Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

total cost: maybe £1.10 total because I used some paracord for the handle 'cause I'm fancy like that

and I still have two other ring spanners spare

for carving things like spoons or bowls out of wood it's usually suggested that you use something called a "hook knife" to get the round sort of hollow shape

they cost about 20 quid

I didn't want to spend 20 quid, so I got a set of 3 ring spanners from poundland and spent some time with a dremel (other rotary tools are available) and made this ring knife type thingy that does the job fine

@wigglytuffitout *Edvard Munch The Scream face, but y'know, with 8 arms*

remember when you had to have separate crossover cables for stuff?

that bloody sucked

@maple but yes, multiplayer game with coding would be awesome

@maple I think that might be github

@maple @LaserScheme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

Jonathan Swift wrote it as satire of the general disdain towards the poor and the irish at the time

@LaserScheme @maple obviously thought up by a certain Mr. Swift

the label for Peat Monster whisky is fantastic

@maple attempt succeeded!

@KekunPlazas better would be to use $EDITOR so it goes into whatever the preferred editor is

occasional reminder to always wear your PPE when you're doing anything where it's advised

Loud noises? Earplugs
Stuff flying around? Goggles
Dust and aerosolised stuff? Mask

@maple oh ah, yeah!

jaws has got smell covered then, they've only got touch left

Bird box: don't let them be seen by you
A quiet place: don't let them hear you
every zombie film: don't let them taste you

Right, got 2 of the 5 classical senses left, touch and smell, get on it hollywood

@Jo if it was we could save so much money on guns and tanks and things!

keep the aircraft carriers though, turn 'em into big floating hospitals

@kev@fosstodon.org @sydneyfalk the humanitarian things are mostly "eh, we've got people about, might as well do something useful with them" and the protecting people and peacekeeping missions tend to still involve guns and bombs and stuff

@kev@fosstodon.org @sydneyfalk while the expression "kill them with kindness" might hold some water it's not really sound military strategy

@kev@fosstodon.org @sydneyfalk apart from the bits that involve killing people that is

which is kinda the army's job

might even be perfectly justified killing people, but compassion doesn't really help with that either

@kev@fosstodon.org I just see the adverts as "Oi you fucking waster, join the army", which I don't see working that well