Dave Malcolm

Retired and recovering (!) Oracle DBA and Linux Sysadmin... Genealogist... Orc Berserker... who shall I be today?

[Dave Malcolm @grimmfast]

Minor annoyances in life #427: when cash from the machine arrive in any old order instead of Monarch's head upward. Not rational, they still spend the same, but feels like someone took a little less pride in their work than they could have. And yes I'm aware that is a little "old man shakes fist at sky" of me 😁

[nixCraft 🐧 @nixcraft]

yeah right

[Ariane Sherine Juniper @ArianeSherine]

It’s a lot easier to take photos of people who want you to take photos of them than of teenagers going, ‘Mum, can you stop? I’m not an accessory!’

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This 120 year old Light bulb still works

It's a 1890's Westinghouse Base Sawyer-Man light bulb
https://t.co/VESZorxvok

[Dave Malcolm @grimmfast]

@ZODIDOG Ouch, sorry to hear that 😕 Hope he pulls through, and that he gradually recovers. Something like that often causes you to evaluate your life; in my case it was a pulmonary embolism nine years ago

[Dave Malcolm @grimmfast]

@olorinhenderson Yup - the beard sometimes catches it, but not always!

[Tony Kay @anthonypkay]

John Prescott made his personal mark on me as a young diplomat. Was in Hong Kong as a fresh young first poster. He came to visit as DPM. In my first chat with him I asked if he had any dietary requirements. “Aye, no fancy shite”. RIP

[Dave Malcolm @grimmfast]

Time to renew house + contents insurance. Renewal quote: £450, a 50% hike (no claims made). Alt quote from LV? £200 for roughly same cover. Wondering if current insurer just plucks a number from the air in the hope you'll renew automatically, or if they simply didn't want the business (and they won't be getting it...)

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Perfect welding

[📸 svarka.svardix]

[Matthew @regionalthicko]

Americans: upset that Kamala Harris was drinking wine in front of a child

Brits:

[Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 🧙‍♀️🔔📖🕯️ @brinatello]

His characters are certainly immortal now. 😔 Shocked and saddened of the untimely passing of horror movie legend #TonyTodd. 😢💔 First saw him in “Candyman,” giving me a proper fright of hooks 🪝 and bees! 🐝 🫣 #RIPTonyTodd, thank you for your amazing talent and kind soul! 🥺💐

[Linux Today @linuxtoday]

FFmpeg Sees 94x Performance Boost with Handwritten AVX-512 Code https://t.co/mXIyJ1rnPM

[Dave Malcolm @grimmfast]

@Chris_Wilky Blimey - whole generations of spiders have lived and died in there 😀

[Positive Side of 𝕏 @positivesideofx]

This is hilarious! He’s a natural. 🤣❤️

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

the guy who just mansplained The Handmaid’s Tale to the author of The Handmaid’s Tale

[CrimeLine @CrimeLineLaw]

A crown court in Truro, Cornwall, will now operate only four days a week due to budget cuts, as confirmed by Judge Robert Linford. In a memo, he acknowledged that the decision "will be significant," leading to anticipated delays in trials. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood recently denied a request for additional funding to increase judicial sitting days, despite concerns from Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill regarding the inadequacy of the Ministry of Justice's plan to add 500 sitting days annually.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Why might there be a delay in the details of a police investigation being made public?

Well, many reasons. None of which relate to a conspiracy or a “cover-up”.

Let’s take a quick look🧵👇

[Dave Malcolm @grimmfast]

@FionaOldThings 😁 Nature's way is usually best

[Dave Malcolm @grimmfast]

@PipTomson @LBCNews @GlobalPlayer Good luck this week @PipTomson , hope it goes well

[Dave Malcolm @grimmfast]

@nixcraft Used daily for 30+ years before I retired, a little less frequently now. Saved me more than once when X wouldn't start due to dodgy / corrupted config files (mainly the former if I'm honest). Maybe not the most intuitive but for beginners there's usually a greybeard to ask