Thursday 28th January 2021

Here's some of what you missed in the discussion at 'The Thirsty Robot':

Recommended Movies:

In the Shadow of the Moon Netflix UK

Crime with a twist...

Hotel Artemis Netflix UK

A little bit John Wick influenced...

Space Sweepers Netflix UK

Not 'Cleaners in Space' - more like a live action 'Planetes'...

As usual, we reckon it is best if you don't know anything before watching these films! So only click on the links if you want your experience to be potentially spoiled...

Recommended TV:

The Great All 4

Not quite the hyper-active comedy that the advance adverts suggested, more of a drama with bits of black comedy. As it says: 'Occasionally true' which seems to mean 'Not like what really happened in history'.

The Expanse Amazon Prime

Another Science Fiction series that changes publisher and ends up on Prime (This one started out on SyFy originally). Space opera and distopian future done nicely - kind of Altered Carbon meets EE 'Doc' Smith...

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The next online meeting at The Thirsty Robot is on Thursday 11th February 2021 at 7:30pm GMT.

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December 2021

Dec ember. The final and twelfth month in the year, although that 'dec' at the start of the name looks like it is something to do with the number ten. As was mentioned last month, The Thirsty Robot is now going to publish the summary every month, although this one is again very late! So, here is a short summary of some of what you may have missed in December's online meetings at The Thirsty Robot: Warning, warning... Where is Will Robinson when you need him? And did the Netflix 'Lost In Space' reboot robot kind of use the iconic: 'Danger, Will Robinson!' catch-phrase from the original (there was one!) series visually when its head-display went red? ('Reboot robot' is a gorgeous phrase,btw!) But, anyway, continuing the theme of visual warnings: https://www.etsy.com/shop/UnsafeWarnings Photo by Breana Panaguiton on Unsplash Yep - a classic 'Thirsty Robot' topic! Warning signs for things that the official ones seem to have somehow overlo

Thursday 12th August 2021

Here's some of what you missed at The Thirsty Robot: Technical Musings Technology Topic - Alternative Operating Systems Not what you might be expecting... There was no mention of Windows or macOS in this discussion. Instead the chat circled around alternative Linuxes, and particularly Kali - the specialised 'security-oriented' community-project offering from Offensive Security . If you aren't familiar with the extreme customisation that security people prefer in their operating systems, then the words 'specialised' and 'security' are the most important keywords here. Kali is not intended to be used as a general purpose operating system by ordinary people - for that you should use something designed to be as easy to install and maintain as possible: Mint Linux being just one example of a popular 'distro' that fulfills those 'straight-forward' and 'easy to use' criteria. A lot of people use Mint Linux as an alternative to the W

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