Tom Heyes 
@tomheyes@qoto.org
Software Developer at Kroo based in Manchester UK
Ex: #ThoughtWorks, #Wefarm
#Clojure #Emacs #Tech
Joined Nov 2022
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"Quotation marks" change shape, position, and orientation from one language to another. In this map, we show the symbols to quote direct speech.
https://mapologies.com/symbols/
#quote #Denmark #dansk #symbols #writting #quotationmark #map #mapologies #culture #LanguageLearning #maps
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This week's the week -- it's #GNU40! Tomorrow, September 27, is the GNU Hacker's Meeting in Biel, Switzerland, and this Sunday, October 1, is Hackday in Boston, MA. Read more: https://u.fsf.org/40k #FreeSoftware #GNU #GNUforty #SoftwareLibre #Hackday #HappyHacking
Wife has COVID and I'm starting to feel sick too. 😿
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The BBC creates news stories in more than 40 languages. So earlier this year we built a prototype to help keep track of them. https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/projects/mat/
English spelling is awful especially for someone with dyslexia:
- Each is a word 2️⃣
- Teach is also fine…
- Peach is correct 🍑
- but Speach isn’t a word… 🙊
- It is spelt Speech 🗣️
- And Leech 🐛
- Even better, Breech and Breach are both words and homophones so good luck with that… 🤷
I wonder if #dyslexia is less of an issue with languages that actually have consistency and phonetic spellings….
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And yes, I'm following the long standing UK tradition of complaining we don't get any good weather all summer then immediately complaining when we do get some sun.
Manchester is not fun at 27 degrees. 
When reading Hex numbers how do you pronounce them?
For example I've been saying 1F as F-teen.
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I guess summer starts in September now.
#MCR #UK #manchester
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Never forget.
The single greatest Twitter exchange of all time.
Of.
All.
Time.
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HackerNews Emacs - [+15 Point]
How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VOnKMJqIL0
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37366341
#emacs
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Carved wood map of #Edinburgh New Town in #blender.
Used #qgis and OS OpenZoomStack (crown copyright and database rights) to get the building outlines.
Clipped to the Edinburgh City Council Natural Neighbourhood for New Town - https://data.edinburghcouncilmaps.info/datasets/9961be54aa5649aebfb5f2cde53fa432/explore
Texture is 'fine grained wood' from https://polyhaven.com/
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Having a fancy dinner with @tomheyes
Me: My favourite thing about tonight is you.
Tom: *starts tearing up*
Me: Aaaaaawwwww babeeeee
Tom: No, I just ate a chilly 🌶️
I have been married to @LidiaInfanteM for an entire year! 🎉
This photo was taken just after our ceremony by the excellent Lucy Little.
https://www.lucylittle.co.uk/
A surprising number of folks use Zsh and Oh My Zsh without really knowing why or what it is. Probably because OSX uses zsh as the default shell now.
This is a real shame because Oh My Zsh has a lot of great plugins for common tasks, for example loads of useful git aliases are available by default.
If you’re using Zsh its well worth a look at what you might be missing out on. :)
Software Developer at Kroo based in Manchester UK
Ex: #ThoughtWorks, #Wefarm
#Clojure #Emacs #Tech
Joined Nov 2022
