The big problem with it is that the schedule published ( www.ncn-festival.de/programm/run... ) has no end times. The system guesses them

I don't know if anyone here is going to NCN festival in Deutzen, Germany - I have tried to do a Clashfinder at clashfinder.com/s/ncn2025/
Feedback welcome.

Tzdv - Faderhead: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts Listen to Tzdv by Faderhead. See lyrics and music videos, find Faderhead tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!

Tzdv by Faderhead www.shazam.com/track/200240... this is my level of German. DANCE TWO THREE FOUR!

This Is My Rifle by Combichrist www.shazam.com/track/218446... seen them do the same set twice in the last two weeks. This was not played.

Ich muss gar nix - Grossstadtgeflüster: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts Listen to Ich muss gar nix by Grossstadtgeflüster. See lyrics and music videos, find Grossstadtgeflüster tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!

Ich muss gar nix by Grossstadtgeflüster www.shazam.com/track/441756...

So, I have a new Macbook and I have been enjoying using AirPlay to stream music to my telly. Hooray. Except that it goes via my Sky Q box. And for some years Sky Q boxes freeze at random when being an AirPlay speaker..... as mine did again today. Argh. So I wont be trying that again in a hurry.

Not tested this but I trust both @lproven.bsky.social and @cstross.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy
How you might stay on Windows 10.

Did you know I am doing a lightning talk @devoxx.uk in May? Yeah - I know - you can only stand me talking for about five minutes anyway. Topic is Data Platforms - they aren't optional. Or some version of those words in some kind of order.

Anybody who starts a post with "Admins, please delete if not allowed." should be banned for wasting our time. Either you checked and it is allowed, or it is not allowed and the admins will delete it anyway.

I know, trivial right. My Sky Q box iPlayer app doesn't always sync what I have already watched with what I have seen on my laptop using the same BBC account. Just trying to chill and avoid the world.

I just use SSH when doing this. Is it because you need to access the gui of containerised apps?

Is it just me or has PGTips ruined their tea flavour by trying to make a quicker brew than their old pyramid bags? I didn't need them faster. Now I am looking for better tasting tea. Maybe it was a bad box somehow.
#BritishPriorities

Lee Child has appeared recently on British news programs otherwise I wouldn't have known

Oh, garage replaced the coolant sensor and the thermostat. Car Is driving lovely now.

After years of wearing tech and SF related tshirts I now normally only buy plain black or plain white. The exception being when I see something great in Primark.

Exclusive | Michelle Trachtenberg dead at 39 — former ‘Gossip Girl,’ ‘Harriet the Spy’ star shared troubling posts Trachtenberg starred in a variety of kid-oriented movies and shows, making her film debut in 1996’s “Harriet the Spy.”

Same info from a different source... nypost.com/2025/02/26/e...

Michelle Trachtenberg dead: Ice Princess and Gossip Girl actress was 39 The actor’s cause of death is not yet known

Sad to hear of Michelle Trachtenberg's passing. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Yes, I have seen all of BtVS.

a man and a woman are standing in front of a bunch of candles Alt: Magenta and Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show dance while pressing their arms together. Often combined with someone in the audience shouting "ELBOW SEX"

ELBOW SEX! ELBOW SEX

Sorry "Tiss Thdpssssps"

I think the give away might be calling a movie "Thdpssssps" But then I am biased.

Advert stating Kids Woodford green No messing around, please pick up today or tomorrow

Seen in my local Freegle group ... seems a bit harsh. Aren't there adoption agencies?

Kids
Woodford green
No messing around, please pick up today or tomorrow

(Freegle is like Freecycle but non USA)

So today I have been building a TIE Fighter with #Lego bricks I had on my collection. It is based on set 9492 but had bits missing. #AFOL #StarWars

A big thanks to The AA (UK's Automobile Association) who helped me out quickly yesterday. A silly electrical problem diagnosed and reset. Obviously he could not replace the part - but I got home safely and can go to my garage.

(I have a temperature sensor playing up on the motorway)

This is very important.

It took three attempts to install 6.3.something

Conclusion: don't assume that all software will automatically update. It may take several minutes to update manually. 2/2

Chums - a little tip. Always join your first meeting of the day a few minutes before the start time. The software used by Zoom and Teams etc seems to change very often and doesn't like backwards compatibility. This morning I joined a Zoom meeting to be told I actually needed a later version. 1/2

I don't think there are any rules about what a university was originally named after. I went to Imperial College - I don't think we actually have an Empire any more.

Another feature of living under authoritarianism is that records would be erased at an alarming rate, while most of us are too overwhelmed by explicit repression to even notice.

Think of any materials you find valuable that are publicly available now. Back them up.

I just used an address lookup on a website and it told me I lived in Middlesex. This is especially funny because Middlesex hasn't existed since BEFORE THE WORLD WIDE WEB WAS INVENTED

c) If this is typical of the way you operate then you are going to scare away candidates of quality.