Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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"Nothing justifies the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7th. And nothing justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Now more than ever, it is time for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire," says UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the Rafah border crossing.
This is a blight on the English landscape too, so at least it is not just the English who are too bone idle and thick to understand dispose of your dog waste responsibly
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Want to really learn JavaScript? (Not whatever is the bloated framework of the week?) Attend Modern JavaScript for Beginners—a project-based workshop for beginners and aspiring developers by the wonderful @cferdinandi
Early bird discount (40% off) ends Sunday.
“I struggled with JavaScript for a decade so I really would recommend it for anyone who needs a big friendly confidence-booster.” – @laura
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FBI tells Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max passengers that they might be 'victims of a crime'
Yes, it’s called capitalism.
The lack of trust between the west and Russia is going to be very dangerous, surely this warning is the west trying to help save lives, but given Putin is paranoid he thinks otherwise.
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☣️ FLOSS.social was launched in the (now small) Mastodon signup wave at the end of March 2018, as a result of the #Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Since then, #Meta has shown little to no sincere interest in reforming their culture of abusing their users' human rights of privacy.
As a result, there is no reason to suspect they'll be any different if they join the #Fediverse, and our instance will respond accordingly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal
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@zleap You don’t need consent for functional cookies (like, say, language selection). You don’t even need consent for analytics cookies if you set things up in a compliant manner. They should be an example.
@partim
Websites still uses cookies for even small tasks, you have to offer consent.
Saying that, @writeFreely doesn't seem to use cookies.
Agreed, once you look more in to this, e.g definition of a unit then it is really interesting but takes quite a lot to comprehend.
I think we are now going to use Yittrium to define a second rather than Caesium.
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Random science thought:
My suspicion is that most non-science people don’t realize that just coming up with a definition “this is a kilogram” and then being able to make a measurement in a lab where you can say with confidence “this is a kilogram” has involved an an unimaginably huge amount of work and gazillions of dollars
(#Metrology toots coming in hot!!)
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Daily #Wales is back at the beach for today. But not for the next weeks - the Easter tourists have started arriving and I’ve already been almost forced into a wall twice. Why hire a motor home if you can’t drive it? Hm???
Grrr. Calm, calm, calm…
We need that voice on here, I am sure there are voters on here too.
At least you can have better discussions
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If you’re interested in AI and the hype and risks surrounding it, you should read the newsletter that @emilymbender and @alex have started. Here’s a useful article to start with: https://buttondown.email/maiht3k/archive/ai-safety-is-ai-hype/
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Mastodon is what happens when well-read children grow up, and congregate in one place.
Trojans Training 24/3/2024
Torbay Trojans Training
Anyone over 18 is welcome as we are an Adult team. Let's keep building #AlwaysTrojan
Date : Sunday 24th March 2024
Time : 10am to 13:00
Location; Foxhole Field, Bellfield Road, Paignton
STEM Group 23rd March 2024
The next Stem group event will take place on :
Date: Saturday, March 23rd 2024
Time: 10:30am to 15:00
Location: Paignton Library and Information Centre
Room: 12
What is planned
More work on Robot cars
Presentation on the robot car development
Update from Helen
Update from Rob
Torbay Trojans Training
Anyone over 18 is welcome as we are an Adult team. Let's keep building #AlwaysTrojan
Date : Sunday 31st March 2024
Time : 10am to 13:00
Location; Foxhole Field, Bellfield Road, Paignton
What has objecting to the current war in Gaza got to do with holocaust denial?
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EU leaders to discuss breaking the defence bond taboo at Brussels summit
The highly divisive prospect of using so-called Eurobonds to finance efforts to ramp up the EU’s defence capacities will be floated as the bloc’s 27 leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday.
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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