Notices by Dec [{(:no_ai:)}] (dec23k@mastodon.ie)

@mastodonie @annika
In Tusky, I have always been able to quote toot (or close enough for my needs).

Tap the triple-dot on an existing toot, pick "Copy the link" from the menu.
Compose a new toot, paste the link.

I mostly use it for short, "See Also" replies. Sometimes I use it for pointing at an older toot of mine (to save typing it all in again).

Example:
https://mastodon.ie/@dec23k/111198757779005618

@karelbrits @amiserabilist
If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well. As with beef: if it's done well, it deserves the British Stamp of Excellence (BSE).
Please do take the magnetic pull from Greenwich into account:
https://mastodon.ie/@dec23k/114597249526761410

Flashback to 1996:
"Jo's Completely Factual and Not At All Juvenile Guide for Americans Visiting Britain"

In this 'friendly' tourist guidebook by Jo Miller, the advice escalated from "innocent (but wrong)" to "will get you arrested and/or beaten up if you try it".

This is the most recent snapshot that I could find:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060212185312/http://www.jomiller.com:80/archives/2004/09/jos_guide_for_a.html

This Guide was floating around Usenet and the www in the mid 1990s, and I'm sure Jo is still proud of it.

- "I think not, you charlatan!"

#FlashbackFriday

@faduda
Bunreacht 40.2:

1 - "Titles of nobility shall not be conferred by the State."

2 - "No title of nobility or of honour may be accepted by any citizen except with the prior approval of the Government."

@faduda
I always took that part of Bunreacht to mean "We will have no lords, no ladies, no knights of a perfidious empire".

Medals for accomplishments should fall clearly outside of that area.

@padraig
"many of its technical components were no longer supported by the manufacturer, and that more elements are due to be lost later this year."

It doesn't say what manufacturer.

There are plenty of free and open source page editors available:
https://teletext.wiki.zxnet.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page

@goatsarah @ajlanes @doot @oliphant
There was an "elite warez servers" list back in the 1990s, where all the hostnames resolved to 127.0.0.1
Anyone with a spare or vanity domain was encouraged to add a 'warez.foo.tld' host to the list.

@padraig @aidan_walsh
Thomas House in Dublin used to have 2 of their beers on tap and 2 in bottles, then suddenly stopped.