Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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I'll be honest here, as a humble instance admin receiving all kinds of DMs and emails...
The abuse, excessive reports... folks our instance grew from 60 users to 22000 in the span of two weeks. I didn't expect to suddenly commit 6-8 hours of my day to this. Knowing I have other commitments like a day job and other things.
I'm burning the candle on both ends here. Look at this toot timestamp. Please save space for some patience.
Y'all clearly don't remember this image:
@Soapachu I regularly still have friends and colleagues asking when I'm moving to the US. The answer remains that until they all stop shooting one another I can't move my family into somewhere where you're clearly more likely to die from a mass shooting than the UK..... which is sad, cause I fucking love the US and it'll therefore never happen 😩
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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My first foray into the #Fediverse has been such a pleasure that I’ve now made a feed dedicated to my ongoing life’s work, The #LifeboatStationProject.
Please head to @lsp if you’d like to follow my coastal odyssey.
Pictured: Plymouth #RNLI Coxswains Dave Milford and Sean Marshall aboard the station’s Severn class all-weather lifeboat, wet collodion positive on 12x10 inch glass, March 2020
#LifeboatStationProject #RNLI #Plymouth #WetPlate #WetCollodion #portrait #photography #handmade
More #space Science from #NASA #Perseverance and specifically the Pixl instrument who's scientist facing software I have helped build and deploy over the last few years.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abp9084
All analysis was done in our software as were a lot of the visualisations.
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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I hate to tell a lot of these quick trigger finger Fediblock people this, but it's true:
Fediblock should only be used as the nuclear option.
If you use it for things like, "Someone might do a bad thing," then you are diminishing its power.
Great to see Goodnight Oppy finally see its general release and the legendary @doug_ellison in the trailer on Amazon Prime. The kids already know what they're doing this weekend!
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Night-Oppy-Ryan-White/dp/B0B8JMCCJR
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Thanksgiving can be a difficult time for many.
Someone you love may need support. Please share liberally.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (@988Lifeline)
@TrevorProject: (866) 488-7386
@TransLifeline: (877) 565-8860
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Oh dear god.
I don't think you, or he, realise just how many accounts this is. How far "not broken the law" goes when it comes to abuse and harassment online.
This would release an absolute tidal wave of toxicity that's not been seen off full-bodied troll forums.
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year, https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/amazon-alexa-is-a-colossal-failure-on-pace-to-lose-10-billion-this-year/.
10’000 layoffs expected. Alexa is a failure. They don’t know how to make money with it, apart from selling the device itself.
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Marjorie Taylor Greene paid antisemitic and white nationalist haven Gab for “fundraising” in August
@Jrz813 @simonzerafa yeah i saw that, not great, doesn't alter my plans much due to the location of stuff. I could more do with the government or CAA writing down the rules regarding overflight of farm land.
Other drone qualifications can also get around this a little but it sucks for those wanting nice downtown shots
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Hello Mastodon.
I am looking for new PhD students to come work with me at the Oxford Internet Institute in 22/23 (@oiioxford) to study the future of data privacy and digital rights, the impact of AI and algorithms on digital platforms, and help co-create better digital futures.
Boosts very much appreciated! 🐘
@NicLovesMetal having just slept for 12 hours cause I'm exhausted and I still feel exhausted, I was just pondering the exact same thing..
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar criticism
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33683818
#hackernews #tech
When I'm on the road, #gitpod is a great tool in my arsenal. Giving me access to a number of repos without having to cart all my machines with me to the hotel.
