Duncan Smart

Oxfordshire-based software developer.
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[Duncan Smart @duncansmart]

@georgewieggers @AzureSupport Ours seem to be back online now

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@sunnysonx @georgewieggers @AzureSupport mysql too?

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@UK_Daniel_Card Council websites still slacking

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@AdamRackis *Germany* not Europe. They're a bit weird with money compared to the rest of Europe - very cash-oriented still and more oriented toward their own Girocard.

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@UK_Daniel_Card @HSmythe10 All that precious ipv4 space wasted on … fridges!

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@UK_Daniel_Card Check out this guy on TikTok https://t.co/bexSjzPA6U he does them perfectly

[Ben Adam @benadam11]

Gonna tell this to my boss next time I break prod

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@Doomlaser @benryanwriter

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@omaroubari_ @bcomnes Show the image in the correct orientation

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@EngineerLondon Let's hope everyone there respects the hosepipe ban! ⚡️

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@GheeOnMyGi @mattlovesjenni Yes you can, this is one of my favourite features of them

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@ipwanciu Link to the source would have been appreciated https://t.co/0U305O6J6J

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@usercannotexist @UK_Daniel_Card There is a checker at wp2shell dot com

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@JohnPollock @mrianleslie As well as “private investigator Gavin Burrows”

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

I have a theory:

American sports culture tends to be more earnest, motivational, and family-friendly. Chants lean positive or generic.

“Let’s go [team]!”, “Defense!”, “I believe that we will win!” Honestly it's kind of cringe and lame, especially when you compare to the English football chants, which are the absolute pinnacle of excellence in the field.

The Brits don't have this positivity culture. Theirs is infused with banter. In the USA, there's less cultural permission for sustained irony or savagery in mixed public crowds.

Football in the UK was (and remains) a working-class / tribal passion for many clubs. These clubs have deep roots, representing regions that have gone to wars. Manchester United vs. Leeds always invokes the "Wars of the Roses," a 15th-century civil war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York.

US soccer has long had more of a suburban, middle-class + family vibe in many places. And instead of standing terraces, American stadiums are mostly all-seated, highly commercial stadiums with constant PA interruptions, ads, timeouts, and have more of an “entertainment product” feel. Cheerleaders or marching bands and announcers often lead rather than the crowd inventing spontaneously.

Just to show you how cheeky some of the banter is in English football (which wouldn't be tolerated in the US), there was a South Korean player who played for my team Manchester United. The chant for him goes:

Park, Park, wherever you may be,
You eat dogs in your own country.
It could be worse,
You could be a Scouse,
Eating rats in your council house!

(To the tune of a variant of "Lord of the Dance")

And this is us the United fans showing love for Park because we bothered to craft a chant for him! This would simply never fly in the US

[Duncan Smart @duncansmart]

@rcolvile @EdConwaySky Good explanation of the issue with single-hose designs and details of people’s dual-hose modifications here https://t.co/HhwImnML0T

[Hollywood Gadfly @Filmgadfly]

Hollywood’s favorite story: the broke outsider who self-financed an $80k movie on credit cards.

The receipts: a ~$1M elite education, $330k+ in grants on her prior film, and a father - a Chinese real-estate and equity investor - credited as an executive producer.

I call it “poorface.” New piece: https://t.co/VTC1Twrpgj

[Duncan Smart @duncansmart]

@Hwdgfly Loved this. One thing: I think that Primer, Clerks, etc "look cheap as hell" because shooting on 16mm film will do that. Zhao's era was when digital 4K cameras (Red, Blackmagic etc) had become widespread among all filmmakers, pro and indie alike.

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@UK_Daniel_Card Path traversal vulnerabilities in 2026? 🤦‍♂️

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@UK_Daniel_Card I want a management tool that is as effective as cDc’s BackOrifice was.