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Peter Cannon

@dickturpin

Linux/FOSS user & advocate. Former Podcaster. "𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯."

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Sep 3, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC

Krill Rewards

For a very long time now, I've always felt that Hive is like a pyramid, or perhaps more accurately, a layer cake. Those at the top seem to have all the cream, those in the middle are doing OK with th…

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Mar 2, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC

Change the password

## I know I've said this a thousand times before, but! I couldn't do 1st-line support full-time; I really couldn't. You have no idea how much respect I have for those who do that kind of job, day in,…

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Feb 5, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC

I blame the chipshop!

Our local chip shop is "CASH ONLY", he has notices everywhere written on fish & Chip wrapping paper saying "Cash is King!" and "No card payments!" never mind Jeff Bezos avoiding tax. That said, W…

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Jan 30, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

GhatGPT Witness Advice

I was being moaned at that my Witness votes were about to expire and that I needed to do a Governance Transaction if I still wanted to be considered one of the good guys. I'm gonna hold my hand up an…

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Jan 16, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC

Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco wins

Yet another story that's perfect podcast material IMO. https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/dell_vmware_claim_tesco_case/?td=rt-3a In 2021 Tesco purchased VMware vSphere Foundation and VMware Cloud…

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Nov 4, 2025, 12:46 PM UTC

🧠 Knowledge is Power — AI Is Its Great Equaliser

From Monks' Manuscripts to Machine Minds: How Power Fears Shared Knowledge I saw a post on Mastodon yesterday alluding to AI being the spawn of Hitler! I laughed so much that a little bit of wee near…

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Sep 28, 2025, 5:05 PM UTC

David Bowie Exhibition - The Visit

Over a year ago, I noticed that the V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) had acquired the David Bowie archive and was planning to create a dedicated venue for it, so I waited for tickets to be releas…

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Sep 26, 2025, 10:14 AM UTC

David Bowie Exhibition - Preparation

image source I've been lucky enough to secure tickets for the David Bowie exhibition at the V&A Storehouse in London, which I'll be attending tomorrow, Saturday, 27th September 2025. As you can i…

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Sep 22, 2025, 11:22 AM UTC

Just walking about.

Taking Charlie for a walk, I decided to 'go exploring'. Instead of heading down into Bourton, I turned right and after a short walk, I came across one of those Public Footpath signs for Windrush, Cha…

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Peter Cannon
@dickturpin Sep 18, 2025, 11:30 AM UTC

Choo choo!

Given it rained off and on while we were in the Cotswolds, we decided to go on a steam train ride from Broadway Station to Cheltenham Race Course on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway GWS…

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