Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@legendaryjoeb 667, the fax number of the beast

@maple ooh, cool, I was always second guessing the grammar on that one

One of the things was a toaster with a "bagel" setting

what the fuck is a bagel setting and how many fucking bagels are you eating to necessitate a dedicated toaster setting for it?

This "Shop Well for Less" programme is a goldmine of "Wait, I don't even know what that is" and "You spent HOW FUCKING MUCH on a X"

@maple @Nine well you didn't break anything, that's several steps up from a bunch of other instances that implemented bbcode and such

@maple we're like the debian stable of masto instances

might not be the most up to date on some things but it just don't break

@maple can't see any reason he wouldn't be

the octopus confirms that doomguy is trans

@sydneyfalk

@sydneyfalk 3.5 inch floppy styled case around an SD card and a floppy drive modified to have an SD card reader

all the SD card contacts are covered by the metal flappy bit, the drive slides that out of the way and touches the contacts

The Ship of Theseus paradox is more widely known in the UK as the paradox of Trigger's Broom because of this scene from Only Fools and Horses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUl6PooveJE

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@noelle they decided to go for a more modern, web-first look and went for sans-sherrif

@noelle @maple Sysadmining: computerfairi.es!

byte's the best sysadmin

@glowingskull in addition to it being used for standard civilian stuff it was also part of "Backbone", a military communications network designed to withstand nuclear attacks

@witchfynder_finder I'm sure it's part of why SIS had no problem with their headquarters being shown in the Bond films

they realised that it was a waste of time trying to keep a location like that classified when every cab driver in London knew where it was

@witchfynder_finder yep, the fact it existed was classified and people did indeed get done under section 2 of the official secrets act for gathering information about it

And yes, it does indeed have both a revolving restaurant which was open to the public on the 34th floor and a gift shop

The only reason it's not classified any more was because an MP used parliamentary privilege to announce that it does exist because the fact it was classified was fucking ridiculous

This is your occasional reminder that until 1993 the existence of Post Office Tower in London was an official state secret

Despite it being 177 metres tall, in central London, and having both a revolving restaurant and a gift shop

Well this can only end well

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1156097882946265089