Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

I know, I didn't need any more tech, but there were Boxing Day sales and epic deals, so...what can I say, I caved...looking forward to streaming from my brand new gaming laptop tonight on Twitch from 10pm UK-time.

#Laptop #Sale #Silly #Wood #Wooden #Chalkboard #Magnetic #MagneticLetters #Toy #Lidl #MiddleOfLidl #Twitch #TwitchStreamer #UKStreamer #WelshStreamer #VarietyStreamer #WeAreTeamXO

A planet and two stars 📷
An exoplanet 10 times the mass of Jupiter (lower right) is revealed with its sun and a background star. It's 100 times the distance from its star that Jupiter is from the Sun. https://go.nasa.gov/3Wyq7z0
#NASAExoplanets

Having never been super into astronomy and star gazing, I have to say seeing Mars and Jupiter (and two of its moons!) tonight with the kids had me giddily excited.

👏 Normalize adding a sentence or paragraph to your methods section that describes what program or coding language you used to perform your work.

Yes, I see your equations. I also took calculus. But if I want to replicate your approach, I need to know how you got your results.

Supplying only the equations and results is the equivalent of saying that you traveled from point A to point B without indicating your mode of travel or which route you took.

Interesting arXiv paper of the day: an amateur astronomer has written a summary paper of his discoveries in an effort to highlight how such contributions can benefit the scientific field.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12543

I am begging literally every website in 2023 to get rid of your damn pop-ups.

No, I don't want to get notifications in my browser.
No, I don't want to sign up for your newsletter.
No, I don't care about a different page than the one I'm reading.

STOP RUINING READING!

Recently joined FSF associate member, Elias, tells us, "I simply want to collaborate with the fsf since I have been using free software for many years and I would like to contribute my little grain of sand now that I can." #FreedomToShare https://u.fsf.org/3v7

I wrote up some of the tricks and tools and tips I've picked up that have made Mastodon more useful, and which people seem to appreciate when I share with them: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/29/some-tricks-to-making-mastodon-way-more-useful/

Can we please stop throwing legit tech under the bus just because cryptocurrency scammers have hijacked those terms?

Examples:

1. P2P - BitTorrent is legit
2. Crypto - cryptography is legit!
3. Metaverse - VR is legit!
4. Token - OAuth is legit!
5. Ledger - spreadsheets are legit!

i'm not soccer guy. i'm 6'5" and played hoops. but i grew up in the 70's and soccer wasn't really a thing here yet. it's cause of pele that it is. if anyone tells you any different they don't know what the fuck they are talking about. #RIPPele #blackmastodon

Indie music is pretty white-bread so its interesting to read about similar musical movements overseas... "The cross-border harmonies of Indian and Pakistani pop culture have been imperilled over the last few years. But fandom, and cultural memory, survives against increasing odds." https://fiftytwo.in/story/dear-neighbour/

This one hurts.
Pelé is THE Brazilian player for me, the first I idolised for sure, he played a tournament match in Nigeria and briefly stopped the civil war there, an icon and true king he played football beautifully.

Rest in power.

#blackMastodon #fediFC #pele

If you have a Chromebook that no longer receives updates, there's a solution for you! With the ChromeOS Firmware Utility Script: https://mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript, you can turn your Chromebook into a regular laptop and install ChromeOS Flex on it. I did this with my HP Chromebook 14 and it worked like a charm! #chromebook #chromeos #flex #mrchromebox

Nicous aka YK Lyrical died on Christmas day. He was being held at Bordeaux prison and it sounds like he was beaten unconscious and left in a cell on Christmas eve. One correctional officer who was involved has already been temporarily relieved.

There is a vigil for him Friday the 30th in Benny Park in NDG. 6445 Monkland Ave. 5:45pm

mainstream news stories:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bordeaux-jail-inmate-dies-1.6698608

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-correctional-officer-suspended-after-man-21-dies-from-injuries-in-jail-1.6210157

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2022-12-27/prison-de-bordeaux/un-detenu-meurt-apres-une-intervention-un-agent-suspendu.php

"Four examples of how open source creates a more accessible environment for those on the neurodivergent spectrum": How open source provides accessibility for the neurodivergent community https://opensource.com/article/22/12/accessibility-neurodiversity

What is the scientific word for a Fluid or semi-Fluid that holds its bead when put on a surface. Think ketchup. You could write with it, and the ketchup would mostly hold its location and height.

Is this viscosity also? Or is there a word for the vertical strength of a liquid/gel

#hydrodynamics #science #engineering #liquid #gel #viscous #viscosity

"Zephix is a USB-ready portable Linux OS based on Debian’s stable branch that can be easily installed and run from a USB drive. This allows you to take the operating system wherever you go and use it on any computer with a USB port Zephix 6 Portable Linux OS Released Based on Debian 11.6 https://linuxiac.com/zephix-6-portable-linux-os/

This is what disappears on 1st Jan 2024:

— equal pay for women
— holiday pay
— agency worker rights
— data protection rights
— protections of TUPE
— consultation when redundancies are proposed
— paid maternity and parental leave
— part-time and fixed-term protections
— rest breaks
— max working hours
— night worker protections
— rights on the insolvency of an employer and more

You won’t even have the right to a written statement of job terms and conditions

We have to #GTTO before then!

Did you know that Biden signed 65 pieces of legislation into law this week? If you didn’t, it’s worth asking why the media you listen to didn’t tell you that. #politics #media #bidenwins