Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org
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Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, working on Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
*Background banner is a photo Yorkshire flag in blue and white, in front of a classic bell tent, in a field of similar tents at a festival.
Joined Oct 2022
You've heard of Active Directory, but are you old enough to appear in the Inactive Directory?
@sellathechemist
Can you imagine having to update this and print it every time there was a change?
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This week on the Therapy Natters Podcast we talk about that old chestnut of worrying what other people think.
Links to listen and subscribe are at https://therapynatters.buzzsprout.com if you haven't already!
Here's a snippet if you need a nudge!
Episode 134 of Squiggly Careers. Great podcast on #PersonalGrowth and #CareerDevelopment.
Description:
"#Listening plays a big part in our working lives, but often it's something we struggle to do well. Distractions, our own agendas, thoughts and feelings can all affect the quality of our listening efforts."
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wqOrniUBYotlwDe2yBlZu?si=GZLP1RYES1WX6ezT9iPrMQ
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A lesson in robust testing throughout different stages of product development and operation. Virgin Orbit rocket launched likely failed because of a $100 filter.
https://spacenews.com/virgin-orbit-narrows-down-cause-of-launcherone-failure/
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Finally had an opportunity to use https://betterimagesofai.org/!
For anyone in need of images for a presentation/report/post on 'AI', please consider these folks. Their images are CC and do a much better, more critical job of representing 'AI' visually than all those blue brains, androids, etc.
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Fascinating Court of Appeal decision on whether Bitcoin developers can owe a fiduciary duty to owners of the currency.
Real legal first principles stuff from very science/technology-literate judge, applying those first principles in a new area
Court holds such a duty can, in principle, exist.
Would love to hear from those with more sector expertise as to what you think of the judgment.
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I am looking for non-male (female, non-binary, etc) software engineers who would be willing to record a short (30-seconds) video about why ethics is important in their professional practice. It's for our first-year Computer Science students. If you would like to help, get in touch with me here. Thank you! :)
Really positive day, presenting to our PS staff (50 or so) on #ProcessAutomation and work in progress with the developer. Then using #ActivityTheory to prompt questions about potential areas to look at.
Lots of positive responses, very encouraging.
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RT @SPACEdotcom
SpaceX eyeing March for 1st Starship orbital flight, Elon Musk says https://trib.al/AWkfBVi
Community shenanigans and conflicts of interest
1) Staff member works for a Community of Chalet owners with volunteer directors. Some cultural clashes but generally works ok.
2) #ConflictsOfInterest build up and clash with new directors sees them all quit, all sorts of allegations.
3) Yet another set of Directors (inc me) trying to mop up and get the business of the community back on track.
4) In the mean time, #Community has explicitly ruled that staff cannot live on site partly as a response.
5) This person has formally joined the Community as an owner.
6) Despite all this background and even greater conflicts of interest, they've applied for the new staff post. And polled friends in the community about whether they should get the job.
They've almost ruled themselves out with this final act, even if we could resolve the conflicts of interest.
But we still have to unpack this whole mess.
Any thoughts on this are welcome!
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@davidallengreen I enjoy UK politics' continued progression towards everyone just shoving a pair of underpants on their head, two pencils up their nose and constantly repeating the word "wibble".
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The carbon footprint of NFTs on Ethereum wasn’t looking great before The Merge, but it was nothing compared to on-chain Bitcoin NFTs
Yesterday Bitcoin mining company Luxor mined the largest block ever, containing almost exactly 4MB of data. Only 63 transactions could fit into the block, as the NFT used up the rest of the available space
The carbon footprint: ~888 metric tons of CO2, equivalent to the per passenger carbon footprint of taking a flight from New York to Tokyo and back - 466 times
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@NWBylines @mikegalsworthy MP pay review time again, is it?
*stares at the chart*
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@dm319 @ct_bergstrom @pluralistic
My key takeaway for my own practice: "For important categories, ambiguity is a feature, not a bug."
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Update: moved this to my new writing site so there’s a new URL.
Every hashtag on every post on every platform should ALWAYS be pascal case. I wrote this to illustrate how screenreaders read hashtags based on their case.
It’s a small thing that all of us can do to build a more inclusive, accessible internet for all. Please take the time to use pascal case.
Read more:
https://markwrites.io/hashtag-accessibility-by-everyone-for-everyone
#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Usability #Readability #Hashtags #SocialNetworking #Blogging #UX
After a couple of crappy months, had a really great and productive week and buoyed up for a presentation next week.
Much of it down to a great session on #TimeManagement last week run by Kathryn Redway. A wide range of people from our faculty were there, and Kathryn shared strategies for people at all levels for recognising and prioritising different demands (and distractions!)
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RT @Rainmaker1973@twitter.com
In the 1970s, archaeologists in Bulgaria unearthed a vast Copper Age necropolis from the 5th millennium BCE. Inside burial 43 they found the remains of a high status male with more gold than it was found in the entire rest of the world in that period: https://buff.ly/3NU5fhB
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1621126285459337216
- Location
- Mostly London
- Pronouns (plz)
- he/him
Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, working on Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
*Background banner is a photo Yorkshire flag in blue and white, in front of a classic bell tent, in a field of similar tents at a festival.
Joined Oct 2022
