There’s a great German TV show from a few years back about a crime scene cleaner “Tatortreiniger”. It’s more philosophical/funny than gruesome and worth a watch if you don’t mind reading sub-titles. The BBC did an adaptation in English, but I’ve not watched it yet.

Why not support OpenSuse instead of starting from scratch? Mature, EU based, enterprise ready… it checks all the boxes IMHO.

I did a job developing a multimedia CD that trained doctors. Well, it was more of a marketing tool. For oncology… of the face and genitals. It was easily the most harrowing experience of my career. So many genitalia and tongues with hideous growths and what have you. The people who agreed to be photographed were both brave and very, very unwell.

I was on the tech team, sonI got off quite lightly. The two graphics people spent day after day aligning and processing these photos so that everything was clearly visible. I don’t know how they slept at night.

I left after a year. I don’t think anyone managed longer than that.

That sounds like hazing for new tech journos…

The comments on Phoronix definitely took a racist turn…

I really don’t get this. I know where my parents and grandparents came from. Should I care if I have Irish or African blood? It baffles me that anyone does. How would that information would change my life? We should be judged by our actions, not by the origin of our distant ancestors.

Just look at the graph of Asia 1959. That is the Great Chinese Famine - the cause of which lies very much with the CCP.

On the other hand, I completely understand why a single woman would be terrified by this.

I wonder what the apologists from .ml have to say…

I love the concept and would wear something like that to a gig, just maybe not an octopus leg.

I worked with a guy who thought like this back in the 90s . He stank of Death.

Kick Hungary out of Schengen, for fucks sake, it’s ot that hard.

My understanding is that it boots faster. That’s a nice thing to have on a container that spins up on demand.

Bela Lugosi is a great tune, but there are plenty of others. Check out the dub inspired She’s In Parties, the gloomy Passion of Lovers or the post-punk Dark Entries.

I can’t even manage one whole mug of jot chocolate before I start feeling physically sick. There’s just way too much milk.

I’m no economist, but I thought 2% or so was ideal for the economy.

Damn it, I forgot Bauhaus. Is it too late to change my mind?

This is a really hard question, so many gigs to choose from. I’d probably choose a VNV Nation gig I went to in Slimelight, London. They were famous (in the goth scene, at least) at that point but did an intentionally small gig for the old fans.

A close #2 would be The Dead Milkmen at a gig in Marburg back in the 90s. Was the first time I heard the grunge sound, and I thought it was excellent.

So much good music, so little time…

I saw then a few years back and not only was it a good show, it was one of the longest gigs I’ve ever been to. Great value for money.

As someone who loves tomatoes… what a waste.