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bennyp101

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About bennyp101

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    Comment #49246466

    And then we have the Freddo comparison [0] over here as well, not in skinkflation terms, but in a how is that going up in price terms (Although I've seen them at 39p recently, so p…

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    Comment #48976547

    I've been running this[0] for a few years now, moved it a couple of days ago to a portainer VM on proxmox with 6GB ram, its running perfectly fine for 3 of us, and works fine from …

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    Comment #48544293

    My first instinct was space to fire FWIW (Also its giving me Age of Empire feels here!)

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    Comment #48542988

    Interesting how times change, my first thought when I saw it was "Dammit!" - I had no idea it was now a "White Supremacy" angle :/

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    Comment #48539131

    To add a data point, my kids are not allowed on any social media and don't have phones. (They have iPads, but they are locked down and blocked at home anyway) But that doesn't stop…

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    Comment #48226394

    Maybe I just don't surf the web as much anymore, but everything I use or click on works in Firefox on Linux, I can't remember the last time I found something that didn't work (othe…

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    Comment #47575537

    "don't know about the secret shortcut way to do that, it is very annoying to get one" Is that a US thing? Because in the UK you just get one for free - Companies House sends the in…

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    Comment #47535025

    I remember when I first started out in a job that I should have a green poster nearby to look at to "relax your eyes" every now and then.

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    Comment #47123753

    And then how does public wifi work? Stand outside a Weatherspoons, or just walk down a highstreet with free internet, back to square one

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    Comment #46800033

    I noticed this a couple of years ago too, I just ignored the letters, continued to receive the emails, and they stopped sending me letters about it /shrug

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    Comment #46785267

    Nice one - thanks :)

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    Comment #46784721

    Heads up, your privacy policy[0] does not work in dark mode - I was going to comment saying it made no sense, then I highlighted the page and more text appeared :) [0] https://lemo…

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    Comment #46781924

    I did something similar[0] in JS on a Christmas eve eve a while back - needs to run via a server now as Web Workers cannot be loaded from file:// anymore. python3 -m http.server 80…

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    Comment #46312807

    "then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament" - that's the bit that probably set it in motion

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    Comment #46255689

    100% - They are only allowed on certain games, no chat, and I have a couple of private servers so they can do this steal a brain rot thing

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    Comment #46245323

    Whilst I do kinda agree, I was just replying to the parent about what the punishment would probably be :) But the problem is that people are NOT managing their own kids' shit, and …

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    Comment #46245192

    There's a giant difference between stopping kids having full reign on what is now essentially the whole world of information - and instant access to strangers, than there is making…

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    Comment #46245153

    Yea, I think anyone who grew up at the start of the internet in homes realises just how different it is now, and that teaching your kids about how to be safe online etc is an impor…

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    Comment #46245101

    Yep, I bought a separate all-in-one computer that is in the living room, in full view of everyone else, so we can keep an eye on what is going on when they are using it. We also ha…

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    Comment #46245074

    They get blacklisted from being able to have internet

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    Comment #46081989

    A service shutting down, or being replaced is very different to one being blocked at a country level because of waves hands things

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    Comment #46081543

    "Is this overkill for viewing the occasional Imgur image? Probably." From the last couple of weeks of researching some stuff, it makes perfect sense - I keep stumbling across blogs…

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    Comment #45992882

    How does OpenRA[0] do it? Is it just a X has expired thing? Edit: Oh maybe you do have to have the assets now? I swear last time I used it, it was all online :/ [0] https://www.ope…

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    Comment #45374099

    Ah so /that's/ why Trump was over...