weebull @weebull@qoto.org
Joined Dec 2022
@em @tef @eclectech
I love Donkey
Donkey don't lie
I love Donkey,
Almost as much as pie.
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I have seem some tomfuckery in my time, but this one is absolutely baffling.
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Before steamships came along, sailing ships like Cutty Sark went pretty much everywhere, and they weren’t dependent on hopping between fossil fuel depots. They had less clockwork-like predictability, but greater freedom, lower costs & zero emissions. And now the shipping industry is making a serious effort to regain some of those advantages:
“A cargo ship fitted with giant, rigid British-designed sails has set out on its maiden voyage”
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66543643?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
@GregDance @AvengingFemme I think you attributed malice to my comment that wasn't there. You asked for an explanation of "the change of ways" since 3 years ago.
The virus changed and the consensus changed. It's just a statement of fact.
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From today's Times - well played, Mr. Ian Jones.
https://archive.is/S6XcG#selection-1211.0-1238.0
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Braverman’s future
Sir, In your story about Suella Braverman (“No 10’s Suella dilemma: keep in or cast out?”, Aug 19) you describe her as a polarising figure, with some of her colleagues deriding her as “totally useless” and others hailing her as a future party leader. I'd like to point out that, based on recent experience, the one doesn’t rule out the other.
Ian Jones
Lingfield, Surrey
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@GregDance @AvengingFemme The virus mutated. The strain that caused the big spike in mortality 3 years ago is extinct. The strain that exists today is far less pathogenic.
Society has decided as a whole that the downside of restrictions is worse than the downside of the disease **as it exists today**. You may disagree, and you're free to behave however you wish, however your view is no longer the consensus.
On newer diesels Adblue is used to reduce NOx emissions. It's mainly used to meet Euro 6 standards.
Details from the AA:
> AdBlue is a colourless, non-toxic mixture of urea and de-ionised water. Tiny amounts of AdBlue are injected into the flow of exhaust gases. At high temperatures AdBlue turns to ammonia and carbon dioxide.
> Inside the SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) catalyst, harmful nitrogen oxide in the exhaust reacts with the ammonia and is transformed in\to harmless nitrogen and water.
@robindlaws Hence the phrase "I made a right Tit of myself" when explaining how you screwed up.
@neil The BBCs own rules prevent it from questioning in the style you want. Government (and opposition) statements must be treated as truthful, as anything else is seen as bringing opinion into the mix and so breaking impartiality.
This is, of course, bollocks. Impartiality is treating everybody to the same level of scrutiny. Whilst zero scrutiny is an option that satisfies that criteria, it's not a useful option.
@revk Heathen! That's a naan, not a poppadom.
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You know when you have a video loop, but to make it loop something disappears in an improbable manner?
And you think, that's a shame, because I really like this little clip.
And you could crop it so, for example, a bird doesn't disappear in mid-flight, but then it looks unbalanced so you need to find some unobtrusive way for the bird to disappear so it appears natural?
Yeah. That.
I think I need a quiet lie down.
#seascape #video #loop #animation #bird #silly #drawing #SillyScribbles
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During the debate on the Online Safety Bill in the UK House of Lords, Lord Moylan laid out the dangers of the encryption-busting clause that threatens our privacy and security.
Take action to stop the spy clause as the Bill moves into its final stages.
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"Trees are great. I love trees. Trees are friends of mine. Your tree plan, sir, will make no dent in global warming."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/02/republicans-want-plant-trillion-trees-scientists-are-skeptical
#climate #trees #carbonoffsets
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Right Labour, this is an easy win. Announce you'll revoke these on day one. No company will dare spend money utilizing a license with an expiry date.
@chu Evidence doesn't win an argument which is fundamentally about personal values.
COVID and climate disagreements can largely be distilled down to society Vs the individual. At one extreme society's needs always trump the individual's. At the other extreme the individual's needs always trump society's. Everyone is at their own unique point along that spectrum.
Because your values are at a certain point on that spectrum, the conclusion about what to do is obvious given the evidence. Somebody else will balance the societal cost Vs individual cost differently to you. You might see them as selfish, and they'll see you as authoritarian.
To argue effectively, you have to understand what your opponent values and why, then state why their values are impacted. There's no use winning the argument with yourself.
The thing I find difficult to get information on is the power draw of NUC class machines. The Raspberry Pi is a very low power solution, but I expect once you've got 3 or 4 it's time to consolidate.
I just don't want something consuming 100W continuously when Pis would do it for 20W.
Joined Dec 2022
