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Daryl

@zolbatar

Creator of Daric (dariclang.com) and working on a terraforming simulation. I like hiking, 40K, maths, science, vintage tech, sci-fi TV & film and general nerdy stuff. Amateur dramatics!

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Hells yes

09.03.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have done a lot of muting and blocking and it’s a lot better now. I basically just want to see landscape/cityscape photos and nerdy stuff.

I suspect it’s mostly people who use online as a replacement for real life.

09.03.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bluesky is a much nicer place than X but what’s with the β€œadults pretending to be 12 years old” thing?

When I was at uni, a bedroom full of cuddly toys or action figures would have been a major red flag.

Has it changed that much?

09.03.2026 08:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s suffered the same fate as Star Trek. It’s more infantile than it used to, built for generations that refuses to grow up.

I’m an adult, older Doctor Who is written for me, but not this.

09.03.2026 07:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know who the target audience is anymore.

It certainly isn’t 40+ men.

08.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It really is. Which pisses me off as there is no excuse except bad writing really.

08.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We used to export some well known BBC titles, but it’s not as once was.

Top Gear and Doctor Who are just fragments of what they once were.

08.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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My wife has put a massive candle underneath the new OLED TV in the bedroom. This feels unwise.

08.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not really sure why the BBC still exists. I’ve not watched any of their TV channels for a couple of decades. Who watches β€œTV” anymore? Pensioners?

The only thing decent was Doctor Who and that’s been turned into something nobody watches anymore.

08.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I got a new whisky for my birthday. 52.4% and the very definition of full bodied.

07.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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He is a very poor predator. He’s the same with every other animal family member we’ve had.

07.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s really nice out, fresh and pretty!

04.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Noisy sod when I’m on a call! Feels very spring outside tho finally.

04.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Melania Trump chairs UN Security Council meeting on children in conflict amid Iran strikes It is the first time the spouse of any world leader has presided over a UN Security Council meeting.

Can somebody please hit the simulation reset switch. Please!

Melania Trump chairs UN Security Council meeting on children in conflict amid Iran strikes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

03.03.2026 06:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just had a foot long sub and I feel like a proper fat git.

But I’ve been sawing and chopping trees all weekend so kinda deserve it, even if I do feel like I’m going to explode.

How do we people eat these??

01.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I actually really like games that look like applications. Probably because I’m a (desktop) application developer at heart.

Simulations in particular work really well.

01.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It cleared itself as the race went on, hundreds of people I guess will do that and it wasn’t fed with new water

28.02.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Small world!

28.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You been there before?

28.02.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A better photo of it before the run!

28.02.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone was digging a warren in the sofa, and I caught the guilty party in the act!

Fortunately this is the family/TV room, none of the furniture is in any way precious

28.02.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this for real? Do people actually make suggestions like that?

Personally, I’m tired of hearing about Roguelikes!

28.02.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing sunglasses and a green jacket is standing in a crowd and says `` do it '' . ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a green jacket is standing in a crowd and says `` do it '' .

Ha, love it!

28.02.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It was almost ParkSwim today! This was lap 3, at the start it was a few cm deep πŸ¦†

#parkrun

28.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Where are we in the Terminator timeline?

Ignoring murderbots - notice what isn’t mentioned, mass drone surveillance of foreign peoples is totallly fine. No issue.

28.02.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I sometimes think I should have been an architect. There’s something about brutalism that feels like the purest form of beauty.

27.02.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the dot as well!

Is that a Wetherspoons?

27.02.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Book, whisky and a log fire. Very relaxing.

27.02.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Out…Jordan Davis concert…a bit of country.

26.02.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why would they not use NT server for that? The mind boggles…

25.02.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0