Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org
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Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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New beta: K-9 Mail 5.907
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning views of Venus during its close flyby of the planet in July 2020. The prominent dark feature in the center of the image is Aphrodite Terra, the largest highland region on the Venusian surface.
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@zleap this is our first ever game jam. We posted announcements twice before it started and once during, on all our platforms
It's been a wide success though, so we may see one next year too!
@Minetest Cool, I will look out for that.
In the meantime I will see if I can get more people using minetest,
@strawberryfieldsforever It is only 18:29 here so a few hours left of 2021.
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🎉 @dsfgs
Mastodon article on Page 26 of latest issue
https://thebeachhutmagazine.co.uk/the-beach-hut-paignton-preston/
Just working on my next article - LibreOffice. @libreoffice
@newsbot Lets hope for more of the same in 2022. and hope that, given Truth.social runs mastodon this really boosts what we have.
#TheYearOfTheFediverse #TheYearOfTheFedizen #TheYearFacebookDies
#TheYearMetaDies (sounds more apt than Facebook dies.
To add the telescope is nearly 50% of the way to it's final destination.
49.017%
James Webb Space Telescope
Sunshield Covers Release
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After six days of deployments since launch, the James Webb Space Telescope is ready for a critical three days of work to open the mission's sunshield and tension all five of its ultra-thin layers, made of kapton with aluminum and silicon coatings. https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/12/30/webb-ready-for-critical-work-to-open-sunshield/ https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1476933685760958467/video/1
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Every particle in the Standard Model is either a fermion or a boson. Quantum rules govern how these particles occupy space. Fermions, which cannot occupy the same space, are matter particles, while bosons, which can overlap, are force particles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unl1jXFnzgo https://twitter.com/QuantaMagazine/status/1476935945609961476/video/1
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Mom look, my first contribution to the documentation of a Linux distribution!
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"...In the 1950s.... the American Can Company, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Coca-Cola, and the Dixie Cup company got together to design a solution to the growing pressure to regulate disposable packaging. They knew the issue of litter would not go away and was increasingly unpopular with the public, but disposable packaging was incredibly profitable. They needed a way to avoid regulation that might limit the use of disposables, and their solution was cunning.
They founded a nonprofit called Keep America Beautiful and poured significant amounts of money into environmental awareness campaigns. This helped them look good, but the real genius was in the message behind the campaigns - that litter on the streets had nothing to do with the producers, but was the fault of the person who dropped it - the litterbug. Keep America Beautiful managed to shift the entire debate around Americas garbage and litter problems away from the industry and on to consumers, and the strategy has been copied to time and time again since."
Sound familiar?
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The re-release of 0 A.D. Alpha 25b: Yaunā - is out NOW!
See - https://play0ad.com/re-release-of-0-a-d-alpha-25-yauna/
We've fixed some issues with the previous build, and while it's still compatible we strongly recommend you update.
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/D3vxXZygHIk
We have the right to block you, or the whole instance you are on, if we don't like / agree with what you are saying, surely that empowers users to help protect themselves too.
We can't expect instance admins / moderators to police everything for us.
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Can you touch type?
Had a conversation on here which surprized me - someone said touch typing wasn't as prevelant as I though.
I haven't worked with anyone in the last... I don't know, 30 years? who could not. (That's across 3 countries.) It was taught (and required) in schools (4 different schools systems, 2 different US states) when I was in school (pre-home computers, 10 years before the internet.)
I'd like to know - of the people on the Fediverse, who can touch type?
(That would, I assume, mean people who are typing things somewhat regularly.)
(Please boost, 7 day poll)
There will be a follow up poll about "taught in school" so I can understand a bit more.
How often do you run game jams ? Would be good to try and promote for future events.
- Website blog
- https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/about-me-n7gz
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- zleap@irc.libera.chat
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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