weebull @weebull@qoto.org

@danrot

```
if ( something
&& something_else
&& maybe_something_else
)
```
...becomes...
```
if ( something
&& something_else
&& maybe_something_else
)
{
```

@FeralRobots @danrot @rupert @housepanther@mstdn.goblackcat.com @catsalad No, the problem is using tabs for alignment because they change size, but the text they align to does not.

@danrot @rupert @housepanther@mstdn.goblackcat.com @catsalad I agree for separate statements, but you don't align to parenthesis in multiline statements?

@danrot @rupert @housepanther@mstdn.goblackcat.com @catsalad If people could actually, consistently limit tabs to block indentation, and never use them for alignment, then I might be convinced, but I've never seen this happen across a team.

The result is, especially in code bases written with a narrow tab stop active, that alignment (i. e. Indentation done that needs to be the same width as some text) will invariably be done with a mixture of tabs and spaces. Change the tab stop and everything breaks in a way that helps nobody, especially visually impaired people.

This is probably a tooling problem as much as anything, but tabs are too easy to get wrong.

@revk Just think of all the flour they'll produce.

</AnnoyingPedant>

@losttourist @neil

I was thinking nude-selfies are the way to go. Then it's easy to judge if someone is.... ahem... "mature" enough to view the content.

All treated in the strictest confidence, of course.

@virtualcolossus yeah, it's weird. My dad was too young to be involved during the war (12 in '39), but afterwards he joined Flower's group as a fresh graduate at Dollis Hill. I read the stories now and I recognise several of the names.

I also remember him telling me that the best way to keep a secret is to make sure people don't know you have a secret. I never knew his secrets, but I suspect he had been accepted into the circle. I think the team used to talk about those times between themselves because it was the only way to cope with the anguish of being silent about something you were so proud of. They remained a friend group until each of them died off.

The whole thing is very sad IMHO, but at least we are being more open about it now. I just wish Churchill hadn't made the decision he did to destroy the project.

@virtualcolossus

That's great to see. I met Tommy briefly as he was a friend of my father's, and he seemed to be a very nice man. It was around the time they were rebuilding Colossus, and he'd come round to ransack my dad's hoard of old vacuum tubes.

I didn't understand who he was at the time, but I'm always pleased when I see him get recognition.

@kentindell @revk

Except now, with things like Latent Diffusion it has become apparently possible.

I say "apparently" because it's using random numbers to fill in the extra detail, but who's going to care about that.

@em @tef @eclectech
I love Donkey
Donkey don't lie
I love Donkey,
Almost as much as pie.

@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.

@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.

@JackEric @neil @steve

Honestly, a 20 minute stop in a 7 hour drive isn't a bad thing. Don't you get hungry?

@neil @Wifiwits @steve

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.