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@jschwa1 Why are so many people reposting the quote not saying who it came from? It was Mohamad safa, Lebanese Diplomat and PVA Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

@CiaraNi I haven't seen the picture but water drops only form crowns when they hit a body of water, not when they hit a surface.

@aredridel@kolektiva.social Even 10 seems a bit soft there, in my experience. Where are "the thought of movement terrifies me, I will deficate where I lay" and "I'm only vaguely aware of your presence. Pain is everything If death is the only way to make it stop please kill me." On the other hand I know someone who, after coming round after major lung surgery, was repeatedly offered pain medication because they "must be in a lot of pain" and didn't need any because it was "just a little uncomfortable".

@aredridel@kolektiva.social In the case of the person i mentioned with a high pain threshold I'm sure it later lead to their premature death in hospital after a accident. The doctors didn't treat their injuries and deterioration seriously because they weren't in pain. They probably would have classified walking on a broken ankle at 3. I worked with then for many years and saw them shake off hits, that would have crumpled me into a ball, without a second thought.

@SamantazFox @mmalc @raymaccarthy @EUCommission @jnfingerle They also need different USC-C cables. Some new USB-C cables still only support 3 amps of current, up to at 20 volts, 60W. Others currently support higher wattage topping out at 240W, at 5 amps of current and 48v. High powered chargers won't fast charge with the wrong cable. Or if the power negotiation protocol is different. Some have discreet voltages but others are continuous range. The whole USB-C thing is a complete mess.

@SamantazFox @mmalc @raymaccarthy @EUCommission @jnfingerle And don't even let me get started on data transfer speed differences.

@codinghorror@infosec.exchange Why artists? Will it be actors next? Then singers? I think unpaid carers would have benefitted a hell of a lot more. Then charity volunteers, people trying to escape domestic violence, recovering addicts, etc We can do the arts after we get basic human necessities funded first.

@SamantazFox No. I have usb-c devices that aren't PD as well. Those devices will become slow charging junk if I can't buy a new charger. The point is that the "one cable" claim is a lie. They have different power ratings and data rate, and need different power supplies. It's the same mix of incompatible standards just all stuffed in one connector. Same e-waste, different hat.

@TechConnectify@mas.to Did I miss it or did you get through 1:11 without mentioning the word punkhawallah? The punkha (or pankha) was the predecessor to the ceiling fan and was often operated by a punkha wallah, who was paid to keep the punkha moving. It dates back to 8th century Arabia. Because ceiling fans replaced the punkha and the wallah they were sometimes called punkhawallahs. The word lives on in the 'Punkah Louvre', the kind of device you'll find above your head directing air towards you.

@dtl@8bitorbust.info @tom_verbeure@mastodon.social @dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz "a sub-2 min marathon" would be very impressive. ;)

@rapsneezy2 @Mab_813 @Kdude @EUCommission ☝️ Says the person using their ill informed opinion as data.

@aredridel@kolektiva.social Using the scale above I'd be classifying repeatedly hitting your thumb with a hammer, a sickening kind of pain, as 4, it wouldn't stop me doing anything but would be a distraction. About the same as treading on a weaver fish, or being bitten by a bullet ant. Crippling back ache after an injury, where it takes 20 minutes of careful manoeuvring to get to the toilet would be 8. Are these representative of what you'd expect?

@tpfto@mathstodon.xyz Closing the stable door after you've cashed the paycheck.

@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space I am 2716 years old.

@drahardja@sfba.social When the pub shuts people spend their time on social media run by right wing tech bros. Surprised no-one is.

@vulgalour@birdbutt.com @brad@1040ste.net Best warn them it's a 9/64" 40tpi non-standard, proprietary Singer thread. I'd just re-tap the hole and go with something standard unless it's being preserved for historical or sentimental reasons.

@mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com I've got some Sirius/Victor 9000 discs to image. The drives for those spin at different rates depending on which tracks they're writing to, to squeeze on more data. Back then that was an easier option to changing the data rate. They sound really strange in use.

@mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com I've got a few Mitsubishi MF504B (branded Technomatic) they already have a switch on the front for 40/80 track and can be jumpered to switch 300/360 rpm either by default or by 1/0 input on pin 2. I should get round to adding a switch for that. I also need to dig out out a 40 track drive so I can write proper 40 track discs.

@concretedog@mastodon.social @emily_s@mastodon.me.uk It's metric course threads that ISO724 only specifies even numbers of mm for nominal diameters above 5mm. Why, when fine threads are available on so many more sizes? It makes no sense. Someone should revoke their permission to use the metric system if they can't use it responsibly.

@concretedog@mastodon.social What pitch thread on the M5 tap? Course 0.8mm or fine 0.5mm? Who am I kidding, I've got both. Never needed a 3d printer though.

@concretedog@mastodon.social @emily_s@mastodon.me.uk ISO standards are based on myth and superstition. There are no 13mm fine threads allowed. They go in part or whole mm steps until 18mm, then step up by larger multiples of mm from then on. But they refused to include 13mm in the spec! ISO 724 - Metric Screw Threads (fine).

@SamantazFox @mmalc @raymaccarthy @EUCommission @jnfingerle The EU have banned selling chargers for my old devices? It's worse than I thought.

@ahchay @IanMoore3000 @ScottEdelman The character there is called Hans.

@rtn 66⅔mph

@futzle @Gobabu Accessing via a mobile in the UK using Firefox with "app tracking protection" turned on seems to stop the paywall/popup. This probably explains why I so often see people mentioning paywalls that I don't encounter.

@EdS @electron_greg K%=L%-NOTL% is faster still.

@EdS @electron_greg Sometimes every clock cycle counts. Although not that often in BASIC.

@EdS You can shave off another 0.03 seconds by Defining B%=&A and replacing the three references to &A with B%. @electron_greg

@markmoxon@universeodon.com @cs99cjb@hachyderm.io @frontierastro@universeodon.com It's like those ads for games you see all the time on YouTube. They get someone to play them really badly so people watching think "I could do better than that" and download it to try it.

@electron_greg Making no structural changes to the program but using integer variables on the beeb and electron would probably halve their times.

@saskboy @derbruesseler @EUCommission Even 'good' chargers normally only support one power negotiation protocol. You need to test eachbcharger and cable combination with each device for optimal charging. I've already got multiple USB-C chargers and cables that are now e-waste.

@jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk @ArtBrew@mastodon.art If there's a suitable programming job nearby and an allotment then you could rope in @yvan too. 😂

@brouhaha @RueNahcMohr @muddle @infosecdj The Sirius/Victor drive sounds so weird in use.

@jbz@indieweb.social What about if we ban corporations and bigots from running social media.

@mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com The only ones I've ever had trouble with are those that have a scratched surface from a bad drive head or dirt on the surface. I'm just setting up a greaseweasle rig for 3", 3½", 5¼" and 8" if the 8" drives I have work and I get round to making an adaptor.

@mia@tearoom.tearmoon.com The Acorn Archimedes I restored recently had several 3½" discs with it that gave me trouble but that was mould rather than damage or delamination. They were mainly copies so I just squirted some isopropyl onto the magnetic surface and spun the discs. Don't try that with anything rare/valuable though. About 15 years ago I bought multiple of the best 'new' floppy drives I could find in all formats, so at least I don't have to worry about them.

@yvan How did it work out cooked?

@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club @bradheintz@mathstodon.xyz This how LLMs learnt to generate such bad code.

@europlus@social.europlus.zone @TheConversationUS@newsie.social It's backfeeding mains voltage so unless breakers are upgraded and it's on a dedicated spur it can stop protective devices from cutting the power in a fault situation, or continue feeding in mains voltage to other outlets after other protective devices have tripped.

@gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz It was obvious bullshit, not that Springer care.

@raye@weirder.earth @jenny753@indiepocalypse.social The contact email is used on loads of other scam sites. AVOID. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mediavilladarci%40gmail.com

@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange That's why I blocked mastodon.social

@aredridel@kolektiva.social I said 8 for the backache in that case because, when it flares up, I can find it hard to got out of bed and get to the toilet but I'm not unable to.

@GossiTheDog I would never rent through a letting agent. They're the ones constantly pushing prices up to maximise their commission. They actively approach the landlords and encourage then to up the rent as much as possible.

@yvan Sounds like it might be worth growing some here. We could do with some more stuff that's ready early in the year. I hadn't heard of it before you posted about it but I'm sure I've seen it growing wild somewhere.

@campuscodi The only way to ever get cPanel to work the way you wanted was to was bypass its controls. Without that it's nothing.