Steve Slatcher @winenous@qoto.org
- Location
- Manchester, England
- Website
- www.winenous.co.uk
Sometime software engineer, sometime fracture mechanics researcher, and anytime wine enthusiast
Joined Nov 2022
Steve Slatcher
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Correct.
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RT @ZanBizar
#repost omdat dat moet
https://twitter.com/ZanBizar/status/1639216840147709953
@evilrooster Cool.
It's bad enough when it's an alphabetical list of the country names, especially when you scroll as quickly as possible to the bottom to find "United Kingdom", only to discover you need "Great Britain", or it's near the top "for convenience" .
@likesohushhush Just remembered that 4hrs is significant. If you have not been admitted or discharged at that point, A&E has officially "failed to meet its target". So you should be pleased that A&E performed well on that occasion 🙄.
In some hospitals they have a special wards managed by A&E, but ABSOLUTELY NOT (oh, no) A&E, to which you are admitted - it happened to me a couple of times. Again, target met!
Where would we be without government targets to monitor performance?
Steve Slatcher
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Tiny HUGE Mastodon Multi-Tips 🐘✨
Now that I have a blog I largely abused character count and created a GIGANTIC Mastodon Tip for you to read or to share with your loved ones 💚
This is an extensive guide in 12 Steps on How to Get Started with Mastodon and how to quickly get to feel at home using it.
If you want to share a specific section with a friend you are trying to persuade to come join us, you can right-click on any section or subsection and “Copy Link” to that specific section.
Warning: It’s also very nerdy! 
Have fun and spread the Fediverse love! 
https://controlaltdelete.technology/articles/the-mastodons-guide-to-the-fediverse.html
Steve Slatcher
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The really remarkable thing isn't just that #Microsoft has decided that the future of #search isn't links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a #chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar - even more remarkable is that #Google agrees.
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/16/tweedledumber/#easily-spooked
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Consider this the next time you get wet wool notes in your wine 😀
Steve Slatcher
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#throwbackthursday #dogsofmastodon From last summer when it was too hot to move and sing along to the fire truck properly
Steve Slatcher
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Steve Slatcher
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Some people believe there's no purpose to "liking" something on Mastodon since it doesn't affect any algorithm.
Not the case.
It does something incredibly valuable: it acknowledges people.
Which is incredibly powerful, and is all the more important *because* it's not connected to gaming any algorithm.
By liking something on Mastodon, you are doing it honestly -- without any agenda at play other than that you like it.
So go ahead. Click that like button for its own sake.
@atomicpoet Equally, I'd say don't follow the advice of boosting for the sake of being nice to the poster, or to create more activity on Mastodon. Do it only if you really think your followers would appreciate it.
One thing I hate about FB, and increasingly Twitter, is the vast quantity unsolicited posts that get shoved in font of me.
@simonjwoolf First thought was "but isn't Areni a grape variety?", then "the definition is a very high bar, and rather pretentious".
At the other end of the pretense spectrum is Tesco, where some time ago fine wine was anything over a tenner - 10 GBP. I think there is happy medium somewhere.
@paka Great picture, but don't dogs usually jump with front legs stretched forwards
@ColinTheMathmo To me (from England) it is clear that the man caught the train. However, I would be more likely to express it as "just managed to catch the train".
@ajsoley @ColinTheMathmo @robinhouston To me those usages DO mean "nearly", but in the example in the question the man DID catch the train. Don't ask me "why". I speak British English (from England)
@ColinTheMathmo See the penultimate paragraph here. It is not exactly a grain, like in wood, but the orientation of the deposition layers.
https://www.chelseabarracks.com/journal/stories/building-blocks-london-portland-stone
"If you are like me: fascinated by, or even just curious about, ancient winemaking methods and how they persist into modern times, or if you have a specific interest in talha wines, you really need this book. You should also be keeping in touch with Paul on his website Wine Disclosures (and check the archives of my blog). If on the other hand you are not so fascinated…. well, maybe you should be 🙂"
@bradl My favourite index entry was in an old dBase programming manual - actually two entries. Sadly I can't remember the precise details, but the entries were something like
Infinite loop: see "Hanging"
Hanging: see "Infinite loop"
@NewNemo That has to be taken in Georgia 😀
@likesohushhush *shouldn't
@likesohushhush I agree 100% with you. But I'm sure she would be quick to point out that it should be about her - it's the science, and what we do about it. Go Greta! 🙂
- Location
- Manchester, England
- Website
- www.winenous.co.uk
Sometime software engineer, sometime fracture mechanics researcher, and anytime wine enthusiast
Joined Nov 2022
