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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I currently use @fastmail who are great, except their file storage solution has some ridiculously small file limits which render it unusable for me. I do not self-host email & Important Files™ for resiliency reasons. I wish to have one supplier for both email & files. Since my FastMail […]

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

The price of diesel is now effectively £2/litre so it costs about £140 to fill my tank which at 46mpg gives me a range of 700 miles: 20p/mile Assuming an average electricity cost of 26p/kWh and a Polestar 2 with efficiency of 287 Wh/mi, that's about 7 […] [Original post on social.crablab.uk]

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Laptop replacement becoming increasingly necessary. Unsure why it's randomly cutting out; felt initially like a thermal thing but it's not even that hot or under load. 🙃

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Do I happen to know anyone that is (or knows someone) in proximity to Keswick, Cumbria?

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Systems integration at rLab: the music system (snapcast + mpd) can be visualised on the displays

Two LED displays.

One has LukHash - H8U and an EQ visualisation

The other displays the screensaver: IP addresses

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

A crane is being dismantled near my office, which requires the assembly of another crane by further smaller crane :neocat_shocked: Craneception? (I don't know logistically how this operation will work. The crawler crane is taking up the length of an entire street)

Skyscrapers in the city of London. There's a tower crane attached to a building with part of a red crane in front

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

The Lake District is rather nice

A few over a mountain with clouds passing by the peak. It's green and rocky in the foreground.

Looking down in between the mountains to s lake/tarn. Still cloudy

A large lake from above, still overcast.

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Can't believe the Ordnance Survey don't mark the correct term for a bread roll on maps

A map of the north of England.
Cumbria: bap
Lancashire: barm cake
Cheshire: batch
Yorkshire: tea cake

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Did you know: you may telephone from here (rLab). We now have 3 competing phone networks: Øl Telecom, Telekline and rLab Telecom :blobthumbsup:

British Telecom sign from the 80s on the back of a door. It reads: you may telephone from here

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

After publishing the results of Discovery Week, we can now give you a first sneak peak at Mastodon 5.0, our next big version. It will bring a new visual look to your screens, a refreshed and calmer layout, as well as a new composer […]

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Didn't realise the Govt. was intending to raise the rental EPC requirement from F to C. There are exemptions but my experience of EPCs are they're very arbitrary. For my flat, they recommend: - roof insulation: flat floor in a block of flats, requires […] [Original post on social.crablab.uk]

We are standing up for renters by setting new energy efficiency standards across both the PRS and SRS[footnote 66] to ensure that tenants benefit from cheaper bills and more comfortable homes. As part of the private rented sector enhancements, landlords will need to upgrade their properties to meet EPC Band C across 2 metrics by October 2030, unless their property has a valid exemption. We anticipate that this will lift hundreds of thousands of households out of fuel poverty by 2030.

EPC scorecard showing:

Current 33F
Potential 78C

Breakdown of property’s energy
performance

Features in this property

Features get a rating from very good to very poor, based on how energy
efficient they are. Ratings are not based on how well features work or their
condition.

Assumed ratings are based on the property's age and type. They are used for
features the assessor could not inspect.

Feature Description Rating
Wall Cavity wall, filled cavity Good
Roof Flat, no insulation Very poor
Window Fully double glazed Poor
Main heating Room heaters, electric Poor
Main heating control Programmer and room thermostat Good
Hot water Electric immersion, off-peak Average
Lighting Good lighting efficiency Good
Floor (another dwelling below) N/A

Air tightness (not tested) N/A
Secondary heating None N/A

Steps you could take to save energy

Step 1: Flat roof or sloping ceiling insulation

Typical installation cost £900-£1,200
Typical yearly saving £1,305
Potential rating after completing step1: 64D

Step 2: Hot water cylinder insulation

‘Add additional 80 mm jacket to hot water cylinder

Typical installation cost £20-£40
Typical yearly saving £24
Potential rating after completing steps1and 2: 65D

Step 3: High heat retention storage heaters and dual
immersion cylinder and dual rate meter

Typical installation cost £800- £1,600
Typical yearly saving £314
Potential rating after completing

steps1to 3: 76C

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

TIL: the Vienna Convention doesn't actually specify whether prohibitive signs should have the "oblique red bar". The requirement is the outer circle is red, and any bar likewise. But bar or no bar, a red outer circle is a prohibitive/restrictive sign […] [Original post on social.crablab.uk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibitory_traffic_sign

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

I know you all hate the emergency alert about disposable barbeques. But yesterday I watched a man at our hotel breakfast set fire to a toaster by trying to toast a croissant - despite multiple signs telling him not to. Today he tried again. So, you know, calibrate for the average person.

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

@Speed Hey! @eloy was asking for a picture of the EH speeding fine - do you have it? :)

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

🆕 blog! “Public Transport - Don't Make Me Think!” In the last year, I've been through over a dozen cities and used public transport in all of them. It is wild just how confusing and complex buying a ticket can be. While some cities obviously take a user-centred approach to ticketing, others […]

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

NS train display continues to...not work. We now have a Frankenstein from two displays 😣

NS train display connected to many power supplies.

There's a stack of speakers behind

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Downloading 100GB is when I wish I'd bought more bandwidth.

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

Anyone got experience of Android alternatives to Airtag? Moto Tag seems to be the only product, but rather unobtainable. Or I guess I just get an Apple ID and an Air Tag...?

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

I would really like to organise a pallet shipping of Spezi to the UK. Does anyone have the facility to go to HIT and palletise a load of crates?

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

2nd job of the day didn't go quite so well... The grinding noise from my car is indeed a very worn pad testing up the brake disk, but unfortunately the piston won't retract. Car now immobilised at the hackspace. Rewind kit and brake bleeding apparatus enroute...

Disc with one totally mashed and one slightly less mashed pad on top

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

I wonder why my dad's PC was overheating...

CPU fan on a motherboard, covered in dust.

Heatsink with the fan removed showing it caked with hardened dust

Heatsink removed showing dried thermal paste and the socket itself covered in dust

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Aljoscha Rittner (beandev) @beandev.social.tchncs.de.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

Jetzt wird es noch wichtiger sein, der queeren Community beizustehen. Es ist abzusehen, dass von allen Seiten die Instrumentalisierung beginnt. Ganz besonders heuchlerisch aus den konservativen, rechten und rechtsextremen Lagern: die sich einen Dreck darum kümmern, ob queere Menschen so leben […]

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

I am planning to be in Germany at the beginning of August (8th to 14th approx.) to collect the display from Cato. Ferry is a faff, so whilst I'm there does anyone in Germany or the Benelux want to meet up and/or can offer a space to stay beyond the 14th? I am considering attending Hack ma's […]

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

Time to leave a de-electrified field. Not many of us on site now and we're pretty exhausted.

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

Rate our container scheduling on this truck. Sufficiently binpacked? #emfcamp

A 44t artic with stillages of tables, plus trus and benches.

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Jonathan Hogg @jonathanhogg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

I think the most important thing you can do (other than volunteer) as an attendee is tell us how *your* #EMFCamp went on the feedback page: emfcamp.org/feedback We read absolutely everything and it makes a huge difference to the team to hear that it was worth it

grist.orga.emfcamp.org

Grist, the evolution of spreadsheets

A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond the grid

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

THOR HAS CONQUERED THE LIGHTNING TALKS! THOR HAS ALE! THOR TRIUMPHANT! All hail @summerbeth #EMFCamp

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

The @ChaosPost outpost has been set up in the #emfcamp bar! Send post to other Chaos events at the speed of chaos 🚀 (We aren't competing with Sneakernet - you can post there too :neocat_heart:)

The Chaos Post box on a table with a load of postcards laid out.

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

I've Swap Shopped an ex-BBC telephone effects unit and my partial elephant e-bike conversion at #emfcamp. Please take them off my hands! Too. Many. Projects.

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

We have activated the portal to Bornhack 👀 Come talk to our friends in Denmark in NullSec this evening #emf2026 #emfcamp #BornHack

A container with black cloth and blacklight. A computer sits on a flight case to the side

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

Has anyone at #emf2026 got a VGA or DP cable we could borrow for an installation, please? If so, please come to rLab village! I can offer Mate in recompense :)

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

Very big ask, but is anyone coming to #emf2026 from Germany and: - going via the Frankfurt area - has a lot of space - could accommodate something 1 way Size: 80×28×188 cm Weight: 130kg This is a big ask, but if you've rented a van and have space I would be happy to contribute towards that 🙂

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

My CPC order history: - Waygo selection pack - 10 buckets (8 plastic, 2 metal) - 4 printer cables - Hammers various - Air compressor - Many earplugs ...and it goes on I wonder what could be happening next week?

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

It's a long shot, but if anyone is looking to sell any #emf2026 tickets at short notice then please let me know A couple of rLab members are keen to go but haven't had any luck so far!

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

Transacting in houses is a full time job. I don't find it particularly stressful (yet), but it is time consuming.

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Jonathan Hogg @jonathanhogg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Since the #EMFCamp announcement about dropping Mullvad sponsorship yesterday, we've had about £500 of new Art & Installations donations, which is super cool and we're really grateful. It will go towards supporting the amazing makers who bring their weird and wonderful things to the festival. If […]

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

My flat is currently 90% correx.

A box with bubble wrapped fire extinguisher correx signs

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

We are selling some nice HP RF bench equipment at the hackspace. If you're interested, check out: - ebay.io/m/pfuTIv - ebay.io/m/SKNvKO - ebay.io/m/SYT0Dd Boosts appreciated 🙂 #forsale #electronics

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

Our sister team, Machine Learning Platform, is hiring for a Python Software Engineer based in either London 🇬🇧 or Tallinn 🇪🇪 If you've got experience in building Feature Stores, training models at scale or LLM observability, the team would definitely be interested in a chat! Wise is an awesome […]

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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

John Finnemore on the French horn/cor anglais: "I was idly wondering why the cor anglais has a French name meaning ‘English horn’, and the French horn has an English name meaning… well, ‘French horn’. I looked it up, even though I knew there would just be some reasonable but rather dull […]

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Hugh @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

I enjoy working for cool companies that care deeply about their customers. We spend a week in TLL every year, with Wisers from across the world, to reflect on what we achieved but more importantly, to focus on what's next. And we're hiring wise.jobs :)

Signs hanging from the ceiling in TLL airport.

"Mission days 2026 is over"
"Mission accomplished"
"It was an epic week"
"Farewell Tallinn"

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

Looks like @crablab.uk has discovered the joys of a pickle juice chaser! Pray for his stomach 😆

Hugh looking shocked that the pickle juice is a bit tangy.

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