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h2g2bob

To vote in the UK, you now need photo ID.

Check you have valid ID by applying for a Voter Authority Certificate: the questions check if you already have valid ID. Not all ID cards are valid.

gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-vote

If you need a Voter Authority Certificate, it's free.

I used my phone to take a photo of myself in front of a white-ish wall. It was accepted for the voter certificate (and rejected in my passport renewal).

The certificate itself is paper and A4 size.

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You can ask my website to use dark mode, which it detects with developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do
What you asked for: dark mode
What you got:

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The Ranty Highwayman

In the April edition of Highways Magazine I ask for a reinvigoration of national research projects, with an independent commissioning body. We're missing out on spreading good practice.

The digital edition is free as ever.

edition.pagesuite-professional

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h2g2bob

Opening up government ministers’ meetings with lobbyists
mysociety.org/2023/02/16/openi

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer

in an uncertain world, take comfort in the routinely reliable mundanity of functioning sewers.

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Matt Wilcox

Chrome just opted you into a load of ad tracking bullshit. Don't forget to go in and turn it all off, if you're a #Chrome user.

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A great analogy of the chaos of cell biology. "Some of the hammers have screwdrivers or saw blades poking out of the back of their handles…" science.org/content/blog-post/

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Terence Eden

Happy CSS Naked Day to all who celebrate!
shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/04/this-

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All the trees
woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woo

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"Critical Kate" Willaert

Happy Easter. Here’s an article where I interviewed the first programmer to ever hide an Easter Egg in software way back in 1968:

acriticalhit.com/make-love-not

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Joe Mitchell

Newspeak House in that London are looking for resident fellows for their next cohort! If you're interested in tech and making things less bad, think about applying! Scholarships available: newspeak.house/residency

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Brandon Jones

Now that WebGPU is shipping(!), I want to share some thoughts on the API.
Please note that as an editor of the spec, I'm literally as biased as you can get. So take my words with a massive grain of salt, but my intent is to encourage people to try the API for themselves, not accept my opinion verbatim. #WebGPU
developer.chrome.com/blog/webg

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h2g2bob

Shipwreck finds go on display at Southend Central Museum - including a fun knot-tying display
southend.gov.uk/news/article/2

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Christopher Phin

They’ve figured out the secret of ancient Roman concrete’s durability! And it’s really cool! news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concre

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65dBnoise

Open source software is free and enables people to do great things with it. This is the #opensource software/data I've been using to create maps, process images, make animations etc. related to #NASA's #Mars2020 mission:

#GIMP : gimp.org
#Geogebra : geogebra.org
#ImageMagick : imagemagick.org
#QGIS : https : qgis.org
#Stellarium : stellarium.org

@kevinmgill's and @stim3on's flats: github.com/kmgill/mars-raw-uti

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h2g2bob

Vinyl record press (with LukHash soundtrack) youtu.be/KqB57ecgjko

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The infrastructure that keeps the modern world going: a local telephone exchange flickr.com/photos/h2g2bob/5238

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Kevin Marks

Just as "serverless" means you are using more than one server, see "driverless"
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edi “They will have two members of staff on board.
A safety driver will sit in the driver's seat to monitor the technology, and a so-called bus captain will help passengers with boarding, buying tickets and queries.”

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Unexpected consequences of small businesses being exempt from VAT
taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/01/30/va

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Rowan

Our first Bleak Weekend was a great success. I can thoroughly recommend staying in a motorway service station for a weekend rowanmanning.com/weeknotes/127 #WeekNotes

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