h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com
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Hello! I post something interesting every few days.
Joined Feb 2019
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Up for Donating Books? try the @internetarchive new app to find out which ones will help fill out the collections (if you go through this, we can sometimes cover postage)
Randomly scanning your or friend's books to see if the Internet Archive already has it... Again, try the app. (I find it fun, but it might just be me)
Search for "donate books" in the apple or google app stores.
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Pipelines with the substance tag set to hot_water, steam, wastewater, sewage, and a few others, are now rendered on the "Water" layer.
Are Smart Motorways going away?
https://www.roads.org.uk/blog/not-so-smart #roads #motorway #uk
What does a boot sector look like? The assembly code for this one is almost readable https://github.com/AyrA/x86-hello-world/blob/master/boot.asm #linux
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It seems (from the search on https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-chatbot-learning/) that my blog ranks slightly higher than @MCQN_Ltd in Google's C4 dataset.
@DoESLiverpool is in the top 600k websites in there.
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Boy #3 showing off an important feature of the calculator he definitely needed for his A Level maths studies
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If you installed a Linux system with disk encryption more than a couple of years ago, there's a decent chance it's using a weak key derivation function and someone who cares enough would be in a position to brute-force it. https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/66429.html has more details and instructions on how to update to a better KDF.
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.
https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
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.
You can ask my website to use dark mode, which it detects with https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme
What you asked for: dark mode
What you got:
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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.
Opening up government ministers’ meetings with lobbyists
https://www.mysociety.org/2023/02/16/opening-up-government-ministers-meetings-with-lobbyists/ #ukpol
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in an uncertain world, take comfort in the routinely reliable mundanity of functioning sewers.
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Good news! Avian flu housing order to be lifted 18th April! (England and Wales)
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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.
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…" https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/building-house-building-cell #biology
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Happy CSS Naked Day to all who celebrate!
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/04/this-blog-strips-off-for-css-naked-day/
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Happy Easter. Here’s an article where I interviewed the first programmer to ever hide an Easter Egg in software way back in 1968:
https://www.acriticalhit.com/make-love-not-war-first-software-easter-egg/
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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: https://newspeak.house/residency
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Hello! I post something interesting every few days.
Joined Feb 2019
