gorhendad_oldbuck

@gorhendad_oldbuck@mastodon.scot

#Software engineer in the #Library / #DigitalHeritage sector From #Glasgow, living and working in #Denmark.

Interested in #Astronomy #Space, #Tolkien, #Cricket and all sorts of other stuff.

Politically left-leaning #Liberal with a visceral distrust of all forms of populism from Corbynism to Brexit.

#Scottish #Danish #Dansk #Jewish #Zionist #Atheist #ClassicalMusic #IndianClassicalMusic #HeavyMetal

Trying to curb my tendency to sweary rants, or at least remember to CW them.

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greub, to Rugby French
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#Rugby #RWC2023 #IRLECO #IREvSCO

video/mp4

gorhendad_oldbuck,

@greub And not even a yellow card!

ianRobinson, to cricket
@ianRobinson@mastodon.social avatar

Giving up on the BBC Sounds feed. Too many glitches.

gorhendad_oldbuck,

@ianRobinson Guerilla Cricket are live today.

mrundkvist, (edited ) to random Swedish
@mrundkvist@archaeo.social avatar

In 1978, Isaac Asimov judged a local contest and deemed this entry to be the best out of 12,000:

The bustard’s an exquisite fowl,
With minimal reason to growl:
He escapes what would be
Illegitimacy
By grace of a fortunate vowel.

gorhendad_oldbuck,

@mrundkvist I learned very recently, via a TV quiz show, that bustards are notable for quite extreme sexual dimorphism, which means that the males are big bustards and the females are wee bustards.

Virginicus, to Tolkien

When classicists try to be funny, it can take a lot of work to get the joke.
https://alasnotme.blogspot.com/2023/09/wordplay-in-colin-hardies-latin-oration.html

gorhendad_oldbuck,

@Virginicus Very good, although I would also mention for context that “D.Phil” is the Oxford version of what most other universities call a PhD.

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gorhendad_oldbuck,

@RanaldClouston @rugby Portugal look a decent side. I’ve been wondering the same thing.

mattblaze, (edited ) to random
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The senate finished voting around 9pm, which gives the president about 3 hours to receive, sign, and return the bill before funding for the federal government expires at midnight.

How does this actually work? I'm imagining there's some clerk on the Senate floor furiously re-installing drivers for a frozen-up printer, or perhaps searching for an unexpired cyan toner cartridge in time to get a printout ready to drive down to the White House before the deadline.

gorhendad_oldbuck,

@mattblaze They’ve got a team of 300 writing it up with vellum and quills.

Rycaut, to random
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Serious question - across your digital libraries (videos, books and music) how many works have you used more than once?

For that matter of your physical books/cds/albums/Blu-ray’s etc how many get multiple uses?

For me - primarily tabletop rpg related works that I refer to many times or for fewer works business or technical related books or resources that I refer to. Also chess related books and some references like dictionaries (but less often though I bought a new French/English this week

gorhendad_oldbuck,

@Rycaut Like you I don’t worry about my digital books, even the drm’ed ones. Books I particularly value, I buy physically. Ebooks are usually for one-off light reading. I don’t worry so much about losing access to my streaming music as I do about losing my streaming playlists, as they represent a significant effort on my part.

Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @Teri_Kanefield It’s not a holiday that brings back nostalgic childhood memories for me, doubtless because I grew up in Glasgow, not California. Eating in a damp, cold wasp-magnet never appealed :-)

    josephramoney, to mastodon

    Anyone else find that advanced web on Windows 10, in a browser, eats up so much processor & memory, it grinds to a halt and needs to have it's window closed and reopened multiple times? or is it just me? this has happened with both Chrome and Firefox, becoming noticeable in the past 6 weeks, and it's only happening in the Mastodon tab, I close that down, every other tab works fine, I've got 4 tabs open so it's not that. perplexing and frustrating

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @josephramoney It certainly does on Linux. I have to kill the mastodon tab regularly.

    mastodonmigration, to random
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    So today @Teri_Kanefield put up an analysis of the problematic legal issues surrounding a gag order for Trump >>> https://law-and-politics.online/

    Rather than learn from Ms. Kanefield's vast expertise in these matters, some responses gave vent to their anger against Trump by accusing her of taking his side etc.

    Listen up. Mastodon is not a cheering squad. Most of us value honest in-depth facts, even if uncomfortable, and we treasure those who contribute their time and expertise to keeping us informed.

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @mastodonmigration @Teri_Kanefield Oh to have the self-confidence of the dudebros explaining to Teri Kanefield that she doesn't understand the basic facts of US federal law, the US constitution or the US legal system.

    Free_Press, to climate
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    The 1.5C temperature rise wasn't supposed to be reached for 50 years - now they say we may reach it this year - 2023!

    Earth is hurtling towards its average temperature rising by 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. One climate model suggests that the likelihood of reaching that threshold in 2023 is now 55%.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02995-7

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @Free_Press @armb “ the Paris agreement target was clarified in 2021 as being the middle of a 20-year period during which the average global temperature hits 1.5 °C above the average temperature between 1850 and 1900” - so yes, but no.

    davidallengreen, to random
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    Happy Autumnal Equinox!

    Only six months until there is this much daylight again.

    (And a special hello to the reply guys already typing “only in the northern hemisphere”.)

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @davidallengreen Only on Earth.

    TheMetalDog, to metallica
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    #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #YahooEntertainment
    Dave Mustaine: "When I was in Metallica, I was kind of playing at Lars’s level, because Lars was still learning to play drums."
    Dave Mustaine discusses the parallels between his search for musicians for Megadeth and his time in Metallica

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dave-mustaine-metallica-kind-playing-110622061.html

    #DaveMustaine #Metallica #GuitarPlayer #Reunited #LegendaryMusicians #IconicBand #PleasureToPlay

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @TheWarlock666 @TheMetalDog oh, I don’t know. Mustaine is a crazed right-wing homophobic bible-thumper. At least Lars only worships himself.

    Loukas, to random
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    Back in 1956 J.R.R. Tolkien had already discovered why a walk is so important for your mental health.

    "Even an afternoon walk may have important effects [...] For if there is anything in a journey of sufficient length it is this: a deliverance from the plantlike state of helpless passive sufferer, an exercise however small of will, and mobility – and of curiosity, without which a rational mind becomes stultified."

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @Loukas Nice. What's the source? Is it from Letters?

    SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @SmudgeTheInsultCat People in a place of worship who’re prepared to believe any old rubbish? Shocking.

    SwiftOnSecurity, to random

    The European mind simply cannot comprehend why you would defend Burger Town.

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @SwiftOnSecurity I googled “Burger Town” and the first hit was a pizza restaurant (!) here in Aarhus.

    kevinrothrock, to random

    😐

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @kevinrothrock Not so much the new Stalin as a Stalin tribute act.

    ct_bergstrom, to random

    I just finished Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem trilogy.

    The books left me with a new sense of gratitude to be part of the universe's great story, and a heightened sense of wonder at the marvel of being alive to feel clean sheets against cold skin, or to watch a flock of geese land in still water.

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @ct_bergstrom Gonna have to read this I can see :-)

    ianRobinson, to cricket
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    Here are the two wickets Mahika Gaur took in in the opening overs of the cricket today. One moved off the seam when it bounced, and the second swung in the air. Magnificent. The link might be UK only.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/66762552

    Here is a short highlights video from YouTube that should be viewable outside the UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFifGSeApS8

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @ianRobinson For everyone else, the YouTube highlights https://youtu.be/IfRXHf1mnpE?si=-sMB8Q-5kQ-sGkri . Gaur and Filer were very impressive on ODI debut.

    ianRobinson, to cricket
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    It’s remarkable how much sweat leaks out of the batters helmets when they lean over to take guard. And when they purposefully squeeze the helmet lining against their foreheads.

    😰

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @ianRobinson I though Conway had been emptying water bottles over his helmet to keep himself cool. Are we 100% sure that’s all sweat?!?

    cheeseblintzes, to Judaism

    Any other non-practicing Jews inherently feel The Guilt around this time of year?

    No? Just me?

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @cheeseblintzes Not really. Then again, it’s been 40 years of non-practicing for me so by now it’s just the way things are.

    generic, to fantasy

    I’m trying to remember something that’s completely not in my usual interest bubble.

    A while ago I read a recommendation for a author similar to , but without all the very problematic bits.

    Suggestions? It was an oldtimer as well, and I had read the name before, but that’s about all the clues I can recover at the moment. 🤔

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @izabelamisiak @generic “old timer” is pushing it too :-)

    georgetakei, to random

    Incredibly irresponsible.
    https://www.comicsands.com/50-cent-battery-charge-microphone-2664754873.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @georgetakei Plectra and drumsticks still ok?

    mightyspaceman, to Astronomy
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    Just saw what looked to be a satellite, but it appeared to resemble two very closely packed dots instead of one. Like maybe twice the width apart than the xamidimura constellation. Checked, ISS isn't due to pass over for another half an hour, and it's on the other half of the sky.

    Two craft undergoing rendezvous maybe? it was certainly something in orbit because it was going in a straight line at a constant speed. Probably a little slower than the ISS.

    Roughly 6:14pm AEST, Hobart TAS, going south-westerly to north-westerly.

    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @mightyspaceman I checked on https://www.heavens-above.com/. There are a lot of starlink passages which could be close together, but they're all pretty faint.

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    gorhendad_oldbuck,

    @slevelt @bookstodon Cor Blok. Tolkien was a fan.

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