Richard Kay
@copsewood.net
Done cyber, teaching, networking. Doing community currencies. Love worship music, country walks, and making wine, cider and beer. A list of my other social media profiles is here: https://copsewood.net/mastodon.html
I cut the hard stems off, not the other end which are good to eat. The more time I avoid wasting on prep, the better meals I can present.
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I cut the hard stems off, not the other end which are good to eat. The more time I avoid wasting on prep, the better meals I can present.
It cost me no money as I was unwilling to pay their stupid demands. My complaints must have cost VM (AKA Whore of Babylon) some money to handle them. But VM and their stupid debt collectors wasted much of my time, which was very annoying. VM were in breach of contract, and therefore in the wrong.
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It cost me no money as I was unwilling to pay their stupid demands. My complaints must have cost VM (AKA Whore of Babylon) some money to handle them. But VM and their stupid debt collectors wasted much of my time, which was very annoying. VM were in breach of contract, and therefore in the wrong.
Been there, done that, cancelled the direct debit, complained multiple times, ignored and blocked the debt collector email/phone/internet, complained to OFCOM, who have been investigating for years without end in sight.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Been there, done that, cancelled the direct debit, complained multiple times, ignored and blocked the debt collector email/phone/internet, complained to OFCOM, who have been investigating for years without end in sight.
Virgin Media needs to be renamed the Whore of Bablylon, based on how they ignore legitimate demands for a final bill from those obtaining service elsewhere, then rack up the bill and then send debt collectors. OFCOM investigating for years without an end in sight.
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
Ofcom investigates Virgin Media over customer difficulties cancelling contracts
Ofcom has today opened an investigation into Virgin Media following complaints from customers that the company is making it difficult for them to cancel their services.
www.ofcom.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Virgin Media needs to be renamed the Whore of Bablylon, based on how they ignore legitimate demands for a final bill from those obtaining service elsewhere, then rack up the bill and then send debt collectors. OFCOM investigating for years without an end in sight.
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
EVs suffer fewer faults compared to ICE, but can die due to 12V discharge issues. Solution is to keep a jump pack charged in the body of the car and access with physical key in keyfob. Don't leave it in boot if boot needs 12V to open. Learn how to use it when you don't need it so aren't flustered.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
EVs suffer fewer faults compared to ICE, but can die due to 12V discharge issues. Solution is to keep a jump pack charged in the body of the car and access with physical key in keyfob. Don't leave it in boot if boot needs 12V to open. Learn how to use it when you don't need it so aren't flustered.
Fediverse is designed to be hosted by anyone from the ground up. |Having cooperative platforms within the same ecosystem is probably the best defence against social media enshittification resulting from corporate platform owners having to monetise content to keep shareholders happy.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Fediverse is designed to be hosted by anyone from the ground up. |Having cooperative platforms within the same ecosystem is probably the best defence against social media enshittification resulting from corporate platform owners having to monetise content to keep shareholders happy.
When something breaks you have the information and tools needed to fix it.
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
When something breaks you have the information and tools needed to fix it.
The time to get out of Jonestown is before the Kool Aid arrives. It's a religious cult, not a company. As a cult, replacing the CEO isn't a solution, as it is Musk worship that gives the deluded shareholders their sense of value.
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The time to get out of Jonestown is before the Kool Aid arrives. It's a religious cult, not a company. As a cult, replacing the CEO isn't a solution, as it is Musk worship that gives the deluded shareholders their sense of value.
In my family the Christmas dates were all eaten, as were the shelled nuts once cracked. The UK was paying off massive WW2 debt then, so we were happy to have these luxuries which not everyone could afford. We also ate more healthily then, giving us longer life expectancy than junk food consumers.
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
In my family the Christmas dates were all eaten, as were the shelled nuts once cracked. The UK was paying off massive WW2 debt then, so we were happy to have these luxuries which not everyone could afford. We also ate more healthily then, giving us longer life expectancy than junk food consumers.
Sometimes the package environments don't integrate too well between different servers so you need to do a little hacking of your own to make things talk to each other. There's a point at which you stop googling for solutions and you start reading documentation, source code and logs.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Sometimes the package environments don't integrate too well between different servers so you need to do a little hacking of your own to make things talk to each other. There's a point at which you stop googling for solutions and you start reading documentation, source code and logs.
Effort of securing a multi service Linux cloud server over many years has only increased so I'm unconvinced the grass is greener. I've found Debian secure the most maintainable - which seems to allow Linux user land utilities with a BSD kernel. Could be the Linux user land is better supported.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Effort of securing a multi service Linux cloud server over many years has only increased so I'm unconvinced the grass is greener. I've found Debian secure the most maintainable - which seems to allow Linux user land utilities with a BSD kernel. Could be the Linux user land is better supported.
Where I live Foodbanks are mostly church organised and many different churches are involved in helping provide the same distribution network, which receives many donations from all faiths and none. Our Sikh friends are similar - they do have a food aid distribution program also.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Where I live Foodbanks are mostly church organised and many different churches are involved in helping provide the same distribution network, which receives many donations from all faiths and none. Our Sikh friends are similar - they do have a food aid distribution program also.
If you can grow fewer crops locally required by friends & neighbours you will have something to barter with. I get many gifts of fresh fruit - grapes, raspberries, strawberries and apples etc and do much preserving and winemaking myself. The growers seem to appreciate my preserves, cider and wines.
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If you can grow fewer crops locally required by friends & neighbours you will have something to barter with. I get many gifts of fresh fruit - grapes, raspberries, strawberries and apples etc and do much preserving and winemaking myself. The growers seem to appreciate my preserves, cider and wines.
Economies of scale still matter in agriculture as in many other industries, but beyond a certain point these may suit only corporate interests, not those of producers and consumers. The fact I prefer better food locally grown and chemical free doesn't make doing everything myself remotely feasible.
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Economies of scale still matter in agriculture as in many other industries, but beyond a certain point these may suit only corporate interests, not those of producers and consumers. The fact I prefer better food locally grown and chemical free doesn't make doing everything myself remotely feasible.
Just add a few zeros to every Rouble banknote printed and run the printing press at full speed. What could possibly go wrong ?
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Just add a few zeros to every Rouble banknote printed and run the printing press at full speed. What could possibly go wrong ?
Based on this hilarious example, robots are a long way away from being able to do that.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Based on this hilarious example, robots are a long way away from being able to do that.
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I put some oil company names into the recent Met Office storm naming competition.
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I put some oil company names into the recent Met Office storm naming competition.
I am old, but ugliness comes not from age. The old who designed with determination have the advantage of experience. Happiness isn't what you seek and find. It comes unexpectedly from a love of others and your experience of what the great designer made that is good, e.g. seasonal cherry blossoms.
October 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I am old, but ugliness comes not from age. The old who designed with determination have the advantage of experience. Happiness isn't what you seek and find. It comes unexpectedly from a love of others and your experience of what the great designer made that is good, e.g. seasonal cherry blossoms.
The problem isn't the existence of money. The problem is a money/tax system tuned to extract value for the benefit of billionaires. Bitcoin is worse. They will distract you through their media to keep you ignorant of community currency alternatives which would keep spending and taxation local.
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The problem isn't the existence of money. The problem is a money/tax system tuned to extract value for the benefit of billionaires. Bitcoin is worse. They will distract you through their media to keep you ignorant of community currency alternatives which would keep spending and taxation local.
If the sun were hot, she wouldn't be wearing what she is. She's probably doing that at first light or cooler evening. Difficult to tell from diffuse shadows. At 5 secs per sheet with 18 minutes rest per hour, she's earning $70 in 2 hours or $35/hour for hard manual labour - not bad for S. Europe.
October 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If the sun were hot, she wouldn't be wearing what she is. She's probably doing that at first light or cooler evening. Difficult to tell from diffuse shadows. At 5 secs per sheet with 18 minutes rest per hour, she's earning $70 in 2 hours or $35/hour for hard manual labour - not bad for S. Europe.
This may be hard for some US subjects of King Donald to understand, but businesses outside the US mostly don't depend on US customers and will offer discounts at half the US tariff to new non US customers in preference to continuing to sell in a US market which can't afford profitable prices.
October 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This may be hard for some US subjects of King Donald to understand, but businesses outside the US mostly don't depend on US customers and will offer discounts at half the US tariff to new non US customers in preference to continuing to sell in a US market which can't afford profitable prices.