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Paul Git

@paulg.it.bsky.social

A tech enthusiast who geeks out over gadgets, sips whisky like it’s a career, grooves to music, devours podcasts, and occasionally listens to his wife. Born and bred in the UK, now navigating life in the bustling megacity of Shanghai, China.

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The autumn colors 🍁 of Yorkshire, England 🧑

πŸŽ₯ timholt #Travel #sundaythoughts

09.11.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 665    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2

Isn’t the Technical Capability Notice” (TCN) in the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Act potentially the same with regards to the China National Securty law are are The Times journalists too damn lazy to investigate?

10.11.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh, I like this idea for a playlist creation, I have yet to create a single playlist as I tend to listen to complete albums.

21.07.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the most organised I have seen him in about 48 years!

21.07.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He has no clue, lots of keyboard mashing going on 😜

21.07.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Richard Leader in the studio presenting Leader’s American Pie

Picture of Richard Leader in the studio presenting Leader’s American Pie

Back in Shanghai I usually listen to a recording of @leader-music.bsky.social playing the best in Americana, but this week I have the honour of watching and listening live in the studio #MeridianFM

21.07.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone made a Wiley E. Coyote style painted wall to see if Tesla’s autopilot would detect it and well…

16.03.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 22522    πŸ” 6198    πŸ’¬ 553    πŸ“Œ 886
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We're going to keep telling it like it is 😼

15.03.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1229    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 13
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Compliance is the root of all evil. So, you want to destroy the SSD? Drill all SSDs. Destroyed finally. All data is safe. Let’s go home.

The SSDs:

13.03.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 251    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 7

Hope you make mate!

03.03.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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bonk

01.03.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4762    πŸ” 1061    πŸ’¬ 186    πŸ“Œ 213

them: write a sad story using only 4 words

me: sudo rm -rf /*

28.02.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 631    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 9
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Cult folk singer Bill Fay, who wrote The Healing Day, dies aged 81 Songs by the reluctant performer have been covered by The War on Drugs, Wilco, Pavement and Marc Almond The folk singer Bill Fay, known for songs such as The Healing Day and Thank You Lord, has died aged 81, his record label has announced with β€œgreat…

Cult folk singer Bill Fay, who wrote The Healing Day, dies aged 81

23.02.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 14

Sorts out the men from the boys!

22.02.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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.Assembly is crowned the most difficult language to learn on a beginner level followed by Haskell. So this meme seems accurate :P YMMV.

22.02.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

I remember when travelling by train as one person was often cheaper than driving. More than one it was always cheaper to drive. This is mad and indeed shows why the UK is broken.

04.02.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration of six men feasting round a table in various states of over-eating and inebriation. One is spewing heavily, another pointing and laughing at him, while another is comatose on the floor.

Illustration of six men feasting round a table in various states of over-eating and inebriation. One is spewing heavily, another pointing and laughing at him, while another is comatose on the floor.

They heard it was the end of Dry January, actually.

31.01.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have experienced what Huawei call 5.5G wireless VR headset at one of their innovation centers, so it does exist but not in mass production

30.01.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People Mountain, People Sea - Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station the morning of the Lunar New Year Eve. Why did I chose to travel this day? πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

28.01.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May or June. TBC

26.01.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice, served with custard I hope. Add it to the list for my next visit

25.01.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Only if it's a foreign company. When we do it, it's innovation

18.01.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m no font nerd, but I do love spotting the #Ubuntu font in the wild. Especially on random videos that pass by.
Also, this person has thoughts on tabs vs spaces. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
vm.tiktok.com/ZGdSxVqSK/

15.01.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Hmm, temperature difference between Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai is 25C, why can I not migrate to Vietnam for the winter?

10.01.2025 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well it’s bloody hot in Ho Chi Minh City compared to Shanghai. Perhaps I should migrate here for winter?

08.01.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So tomorrow is back to work day for me and I am almost better from whatever new virus is spreading around China. What a waste of my vacation time

05.01.2025 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I agree. Sacha Baron Cohen is brilliant. πŸ’™πŸ’―

04.01.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Routers, they were great and easy to setup

04.01.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL

04.01.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Linux distro hoping 2025 edition

01.01.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 927    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 7

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