mattp

@mattp@mathstodon.xyz

Greying, limping Esperantist. Topics include: languages, bellringing, maths, software, and cats.

Sysadmin, developer, company director.

Toots mainly in English, occasionally in Esperanto.

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mattp, to blogging

After more than a 2 year hiatus, I'm trying this blogging thing again. What motivated me was something I read yesterday: a challenge called A-Z of blogging. It consists of 26 articles to be written on the Mondays to Saturdays in April, one for each letter of the alphabet.

My blog post is https://peperell.com/2024/04/01/a-is-for-alphabet.html

The project page is http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/

pwaring, to random
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HMRC logic: Our helplines have long wait times. To fix this, we are closing the helplines.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68606722

mattp,

@pwaring Maybe someone clicked "Publish" early on an April 1st article. Please let that be the explanation for this utter wrong-headedness.

mattp,

@pwaring This will affect both the workers (who'd need to find regular, secure employment for 6 months of the year – a nigh on impossible task) and those filling in the returns who are more likely to make mistakes. Perhaps that's intentional, such that the govt can then impose punitive fines.

mattp, to random

Does anyone at the event fancy a small group dinner (2-4 people) this evening? I'm currently in the main atrium in building B.

mattp,

@xahteiwi Thank you for the recommendation! Had curry 2 nights ago and sushi one night ago, so it's good to keep up the variety.

shortridge, to random
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in case there are other nerds out there who haven’t yet read this classic, behold “the case of the 500-mile email” https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html

I adore the “absurd computer-borne mysteries” genre and kindly ask for more content from the annals of y’all’s careers

mattp,

@shortridge I recently encountered a whole collection of such stories: https://beza1e1.tuxen.de/lore/index.html

ColinTheMathmo, to random
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ln(1+2+3)=ln(1)+ln(2)+ln(3)

mattp,

@ColinTheMathmo also ln(2)+ln(2) = ln(2+2)
and ln(φ+φ²) = ln(φ)+ln(φ²)

ColinTheMathmo, to random
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Applying for an ESTA to travel to the USA. The form is tedious but straight-forward to complete.

Click the pay button ...

Get thrown off.

I can find no way to pay.

I can't buy tickets will I've done this ... what am I missing?

mattp,

@ColinTheMathmo Glad it's sorted but that was an unnecessarily opaque remedy.

mattp, to random

If you're at a loose end RIGHT NOW and want to see some wonderful silliness then the European Tram Driver Championships is taking place. Featuring events such as Tram Billiards and Tram Bowling, it's watchable on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMI7UaJMwWs (playback available later, of course)

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