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TonyJWells

@TonyJWells@mastodon.social

#Manchester UK, #polymath, likes #walking, #hiking, #learning, #podcasts. #dogs like me. Early retired. Photo 10 yrs out of date, ermmmm....

Banner photo is a criss-cross of ironwork on the Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester

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hotdogsladies, to random
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Gave myself a weird home haircut.

I was kinda thinking George Hurley and was ready to settle for Mike Patton but in the end I landed in an unanticipated third location.

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TonyJWells,
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@hotdogsladies

Mr Mann, have you now, or have you ever been, a podcaster.

tveskov, to random Danish
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Not ok

TonyJWells,
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@tveskov Sometimes a brick in the wall is just a brick.

Chrishallbeck, to random
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TonyJWells,
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@Chrishallbeck

Which one has a goat behind it.

hotdogsladies, to random
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  1. Ca. 2006, eBoy made this gorgeous poster about stuff associated with Web 2.0

  2. I totally forgot I have a copy of this.

  3. I feel very confident saying this was a huge influence on the opening credits for "Silicon Valley"

  4. While we live 15 minutes away from each other IRL, it's an honor to have been situated as a computer neighbor with my hero, Kevin Kelly.

TonyJWells,
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@hotdogsladies

I remember some of those. What a time. Not a smartphone in sight. Just people living in the moment

hotdogsladies, to random
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TonyJWells,
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@hotdogsladies

I am now wondering what Scarlett Johansson dreams, and the pika recreations. However, the phrase "Never Meet Your Heroes Dreams" comes to mind.

TonyJWells, to random
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I only came here for polite conversation and giggles, but I keep getting educated by the likes of @pluralistic

cstross, to random
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New blog entry: On mistaking a transient state for a permanent one: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/05/on-mistaking-a-transient-state.html

TonyJWells,
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@cstross

I keep calling them cubesats, but the Starlink satellites are approx 250kg and cost around $250,000 to build, so, assuming they can be returned and upgraded, cost-wise, this might work as vehicles such as Starship will often be full going up, and almost empty returning.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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My ex-student Steve Pickering is a busy data analyst; his week he's contributed to this piece on religious affiliation & vaccine uptake.

headlines:

  • Religion significantly related to COVID-19 vaccine uptake.
  • Church of England affiliation linked to higher rates of vaccination.
  • Lower uptake among Pentecostals, Muslims & Roman Catholics.

It may be religious leaders rather than religion belief that is the issue (which is sort of implied in the research)

#publichealth

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24004183?via%3Dihub

TonyJWells,
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@fkamiah17 @ChrisMayLA6

I think that might be market cap rather than profit. Chunky drop though, approx 30% on the year, 15% over a day. Ouch.

TonyJWells,
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@fkamiah17 @ChrisMayLA6

Still funny. I'll stick to my thermos.

TonyJWells,
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@fkamiah17 @ChrisMayLA6

20% down on the year, I wonder if people have become tired of overpriced wasteful coffee pods and exploitation.

hotdogsladies, to random
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If my instacart guy, Jonerick, ever retires, I will be dead within an hour.

TonyJWells,
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@hotdogsladies I have a slight obsession with how different countries package food. Those frozen(?) fruit bags look very sturdy.

lauren, to random
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Lately in the rabbit hole of Japanese "automated parking garage" videos. Jeez. Pretty amazing stuff, but one has to wonder about the nightmare when something goes wrong.

TonyJWells,
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@lauren

Are these the ones where people don't go in and are often underground?
I wonder if the cost of fixing a big problem is far more than just bricking up the entrance and paying out insurance.

Sheril, (edited ) to random
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Graduation Day

TonyJWells,
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@Sheril
Congratulations !

cstross, to random
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On which note it's worth reminding Americans that Brits do NOT say:
— elevator
— sidewalk
— railroad
— faucet
— crosswalk
— automobile
— 18-wheeler
— bellhop
— drugstore
— freeway/highway/turnpike/interstate
— parking lot
— attorney

(There are synonyms/equivalents but these are specifically AMERICAN things that flag you up as a foreign devil.)
https://mastodon.social/@tomhannen/112332893629022705

TonyJWells,
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@cstross

I wonder if Gen Z/Alpha are so Tiktoked that they have started using American words, or some sort of mid-Atlantic mashup language.

absolutspacegrl, (edited ) to space
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TonyJWells,
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@absolutspacegrl

This is awesome, congratulations!
I love the JAXA design. If it's anything like my 2000 Toyota, it will be near indestructible!

lauren, to Youtube
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As you may know I am not a big fan (at all!) of "reaction videos". But I just stumbled into a young (apparently Irish) woman working her way through the original "The Prisoner" -- and she was on the last episode "Fall Out".

So I watched to see if her brain would "explode".

Yep.

TonyJWells,
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@lauren

This is of course the correct reaction to the finale.

I've been to Portmeirion a few times, even stayed there. It had a tiny shop selling Prisoner themed gifts, and the person running it was correctly attired with the jacket, and never broke character when he was in the village. I always gave him a cheery 'Be seeing you'.

TonyJWells,
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@lauren

This was late 80s/early 90's, when cosplay outside of a Star Trek event wasn't really a thing in the UK, so everyone thought he was a bit strange for keeping the 'act' up.

It's a lovely place, although falling apart and needing a lot of maintenance. Also a lot smaller than you'd think, as it uses forced perspective to make some of the buildings, and the whole town, look bigger.

TonyJWells, to random
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300 million-year-old fossil lycopsid in the Manchester Museum.

It's been in the museum since It was discovered in Clayton, near Bradford in the 1880s, and is one of the largest in the world.

It's more closely related to modern mosses than trees.

hotdogsladies, (edited ) to random
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It has been pointed out by friend-of-the-show @agiletortoise that these are, in fact, two different people.

I don't have a position except to say that many people find both Jameses somewhat challenging to listen to.

Merlin regrets the error.

TonyJWells,
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@hotdogsladies @agiletortoise

I think they're at least two members of James, the band from Manchester.

jef, to random
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Got around to reading @pluralistic's "Red Team Blues". I'm about the same age as Martin Hench, also do security stuff, and if I was offered sex twice in two days I'd at least consider if I was being honeypotted. I'm only halfway through the book, maybe he is! Anyway, that's why I'm single.

TonyJWells,
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@jef @pluralistic

(no spoilers for later parts of the book)

He picks his jobs and charges a high percentage on high value recovery work. It gives him time to chill, and get around in his magnificent tour bus, eating, drinking, and entertaining like a king, rather than staying home and being on the internet all day, like me.

Marty Hench is my spirit animal.

pluralistic, to random
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ceci n'est pas une bannière

TonyJWells,
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@pluralistic

Reminds me of the road sign in Wales. Signs are dual language English & Welsh, and this one wasn't checked before going to production.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm

hotdogsladies, to random
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Sony should please send @siracusa a Bravia 9, stat.

I know this would help a lot of people.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24132829/sony-2024-bravia-9-8-7-3-mini-led-oled-tv

TonyJWells,
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@hotdogsladies @siracusa

I have not bought a television for years because of the number of hours of research I'd need to do. Of the two I have, one was given to me by rich people who were moving abroad, and the other I found in a car park.

alexanderhay, to news
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The experience doesn't just stop at getting held hostage in a flat and begging a pensioner for the ransom money.

No, the drama is even more INTENSE.

"...In 2017, the Mirror reported [Menzies] had been quizzed by police over claims he got a dog drunk in 2015. He denied the allegation to the paper and said that he was cleared by police...."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68841840

TonyJWells,
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@alexanderhay

Default all allegedly.

Locked in a flat and needed £5,000 as a matter of "life and death",

Personal medical bills.

Paid a Brazilian male escort for sex and asked him to buy an illegal drug.

Got a dog drunk.

That was some weekend. Takes me back to the 1980's

Chrishallbeck, to Funny
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How many hobbies can you have?

https://youtu.be/VDnppufMcVw

#hobbies #crafting #funny

TonyJWells,
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@Chrishallbeck

This is me ?

hotdogsladies, to random
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Roderick on the Line, Ep. 532: "My Umbrella Stand"

The Problem: John turned into a sack of flour.

http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/ep-532-my-umbrella-stand.html

TonyJWells,
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@hotdogsladies

"My whole life is based on excelling in not being in this situation".

I feel seen.

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