Nostr notes by saraaaaargh

oh, is this it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H198VlOpd88

2026-10-17T09:24:33Z

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oh, is this it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H198VlOpd88

I didn't realise that they'd broadcast the different ...

2026-10-17T09:23:25Z

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I didn't realise that they'd broadcast the different version yesterday, the 45 minute version cut down differently makes sense

how weird, all I can think is a re-edit for a repeat broadcast ...

2026-10-17T09:15:48Z

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how weird, all I can think is a re-edit for a repeat broadcast soon after Gately passed away to remove him, but that doesn't explain S Club 7 or where the replacement performances came from

Off to walk 100km across the Lake District, will probably post ...

2026-09-28T06:24:35Z

Off to walk 100km across the Lake District, will probably post updates on Sarah Dal (npub1twx…e5x8) but anything stupid may still go here

For the past few months when I've wanted to watch something ...

2026-08-19T09:55:13Z

For the past few months when I've wanted to watch something specific, I've gone to buy the DVD on eBay rather than find a streaming service, then ripped it so I can watch on Jellyfin. But now I need a bigger hardrive for the beat-up old laptop that's acting as a jellyfin and immich server.. are there any tricks to finding a cheap big hard drive? Are second hand drives a bad idea?

Bought a little cat bed to go next to me so he'd stop hogging ...

2026-06-23T07:40:12Z

Bought a little cat bed to go next to me so he'd stop hogging the bed

I've been getting some 1:1 management training (oh don't ...

2026-06-14T08:36:31Z

I've been getting some 1:1 management training (oh don't ask) it's all very corporate and sincere. In the first session, he talked about leadership.

him: "Winston Churchill was a great leader, but there's something about him that most people don't know"
me: "That he was a massive racist and committed genocicde in India?"
him: ".... no that he had depression"
me: "oh yeah, everyone knows that"

I used Acoupi on a pi, it's really good. It can send ...

2026-04-17T09:41:25Z

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I used Acoupi on a pi, it's really good. It can send detections live too, I rigged it up to post detections to a mastodon account

https://acoupi.github.io/acoupi_birdnet/

I found a song about all the sex shops on the A1(M) ...

2026-03-29T17:42:11Z

I found a song about all the sex shops on the A1(M)
https://ado88.bandcamp.com/track/next-to-the-a1

more /r/spottedonrightmove fun, this time the house from The Good ...

2025-09-20T09:17:35Z

more /r/spottedonrightmove fun, this time the house from The Good Life is up for sale for £1.65m. Remember, Tom paid off the mortgage by the time he was 40 and they lived there on zero income

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/87282837

Now I'm getting ads for a pocket size Geiger counter to use ...

2025-09-02T05:33:40Z

Now I'm getting ads for a pocket size Geiger counter to use while hiking? Sorry why is this a thing?

Lol is it starting already? Meta freezes AI hiring ...

2025-08-21T07:39:40Z

Lol is it starting already?

Meta freezes AI hiring

https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-freezes-ai-hiring-wsj-reports-2025-08-21/

So anxious and terrified for how the world is and what it is ...

2025-08-08T07:11:24Z

So anxious and terrified for how the world is and what it is becoming, I feel like I need to prepare for full fash, but I have no idea how or what

Sometimes I like to just re-read the Wikipedia page for Cat. ...

2025-08-04T21:18:24Z

Sometimes I like to just re-read the Wikipedia page for Cat. It's just nice and informative

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat?wprov=sfla1

this is the most annoying password to create ever ...

2025-08-01T15:41:11Z

this is the most annoying password to create ever

my boss has sent me 12 emails, each containing (in the body of ...

2025-07-01T13:27:18Z

my boss has sent me 12 emails, each containing (in the body of the email) 8 or 9 photographs. How do I batch extract the images? in outlook I have to right click and save each one individually. He also doesn't understand why he can't send a huge video file like this.

ETA: aha save each one as an HTML file and it saves the images seperately

murderbarn claxon, featuring pictures taken by the agent while ...

2025-06-30T06:28:50Z

murderbarn claxon, featuring pictures taken by the agent while they were fleeing for their life, and a map that's also possibly a treasure map from 1826

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/163544594#/?channel=RES_BUY

Sorry, what? Passwords for everything have been leaked? 16 ...

2025-06-20T15:35:38Z

Sorry, what? Passwords for everything have been leaked?

16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/06/20/16-billion-apple-facebook-google-passwords-leaked---change-yours-now/

bloke walking down the street wearing a T-shirt with very clear ...

2025-06-02T20:16:47Z

bloke walking down the street wearing a T-shirt with very clear nazi symbol ("88" in a white circle on a red tshirt), do I report this somewhere? or just leave it? it just feels so fucking inevitable these days

One of the most annoying things in my life is this despite living ...

2025-06-01T08:47:37Z

One of the most annoying things in my life is this despite living somewhere you can get fibre broadband , one of my neighbours has a fucking starlink dish on his stupid grey house with the stupid plastic lawn

i have an actual useful plan for these too! We need to operate a ...

2025-05-31T11:38:09Z

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i have an actual useful plan for these too! We need to operate a remote gull scarer at work and i feel like this will be the cheapest most reliable way

I'm following this tutorial, it's really great ...

2025-05-30T19:24:15Z

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I'm following this tutorial, it's really great
https://lastminuteengineers.com/nrf24l01-arduino-wireless-communication/
#esp32 #nRF

Got frickin nRF working with a couple of esp32 ...

2025-05-30T19:16:52Z

Got frickin nRF working with a couple of esp32

OK So a lot of confusion about my hard drives occurs because I ...

2025-05-30T11:47:45Z

OK So a lot of confusion about my hard drives occurs because I have the linux root drive, and then another drive that also has a root file system on it for some reason. everything is much clearer now. Also turns out I have 2TB SSD just sitting empty for no reason? Why am I like this

Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary ...

2025-05-28T11:14:45Z

Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night

https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-ian-mckellen-to-open-historic-all-trans-and-nonbinary-production-of-twelfth-night-484397/

ofcom do seem to suggest I have the right to cancel and only pay ...

2025-05-24T15:56:00Z

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ofcom do seem to suggest I have the right to cancel and only pay for what I've used so far in the first 14 days

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/switching-provider/switching-broadband-provider

Although I bet they will charge me £££s for the connection..

thank you! I've dropped your sales team an email, I'm ...

2025-05-24T11:19:16Z

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thank you! I've dropped your sales team an email, I'm still in the 2 week cooldown with onestream so they shouldn't be a charge?

yeah I've dropped them an email to see if they can break it ...

2025-05-24T10:24:11Z

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yeah I've dropped them an email to see if they can break it for me or i have to go through that nightmare

onestream who I have since discovered have dreadful reviews 🙄 ...

2025-05-24T08:53:50Z

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onestream who I have since discovered have dreadful reviews 🙄

I wonder if I should just break the contract now while I'm in the cooling off, or at least give them until Wed

not sure, it's a new account with a new isp

2025-05-24T08:42:44Z

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not sure, it's a new account with a new isp

Raised an actual ticket and they'll get round to it ...

2025-05-24T08:16:58Z

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Raised an actual ticket and they'll get round to it "within 1 to 2 working days" so maybe Wednesday

turns out it is actually illegal to shoot a Scotsman within York ...

2025-05-24T08:01:29Z

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turns out it is actually illegal to shoot a Scotsman within York city walls with a bow and arrow

Today's challenge: get to the next level of my ISPs tech ...

2025-05-24T07:53:58Z

Today's challenge: get to the next level of my ISPs tech support

The roller derby community’s fight to save the inclusive sport ...

2025-03-27T16:22:23Z

The roller derby community’s fight to save the inclusive sport they built

In this period of trans sports bans, the derby community—players of a rare gender-diverse, full-contact sport—show a way forward

https://xtramagazine.com/culture/roller-derby-sports-bans-gender-inclusivity-271947

I'll do that - it just seems very buggy

2025-03-25T07:57:12Z

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I'll do that - it just seems very buggy

also I'm still running everything in one .h ! I need to learn ...

2025-03-24T06:11:30Z

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also I'm still running everything in one .h ! I need to learn to code better

I'm running it on linux, which might be the problem! I like ...

2025-03-24T06:10:09Z

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I'm running it on linux, which might be the problem! I like the simplicity of it all, but it's buggy, struggles to stay connected to the board, and the libraries are difficult to search and organise (but might be an arduino thing, i always seem to have loads of libraries that have the exact same name)

is there a simple IDE for Arduino/ESP32 that isn't as ...

2025-03-23T16:01:15Z

is there a simple IDE for Arduino/ESP32 that isn't as complicated as VS code (or codium)? Like Arduino IDE, but not utterly crap

Again I wish I could have a conversation with the cat, I'd ...

2025-03-16T13:21:33Z

Again I wish I could have a conversation with the cat, I'd love to know how he perceives the world, me, other humans, other cats

JFC the basic core of human society is that we look after each ...

2025-03-12T09:51:16Z

JFC the basic core of human society is that we look after each other, tens of thousands of years ago those of us out berry picking and hunting shared everything with the old, the injured and the young, not everyone can work to survive, so we share with them. it's like basic human 101. fucks sake. aargh

If we kick the US out of Five Eyes we can start calling it Four ...

2025-03-02T07:05:53Z

If we kick the US out of Five Eyes we can start calling it Four Eyes

pacer pacer pacer oi oi oi #trains #pacer ...

2025-02-16T18:33:49Z

pacer pacer pacer oi oi oi #trains #pacer

Just found this! I thought it was lost forever!!!! ...

2025-02-01T19:20:43Z

Just found this! I thought it was lost forever!!!!

Til Walter Scott invented the myth that we had different words ...

2025-01-16T07:13:20Z

Til Walter Scott invented the myth that we had different words for animals (cow/beef) after they've been cooked because peasants spoke a Germanic language and their Norman lord spoke French. He invented this in Ivanhoe; the real reason is just that French chefs and dining was crazy popular in the 1700s and the names stuck. Prior to this the French and Old English names were just used interchangeably and no-one cared

Source https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/NNFpC1vYcY
who refs this video
https://youtu.be/dL2vtwdEFaY

just tried and failed to do soldering, even with a new tip on the ...

2025-01-15T19:59:32Z

just tried and failed to do soldering, even with a new tip on the iron I couldn't get the solder to flow, not sure what I am doing wrong?? Is the iron knackered?

of course I put it in #HomeAssistant too. ...

2025-01-05T20:42:52Z

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of course I put it in #HomeAssistant too.

Why yes I have added an LCD display to the cat wheel. No the cat ...

2025-01-05T20:39:32Z

Why yes I have added an LCD display to the cat wheel. No the cat only uses it if dreamies are involved.

Just telling my gf about the time I worked Christmas at ...

2024-12-21T21:09:01Z

Just telling my gf about the time I worked Christmas at Dunfermline Asda, and a lady came up to me and asked "ken the party, hen?"
I led her to the party hats and things but turns out she wanted to know when the Patè was. I apologised and explained that I was English and therefore a fucking idiot.

But I always think fondly about Ken, the Party Hen

Up to 5 nodes now! This is exciting. Kinda

2024-12-20T21:15:48Z

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Up to 5 nodes now! This is exciting. Kinda

Enjoying playing with the #meshtastic - picked up 2 nodes locally ...

2024-12-20T20:09:47Z

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Enjoying playing with the #meshtastic - picked up 2 nodes locally already when I didn't expect to see any!

charging up my douche flute battery pack ...

2024-12-20T16:01:31Z

charging up my douche flute battery pack (https://youtu.be/PsJMj7FtroY?si=JwarZnYQYuKgUxu-) to use with my newly arrived #Meshtastic device 🥳

so much to enjoy in this piece about a cat called John who got ...

2024-12-17T16:38:53Z

so much to enjoy in this piece about a cat called John who got stuck in a drainpipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxw75295r7o

Fully expect that now America has the will to implement gun ...

2024-12-05T08:56:07Z

Fully expect that now America has the will to implement gun control

has anyone experience of those thermal cameras you plug into your ...

2024-11-22T11:56:18Z

has anyone experience of those thermal cameras you plug into your phone?

so basically I have a document that is being reviewed by someone ...

2024-10-09T09:08:31Z

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so basically I have a document that is being reviewed by someone who has to review a whole bunch of these documents, and they are just quickly opening them up in the browser, commenting "Please format this table correctly" but the issue isn't me being rubbish it's because word in the browser is rubbish

..does it juts not do it? you can't fucking rotate text by 90 ...

2024-10-09T09:03:13Z

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..does it juts not do it? you can't fucking rotate text by 90 degrees? so my table looks fucking stupid? i hate this

update: no you can't! https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/cant-rotate-text-on-word/a632faa8-3166-4e1a-a3a6-a63077408686

spend my first hour at work trying to find out how to rotate ...

2024-10-09T09:00:28Z

spend my first hour at work trying to find out how to rotate table header text in Word365, very efficient use of my time, thanks mmicrosoft

Istfg every time I delete it it comes back stronger ...

2024-10-09T08:04:40Z

Istfg every time I delete it it comes back stronger