h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com
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Hello! I post something interesting every few days.
Joined Feb 2019
My phone runs e.os, which is #android without the #Google apps. It works well - it comes with useful, interesting apps like MagicMaps, and provides access to FDroid and/or the Play store. https://e.foundation/e-os/ #e
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I've made a thing that helps you to make a printable template for a hexaflexagon, with your choice of pictures on each of the three faces: https://somethingorotherwhatever.com/hexaflexagon/
You can take a photo with your camera, or upload a file.
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A scheme that I would look at if I didn’t already have a bike is Cycling UK’s “Making cycling e-asier”. They're providing free month-long e-bike loans in different parts of the country (inc Manchester). e-bikes are a real game changer when it comes to getting people into cycling and can replace a lot of car journeys.
What happened to all the Millennium Commission projects? http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2022/12/millennium-commission-projects.html #London
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The government are closing the most of the ticket offices at uk #train stations, seemingly regardless of how busy they are.
This probably includes your local station: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/interactive-map-shows-station-ticket-30403930
This is bad for staff, who have a year before being sacked.
This is bad for customers, who are left on their own to navigate the UK's notoriously complex ticketing system.
There is a petition against this: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636542 #railway #ukpol
The government are closing the most of the ticket offices at uk #train stations, seemingly regardless of how busy they are.
This probably includes your local station: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/interactive-map-shows-station-ticket-30403930
This is bad for staff, who have a year before being sacked.
This is bad for customers, who are left on their own to navigate the UK's notoriously complex ticketing system.
There is a petition against this: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636542 #railway #ukpol
Making streets safer for everyone, with FixMyStreet https://www.mysociety.org/2023/07/05/making-streets-safer-for-everyone-with-fixmystreet/ #uk #roads
Southend crematorium is being updated, so it remains compliant with environmental legislation
https://www.southend.gov.uk/news/article/2924/-future-proofing-of-southend-crematorium-is-well-underway #southend
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Today in 'blast from the past' ... What's the Carbon Footprint of burning a cow in Minecraft?
https://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html
(excellent work from @floppy back in 2011 that demonstrates the power of APIs, automatic carbon calculation and fun. Still as relevant today as it was then.)
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Enjoyed this paean to Kolmogorov - https://bristoliver.substack.com/p/genius-in-turbulent-times
The end of this video about the zero gravity plane is amazing. https://youtu.be/qKbHkYllIr0?t=1668 #space
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🚨🚨🚨 Exclusive report: the scheme that ripped off £50m in tax incentives, the people responsible, and the eminent tax KC who said it was just fine. 🚨🚨🚨
Part 1 - the outrageous scheme, involving splitting a business into 10,000 companies, and hiring 10,000 random Filipinos as "shareholders" and "directors" (when really they were just globe puppets) https://taxpolicy.org.uk/scheme
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We've talked of booting Linux off of APFS some day, which would be cursed enough... but I raise you booting Windows off of btrfs.
https://www.lilysthings.org/blog/windows-on-btrfs/
Cursed.
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New report: how the Post Office gagged postmasters by falsely claiming its settlement offers were confidential.
Our report here: https://www.taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/05/30/postoffice_silence/
How to be a better radio interviewee
https://gilest.org/archive/how-to-be-a-better-radio-interviewee
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TFW a file format is so old that it includes an "insert paper tape this way" arrow as part of the header: Looks like this traces back to the PDP-11.
Compare with: mapping the Local Election results to the boundaries for the 2019 General Election https://dbatley.com/elections/2024/w2019.html
New boundaries have been published for the 2024 General Election. I've taken the Local Election results and applied that to the new boundaries https://dbatley.com/elections/2024/bce_final.html #BoundaryCommission #ukpol
The new constituency boundaries for electing MPs to Westminster are published this week. Here's my attempt at mapping the local election results to the DRAFT boundaries https://dbatley.com/elections/2024/bce_revised.html #ukpol
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I absolutely adore the whimsical #art of 3D sidewalk chalk artist David Zinn. https://zinnart.com
Zinn creates delightful “works of ephemeral pareidolic anamorphosis” inspired by weeds, sewer covers, traffic cones & nearly everything he encounters around his Ann Arbor community.
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Hello! I post something interesting every few days.
Joined Feb 2019
