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@nemo@mas.to @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange Yes, hopefully optional. But too many smaller tech companies have got caught up in the mesmerised rush to adopt the "Emperor's new clothes". Sad really...
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#Geologist and #SoftwareDeveloper (now #retired).
#Munro compleater and #hillwalker / dogwalker.
Ich spreche #Deutsch
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@cstross @LaChasseuse @graydon Likewise. Also ignored the 'independant green but really far right wolf in sheeps clothing' party.
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@ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot This is the climate sequence stripes for where I live.
This is about as clear a diagram as you can get. Any politician that does not understand what it represents would do well to resign.
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@fribbledom@mastodon.social Indeed. When some people say "This is the new normal" do they mean heat exactly as it is now or increasing heat year on year? I suspect the former.
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@nr@mastodon.scot @maggiechapman@mastodon.scot @katenevens@mastodon.scot @ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot The SNP seem to favour BlueSky.....
I find it odd that the parties involved haven't set up their own instances over which they have control. But maybe it's just too much effort for them and they prefer 1000s of bot followers 😉
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@edavies@functional.cafe @fribbledom@mastodon.social I, for one, would welcome our woolly mammoth overlords 😉.
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@kilttilter@mastodon.scot @ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot They remind me of the (probably politically incorrect) phrase that was around a few years ago "Too stupid to understand science? Why not try religion?" Unfortunately the message may have backfired...
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@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot @fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot I did my PhD on the occurrence of Uranium in the Caithness / Sutherland area in the late 1970s (same time as Orkney 'uprising').
The locations I examined were very similar to Orkney. There are many sedimentary rock horizons with enhanced U levels (typically a few hundred ppm) however these are too low to mine. There are some very small localised much higher mineral concentrations which are caused by U being 'sweated' out of the rock.
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@nemo@mas.to @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange But "Desktop app coming soon, with local-first offline-first open source AI integration"
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@lydiaschoch@mastodon.social Exactly this.
Having ditched Facebook I find it really frustrating that the only "website" for a cafe or restaurant is a Facebook account.
But not, ever, tempted to go back on Facebook.
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@kim_harding@mastodon.scot @craignicol@glasgow.social @thirstybear@agilodon.social I suspect they know all too well how piss poor their systems are...
"Just give us another $200,000,000,000 and 1000 environmentally destructive data centres and we can reduce that to 70%"
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@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social I assume they want to accelerate the extinction of the human species... Amongst many more.
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@Richard_Littler@mastodon.social Others realise it as well. Maybe this is also a way forward.. https://vivaldi.com/blog/how-can-a-dugnad-save-the-web/
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@leavex@mastodon.social In Scotland most political parties seem to be on X still. Scottish Greens make extensive use of Mastodon and are encouraging people to use alternatives to the big US corps. SNP seem to be using Bluesky. Missed opportunity here, when they could set up their own Mastodon servers.
X posts are still used as sources of info for a lot of printed press.
Cannot understand why so many prefer to swim in the sewer. No matter your intentions you'll get covered in sh!t...
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@petealexharris@mastodon.scot I suspect the ReformUK Ltd employee MSPs are purely there as disruptors. Exactly as Farage and his clique were in Brussels.
Hopefully, the Presiding Officer will not allow any of their nonsense.
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@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot @alanferrier@mastodon.scot Ah. Thanks. That explains a lot.
Makes it even more bizarre that the 'Hootsman' published his idiocy.
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@kilttilter@mastodon.scot @ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot Deniers can't do science. Deniers can't do intelligence. Deniers can't do critical thinking.
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@fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot @LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot Thanks. Did you get any results of the tests they would have done? I never checked as I'd completed my thesis before the results would have appeared.
They may be available from BGS - I'll have a look.
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@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot @fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot but these are too small to have any commercial value. I have seen the Yesnaby mineralisation and believe it to be the same as in Caithness - no commercial value. I don't believe there are any mineable U desposits in the Caithness area (inc Orkney).
BGS seems to agree (but politicians on a mission ignore science).
https://ukinventory.nda.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Fact-sheet-uranium-mining-and-milling.pdf
https://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Economic_geology_of_Orkney_and_Shetland#Uranium_ores 300ppm U is similar to some horizons I found in Caithness (though up to 700ppm if I remember correctly).
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@humanhorseshoes @CarolineLucas I don't think that's what she is saying at this point. It would be a long process to re-join the EU. But areas like Erasmus show that steps are being taken.
Also there isn't a queue, membership is based on meeting certain criteria (https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/enlargement-policy/conditions-membership_en)
Though, I suspect, the EU would be extremely cautious of a UK where grifter Farage and ReformUK Ltd held any significant power.
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@mycotropic @Kierkegaanks @david @sundogplanets Indeed! Though I suspect the full version is Actual Idiocy... 😉
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@mycotropic @Kierkegaanks @david @sundogplanets Thought that was already being done by that TrumpAI system?
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@glynmoody@mastodon.social Doesn't even entertain the thought that it could have been a set up?
Mr Gullability.
Oops, my bad: Sir Gullability!
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@KatKimbriel "They want us to trust a trillion dollar industry that tells us with a straight face that they can suck five million gallons of water out of our ground a day,”
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@murena@mastodon.social
The Fairphone 6 just gives ALL the data!
https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken
Surely these should be blocked even via a browser?
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@Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net @protonprivacy@mastodon.social It would be useful. I'm trying to do this with members of a club who are completely unaware of the alternatives. Actually, they are completely unaware that there is a problem.... 😕
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@svgeesus@mastodon.scot @nr@mastodon.scot @maggiechapman@mastodon.scot @katenevens@mastodon.scot @ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot I also sent them (SNP) an email but didn't even get an auto reply.
I feel the remaining on X now is like swimming in the sewer, you're going to get covered in sh!t.
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@cstross@wandering.shop Also removed Chrome following your info yesterday. Couldn't find it's AI file but as I hadn't used/updated it for a year or so I guess it wasn't installed.
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@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot @alanferrier@mastodon.scot Thanks!
Good grief, he's fallen for it, hook, line and sinker.
Maybe he hasn't studied the rise of National Socialism.
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@djm62@beige.party
I've been using murena.io (NextCloud based) since I got the Fairphone 6 at the beginning of the year.
It offers a lot with 1Gb space free. Costs for more storage are reasonable.
https://murena.com/whats-the-alternative-to-google-drive/
And
https://murena.com/workspace/
It allows you to share folders publically with no log in.
So far, I'm happy with what it does and how it works!
You don't need the phone but it integrates nicely (very fast sync).
Haven't tried the Vault yet.
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@fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot @LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot I'm surprised you didn't get any results. I'd guess they were within safe levels otherwise you'd have been advised.
The places that tend to have high radon are granite houses built on top of certain granite rocks. Helmsdale is one - higher than usual U and potassium (K). Problems came when the houses were 'sealed' with double glazing and no ventilation.
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@drsimevans@mastodon.energy
We've had a heat pump dryer for a few years. Advantages: Relatively low power (<500w); gentler heat; half the cost of our next 'goto' for clothes drying (dehimidifier in a small bathroom) - which, itself, is cheaper than a 'standard' tumble dryer.
There's always the moaners who prefer to pay way more than they need to for the sake of some perceived tradition 🙂
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@GeePawHill You woke a troll with that post! I've blocked it!
Apart from that I agree with your points ....
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@n1ck@beige.party @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk Actually, more usefully it collected and published/broadcast the unredacted Epstein files worldwide.
😉
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@kevin@dice.camp @jim@social.openrightsgroup.org worth reading this on that aspect - and a lot more (a long read).
https://toot.cafe/@baldur/116578163131165383
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@alanferrier@mastodon.scot perhaps, thankfully, I just get a blank page when I try the link. Register or log-in, which I won't.
Seems very strange. Like suggesting Donald Trump would be a good leader for the US.
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@HighlandLawyer @ScottishGreens Would hope that an Independent Scotland could re-organise the process of providing electricity to make it work for everyone at reasonable cost. And get rid of the criminally insane switch off/switch on costs from Wind to Gas generation (over £600,000,000 wasted so far this year).
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@anexiledscot@mastodon.scot I suspect UK government will waste a few billion to discover the same thing anyway....
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@lordofthemoon@mastodon.scot Agree. A superb book.
Now reading the City of Last Chances.... Equally good.