Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

🎶 octopaaarent
it's more accurate but it doesn't scan 🎶

I should probably switch titles to something more gender-neutral and representative of me, but octo-parent just doesn't have the same ring to it

I are dumb, that's why I was using the supposedly super simple ansible script

It'd be lovely if strongswan had some nice, organised documentation available on how to configure it so idiots like me didn't have to spend hours trying to find the right invocations to put in the damn config files

I think @vantablack might be able to fit into their old jeans again

"Here's this super cool ansible script to set up an ipsec vpn!"

Hidden in a github issue somewhere

"Oh, by the way, it sets up a version of the OS that doesn't play nice with ipsec vpns for no readily apparent reason, you'll want to change that"

What if: MiniMaplebots

Like, 4 inches tall and live in a little house on your desk

I saw one of @squirrel 's cousins on the way back from the shops today

Sadly they ran off too quickly for me to get a photo, but they were a good fluffy squirrel and looked like they were well

Hm... LinkedIn sent me an email saying I appeared in X searches this week

Said searches were apparently done by people who happen to be employed by the MoD

That's not at all vaguely concerning

Everyone should be forced to learn ed before using any other text editor

It's the only way they'll appreciate all the convenience other editors provide

I can now print things! Yay!

#GifTheYearYouWereBorn

I'd do the gif of the year you were born thing but it's impossible to find a gif of the Berlin wall coming down that doesn't feature David fucking Hasslehoff

the menus at an H.P. Lovecraft themed restaurant should be called the om-nom-nomicon

So, we've got @maplebot17@botsin.space here, when are we going to see maplebots 1 through 16?

http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-smallest-phone-zanco-tiny-t1-2017-12

These people are incredibly naive as to what tiny phones like this are actually bought for

Why the hell is Elon Musk selling flamethrowers now?

https://www.boringcompany.com/flamethrower

Really, flamethrowers

As someone not from the southern USA "collared greens" sounds strangely lewd