@SteveClough@metalhead.club
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SteveClough

@SteveClough@metalhead.club

Christian Quaker, software developer, anarchist, Green, and many other things I am not very good at.

He/Him. Also respond to it/Oi/Shut up you idiot.

#Nobridge #Nothreads #Nofascists

Header image: Seascape sunset.
Avatar: A cat above a message that says "Schroedingers cat is " and then an image with the words "alive" and "dead" combined.

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thomas, (edited ) to random
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Okay metalhead.club members - are you interested in metalhead.club patches for your battle vest (or other purposes?)

Let me know, so I can find the best supplier ;-)

Survey: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/eTeW-XFoXDqKucd9rnJXFNrIQZBkyhREbSMfnSgYEi4/

the design is just a quick draft - the font will probably be changed. Would you like to have the patch with or without text?

SteveClough,
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@thomas Yes in principle.

purplepadma, to random
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My mood has rallied now, but I haven’t been so up and down in one day for many weeks. It’s quite exhausting and scary but right this moment I feel peaceful. No need to cook tonight - we’re still quite full from lunch so we’re just going to have some cheese and crackers and fruit

SteveClough,
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@purplepadma Oh so good to hear. Take the peace and let it sweep over you.

derthomas, to random
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Is this something we should be worried about?

Since 2-3 weeks our 4yo paints the same picture every day at Kindergarten. A sun, a rainbow and a (very abstract) heart. The image attached os just an excerpt, we have a lot of these drawings by now.

He says that's the only thing he can draw 🤷

SteveClough,
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@derthomas He likes cats so he can't be too bad.

Worry? No, I don't think so. Kids do sometime go through phases where they become mildly obsessed with one type of thing - one set of drawings, in this case.

Uhless it is disturbing him, I wouldn't be concerned. If he becomes obsessional about always having to draw this all the time, he might be struggling. But have you asked him why he can only draw this?

It is, at least, a bright, cheerful set of pictures.

SteveClough, to random
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is proving a challenge - I looked all the big hits in the year of my birth, and there are none of real note.

But in the right sort of time is this one.

I do prefer the Disturbed version, but this one, given its age, is a stunning piece of music.

https://songwhip.com/simon-and-garfunkel/the-sound-of-silence-electric-version

evelynefoerster, to Halloween
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Why did the skeleton quit his job? His heart was not in it.

SteveClough,
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@evelynefoerster He loathed it in his very bones.

evelynefoerster, to random
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#Sarcasm
My silence doesn’t mean I agree with you. It’s just that your level of ignorance has rendered me speechless.

SteveClough,
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@evelynefoerster it means "I had never considered that anyone would make such ridiculous and stupid arguments. I need to see if I can find some answering views."

weilawei, to random
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Whatever algorithm Steam is using to validate downloaded game content is terrible.

It's going at ~0.5 MB/s. I don't know what algorithm they're using, but that performance is garbage.

This machine bottlenecks on the drive at ~6 GB/s, RAM at ~18 GB/s, and a CPU core at 126 GB/s (if you're making use of all the AVX2 ports).

The same thing applies to when Steam launches. I get a full 5 minutes of cursor stuttering and the system is unusable.

SteveClough,
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@VikingChieftain @weilawei There is such an emphasis on "Full Stack Devs" so people who can code a little and know a little SQL and don't understand how to do these properly.

And so many don't appreciate that a) a SQL call is expensive and b) the best way to manipulate your data if possible is on the DB server*.

*Largely. Not always, But YKWIM.

SteveClough,
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@VikingChieftain @weilawei Aaargh. I would have given them a mouthful for that.

Memory is cheap (CPU power is not). But memory mismanagement is still a big issue.

Kitty, to random
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That moment when a metalhead hangs their head and confesses to never having listened to a major band that has loads of belting material and they think you're gonna laugh.
Hell dude! I ain't gonna laugh, I'm stoked that I get to listen to it again with most new ears with you, and that you've given me an excuse to get all excited about them all over again 🎸

Plus we've all got 'holes' in our music knowledge, mine are so big I can't even see out of them. Haha!

SteveClough,
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@derthomas @Kitty Agreed - my metal likes are specific (mainly shoegaze metal, but very much niche areas). So many bands I have never listened to. Or I have listened to once and that is enough.

So totally. If you like any area of metal, you are a metalhead. And you are one of the team.

thomas, to random
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Don't forget to take pictures of you and your new metalhead.club t-shirts! 😍

I'm really looking forward to lots of merch selfies. This is a really rewarding moment for me and a nice community moment to show our togetherness.

SteveClough,
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@thomas Thank you for all this work Tom. I think it does help everyone feel part of the community.

drandrewv2, to random
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I would say one of the big patterns of the night is the swing to independents… double the numbers that were standing for re-election, compared to more like 20% boosts to each of Labour and the Lib Dems.

I’d be interested to know how many of the new independent councillors formerly sat as Labour (and defected over, eg. party position on the Middle East) or as Tory councillors (and essentially defected from a sinking ship)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609729

SteveClough,
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@drandrewv2 @simon_brooke The problem with the independents is that they are a diverse group. Those who think the Tories are too socialist/too radical and those who think Labout are too left wing/right wing.

As well as those who stand on local issues too.

The Greens are at least a single national party. And an indication of a direction that many people are thinking.

But, mostly, it is a rejection of party politics. And rightly.

purplepadma, to random
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New piece of stellar advice just dropped! Been told by a relative to “just think happy thoughts”

SteveClough,
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@purplepadma 🙉

"Oh I hadn't thought of that. Maybe you should just think something before you speak."

At one time, I would have said it is ignorance, but I don't thing that is a valid excuse these days.

SallyStrange, to scifi
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10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:

Ursula Le Guin
Kim Stanley Robinson
Octavia Butler
N. K. Jemisin
Becky Chambers
Iain M. Banks
Martha Wells
M. R. Carey
Lois McMaster Bujold
Vonda McIntyre

#scifi #ScienceFiction #SFF #books

#10Authors5BooksEach
@bookstodon

SteveClough,
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@n0madz @SallyStrange @bookstodon

10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:

Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams
Iain M. Banks
John Wyndham
JRR & Christopher Tolkien
Isaac Asimov
Neil Gaiman
Robert Jordan

I am now struggling. There are quite a few others who I have read a few of, but I cannot get any more that I have read more than 5 of!

SteveClough,
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@SallyStrange @n0madz @bookstodon

I could have included Ben Elton and Gerald Durrell if I had stretched a little further.

I wanted to keep them within the broad SFF genre.

SteveClough,
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@Enema_Cowboy @greybeard @n0madz @SallyStrange @bookstodon Yes. But he has written all sorts of others works. A lot of his writing feels "unfinished", but because he is just exploring ideas.

I love his mind. And his writing.

SteveClough,
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@greybeard @n0madz @SallyStrange @bookstodon I think I have everything he has published.

clacksee, to KindActions
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A different kind of request…

Are you in, the , , or the ? I need some assistance from one reader in each of those countries, please.

What do you get out of this? A free book! An actual physical book! You can take your pick between the Starship Teapot books or the Vigilauntie Justice books.

What do I get out of this? To test my new website and fulfilment system!

Comment below or DM me and I'll send you instructions and a link.

@bookstodon

SteveClough,
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@clacksee @bookstodon Starship teapot book? I am in the UK.

It sounds weird, which is exactly my bag.

weirdwriter, to tech

So I'm reading Blood in the machine and actually think being called a Luddite is the highest complement you can give someone today. I encourage everyone to read Blood in the Machine. Luddites weren't technophobes. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/?lens=little-brown @bookstodon

SteveClough,
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@weirdwriter @bookstodon I am a Luddite. I work in Software dev, so when I tell people I am a luddite, they look ar me odd.

purplepadma, to random
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Someone tell me something cute or funny, please. I’m struggling here and need a dopamine boost!

SteveClough,
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@purplepadma Me! I am cute and funny.

Oh no, the idea that I am cute is funny. That is better.

Cute baby goat?

Mollysdailykiss, to bookstodon
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If you have not read either of these books, then you really should.

Regardless of whether you like Non fic or not, if you are using this here big old interwebs, then honestly read them both. Start with Doppelganger and then read Code Dependant.

Is technology gonna destroy democracy? What about the whole of humanity?

These books made me worry, but both also gave hope for the future and the power of humanity and most of all communities.

@bookstodon

Front cover of the book Code Dependant by Maghumita Murgia which shows a Control keyboard button lit in purple and red

SteveClough,
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@Mollysdailykiss @bookstodon I can't remember if I have read Doppelganger, but Klein is always a good read.

derthomas, to random
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I did a thing.

Let me introduce to you: our new rain barrel. Made from a barrique (red wine) barrel.

Yes, it still smells like red. I wonder how many happy moments the content of this barrel once helped creating 🍷

SteveClough,
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@derthomas While it looks good, and well done, I wonder:

a) how drunk the garden is going to get?

b) how disapointed guests are going ot be when they see it, and find out it is only for rainwater?

Also. did you have to empty it first??

yourfutureex, to random
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Having just finished , I have no clue how people could pull off a

SteveClough,
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@derthomas @yourfutureex I have seen them both, but not close together. Both very good films, in their own way.

But yes, long and challenging.

is a great film. But not cheery.

Skepticat, to random
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My niece had a terrible morning, and I've spent most of it with her. She's my niece who has a glioblastoma.

Hubs took one look at me when I walked thru the door and poured me a glass of wine. He's a good man.

Cancer sucks.

SteveClough,
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@Skepticat Oh that is so sucky. Holding you and her in the light. Glad you have someone who can support you in this.

Yeah, it sucks. Because it takes the people we love.

SteveClough, to actuallyautistic
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Question @actuallyautistic - I have found that when I am reading somthing complex (philosophy texts, for example) I use hand movements that feel as though they help me read it.

It is similar to talking with ones hands, I guess. But do other autistics do anything like this?

SteveClough, to random
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I was looking for a Satre quote to do something almost funny with, but I found this one, and it blew me away:

"The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren't worth the truth"

For the political right, we are not worth the truth. We are not worth a thing to them.

It hit hard.

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