memory. Full vid here - youtube.com/watch?v=IDn7ZDcx… Have a watch ;)
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@dhh21 May 2020
The best thing about Twitter, Shopify, and Facebook going remote is that we can finally kill the nonsense about where "the magic happens". That argument just got turned into a fucking joke. I mean, it always was, but now everyone will be laughing.
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I can't love this more.
Pete Cannon (@petecannonbeats) profile picturePete Cannon@petecannonbeats31 Mar 2020
New track made with the AtariST and Akai. I was asked to remix one of my fav hardcore tunes EVER, Liquid Crystal - You Got Me. Out on vinyl in 2 weeks. I'll be giving away a signed copy to someone who shares this post. Give it a a like and share and get your hands in the air
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4 Jungle/Hardcore tracks made on a computer from 1991. 8bit raw audio straight out the Amiga and 4 channels only! Out today. Floppy Disc sample pack and vinyl available here - n4records.bandcamp.com/album… Give us a share/like if you fancy it, oi ;) Big ups, Pete.
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Drone Animation in #China feels like Blade Runner and Ghost In The Shell Via @evankirstel #Drones xitter.cf/InterestingSci1/status…
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@brandur9 Oct 2019
Git tip I wish I'd discovered ten years ago: if you `git config --global diff.noprefix true` it removes the silly `a/` and `b/` prefixes so that when you double-click select one to copy, you get a usable filename instead of a mangled path.
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I'm not saying this is the best thing I've ever done on Digitiser... but it's probably the best thing I've ever done on Digitiser: a history of games magazines... digitiser2000.com/main-page/…
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booyaa@booyaa2 Oct 2019
Frens I’m looking for an SRE / DevOps role in a remote-friendly company hmu ❤️
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Cancelling conferences is the best way tech companies can help with climate change.
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@ShiiineOn_27 May 2019
On this day in 1990 The Stone Roses played their iconic mega gig at Spike Island - Widnes - Cheshire That was some day - did you go ??
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