What is an "Upstream Timeout"?

Bluesky is a river, and we are the salmon, and there was a large angry red bear blocking the way

A day off you say? If you are bored and/or thirsty, you should check out the Fad Gallery bar

Pure Dublinese Pete St John on the way Dubliners use the English language.

Dublinese, its a language all on its own :)

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yeah I actually did a little checking, seems to have originated as a "smart idea" on how to work

I mean, I have been doing this "IT gig" for 30 years (retirement a long way off), and unless something is on fire, every single employer gets my mandatory work hours

9-9-6? so not a new number for the emergency services then?

open.spotify.com/track/3rPZst...

Mock up image of Batman and Robin, but with the faces of comedians Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis

How the phone call might have taken place

Hilarious Sean Lock: "That's a Challenging Wank" on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown YouTube video by Guybrush Threepwood

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC4n...

think pretty much covers it all 😀

We all know the most effective reply...go up to el toddler magnifico and do the exact same thing

oh it will happen more and more :) different day, different character. My own personal comparison from my daughter was the wrestler, The Undertaker, or....Gimli from Lord of the Rings or Hagrid...cant wait for the grey/white hair to appear, finally I will get Gandalf in my bingo card 🤣

my wallet, my poor wallet

A closeup head and shoulders shot of the Cybderdyne Systems T-800 infiltration unit, sans skin, staring straight ahead with its red glowing eyes. There's a whole bunch of them behind this one and they really don't like you.

"Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14am, Eastern Time, August 29th."

a cat with big eyes asking for please ALT: a cat with big eyes asking for please

Wait til this starts happening :)

a man in a suit is making a funny face and saying oh no ! ALT: a man in a suit is making a funny face and saying oh no !

I wonder what stellar contributions that person has made, or even wrote a well thought out counter argument to what you spoke about...nope???...

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Official Trailer | Experience It In IMAX® YouTube video by IMAX

Coming on September 12th: The Re-Henge of Spinal Tap.

youtu.be/hxkZ7krBzA8?...

Keith Richards Starting To Worry Now THE PASSING of heavy metal legend and reality TV star Ozzy Osbourne at the age of 76, has sent music's other seemingly indestructible man into a spiral of panic as he confronts his mortality, WWN …

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oh there are far better questions to ask :)

not even instructions on how to install taps?

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ok maybe not to this extreme lol

anything by Terry Pratchett

I get to teach this workshop! Been working hard to put together something awesome and practical 💪

It's FREE! Join me tomorrow :)

Cinderella (TV Movie 1997) ⭐ 6.8 | Family, Fantasy, Musical 1h 28m | G

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and this

www.imdb.com/title/tt0128...

Cinderella (TV Movie 1997) ⭐ 6.8 | Family, Fantasy, Musical 1h 28m | G

oooof I feel ancient now. Which reminds me of the time I showed my daughter this movie :) www.imdb.com/title/tt0128...

US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications The embassy also wants people to set their social media profiles to public.

www.thejournal.ie/us-visa-chan...

well thats not big brother-ish at all

Rock attained perfection in 1974 YouTube video by Jacopo Ghisolfi

youtu.be/pLqfXlIq6RE?...

Ellie from the Last of Us games
Raymond Holt from 99!!!!!!
Wiccan from the Marvel comics

Found that coding locally helped me remember, or at least gave me a clear understanding. Nowadays, its more about trying to remember stuff I have forgotten 😅

And bookmarks, always bookmarks (much better then massive tomes on JS that i used to own)