Of course I don't use the Em Dash. I'm getting old, my body doesn't move like that any more.
:P
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Emily_S
@emily_s@mastodon.me.uk
mastodon 4.6.9Parent, Wife, Trans, software engineer, repairer, space nerd, accidental geospatial geek. 40 odd orbits of the sun.
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Telescopes are being set up, it's way way to light still but if you want to have a look at the telescopes before you can't really see them. Swing by the Astro observability village behind stage A
Not planning full star party tonight but making sure everything works.
#EMFCamp
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@davidho@mastodon.world yeah, but you're going to end up having to steal their car because they are probably the kind of asshole who won't help you
Anyone going to @emf@social.emfcamp.org fancy bringing a telescope along and joining me in letting people see some interesting space stuff if the weather is good?
Its always lovely to let people see the moon close up, the looks of awe on their faces. But I don't think I can handle dealing with that many people on my own.
I'm happy to put in a proposal but I would like to know it wouldn't just be me and a single telescope with hundreds of folk trying to look through it.
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@jcoglan@mastodon.social "We just ask our uncleared staff nicely not to access the files that require security clearances"
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@christianp@mathstodon.xyz @weirdestate@aus.social no way any one is cooking in that collection of shoes
Ooh I think I've figured out a way to get my telescope mount to work, at least for EMF.
The bodge doesn't involve ducktape at least.
It does involve zip ties though 😂
My wife was sat in a meeting the other day when the chair collapsed under her. We are now having a good giggle as she fills in the health and safety incident form.
Who ever designed this form was not expecting meeting room chairs to be involved in accidents.
"Have you been trained in the use of this equipment?"
"Did you wear appropriate PPE while using the equipment?"
"Did you perform pre-use checks on the equipment?"
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk Gurr.
Were I prime minister there would be rules about this kind of thing.
A charge applied at the time of bricking, based on the number of devices in existence, a disposal fee if you will. Avoidable by open sourcing the firmware and providing unlocking instructions usable by non technical folk, verified by gov funded engineers (paid to be picky as heck) and hosted on a gov.uk domain.
(And it applies to any device bricked from now forward)
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@zzt I guess this might be how Microsoft is planning to get out of its AI bubble financial troubles.
Realising my son's school shoes are actually wearing out for the second time ever. So we measured his feet to buy some online.
The uk shoe size system turns out to be the most bonkers measuring system (with a connection to the real world) that I've ever seen.
For starters I've never encountered the barley corn as a unit of measure before.
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@luna "A digital ID in Apple Wallet created using a U.S. passport can be used to confirm you're an adult" ???
Can't inconvenience the apple exec that's travelling.
Just had the biggest kick to my confidence that we can ever actually make a difference to this world.
A few years back I worked on a project to try and get a source of truth that various groups could agree on, it meant building a map that worked basically anywhere. Phones, laptops, big projector screens.
We built a 3d map that ran off a 30cm terrain model and imagery. It looked fucking awesome. Seriously the terrain model was detailed enough cars showed up in 3d.
1/n
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@Edent@mastodon.social ouch. "Software bad enough the *british* government thought it was worth rewriting in house"?!
Damn
Never seen a hermit crab in the wild before, then found two in the same rock-pool.
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@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange yeah, I'd go back to uni (18 ish) but I am not going further, section 28 did damage that was hard to see from the inside.
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@ml@ecoevo.social Efficent methods of recycling "waste" electronics. Capitalism has created a lot of e-waste, converting this back into useful stuff would be a great thing.
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@amapanda@en.osm.town the implication that OSM is expected to outlive the things it represents is a wonderful thing.
And given the projects life time, earned.
Bits of the world from the last couple of days.
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@linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io @bvibber@wikis.world Unions are required because the peter principle is a real thing.
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@Edent@mastodon.social waits for Edent to buy countries.wtf and create something in the same vane as https://genders.wtf
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@concretedog@mastodon.social think it depends on your software. but I've seen edits reset all the votes so maybe don't try it.
Wonder how many other browsers will post demo screen shots with a trans flag today (this fine trans day of visibility)
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@sinituulia@eldritch.cafe @juliette@mastodon.green Part of 1 may require 5. Can't fix the world if people keep breaking it. Got to stop them first.
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@steadilyebbing@girlcock.club @Dangerous_beans@aus.social bottom segment of a wooden toy rocket?
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@susankayequinn Nice!
Our small town one has come conclusion that once a month is about the right rate. Enough stuff builds up to come in, and its not too much of a burden on us volunteers.
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@Ambraven@social.mochi.academy
Something like:
foo.map(|f| f.clone()).unwrap_or_else(||A::new())
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@concretedog@mastodon.social fair enough, good to know.
I may actually have an m5 tap in that case (Shame I can't change my answer). I got a bunch of random taps in the tool boxes I inherrited from my father in law, he was a bike guy, but I'd need to break out the calipers to check.
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@concretedog@mastodon.social very much not an engineer but I thought there was something about even sized bolts? Or does that only apply above something like m6? I've never seen an M7 or M9 bolt for instance, but I have a bunch of M3 bolts.
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@tubetime@mastodon.social this thread does an amazing job of getting weirder with every post. 😂
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@ExpiredPopsicle @JunkRaven That is awesome.
Absolutely delightful work on the perspective of the buildings along the cylinder. Really gives a sense of "this is fucking huge" while also feeling enclosed.
Been going through the tool boxes we collected from my wife's dads place. I've been able to figure out most of the tools (with a little help from my dad for the bike specific bits)
But the purpose of these three baffles us. Made of what feels like streel, they look like they were machined.
Any one got a clue what they are for?
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@Devijand@mastodon.social Oh goddess yeah, we ended up hiring a rotovator thing to completely mash it all up and take out the entire top layer. Such a pain in the ass and it doesn't even work that well, found out it was there when we were trying to dig weeds out of the lawn.
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@CppGuy@infosec.space at least in the UK where they cross parks or public spaces they aren't usually blocked off. There are always anti climbing spikes/ fences off the legs.
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@MLE_online@social.afront.org that would be a blooming awesome. Maybe have a mini project each week to teach about some material or components. So they cover more things and maybe learn about something tha helps them later.
"Today we're making a light weight bending break from two by fours and some clamps. This will be helpful making enclosures for your big projects"
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@kaye@cathode.church my extra layers of tin foil is that these ad profiles are a fucking delight to the American three letter agencies.
Lots of current product decisions make more sense when one asks "what would make the NSA's life easier when implementing this feature"
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@Edent *shrugs* people say they can be a bit weird about somethings. If you don't think so, then I wouldn't worry
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@harrybo@gamerstavern.online Awesome! Excellent parenting.
We had a couple of very very old dead laptops at one of the repair cafes. I let some kids borrow a set of screwdrivers and go into them. The way their faces lit up when I said "go for it"
"What you mean we can take them apart? We won't break them?"
"Nah they're already dead, you can't break them more. If you can get the bits apart I'll tell you what they do. Have fun"
Right, organising stuff while in a field with three and a half thousand interesting people is awkward...
Star party will be happening tonight around 9:30pm in the Astro observability village (were down between the not Lake and stage A)
#EMFCamp