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Jess Robinson

@castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
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Working with Perl, Typescript at Shadowcat. Tinkering with Flutter/dart. Tech guru at Fool's Dog. Living in Swindon, UK [bridged from fosstodon.org/@castaway on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 6h
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 4th 2026 (Hard), in less than 11 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com too impatient..
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 3rd 2026 (Hard), in less than 18 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
the 14 MNT Hyper Reform Nexts in their cactus leather sleeves, now being packed into boxes for the monday shipment!
14 MNT Hyper Reform Next laptops in their black vegan leather sleeves on the table in front of me. Tina is looking on from the couch
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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
I’m working on a list of questions you might want to ask about the Git workflow when joining a new team gist.github.com/jvns/600e510958c4b9… Would love ideas for other questions that would be useful to know the answer to!
gist.github.com
questions.md
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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Silbendrechsler @silbendrechsler.hessen.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Leude, es ist #BandcampFriday. Heute geht alles, was ihr an #Musik kauft, voll an die Künstler*innen. Finde das eine gute Sache. #Indies #Bandcamp
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 2nd 2026 (Tricky), in less than 11 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 1st 2026 (Tricky), in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Ben Zanin @gnomon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Psst, reminder that this Friday is #BandcampFriday
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Are you a US citizen who can vote but you aren't registered to vote? Are you embarrassed you didn't get around to it? Couldn't be bothered because the US political landscape is ... well we can all see it, I get it. Get registered and vote this time. Do it as a prank. Just get it done.
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 30th 2026 (Medium), in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 29th 2026 (Medium), in 04:59 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 28th 2026 (Easy), in 02:27 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com hmpf
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 27th 2026 (Brutal), in less than 23 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com last bit took me way too long.;
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
“It never occurred to us that our system that has exclusive control over the pod bay doors would take control over the pod bay doors” seems like something you might have thought about a bit more before you connected it to the pod bay doors.
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bob @bob.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
that @kake said the sewers among you will want a close up of the brim stitching. so here it is.
close up of the stitching on the brim.
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 26th 2026 (Hard), in less than 11 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com hmpf
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Sue Smith @sue.glasgow.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
If there's something I'd like people to understand who perhaps don't use these tools, it's that a lot of the magic people are experiencing is not coming from the llms, it's coming from the harnesses. And the harnesses are plain old software, so we can build our own and shape the experience in […]
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 25th 2026 (Hard), in less than 12 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
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Jeremy @jp.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
I've been trying for the past month or so in my phone to disable the stupid blocking of app installations from developers not verified by Google. You have to enable developer options, find the one that gets rid of the block, promise you're not being coerced to change it, restart your phone […]
polymaths.social
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Liam Proven @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
No Sloptober no-sloptober.com « This October we challenge you to abstain from LLM based tools entirely. Think of this as a fast for your mind! This is not a judgement of others, but a personal challenge to you. » <- I mean, why not? I do it anyway, every month…
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 24th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 13 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 cluesbysam.com confusing
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
thanks to Elen Eisendle's (@cmb) extraordinary effort over the last several months, #GlasgowInterfaceExplorer revD1 design files have been sent to JLC. we hope this will also be the production revision (or if we do have a revD2, it happens with […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
"payment successful" screen
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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
these are the first (ever) two shipping MNT Reform Next open hardware laptops! going out this friday to Crowd Supply.
a black hyper reform next and a purple hyper reform next on a white table surface, shot from above. the displays still have protective foil on them.
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 23rd 2026 (Medium), in 05:22 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 22nd 2026 (Medium), in 04:21 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com .. less haste..
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
do I know any electronical engineers who would be willing to review Glasgow revD1 schematic/layout before we send it to the fab tomorrow evening? it's in KiCAD and available on github.com/tachiniererin/glasgow/tr… if you have the time and inclination
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GitHub - tachiniererin/glasgow at hw-revD1
Scots Army Knife for electronics. Contribute to tachiniererin/glasgow development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Are you interested in learning how to use Git for the first time? (or almost the first time) we're looking for Git beginners to give us feedback on a Git tutorial! The tutorial will be open source when it's released, so you'll be helping many future beginners! Sign up here […]
social.jvns.ca
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 21st 2026 (Easy), in 03:03 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com mutter..
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Simon Phipps @meshed.cloud · 20/09/2026
University of #Southampton cancels contract and scraps assignment management tool over vendor plan to train #AI on student assignments - bravo! www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26558627.s…
dailyecho.co.uk
University of Southampton to scrap plagiarism checker over AI and data concerns
The University of Southampton is phasing out the use of a plagiarism checker for students' work over data protection and AI concerns
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 19th 2026 (Hard), in less than 22 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com well that was, weird.. tapped on all the right things while not exactly knowing why..
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@grimalkina/1172950… this is so real
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Wieferich Prime @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
Zawinski's Law, 2026 Edition: Every program attempts to expand until it can have some pointless fucking AI shit, that nobody asked for, shoehorned into it
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 18th 2026 (Hard), in less than 17 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com blugh
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 17th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 22 minutes 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟡🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Today in WTFs: | my-uuid.vcf | BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:4.0 N:END:VCARD;END:VCARD;;; FN:ENDVCARD EMAIL;TYPE=home:END:VCARD NICKNAME:ENDVCARD UID:my-uuid END:VCARD #vcf #vcard #nowords
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bob @bob.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
in ways to ensure that you get up at 07:00 to get to @DevOpsDaysLondon on time I'm not sure I recommend having to deal with an alert at 06:15.
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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
spoiler alert: the MNT Reform Next Operator Handbook, first edition, is now online. enjoy! PDF: mntre.com/documentation/reform-next… HTML: mntre.com/documentation/reform-next…
screenshot of the print file for the MNT Reform Next Operator Handbook. it's front+spine+back cover all in one, with crop marks in the corners.
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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
"for months on end now, most of our teams have just been triaging bugs and coordinating releases. It has truly taken all the fun out of the job"
unbound vulnerabilities year to year showing 2026 take off like a rocket
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hackfest.nl @hackfestnl.hsnl.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
This year, several hackerspaces from across the Netherlands will be joining HackFest and showing off what they’ve been hacking, building and making. - TkkrLab - Enschede (of course 😉) - Pixelbar - Rotterdam - TDVenlo - Venlo - Awesomespace - Hilversum Come meet […] [Original post on hsnl.social]
Map of Netherlands with all the hackerspaces
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
#Flatpak: update, uninstall, uninstall –unused, list pins, list runtimes, uninstall –runtime (x number of runtimes that seem to be stuck), update (now lists some uninstalled and unwhinged about runtimes). This was supposed to be user-friendly? (NB: I have most of these libs installed already)
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 15th 2026 (Medium), in less than 11 minutes 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com well that went well
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
The Ponzi schemers have asked to slow down the Ponzi scheme so that... uh, the scheme can go on a little bit longer before people figure out they've been had?
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 14th 2026 (Easy), in 04:38 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com hmpf
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 13th 2026 (Hard), in less than 12 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com vision/ counting fails again
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
"Fun" 20 minutes this morning figuring out how to get+install an older version of an #Android app on a #Chromebook that is not in dev-mode. Must document this for inevitable next time . (Dear #Vivaldi updates, be less crashy please!)
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 12th 2026 (Hard), in less than 12 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com so close, must remember"has X criminal neighbors" includes already known ones!
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 11th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 14 minutes 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com hmpf, felt ambiguous in places
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Gina Häußge @foosel.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
I said it during my keynote at FrOSCon, I'll say it again here... Currently the most likely thing to make me give up on maintaining OctoPrint - heck, even doing Open Source altogether at this point - is getting forced more and more genAI output on me left and right while trying to do my job as […]
chaos.social
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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 10th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 17 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com stumper me for a minute there..
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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