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Paul Jewell

paul_j@hachyderm.io

<p>Inquisitive by nature...</p><p>Collector of hobbies:<br />* Ham radio - callsign M7PAJ, normally operating from North Wales with MW7PAJ. SOTA and a bit of POTA.</p><p>* Cycling - casually...</p><p>* Building and flying model aircraft</p><p>* Dabbling in computer programming. I am currently learning Rust, but enjoy using common lisp.</p><p>* Kayaking (sea / river / lake)</p><p>Love living in Wales. </p><p>HamsOverIP number:<br />Working in my shack, but currently no voicemail. Call on the off chance!!</p>

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    So the new wifi card for my X390 is the wrong one :( My fault for not checking more closely! Anyway, I am not going to spend more time on FreeBSD on this laptop, so I have instead installed #OpenBSD on it. WiFi speeds are fine with 80211ac connection, just a shade under the 300 in/50 out I have paid for with the ISP. I am now trying to change the console font so that terminal based programs which use box characters render properly. Tips would be welcome - it seems the Handbook and FAQ focus on...

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    If anyone in the UK wants a copy of &amp;quot;the Rust Programming Language, 2nd Edition&amp;quot; - DM me, and I will send it to you.

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    @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Sadly, in the UK where this ambulance is based, patients are often left in ambulances for hours outside over crowded Accident and Emergency units because there are no beds available inside. Then the ambulances are not available to collect more patients, and people have literally died waiting for help. But hey, we are the 6th richest economy in the world (apparently!!!), and we have nuclear weapons!!! Whoopee! I really think we need to wake up and smell the coffee...

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    @VeroniqueB99 I used to think &quot;How on earth was Hitler democratically elected?&quot;