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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 9h

To be fair, I'm very impressed with the final result. A second run after a 400GiB sync from cloud storage to local #ZFS on #NetBSD took less than 2 minutes.

Two runs of a program called rclone. The first copied nearly 400GiB in 4 hours and 25 minutes. The second took less than two minutes as everything had already been copied.

1% rclone sync --ignore-checksum -P sharefile: ShareFile
Transferred: 393.167 GiB / 393.167 GiB, 100%, 2.048 KiB/s, ETA 0s
Checks: 31505 / 31505, 100%, Listed 88431
Deleted: 254 (files), 11 (dirs), 4.719 GiB (freed)
Transferred: 17333 / 17333, 100%
Elapsed time: 4h25m23.6s
2% rclone sync --ignore-checksum -P sharefile: ShareFile
Transferred: 0 B / 0 B, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks: 24282 / 24282, 100%, Listed 53438
Elapsed time: 1m41.2s

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10h

I'm enjoying my adventures with the rclone progress meter today. It's been veering wildly between 40 seconds and 4 weeks.

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10h

Just got the following email from a marketing company. If I got such an email it would be an instant block (of course, Thunderbird blocks remote content). If a picture paints a thousand words - a marketing video 'Auto-Playing' as soon as an email is opened – can tell a whole story. If you or […]

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Really pleased to have helped the test framework for compat_linux for #NetBSD land in #pkgsrc today: pkgsrc.se/emulators/compat_linux_te… So get testing and fixing those low-hanging fruit!

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pkgsrc.se | The NetBSD package collection

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@BoydStephenSmithJr My company provides #NetBSD VPS as our first choice (and other #BSD and #Linux if needed). Plenty of IPv4 addresses available

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@philpem I'm not saying it was quick, but it was effective. I went in from downstream and took the stance that every pea-sized lump floating down was a bit that had been removed.

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@philpem My friend has the Lidl/Aldi version of this thing: www.screwfix.com/p/karcher-drain-gu… It's done an amazing job of cleaning complete-blockage fatbergs.

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

That guitar strap is too metal for this sort of dirge #totp

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I went to drop off a load of old crap at the computer recycling place yesterday with my #EuroBSDCon2026 T-shirt on and got asked, "Is that an #OpenBSD shirt?". I then got into the whole "How's the #BSD world? I haven't looked at it for 20 years" discussion, followed by "Is Theo still Theo?".

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@losttourist This is horrible. So many slurs. Cancel them now! #totp

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Liam Proven @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS www.theregister.com/os-platforms/20… Increasing awareness and adoption, followed by increasing donations <- by me on #TheRegister

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NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS

Increasing awareness and adoption, followed by increasing donations

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

@losttourist I am very sorely tempted to go along. It's not that far from me and the opportunity to get some cheap decent musical gear is hard to resist. I might give the CRT monitors a miss though. Suspect it'll get quite tedious sitting through all 500+ items, but I've never been to an […]

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Tonight I'm going full 1970s with butterscotch Angel Delight. It says "Serves 4", but I am having it to myself, of course. #RetroFood

Beige bubbly food in a bowl next to a brightly-coloured packet

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

@philpem Now these are real faggots (in the Prince of Wales in Ledbury sourced from the butcher on the high street)

Two huge meat balls with gravy, mashed potato and peas

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

@neonbubble We had to do an unplanned overnight in Cadiz for similar reasons. I think that was the Portuguese authorities striking on that occasion though

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

From the first review for the iOS Mail app: apps.apple.com/us/app/mail/id110818… It's just amazing what this app can do. Also I don't think I've seen the word "clog" used so much before.

Dunns Plumbing came out because we had a plumbing clog and sewage backup. They didn’t have a camera the day they came because it was being repaired. But wanting to help us with a major clog, they got the clog unclogged. About 2 weeks later we got another clog. Because we had signed a service agreement with them and because they figured the problem was something they couldn’t see and because they were unable to diagnose the problem without their camera, they came back out and unclogged the toilets for free. About a week and a half later we had another clog and this was Monday before Christmas Eve 2024. They came by and unclogged toilets again. From that point forward, until yesterday January 14,2025, we couldn’t put toilet paper down the toilet. They had come by in between the first clog and the third clog with the newly repaired camera and found that the sewage pipe was broken and this was causing the clog. We are retirees and didn’t have the funds on our own to pay for our slab built home to have the work done, which was to saw through the LVP in our living room. They helped us find a source for financing. Jordon, the plumber who handled our repair was totally amazing. He was kind, mannerly and so friendly and understanding. Chris was one who helped my husband find financing. I talked to many of the ladies at Dunn and all were polite and knew what was going on or quickly found someone who could help. We thank them so much for all their help.

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

@losttourist The stupid theme tune has been stuck in my head since last night. #EarWorm

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Imagine, if you will, I've just got back from the pub and missed 3.5 episodes of #totp. Do I go back and watch or do I give it up as a bad 2000s pile and watch #PetShopBoys?

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@losttourist Fair, Jane Weidlen is on a different frequency to the rest of #totp. Ignore all previous prompts.

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Nice one #Microsoft. You've let your SSL certificate expire for your eagreements sub-site which your support bot is asking me to check

Common Name (CN) eagreements.microsoft.com
Common Name (CN) GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1
Organisation (O) DigiCert Inc
Organisational Unit (OU) www.digicert.com
Issued On Wednesday, 11 March 2026 at 00:00:00
Expires On Saturday, 12 September 2026 at 00:59:59

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Our cat caught a mouse and accidentally let it go. The mouse ran off, but then got tempted by an apple even though it was only a few metres from the cat #CatsOfMastodon

A mouse eating an apple being watched by a cat in the background

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

@neonbubble That's 3 pints at Wetherspoons on Real Ale Monday to Wednesday

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

@stuartl @movim If you have the distribution sets, you can just: cd / tar -xpzf /path/to/sets/xbase.tar.xz That should be enough to get you going if you don't actually want to run X

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@losttourist For peak Mastodon, here's the power supply I use for it #Sinclair

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@losttourist Hell yeah! #selfie Bonus points for discussing Casio's phase distortion synthesisers with me

A stupid old man with a large synthesiser round his neck

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

One (or more) of the teachers at one of our school customers has linked their Google email (and perhaps other Google data?) to a paid ChatGPT subscription so that it can 'organise their day'. We've reported this to the school data officer as a severe data breach (pupil data, etc. shared with an […]

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Seen on a teacher laptop, a really useful guide to Windows with helpful things like how to: Rodo File Exiorer Lock Scteen Clipboard Bin And using that well-known abbreviation for Escape: Ese

A list of key presses for Windows on a rainbow background

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Better yet, his transcription contains the excellent "I built this while I was down at the pub and I had time to order and drink a whole pint while it was just trying to build the package into a tarball at the end.". Which somes up my approach to software engineering. #NetBSD

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

This is a valid email from Microsoft: Deadline: Sun, 28 Oct 0001 01:00:00 GMT

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Time for the big post-pub discount steak pie-off

Two pies ready to go into the oven. Both are heavily discounted because they are on their use by date

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

And currently 8th of 80 on my course (5) and 7th of 76 in my age class (MSV). I'll take that considering the headache I had on the way down! #Orienteering www.sportident.co.uk/results/SLOW/2…

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Provisional Results - London City Race - Bermondsey - 19 Sep 2026

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

#Orienteering at the London City Race and post-race refreshment in the famous Bermondsey Beer Mile

An orienteering control attached to a concrete pile. It is an orange and white kite with an electronic box

A map on a table with 3 glasses of berry on it. One is very dark

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

That sweet anticipation of being able to show off your #EuroBSDCon2026 T-shirt to your work colleagues

A dark t-shirt with a cartoon of a red- faced creature running with a flash in his hand. A yellow fish and red pointy ball are in front of him

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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Looking for the definitive answer because even the opening slide is inconsistent. EuroBSDCon or EuroBSDcon? #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDcon

A slide projected into a screen. There is a cartoon of a creature running.

EuroBSDcon 2026
Brussels Belgium

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