Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@Vann@glitch.social Basically, none of the stuff I do with security is going to stop anyone who really wants to get at my data, but I am going to mildly inconvenience the shit out of them

@Vann@glitch.social protonVPN is one I'd put some trust in

Personally I use a VPN for "screw you, I'm gonna make you jump through a hoop to get my browsing history" and "why the fuck should this website know where I am"

Parry Gripp has answered the age old question "If @squirrel was a vegetable, which would she be?"

[CW: epilepsy warning]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCcCFi5hOOw

@BatElite sadly not

OMG Bitcoin is properly below 10,000 now

Bulgari have a new version of the Serpenti Tubogas in three colour gold

It looks like a snek 🐍

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/bulgari-serpenti-tubogas-three-gold-introducing

@jk too smol for the mol

The conversation also included "It's batteries for a <thing>"

"I don't know what a <thing> is, let alone what kind of batteries it's meant to take"

"Hey Sam, have you got any batteries? I need one"
"Yeah, loads, which kind?"
"Round ones"
"Doesn't narrow it down"
"Y'know, round ones"
"WHAT KIND OF BATTERIES DO YOU WANT?"

Turns out it was MN21s which I don't keep a stock of

@sonicbooming@octodon.social humanity is done as a species at this point

Pack it all up, let the squid inherit the earth

Are you bored of your old BAN HAMMER?

Want something more flexible but with the same great heft?

Try the new BLOCK CHAIN

@Gargron It is however, a fantastic day for arseholes like me who want to watch them burn

@squirrel AAA WELL DONE @LaserScheme !

:( it went back up

Bitcoin is now below $10,000!

DROP DROP DROP

@squirrel easy for you to say! You can just have some components replaced and restore yourself from backup!

I'm all squishy with non-serviceable parts

@squirrel it's really interesting stuff, but I'm just quite happy to leave the experimenting with it to other people

Like any chemistry involving lots of nitrogens, fascinating, but I'll let somebody else muck around with that