Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

Let's see... severe economic problems, worries about nuclear weapons, massive concerns about humanity destroying itself, wars in the middle east...

we're all absolutely sure the 80's actually ended, right?

being on computerfairi.es makes me glad I have so many arms to pet all the buns with

Names for police officers if you ever have to differentiate them for some reason:

Pinky
Perky
Peppa
George
Napoleon
Snowball

first two they might get what you're doing if they're British and old enough, middle two they'll likely get if they're parents, last two they probably won't, pretty sure not many cops have read any Orwell

this is interesting, the new Swatch Flymagic

Uses the new Nivachron hairsprings that the Swatch Group have been developing which are anti-magnetic, anti-shock, and temperature resistant

To put more focus on what they've done with it they reversed the movement in the case to show it off which results in the transparent rotor being above the dial and the seconds hand going backwards

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/swatch-flymagic-introducing

shiny new odroid SBC thingy

http://linuxgizmos.com/odroid-n2-sbc-has-hexa-core-amlogic-s922x-and-63-to-79-price/

hex-core, 2/4GB RAM, gigabit ethernet

all for $79 for the 4GB RAM version

roses are green
violets are blue
the grass is red...
I'm colourblind aren't I?

🎶 bees are good
bees are good
all of these bees are good 🎶

St. Valentine is also the patron saint of beekeepers

BEES! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

reminder that Joe Pesci once released a gangster rap single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHdWyL4va0E

didn't watch the stream, did they announce when animal crossing and an adorable animal crossing themed switch is coming out?

we spent god knows how much rescuing matt damon, we can do a mission to bring opportunity back home

now this is an interesting thing

https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/13/sonys-smart-watch-strap-is-now-available-in-the-uk/

it's a "smart" watch strap, does all the phone alerts and activity tracking stuff of your average smartwatch but allows you to put a real watch on it

I'm bummed out about opportunity going out of contact

I mean, I know it's basically just a remote controlled car but still, good robot

We need to send a mission to retrieve them and bring them back home

My parents... rent out a house

They were going on about the new regulations coming into effect and about how it was "just making it harder and more complicated for people to rent out houses" and how "a lot of landlords might just not bother, sell their properties and then there would be no places available to rent"

I did point out that they're getting a cheque once a month for effectively fuck-all but apparently that's not the point

Older person: turn the tranny on would you?
Me: you fucking what?... oh, that generation still calls a transistor radio a "tranny" doesn't it

Holy crap, someone just came up with the perfect idea to fix the live-action aladdin

s/will smith/terry crews

that dude has the right energy for the role

If you want to watch a production of Aladdin but don't want nightmares of Will Smith as a smurf I can recommend the 2000 ITV panto version they're still doing reruns of

ACAB: assigned cephalopod at birth 🐙