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NormanDunbar

@NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot

He/Him. Retired Oracle DBA, Toad MVP, developer, husband, geek, not a dad, open source contributor. McLaren & Mercedes F1 fan.

I own a Huawei P20 phone with the Leica camera. I try to take at least 1 half decent photo every day if I can.

In 2020, Apress published my first book, 'Arduino Software Internals'. My second, 'Arduino Interrupts' was published in Dec 2023. I'm writing another as well as a 2nd edition of 'Internals' to document recent changes.

No longer on Twitter as https://mastodon.scot/@NormanDunbar.

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NormanDunbar, to random
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Alexa: Play Runrig.
...
(Grinning) Alexa: What track is this?

😁😁😁

NormanDunbar,
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@Roadwarrior29 A mixture. I prefer Donnie but Bruce (RIP) was good too.

NormanDunbar,
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@Roadwarrior29 I have no problem with that. Donnie will always be the voice if Runrig for me too, I saw them quite a few times ever since they guessed in the Radio 1 Roadshow the first time the came to Scotland. But some songs the Bruce sang are on my favourites playlist.

NormanDunbar, to random
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There was a young Scotsman named Sandy.
He went to a bar for a shandy.
He blew off the froth.
Used his kilt as a cloth
And the barman said "Sandy that's handy"!

NormanDunbar, to random
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Did you hear about the bus driver who pulled out to avoid a child?

NormanDunbar, to random
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I'm only a country member.
Yes, we remember!

elperronegro, to spain
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Did the very entertaining Via Ferrata at Castala yesterday with Dexter and Felipe. Ladders, walkways, balance bar, Tyrolean traverses, wire bridges, pendulums. Also 2 abseils - 18m and 30m. Lots of fun in the afternoon shade near Berja. Well worth a visit!

#viaferrata #spain #climbing #adventure #almeria

2 people climb iron rungs cemented into the rock face. Both wear helmets
A person abseils down a steep cliff
A tough overhang climbed with the aid of metal rungs built into the orange rock

NormanDunbar,
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@elperronegro No! No! No! And No!

I'm afraid my head for heights vanished some years back, until then, no problem. 😟

NormanDunbar,
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@elperronegro I used to dangle from yacht masts, 60' up on a rocking and rolling boat in busy harbours, fitting mast top equipment, radio antenna and nav lights. I was fine.

Putting a TV ariel on a bungalow chimney one day, I was fine but about half way through, I needed to get off that roof! Never liked heights since that day.

I get the full stomach drops when they show drone video of a field shot where there's a drop at the end. I could hurl my breakfast even with the TV!

NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Friday. The weather for today is mostly sunny. Hmmm, we shall see.

I wonder how long it takes before Trumps idiot followers kick off in America, now he's been found guilty? No doubt they'll be sending him lots of free money.

Have the best day today, whatever you are doing. Have a laugh or seven, take care, stay safe.

Today's random photo is from August 2012. It's a Water Lily in my pond. Sadly it never bloomed again afterwards.

NormanDunbar,
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Boosted. Because my "send later" didn't send later!

JamesGleick, to random

The @NewYorker was ready for the verdict.

NormanDunbar,
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@JamesGleick @NewYorker They got the hands sized correctly!

Peternimmo, to random
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I'm being a bit parochial, but... Does Liz still think that Donald should be US President again?

NormanDunbar,
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@Peternimmo You could have stopped after "think"! 😉

Peternimmo, to america
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In , you can now legally describe Donald as a crook

NormanDunbar,
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@_thegeoff @Peternimmo Well, he has yet to be sentenced......

NormanDunbar,
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@_thegeoff @Peternimmo We can but hope.

ukscone, to random
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YES!!!

NormanDunbar,
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@ukscone I think I know what you are happy about! 😉

Kneewax, to random
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Current view.

Yes. That is Scotland in the distance.

NormanDunbar,
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@Kneewax Whitehaven by any chance?

Nonilex, to Law
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Thurs 30 May 2024 🧵 continue

Justice says he believes that the wants him to repeat a significant portion of the .

He will read pages 6-35.

Each page yesterday took him just a little more than a minute, so this will take >30 mins.

Between that & the testimony readbacks, also expected to take >30 mins, there will likely be >1 hour this morning w/the jury in the courtroom, not actively deliberating.

NormanDunbar,
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@artemesia @Nonilex He won't be able to help himself, just wait!

JackTheCat, to random
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Hmm. Number 4. Hmm. I wonder where the large majority of that will be coming from? Also, does 5 include the right to protest? 🤔



🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

NormanDunbar,
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@JackTheCat Given that the Tories flogged off all the gas storage facilities, or nearly all, I wonder exactly what Labour are thinking? Nuclear? Takes far too long to build a station. Gas? Nope, no storage. Hydro? We can steal it from Scotland and Wales.

I suspect that no. 4 is a gimmick.

MonotoneofBill, to random
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I like to learn something new every day.

Armadillos almost always give birth to identical quadruplets.

NormanDunbar,
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@MonotoneofBill Greenfly are clones. Males not required!

randahl, to random
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Picture 1: The Republican party tells its 3.3 million followers on The Dead Bird, that Trump was able to gather 25,000 people at his rally in The Bronx — an area known for its racial diversity.

Picture 2: Still image from ABC7 showing the actual crowd size, which reveals Trump did not even reach the 3,500 people which the event permit allowed for.

image/jpeg

NormanDunbar,
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@randahl You mean, they lied?

LabourHub, to random
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Starmer’s broken pledgees

It’s not circumstances that have forced the Labour leader to backtrack. It’s the fact that he pretended to be someone he isn't to win power, argues Angus Satow. Keir Starmer is still persisting with the absurd claim that he's broken all his promises because 'we can't afford them', due to the conflict in Ukraine, the Covid pandemic and the damage done to the economy by the Truss government’s mini-budget.

http://labourhub.org.uk/2024/05/30/starmers-broken-pledgees/

NormanDunbar,
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@LabourHub Anyone else getting fed up of politicians of all flavours blaming COVID and Ukraine for just about everything?

NormanDunbar, (edited ) to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Thursday. Guess what? It's raining. I bet you never saw that coming!

A big day for Wesley today, he has a hair appointment this morning. He doesn't like having his hair done and he will make the 25 minute walk to the groomers take about an hour! Even though the route is on one of his usual walks, he knows when it's haircut day!

Today's random photo is from yesterday and shows a couple of blue Iris flowers growing in my pond.

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof Enjoy the peace while it lasts!

The irises should be blue but the photo doesn't do them justice I'm afraid

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof I'll probably get a "look what we did to your photo" alert from Google with the flowers all nicely tinted!

AlexGallagher, to politics
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Today Jess Phillips has written to the Prime Minister about the conduct of one of his members of parliament, ex-PM Liz Truss.

It's a serious matter. Let's hope Rishi! takes it seriously.

#politics #ukpolitics #generalelection #liztruss

NormanDunbar,
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@AlexGallagher Gotta love that final paragraph!

cstross, to random
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Go home, evolution, you're drunk again. (On Absinthe, probably.)

—"They show the world that long before Australia became the land of pouched mammals, marsupials, this was a land of furry egg-layers - monotremes," Ms Smith says.
https://dice.camp/@robindlaws/112513113021036439

NormanDunbar,
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@TonyJWells @cstross I would definitely watch that!

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