h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com
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Hello! I post something interesting every few days.
Joined Feb 2019
Ektoplazm is my go-to site for interesting and weird music. Try the album Trojan.exe by Virus Installer for some uplifting psytrance.
https://ektoplazm.com/free-music/virus-installer-trojan-exe #music #creativecommons
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This is one of my favourite educational images so I’m going to share it just because. #languages #world
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🆕 blogging - “Experiments with domestic load shedding in the UK”
Electricity demand varies throughout the day. When demand is higher, electricity prices go up. Most UK consumers are insulated from this variability - we pay a fixed price per kWh no matter what the actual wholesale cost. But it doesn't need to be this w…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/11/experiments-with-domestic-load-shedding-in-the-uk/
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#electricity #EnergyCrisis #money #NaBloPoMo #SavingSessions #solar
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I wrote a nano tool that tries to extract the #Fediverse accounts of your #Twitter followings: https://fedifinder.glitch.me/
It searches for the patterns @user@host.tld, user@host.tld and host.tld/@user in the screen name, description, location and URL field. It displays them to you in the correct format for easy copying as well as a CSV download that can be imported to #Mastodon.
Known issue: Mail addresses are included as false positives because people write their handle without a leading @: name@host.tld
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For a gentle way to be told the time, try this Literature Clock:
#time #quotations
Via @levparikian
https://literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com/
Map Men ask: how many continents are there? https://youtu.be/hrsxRJdwfM0?list=PLfxy4_sBQdxy3A2lvl-y3qWTeJEbC_QCp #maps
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I got my flu jab at the weekend.
Flu looks to be doing some relatively big numbers already this year and a bad flu season is being predicted.
Probably time to book yourself that flu jab if you haven't done already.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1116648/Weekly_Flu_and_COVID-19_report_w45.pdf
The Boundary Commission have updated proposals for constituency boundaries which elect UK MPs. https://www.bcereviews.org.uk/node/6484
In Southend, the left-wing city centre is no longer split, so Southend West will be a much closer contest. Without the city centre, Southend East becomes even more blue. https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23107771.boundary-commission-southend-west-seat-set-replaced/ #ukpol
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Count the lines, again: The “not everyone lives in London” edition on The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything https://jonn.substack.com/p/count-the-lines-again-the-not-everyone?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=5exig
Wind power has been absolutely smashing it this week https://grid.iamkate.com/ #power #wind
Are your char types signed or unsigned? https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/911914/1c77e49c79b295da/
Music, creativity, and Schoenberg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4niz8TfY794
Diamond Geezer talks about pylons https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2022/10/londons-pylons.html?m=1 - featuring the amazing Open Infrastructure Map https://openinframap.org/#9.86/51.51/-0.087 Not many pylons in London, but I've photographed the tallest.
Happy Halloween https://youtu.be/6V_ofcX9cic
As you put the clocks back tonight, remember that UTC doesn't stand for anything in French or English. It's a compromise where neither country got the acronym they want! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
90s TV where two teams make ridiculous machines out of junk. Episode 1: aeroplanes. Amazing! https://www.channel4.com/programmes/scrapheap-challenge/
Steve Mould explains how petrol pumps turn off when the tank is full https://youtu.be/fT2KhJ8W-Kg
1 in 80 people signed a petition requesting a general election.
1 in 400 are Tory party members.
Time for a general election.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/619781 #ukpol
Electricity standing charge for those on prepayment metres (ie: zero electricity use) is £187/year. Which is more than 5% of Universal Credit for under-25s (£3,184/year). https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/what-are-the-price-cap-unit-rates-/
Tilting It Sideways: stories about hackers causing damage in the real world. https://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?p=625
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