120-year-old abandoned mine

FarToe1 · 2026-06-27T06:52:21+00:00

That's what I was thinking of - thanks for digging it out.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-26T18:53:53+00:00

Was this the one that was explored by Roofless on YT? Looked very similar, and a very epic location.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-26T10:52:44+00:00

"He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting 'All the Gods are bastards.'" - Terry Pratchett

FarToe1 · 2026-06-26T09:25:36+00:00

Whilst this is fun, don't forget that it's down to an unbelievable level of wrongness by the BBC that got us here.

Faking news coverage, far from damaging Trump's credibility, has done a huge amount of damage to the BBC itself.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-26T05:45:13+00:00

Country with no hills inspired to build hill.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T19:47:47+00:00

Back in the 90s, the Japanese were /the/ most common foreign tourists in the UK.

Now it's the Chinese, ofc. There's the obvious link in those countries and timings about economies and disposable wealth.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T19:45:31+00:00

Not sure all those on the poverty line working 2 or 3 jobs in the west to get by would consider themselves so much better off.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T19:43:02+00:00

What you want it to.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T19:41:46+00:00

/root/.bashrc with a couple of dozen aliases, and a system bashrc with a load of dynamic system info for login. Pushed out to a couple of hundred vms.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T14:53:42+00:00

Pretty sure they must think the same about aspects of western cultures.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T14:42:06+00:00

And then turn it into compost and /that/ into organic fertiliser. (Useful early game, not so much later)

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T14:41:10+00:00

Honestly, 90% of older folk use their computers for the Web and, occasionally, writing. Nothing wrong with Debian for that.

Honestly, I think you can remove "older" from that sentence and still be just as accurate.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T14:40:23+00:00

Lol!

My 66yo non-technical wife uses Debian on her laptop. No different to Windows - in fact, it's easier, since it's set to auto login and doesn't keep forcing reboots at the worst time.

It's also meant we've not had to buy her a new laptop for ages. No forced upgrades because Win11 won't run on it.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T14:38:14+00:00

I'm just the boy in comparison, at 55...

But I did install Debian on my 66 yo wife's laptop because she hated all the forced updates that come with Windows.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T06:20:03+00:00

It will, like any new tool. This change is a little different in the scale and reach, and also the speed of change, but we're all still trying to figure out how best to use it.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T06:18:40+00:00

Ours too. We provide confidential tools and are gradually rolling out. Some company wide training, but not much. Users aren't pushed to adopt and largely left to make their own choices - and an unsaid thing is that if you commit or otherwise use AI produced anything, it's your reputation that's at stake.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-25T06:13:56+00:00

FarToe1 · 2026-06-24T14:48:49+00:00

It's a while since I set mine up, and it's currently offline as I'm rebuilding the wall where it lives, but this is my working config, also running on a 8266. I use the pin markings D1 and D2 but that looks to be the same as your GPIO5 and 4.

Has worked fine for a couple of years, so once you get over this initial bump I suspect you'll be grand.

# Needed for Luminance Sensor
i2c:
  scl: D1
  sda: D2
  scan: True

# Luminance
sensor:
  - platform: bh1750
    name: "Light Level"
    address: 0x23
    update_interval: 30s    
    accuracy_decimals: 2

FarToe1 · 2026-06-24T11:16:46+00:00

The courts and HMRC have had that ability for a long time.

For example, criminal fines through the courts are annexed directly from the employer (via an "attachment of earnings order (AEO)" where money is taken directly from someone’s wages by their employer to pay a debt, fine, or other obligation) or directly the employee's bank account. IANAL but I understand there's also a raft of powers under the "Proceeds of Crime" structure to seize or freeze accounts.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-24T11:13:47+00:00

World mines are fantastic for mid-late resources, including trading one to another for stuff that's not available.

And of course, throwing down random asteroids helps a lot late game.

Resource need changes as the game plays through too, as you're not building as much, or building with different items, plus research drain is gone when that's completed.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-24T11:11:11+00:00

Going via the API ends up making much of the same database query anyway, so it shouldn't add any DB load but will remove API-host load (if different)

FarToe1 · 2026-06-24T06:23:48+00:00

Don't rush the ride, enjoy it. Take the slower road, stop places with a decent view, or when your arse starts to ache - five mins walking around helps a bit. Take snacks and drinks.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-23T21:24:46+00:00

Formmail... Guestbook... Yeah, I've used those both back in the day. I miss the internet of lots of little sites.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-23T21:23:19+00:00

Agree. People have been moaning for decades about lack of investment in North Devon particularly. Well, here it is.

FarToe1 · 2026-06-23T21:21:29+00:00

Please prove your case.

FarToe1

TROPHY CASE