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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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So, what's wrong with me Doctor?
You have Ed Zachery Syndrome.
What's that?
Your face looks Ed Zachery like your arse!

iangriffin, to Astronomy
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Bloody Elon Musk is destroying the night sky. This is a single one minute exposure of Comet Pons Brooks tonight.

NormanDunbar,
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@iangriffin Yup. I was in Tenerife recently and the whole night sky is full of the damned things. I only saw one satellite that wasn't a bloody Starlink. 😟

NormanDunbar, to random
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So, what's wrong with me, Doctor?
You have Tom Jones syndrome.
Is that common?
It's not unusual.

NormanDunbar, (edited ) to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to the weekend. And it's not even raining! (Yet!)

MrsD is not walking today, apart from with me and Wesley.

Have a great weekend, starting today

I took this photo yesterday while walking Wesley. It looks like it might be time to "cast a cloot" as the May is indeed "oot"!

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof It appears I spoke/typed too soon it's raining, just when Wesley and I were on his morning wander! Typical.

MAKS23, to random Ukrainian
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HELLO DEAR WORLD ❤️👀
🗺️ Where are you from and what time is it in your city now?

P.S. ME: Vinnytsia, Ukraine 🇺🇦 23:07 ✊

NormanDunbar,
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@MAKS23 Evening.

Originally, I'm from Elgin, in Scotland but I'm currently living in Leeds, Yorkshire.

It is 21:11 right now.

randahl, to random
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Trump talks to the press, explaining he is not allowed to talk, which means he cannot testify in court.

Pardon my Danish — I am from Jutland, the farming region of Denmark, and I have seen stables with less horseshit than this.

Source: Fox News

video/mp4

NormanDunbar,
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@randahl Funny! The judge told him that the gag order didn't mean that he couldn't testify! 🙂

NormanDunbar, to random
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Alexa: Play Vangelis.

Listens to playlist.....

Question: How come Alexa pick a much better Vangelis playlist that I do, and I have all the CDs and/or albums and cassettes?

Ryanteck, to random
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From BBC - Apparently Alder Hey Hospital has banned EVs from one of their carparks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c90zjne2v0jo

NormanDunbar,
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@Ryanteck Hmmm. "Because EVs catch fire". Nope, they don't! They have thermal runaway, which is not a fire even if it resembles one.

Do ICU "cars catch fire more often"? I don't know but I suspect, given how many there are, they might in numeric terms. But you can put out a petrol fire "easily". Thermal runaway, on the other hand, very much not so easy.

Caveat: I'm not a fireman. My brother is. They hate dealing with EV (and eBikes, eScooters) "fires".

My next car, soon, will be an EV.

NormanDunbar,
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@Ryanteck I was wondering if the figures were "per xxx" as it makes no mention.

Putting out is a huge problem. Keeping out can be worse as the buggers can "reignite" almost at will. Is "rethermal runaway" a proper term? 😁

PS. I still use my gadget you sold me for my Pi 1b to talk to it over the serial console! 👍

NormanDunbar,
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@piofthings @Ryanteck To be fair to the hospital, if the report is true of course, they were advised to do so by the fire brigade.

NormanDunbar,
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@piofthings @Ryanteck Nah, it's worse putting water on a fuel fire. You have to quench EV "fires" with tonnes of water. For weeks! 😐

sezduck, to random
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I’ve decided to increase the amount of nonsensical toots that I post.

Depending on your perspective, I’m sorry or you’re welcome.

NormanDunbar,
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@sezduck Go for it!!!

RosePuckey, to random
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The little things that make me smile. Nicely poached eggs on toast with too much butter and cayenne pepper, a walk on the moors, a BMW grounding out in a speed hump because it was driven too fast...

NormanDunbar,
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@RosePuckey Too much butter? Nope, sorry. You've lost me there. What do you mean? 😁

NormanDunbar, to random
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Yet again!

BBC News: Government defeated in High Court over climate plans.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68947242

Workshopshed, to random
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Got a brief mention on the Waltons Blog

https://www.waltons.co.uk/blogs/garden-shed-guides-and-ideas/how-to-organise-your-allotment-shed

NormanDunbar,
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@Workshopshed Current earworm, after reading that, the bloody Walton's theme tune.

Dee,Dee Dee Dee,Dee Dee!

Thanks! 😐

NormanDunbar,
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@Workshopshed Goodnight Grandpa! 😛

RejoinEU, to random
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is getting caned.

His response, according to the BBC?

"I am completely focused on getting the job done".

If the ostrich had its head in the sand, all we can see is the soles of Sunak 's designer trainers.

NormanDunbar, (edited )
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@Thebratdragon @RejoinEU And when he's done, he'll piss off back to the US. Or Russia, pretty much the same thing these days!

NormanDunbar, to random
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This scandal in the UK. I'm a retired DBA, I had access to everything in every database under my control.

I'm puzzled that anyone in IT would believe that "there's no way Fujitsu staff can access the individual post office accounts; or change values".

This is complete garbage! Any DBA looking after the database can do what they like with the data, and if they wished, cover their tracks too!

It beggars belief that anyone would believe otherwise!

NormanDunbar,
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@steenhive But I was an Oracle DBA. I think SA is SQL Server?

NormanDunbar,
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@Wen @JackTheCat I'm aware, yes. We used to have the database send the audit trail off to a secure server which the DBAs did not have any accounts on.

Collusion between different departments though, might have got round that. I never tried to cover anything up myself. 🙂

NormanDunbar,
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@Wen @JackTheCat Nice!

I wonder if you're auditing the auditors!!

NormanDunbar,
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@Wen @JackTheCat Sounds like fun. For certain values of "fun". In a couple of contracts I was on, I was told that I bullshit so well, that I should be the one to deal with the (internal) auditors. So I did.

Once I sussed them out as to whether or not the knew the tech details, I was up front honest with them. Never had a bad report! 😁 Honesty definitely pays.

NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Friday. MrsD will be finishing her walk from Bradford cathedral to Ripon cathedral today, only 12 miles! Me? I'm on doggy duties.

Have a great day everyone and don't forget to laugh. It's good for you. Take care.

Today's photo is from yesterday and I call it "pink snow". One cherry tree has covered three houses and lawns with blossom petals.

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof I'm sure it's been played many times on the radio? I mean, I don't remember it (just) because I'm old you know! 😉

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof Oh dear, I am old!!!

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof I don't see why not, I do! Sometimes they answer back! 😉

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