Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org
- Location
- Mostly London
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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
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To book an international railway ticket in Europe it SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY
1️⃣ to have expert level knowledge
2️⃣ to need to have 20 browser tabs open simultaneously
3️⃣ to have parts of your trip where you have no option other than to buy tickets on the spot
4️⃣ to have to go to a railway station, or pick up the phone to make the booking - ONLINE has to work
5️⃣ to have to consult multiple sources of information to get the best price for a single train
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Last night the 11yo broke down the Google Slides middle school Chatroom for me:
1. At first they used a Google doc but the infinite scroll was too chaotic
2. In the slide deck each new slide is one “post”—some all text, some images, some both—
3. They use slides’ comments feature to “reply” to each other’s “posts”
4. This allows participants to easily flip between posts using the slide thumbnail navigation, so they can find the conversations they care about easily
5. He owns the file & if anyone spams it, deletes other people’s posts, or gets nasty, he can revert the file to its previous save state & remove the spammer’s access
6. He did share the file with me on purpose, I think because he was proud & wanted me to see what he’d made
Essentially they’ve created a chatroom with moderation in Google Slides, so they can get around the school’s ban on platforms like Discord. It’s kind of brilliant
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Guess Hoo H'Hoo's Back....
Back Again...
Tell a Friend...
24th June back at Cloth Hall Court - More info to come soon
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We have some amazing looking talks submitted for @bsidesleeds but the CFP is still open until the end of March and we still have some free slots on both the Red and Blue tracks!
Your time to shine!
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Misleading energy performance certificate (EPC) ratings are in need of major reform:
New research uncovers the staggering inaccuracy of the certificates used to rate the energy efficiency of UK homes.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-misleading-epc-ratings-are-a-national-scandal-ztc5ss2b0
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“If you're wondering why we have a shortage of fruit & veg in the UK - it stopped in the first safe country it came to.”
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RT @b3ta
"Morning!" by eclectech - just FP'd: https://ift.tt/AEafOmy
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Public transport isn't supposed to make money. It's not even supposed to break even. It's supposed to lose money and to be financed and extended from general taxes because it gives back way more than mere money.
And all the politicians know this because they keep building and maintaining streets for free
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Intimidation is not "negative feedback".
Neither is mindboggling stupidity.
Nor racist commentary.
Nor continuously spouting the same, a thousand times debunked, tiring anti-scientific nonsense.
These are the primary reasons I block people.
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RT @elonmusk
I have unblocked everyone I blocked, apart from scammers. I recommend others do the same.
Negative feedback is a good thing.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1629201852968452097
#Recruitment #HR advice if anyone has experience:
Struggling to coordinate with two great finalists, permanent post for a small community. At what point do you assume they're not answering the phone rather than say they're no longer interested?
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Do not seize the day. This will startle the day and may cause it to become aggressive and give you a nasty bite.
Instead approach the day calmly without making eye contact, pet it gently, and slowly enfold it in a careful embrace
If the day shows any signs of resistance to being engaged with, it is likely to turn on you. Back off and return to bed.
Just putting this out there, but you make these jukebox musicals, advertise them as a fun night out, then complain when the people paying you sing and dance along?
*Harry Hill side eye*
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The kiddo has a sleep-deprived head scan tomorrow, which means we're up at 2:30am binge-watching Glee.
Got another 4.5 hours of this torture.
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I am in love with my new safety glasses! They will also do prescription lenses if you need them. 10/10 recommend. https://safestyle.com.au/
#SafeStyle #Cruisers #ClearFrame #BlueLightBlocking #AustralianCompany #TaxDeductable
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NEW ARTICLE: On Filmmaking: Ten Great Tracking Shots
After the enthusiastic response to a recent Medium article from me on what I believe to be “the greatest tracking shot in film history”, I thought a sequel was in order — but this time, ten great tracking shots instead of just one!
#film #movies #cinema #filmmaking #cinephile #cinematography #trackingshot #silentfilm #ClassicHollywood #GoldenAgeHollywood #popculture
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Senior Research Fellowship in #MachineLearning for #Weather or #Climate at #UCL
For more information, please reach out to me directly.
- 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
