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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵

@phlash@mastodon.me.uk
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Meta-#Parent (#Grandparent)
#Space nerd (#FUNcube team)
#Guitarist (bass/acoustic)
#Sailor
Identical #Twin
old skool #Hacker (intern -> developer -> consultant -> security guy -> architect)
BT #Wireplay lead designer
#Retired -> #RetroComputing, #MicroPython, #FlightGear, #FUNcube #HamRadio (M6IPX), #SDR
- ported #Doom to 2022 #EMFcamp badge

Avatar: My #emfcamp 2026 hat
Header: Auckland panorama from Mt Eden.
Pronouns: he/him/oi you!
Maxim: Love thy neighbour - all of you, no exceptions! ❤️

477 Followers
450 Following
27 Posts
Joined April 25, 2022
Blog/web:
https://www.ashbysoft.com/articles/phlash
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https://sr.ht/~phlash/
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@dans@mastodon.me.uk @me@jaehanley.social I read it as "I would happliy buy a Chinese EV if my government and their controlling oligarchs would let me"
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 6mo ago
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@prefec2 @jwildeboer How about post framework server side rendering?
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
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@angelwood@merveilles.town My day job 35 years ago, now some of my favourite things to read when #retrocomputing ☺
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@nixCraft IMO this. When softbank bailed out of nvidia (at a very decent profit!) it was all over bar the shouting that we are now witnessing. AI is dead, long live machine learning..
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@TeflonTrout @jmopp @skinnylatte @Daojoan Can confirm! Just in case folks have missed it... https://saladtheory.github.io/ from @gwenverbsnouns
saladtheory.github.io

Salad Theory

Salad Theory

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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 4mo ago
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@britter@chaos.social @rysiek@mstdn.social here for the frogejo 🐸 😁. Boing!
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@alexhaydock Possibly this threat: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.09717 ..but more likely attacks against the EDID and HEC support in display drivers, especially as HEC is largely abandoned and probably the driver code has had little attention for years.
arxiv.org
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
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@thesaigoneer I got frustrated by existing options and wanted to avoid running many processes: https://git.sr.ht/~phlash/phlashbar 👀 This is linux-specific, now looking at similar shenanigans for #freebsd 🙃
git.sr.ht
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@neauoire I'm the lightest crew member (usually, unless kids are on board), so it's usually me up there trying to change the nav bulb... it's even more fun when done at anchor in a bay!
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 4mo ago
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@laurie@hachyderm.io A thing of beauty, thank you 👏 🙃 I particularly like the SPIR punch cards..
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 4mo ago
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@reb@retro.social Reminders are available from my bot 😁 @teabot@cupoftea.social
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 4mo ago
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@sinabhfuil@mastodon.ie @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk Fairy Bose-Einstein Condensate, can crawl out of it's container....
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
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@Becksy@mastodonapp.uk only barely, technically these are my daughters fish but she moved out to rented accommodation a few years back and they have a no pets, even fish policy so...
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@rygorous @bert_hubert @danluu My general feeling from 40 years in the industry is that there are many perverse incentives that drive people into bullshit tasks, re-inventing wheels, etc. that *could* be eliminated, but not without addressing the moral and social aspects that create existing perversities - current LLM hype does nothing towards this. End goals differ wildly between those who would ask the machine to "make me rich" and those who suffer the consequences of existing economics.
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
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@aadeacon @mayintoronto @ZachWeinersmith this! I use folks pretty much all the time as y'all feels odd (I'm british)
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
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@lilyyllyyllyly 👀 I feel seen 🙃
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@jarkman @russss @gsuberland @yvan no no, how many La5£Rs!!?
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@mackaj yep ☺ my flow here is notifications, local feed, home feed, bookmarks if time.
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@ianthetechie Oooh a BSD homelab.. watching with interest as my brother & I work on our (currently) Linux based two-node multi-site cluster for hosting family services 😁 while getting mildly annoyed at the sheer volume of cruft on a standard (Debian, Ubuntu) Linux host these days. Rekon we might be up to releasing a stack of documentation soon!
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 6mo ago
Replying to
@EllenInEdmonton @Giselle Seconding this ^^. Slow cookers have a tendancy to wash out flavour rather than concentrate it (no liquid reduction, unlike stove top cookery). There is also no browning (Malliard reaction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_reaction) which often contributes richness & umami. I find slow cooked onions in particular have an unpleaseant metallic tanginess unless pre-browned. Do enjoy the curry, and ask why a lot as you watch / get involved in the process!
en.wikipedia.org
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 26mo ago
Replying to
@adele@phpc.social Seems possible.. the PDF viewer started out as a plugin and is still written in JS. There are some very capable Markdown plugins like: https://md-reader.github.io/ for serious multi-format support, pandoc-as-a-plugin would be awesome 😁
Effortless Markdown Reading with Real-time Preview - Markdown Reader Extension
Markdown Reader

Effortless Markdown Reading with Real-time Preview - Markdown Reader Extension

Markdown Reader turns local and online Markdown files into clean, readable pages with Mermaid, KaTeX, code highlighting, browser themes, and fast navigation.

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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 2mo ago
@3goodthings@fedigroups.social #3GoodThings 1/ ElectroMagnetic Field #emfcamp has been utterly fabulous, as expected! 😍 2/ Many new friends made, and things to research when I get home... 3/ Totally banging final set in Null Sector from @gsuberland@chaos.social 🤘
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 4mo ago
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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Oh my , look what fits... "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, always gonna spin around and restore you!"...
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@Plan_A_to_Y@furry.engineer @pwloftus@pwl.farted.net @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Vsync - James Brown classic: "always hit the one" 🎶
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@Sheril@mastodon.social This is what gets discussed at the book club I go to with my lovely partner, it's really interesting and fun!
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Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 @phlash@mastodon.me.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@colin_mcmillen@piaille.fr Loving the printer on top of the bench PSU to keep the paper dry?
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