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Electropict

@electropict@mastodon.scot
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I rarely trust anything anyone else says about me so I doubt it’s appropriate to ask anyone to trust anything I say about me. If I’m even real. Perhaps I am the sum of my actions and written thoughts; you can read the latter here, but it’s up to you to judge whether itʼs of interest.

(But I’m likely to post about electronic musical technology, and amongst other things, more politics than I’d like, autism, disability, trans issues, and things little and large in the Hebrides, with pictures.)

136 Followers
130 Following
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Joined January 15, 2023
Website:
https://zasm.earth
Pronouns part 1:
Grammar is a tool not a religion; speak kindly of me and I’ll speak kindly of thee.
Pronouns part 2:
(But if you really want to be polite I’ll take they/them/their/theirs.)
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@TheFreshBeets @LaChasseuse A couple of weeks ago I saw a short video of a very large one being transported, where it was horizontal, but then to get round tight bends, the blade was tilted up like this *and* the trailer telescoped down to under half its original length. 😲
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 2mo ago
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@randahl@mastodon.social Today I Learned that there is a U+1F5FD Statue of Liberty character now.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 2mo ago
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@w_b@mastodon.world @skeletor@mas.to Marilynspirational
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 2mo ago
"Asexual acts" is a bit of a bizarre concept to begin with. Making them illegal ... that's a double negative into imaginary space, isn't it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzxlZG1sVyg #asexual

Yes. Asexuality Was Just Criminalized

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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 2mo ago
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@noybeu@mastodon.social ... Then if I want to set a cookie for a specific function you may or may not want working, I still need to tell people what and why. (Of course, *I* don't use an intrusive banner, just a little note.)
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 2mo ago
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@noybeu@mastodon.social It's not clear what this could really mean. Will there be a register of cookie purposes that domain owners can sign up with, so that every possible use of cookies can be identified so UAs could possibly give users the option to choose? Seems unlikely. Or is it just some very broad generalisations such as currently found in many intrusive cookie banners - essential, optional, none; which is of limited use. ...
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@benroyce @urlyman @ReggieHere @vfrmedia @metaphil @fj You want an oof? Compare that chart for 2019/2022 with this for c.2013 based on "The Political Compass" questionnaire and their assessment of current manifestos, & some historic examples. I'm unsure how far this is an artefact of different methodologies (and I was a bit critical of TPCs), but the zero points may have undergone a substantial Overton shift by 2019. A uniform assessment would be interesting.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@randahl@mastodon.social All? Sounds great ... but does that include progressive paralysis and complications like blood pressure effects and Lewy bodies? (I don't seem to be able to watch the video.)
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@benroyce @ReggieHere @vfrmedia @metaphil @urlyman Incidentally I'd like to thank @fj (who must be wondering how this all happened by now) for the prompt. We've heard a lot over the years about building bridges between peoples, but now I wonder if we should be building swings instead... 😉
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@urlyman @benroyce @ReggieHere @vfrmedia @metaphil @fj It occurs to me that it's a bit odd that this graph has an axis equating authoritarian to traditional and progressive to libertarian. Is it so hard to believe in traditional liberties now? If the questions were framed from that perspective it might affect the outcome. (I am reminded of a ceramic tile I saw, in about 1988, as part of a fireplace in a house in Stornoway, with the text: "A RETURN TO TRADITIONAL VALUES: CLASS WARFARE ✊")
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@davidho@mastodon.world That vertical line under the door makes me wonder if there's an option to flip a few levers and turn a wheel and expand it into a four/six/eight-seater, like my old dining table. #engineeringChallenges
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@archaeohistories@ohai.social Curious that a culture known primarily for its use of clay tablets for writing, and not at all for its use of paper, would have a use for a paperweight. There may be a gap in my knowledge, or something.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 3mo ago
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@dev@discuss.systems When two people love each other very much the daddy gets venture capital support and builds a fully automated egg factory inside the mummy and sews her up again and then pulls a pump and dump before anyone can assay the eggs...
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 3mo ago
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@RabBrucesSpider1@mastodon.scot I see the words "Image SuperGrok AI" in that link preview. At that point, it doesn't really matter what's being reported. 🤷
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 6mo ago
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@cstross@wandering.shop I'm seeing a nice lady handing out a coffee with a jug in her other hand, and wearing a dress like she's taking a break between flamenco dances ... but the two are probably not incompatible. On second glance she may be a little tentacular but that's fine by me obvs. and anyway it may just be the effect of all that dancing.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@tompearce49@mastodon.scot My last £5 in that direction is suddenly looking a little nervous... 😟 😉
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@davidho@mastodon.world But I guess once you've got the tractor unit, you could always add a passenger carriage or two at need.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@morachbeag @mayintoronto One of my former topics; though it's been decades since I had occasion to talk about it and have forgotten most of it. Still ... grotesque exaggeration of head width! [edit:] And fretboard radius! It's coming back to me...
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 6mo ago
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@libreoffice @tdforg Meritocracy is attractive to those who believe themselves to be meritorious enough to have the right to decide who else shall be considered meritorious. Not so much to people who are used to being considered unmeritorious, or just have an interest in democracy. I did try to read the blog, but since the page consisted solely of a rather stylish spinning graphic I have to assume that I am not considered sufficiently meritorious to even read your thoughts on the subject. 🤷
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 4mo ago
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@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I never read it in public, if that helps.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@amy@mastodon.fibercut.org Reminder that it's pronounced "string". (If you started in 1970s BASIC, anyway.)
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social This is perhaps a minor detail but I don't think it is safe (or in some jurisidictions, legal) to convert your rear-view mirrors into front-view mirrors.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@expectationlost@mastodon.ie As to what either has to do with fuel prices, well...
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7OGiR7_x_o

Why Electric Trucks matter MORE than Electric Cars!

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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@anderstallvik@dice.camp Single-edge alignment (according to script) is also more legible for many people, especially on screen rather than paper.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@cstross (Admittedly I haven't asked any tortoises.)
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@futurebird@sauropods.win How many am I? A coachload, obviously.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 6mo ago
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@IndyRichard It's as well to get some practice in now; you might need it.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 6mo ago
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@IndyRichard Or where the prize is being allowed to help produce the next generation of Trump children, glory be to his eternal name. Or both.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 6mo ago
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@fazalmajid @benroyce Back in the day when I could eat things like that, I used to get jars of hazelnut butter and stir cocoa and a little honey in, on demand; usually doing so on already-warm toast. Taking time to work with the ingredients improves the flavour imo.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 6mo ago
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@NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot From experience, I'd say "your problem" and "profit" are two representative examples, but there may be others.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 6mo ago
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@commanderred 🤔 Implies existence of oestrogoths?
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 6mo ago
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@NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot So what do they call "Conventional Medicine" that doesn't work?
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 7mo ago
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@RandamuMaki@mstdn.social @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Nono. It is the ur-self that most needs to be surrounded. We must go back to our earliest, most fundamental being, and protect it with a posse of tgfs, if our evolved selves are to flourish.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago

I wasn't up to going to town today so I didn't get fenceposts ... so having improved a bit I went out to do some pruning, and found the third sheep I've had to chase in the last week. And it's first time this year one of their lambs has been big enough to follow them in. While the mother jumped the fence again at the weak spot, this the first time I've actually physically hoiked an ovine for some years. I doubt I'd be up to lifting adult sheep any more... Tomorrow, fenceposts!

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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@TechConnectify I wasn't sure but have checked. Good point. So 34mpg(US) = 40.8mpg(IMP)? It beats the 1987 Citroen, certainly. I note later you mention that it's a 2.5L engine; presumably that's a part of why it's still behind the 16-year-older Renault ICE. (Which is also what you're calling a minivan, though that's not how I'm used to the word being applied.) Other than the slightly shocking realisation that hybrids may be heavier on the juice than I'd expect, nice video btw. 🙂
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@TechConnectify (Both manual transmission btw.)
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@angusm@mastodon.social Also that things you use to watch the world may also be used to watch you.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@drgeraint The Electoral Commission can't do anything about it because the name preceded the current rules and isn't breaking them. 🤷 Not sure we'd want to live with the sort of change of rules that would be necessary to prevent it either. Who else could it be aimed at?
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 4mo ago
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@disorderlyf@todon.eu @adhd_coffee@mastodon.social ADHD(PH) does correlate with higher levels of addiction to for example nicotine, alcohol and opiates, though afaik not so much to amphetamines, and to early death. ADHD(PI) or if you prefer, CDS, correlates more with low addiction rates, and forgetting pill-time along with everything else (but ideally wouldn't be intensively treated with amphetamines to begin with). So while in some cases both will occur, just saying "ADHD" may not give sufficient context.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@expectationlost@mastodon.ie Seems appropriate to repeat... https://mastodon.scot/@electropict/110611806875876071
mastodon.scot

Electropict: "Ah well, here you go: #childPoverty #Brexit #neko…" - mastodon.scot

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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@tamarasellman@social.seattle.wa.us 😆 I guess the term solarpunk was unlikely to mean the same thing for long. What does? However, I'm implying that the movie industry was not great at paying copywriters to do more than 30 seconds work on their posters. Companions who have to be killed off early in the movie to stop them being amazingly ecocidal! What an incredible adventure. Beyond imagination, right. I haven't seen it since the 70s but I'm sure I could do better if someone paid me for maybe ten minutes.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 6mo ago
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@IndyRichard Next-generation Miss America>World>Trump pageants, I assume.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@georgetakei It is better to light one candle than bewail the insurance company.
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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@tamarasellman@social.seattle.wa.us Text supplied by someone who saw the artwork for the poster but not the movie...
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Electropict @electropict@mastodon.scot
· 5mo ago
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Went looking and found a badly synced video of Danny Williams singing. I expect the movie version was different. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02jSVxFUu14
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