Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵

https://mastodon.me.uk/@phlash

Meta-#Parent (#Grandparent)
#Space nerd (#FUNcube team)
#Guitarist (bass/acoustic)
#Sailor
Identical #Twin
old skool #Hacker (intern -> developer -> consultant -> security guy -> technical architect)
BT #Wireplay lead designer
#Retired -> #RetroComputing, #MicroPython, #FlightGear, #FUNcube #HamRadio (M6IPX), #SDR
- ported #Doom to 2022 #EMFcamp badge

Header: Auckland panorama from Mt Eden.
Pronouns: he/him/oi you!
Maxim: Love thy neighbour - all of you, no exceptions! ❤️

Blog/web: https://www.ashbysoft.com/articles/phlash
Sourcehut: https://sr.ht/~phlash/
Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/phlash
BornAt: 321ppm

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2026-07-13 12:41:11 GMT

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please see Softbank investment strategy, bought into Nvidia, pumped AI, got out 6 months ago promising to directly invest in OpenAI.. have not done so. Out of shovels, sitting on profits until bubble bursts.

2026-06-17 17:02:18 GMT

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methinks it's a "cat already out of the bag" problem, once published as say 'public', then a post is going to get cached everywhere, and attempts to filter it out of some caches by lowering visibility are not always going to work.. whereas nuking everywhere is easy.

2026-06-02 20:45:12 GMT

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#emfcamp purrfection 🐱 🙃 @npub12tr…tlud

2026-01-27 21:05:10 GMT

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tracked down a few years ago by the retro computing folks:
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/15295/what-is-the-origin-of-this-bizarre-advert-of-people-wearing-swimsuits-in-a-room
TL;DR - Computer Decisions magazine vol 15, 1982/3, advert was from Airflow company selliing DATAC air conditioning

2025-11-28 20:50:52 GMT

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NERD! 😛

2025-11-01 18:47:42 GMT

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I sometimes think about getting a dehydrator, or making one.. often at this time of year 😂 , thus I have questions!
How much food do you process in a year typically?
Where do you store the dried food?
Ta 🙏

2025-10-09 14:21:01 GMT

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I will at some point actually go to an event there, been a member since 1990!

2025-08-20 22:35:57 GMT

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I really like the way this breaks the 4th wall 'in reverse' by pulling the 'outside' world into the fantasy 😀
As well as the games folks have mentioned that require the player to adjust settings as part of the gameplay, I think Sierra Online had a couple where an in-game character 'reached out' and adjusted the game options at some point to effect a cut-scene or similar... it's been a while!

2025-07-01 20:42:46 GMT

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Oh, oh - are there errata available?
Andrew Winson did a fabulous job, I feel we need a different voice for errata though?

2025-04-22 13:55:39 GMT

Just scrolled past this and had thought:
https://chaos.social/@kattascha/114381598276468312
(Toot from Katharina Nocun quoting an NYT article about executive orders being supplied to the whilte house by supporters)
What's the supply chain risk here with "sending executive order suggestions"? What could be done by interested parties?.. there may even be a signal group to send them to 🙃

2024-12-26 17:14:14 GMT

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Job done (sorry for all the notifications though!)
60 new benches from Felixstowe Seafront Gardens - I was sure someone had already done those but nope!

2024-11-25 00:44:43 GMT

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Sold! I'll be walking across from Covent Garden (where my hotel is for the evening).. choose a venue?

2024-09-28 08:53:22 GMT

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I do wish the Guardian would do a little journalism and publish some supporting evidence for all this otherwise unsubstantiated material quoted from a known liars autobiography.

2024-08-25 08:27:14 GMT

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Heh, what is this "your Lego" thing? 😁

2024-06-11 22:28:24 GMT

Better late than never, here's my brief blog post on #emfcamp 😀
https://www.ashbysoft.com/posts/emf2024/