The bezels were already pretty large on the LCD deck.

Hopefully no different from life now.

Smidge! Buy smidge. It works really well against a variety of biting things.

Moving to Ireland. Better than the UK in almost every way.

I thought Fairphone would solve this for me, but the thing is too damn chonky.

• A general feeling of alienation from society. Particularly younger people.
• Dislike of ‘modern’ music.
• Nostalgia over the way things used to be as you have lived long enough to witness the enshittification.

I used to, because I had a buggy TP-Link modem/router, & adding a cap was the only way that port forwarding would magically start to work. I have no idea why. The bug never got fixed.

Having recently migrated, the only things I miss from the UK are:

• Public right of way networks (country trails, etc)
• Slightly more stable weather
• Slightly cheaper coffee & chocolate
• Starling bank

Amazing how versioning can give an air of legitimacy through the illusion of progress.

Pubert

Hangs down, the best email client for IMAP.

Jumped to Lebara once Three started charging for EU roaming. Uswitch have a nice plan with 21GB/month for about £8–9/month. Includes EU roaming. No lock-in or contract. I think it also includes some free minutes to dial EU numbers. Pretty much better in every way.

No, but I was considering switching back to having one. I had an iPhone + Linux laptop combination for a while, which makes getting your music on your phone impossible. Now I’ve switched to a phone with CalyxOS, getting my FLAC & mp3 files on my phone is doable again, so I might not go the route of getting a dedicated mp3 player.

Yup. Was going to write the same.

The sad thing is I’m not sure Labour will reverse (m)any of these policies if they take power in the next election.

I think they have a place, but personally speaking, I feel they stifle tinkering. So they’re a “no” for me.

What’s the best horror film for Halloween?

Painfully.

Invoke emergency legislation to gain more power and dissolve the government. Then, become the new de facto dictator.

Childfree characters.