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Exeter's unassuming co-op worker leads double life as 'Lord of the Logos'

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Re: Exeter's unassuming co-op worker leads double life as 'Lord of the Logos'

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Post by heeton »

dotBen wrote: post #34
mattl wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wasn’t expecting to see Exeter on the homepage for sure.

Is there a tech scene in Exeter? I have long lived in San Francisco having moved from UK in 2006 but I spent a lot of time down in Devon where my parents now live.

I wouldn’t call it a scene, but there’s a small handful of people and the occasional meet-up or event. I’m near Exeter after working in London for ~10 years.

Hi to anyone else who’s down in Devon :)

(Hit me up via my profile if you’d like to grab a coffee)

Re: Exeter's unassuming co-op worker leads double life as 'Lord of the Logos'

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Post by rc55 »

dotBen wrote: post #34
mattl wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wasn’t expecting to see Exeter on the homepage for sure.

Is there a tech scene in Exeter? I have long lived in San Francisco having moved from UK in 2006 but I spent a lot of time down in Devon where my parents now live.

There is a tech scene in Exeter for sure, check out these:

- https://techexeter.uk - they've been running events for many years now, 1500 members and monthly meetups.

- https://bsidesexeter.co.uk - Infosec events - some members formerly of the local DEFCON group (those events were fun).

- Shameless plug https://novaparty.org - Annual demoscene event (this year will be 13-15th June) run in collaboration with Tech Exeter.

Re: Exeter's unassuming co-op worker leads double life as 'Lord of the Logos'

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

croisillon wrote: post #52

What a horrible ad and spam drenched website, poor Devonians :(

It seems every county in the UK has one of these sites, it's part of Reach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror).

This particular article is about as engaging as it gets.

Re: Exeter's unassuming co-op worker leads double life as 'Lord of the Logos'

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

mattl wrote: post #20
AndrewDucker wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Co-op is a UK supermarket chain and the brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group, one of the world's largest consumer co-operatives. This is the Exeter branch.

There’s multiple different businesses doing business as “the co-op” in the UK IIRC, somewhat based on geography but with different branding too.

Yes, a village near us has two close by and competing, a mid-counties co-op and a food co-op.

Re: Exeter's unassuming co-op worker leads double life as 'Lord of the Logos'

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Post by cartoffal »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #46
manarth wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Although it's nominally and legitimately a "co-operative", the Co-Op in question is a large national supermarket chain in the UK. Working there is like working any retail job, and a far cry from a small community co-op.

Traces its roots to the Rochdale pioneers. I'd say it's not just "a" co-op, it's likely the oldest in existence on Earth. But yeah, working there is not going to be too much different to working at any other store. Still, don't underplay that. Having something you can go to, walk away from without having to bring home any work, get your 30-40 hours/week (and they'll pay a decent living wage), so you can pay the bills…

The Co-op in Sandwich, Kent is still locally known as the Pioneer!

Re: Exeter's unassuming co-op worker leads double life as 'Lord of the Logos'

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Post by GardenLetter27 »

y42 wrote: post #19

yeah I tried to read the article, but somehow it's hard to see the content beyond a full screen ad inside a modal, a second modal asking me to allow notifications, an inline WhatsApp banner, a fixed ad in the footer,four display ads fencing the first paragraph and at this point I kind of gave up.

Why aren't you using Firefox with uBlock Origin?

Re: Exeter's unassuming co-op worker leads double life as 'Lord of the Logos'

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Post by darkwater »

shermantanktop wrote: post #12

Is this guy why every metal band logo looks like a bundle of twisted sticks? Or maybe he’s just particularly successful at it.

This style is mainly used by black metal and death metal bands, not every heavy metal one.

Re: Exeter's unassuming co-op worker leads double life as 'Lord of the Logos'

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Post by y42 »

GardenLetter27 wrote: post #57
y42 wrote: post #19

yeah I tried to read the article, but somehow it's hard to see the content beyond a full screen ad inside a modal, a second modal asking me to allow notifications, an inline WhatsApp banner, a fixed ad in the footer,four display ads fencing the first paragraph and at this point I kind of gave up.

Why aren't you using Firefox with uBlock Origin?

I am... experienced that on my mobile.

(and fwiwf, shameless self promotion, thats why I wrote my own AI based summarizing service: https://nickyreinert.de/blog/2025/02/16/poneyhot-eats-click-...

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