muminitaly

simon_brooke, 14 days ago to random

Humza #Yousaf isn't a great politician, but he isnae a rubbish politician either, and the #SNP is short of talent at Holyrood. #Swinney would be unwise no tae gie him a cabinet seat; and gien hoo #Yousaf has performed on #Gaza an ither maitters furth o Scotland, it would be guid tae see him in a foreign relations brief.

If we're aiming for #ScottishIndependence, we need to be developing strong relationships with the rest of Europe and beyond.

#ScotPol

glynmoody, 1 month ago to random

‘It’s catastrophic’: Italian restaurants in London struggle to find staff post-Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/apr/14/its-catastrophic-italian-restaurants-in-london-struggle-to-find-staff-post-brexit "UK hospitality industry hit by crisis as thousands of young Italians are forced out by latest round of rules and cost-of-living crisis" #brexit bigotry continues to squeeze the joy out of life

thisismyglasgow, 1 month ago to glasgow

All that remains of the once castle-like Glasgow Hydraulic Power Works on High Street in Glasgow. Built in 1895, this was part of Glasgow's hydraulic power system. At its peak, in 1908-1909, it supplied 202,141 gallons of high perssure water through 30 miles of heavy duty 7-inch diameter pipes under the city's streets to power industrial machinery.

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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #highstreet #hydraulicpower

fkamiah17, 1 month ago to random

Are there teams of bandits lurking menacingly around box junctions that I don't know about? 🤣

pvonhellermannn, 2 months ago to Anthropology

Not sure I can bring myself to watch this, with major redundancies at my university and others, and whole departments being closed down, because there are not enough students. The whole sector is breaking apart. I hope the series will consider this too.

Yes, your son should go, and even better if he chooses a subject like #Anthropology which is shrinking just as the world needs it more than ever
#university #UK #TheCrumble

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68484598

CloudyMrs, 2 months ago to random

I keep seeing media reports about all the things proven to "lift your mood and improve mental health." I do not see similar media reports about all the things that grind people down and cause them to suffer.
Without enough money to live on, people get depressed. No amount of walks in the countryside are going to be able to counteract that one fact.
#MinimumIncomeGuarantee #CorruptToriesUnfitToGovern
#TheUKisFallingApart

CloudyMrs, 2 months ago to random

My home insurance quote just came in. Up 50% since last year. Everything is bollox.🫤

thisismyglasgow, 4 months ago to glasgow

Until yesterday, I'd never noticed this 1893 Arts and Crafts style villa beside Balloch Railway Station. As beautiful as it is, it does seem a little out of place in a Scottish town on the shores of Loch Lomond.

#glasgow #balloch #architecture #artsandcraftsmovement
#artsandcraftsarchitecture #lochlomond

dgar, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Before the Internet I would read stories in books. I enjoyed science fiction, and fantasy. There were two particular short stories by Issac Asimov regarding artificial intelligence that have always stuck with me - Light Verse (1973), and Robot AL-76 Goes Astray (1942). Both stories are about robots that show extraordinary and original creativity.

In Light Verse, an eccentric and wealthy widow who is famous for her “light-sculpture” artwork invites a fan to discuss her art.
The story revolves around the fan. He has tried to replicate her light-sculptures with very little success and looks forward to having a discussion about her style and technique. He works as a roboticist with a company that makes household robots. The artist has several robots of the kind he works on, and it’s no secret that she doesn’t update the software resulting in some quirky behaviour. She sees her robots as pets and the “maladjustments” are what gives them their characters.
While sitting in her waiting room for their meeting, he sees one of her quirky bots and quickly fixes it on the spot. Easy. Works like a new one now.
She walks in and is greeted by this guy grinning beside her robot. She loses her shit. She doesn’t make the light-sculptures. The robot does. Well, it did. The malfunction allowed the robot to produce the artworks he loved and that she was famous for. If he’d known, he was perfectly capable of analysing the “code”, but it was gone now, forever.

In Robot AL-76 Goes Astray, an industrial lunar mining robot somehow finds itself at the wrong address, in rural Virginia! It’s programmed to mine, and finds itself on a property with a workshop. Following its programming, it wants to assemble a mining machine and get mining, so it analyses the contents of the workshop and designs a machine from the available parts, improvising in the absence of the kit it was supposed to assemble. The owner of the property is intrigued and thinks he may be able to repurpose it for his own business. After some considerable time the robot puts the final piece of its creation into place - a battery it found in the shed. It points the device and turns in on, instantly vaporising the side of a mountain. The property owner absolutely shits himself, screaming at the robot to destroy that machine and forget everything that just happened. The robot smashes the device it had built and deletes all memories related to its creation. When the authorities arrived they are confronted with a guy who looks like he’s seen a ghost, the smoking remains of a mountain, a smashed up machine that appears to be powered by a simple battery, and a robot that doesn’t remember anything. No one will ever know how it achieved that incredible feat of energy conversion.

I may remember these stories a bit wrong, it was a long time since I read them. Asimov has always been an inspiration. His fictional positronic brain was fascinating. People were more optimistic about Artificial Intelligence back then.

thisismyglasgow, 6 months ago to glasgow

Numbers two and three La Belle Place, in the Kelvingrove area of Glasgow. Designed by Charles Wilson in an Italianate style, it was built in 1857 along with the neighbouring Queen's Rooms entertainment venue for the merchant David Bell of Blackhall. I particularly like the incised semi-circular panels above the windows and doors of the first two storeys.

#glasgow #glasgowbuildings #architecture #kelvingrove #labelleplace #buildingphotography #architecturephotography #glasgowarchitecture

IndyRichard, 7 months ago to random

There are people in Scotland who don't want to see their country as a normal small European nation state. For them London rule is better for the people of Scotland than making our own decisions. If these people lived in Portugal would they want to go back to being ruled from Madrid?
Very hard to understand. Is it a lack of confidence? Have they been so influenced by our biased media and by politicians who openly and obviously lie to us? What do they see in London rule?
#ScottishIndependence

grimalkina, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

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muminitaly, 8 months ago to random

Just went for my flu jab and the nice nurse asked me about getting the Covid jab too. Explained I live with my son who is on immuno suppressants and therefore clinically vulnerable so yes I wanted the Covid jab, but as I am not over 65 thought I wouldn't be eligible this year. No problem said the nurse and changed my details. Got both vaccines. I had phoned NHS Inform who were no help at all. So if you're in a similar position... #COVIDbooster #covidvaccine #nhsscotland #nhsstaff

thisismyglasgow, 8 months ago to glasgow

Looking up through the intricate dome of the James Martin Memorial Fountain by Glasgow Green. It was erected in 1893. It was created by MacFarlane and Co's Saracen Foundry one of the city's most famous producers of ornamental ironwork.

#glasgow #architecture #decorativeironwork #macfarlaneandco #saracenfoundry #glasgowgreen

annika, 9 months ago to random

I think we've got enough computing power now. How about we stop replacing perfectly good computers and phones every 1-2 years.

thisismyglasgow, 10 months ago to glasgow

Love this unusually-shaped tenement dome and finial above the Park Bar on Dumbarton Road in Clydebank.

#clydebank #tenement #glasgowtenements #glasgow #architecture #glasgowarchitecture #glasgowbuildings