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volcan01010

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Software developer + postdoc geologist tweeting GIS, open source science software, volcanoes & Iceland. Into climbing, mountain-biking, exploring. Husband, dad.

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kev, to random
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It never ceases to amaze me when I go to the stable and find fresh eggs in there. I don’t know why, I just think it’s incredibly cool that these little animals can produce an egg, every day.

Also found 2 had been snuck into the pack of bedding straw. 🥚🐓🥚🐓

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volcan01010,
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@kev On reading the first paragraph about going to the stable, and before seeing the pictures, I thought you were saying that your horses had laid eggs!

volcan01010, to Electronics
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On Friday, I had pan-fried, left over, macaroni cheese for dinner. The START / STOP buttons on my microowave have stopped working, so I couldn't reheat it.

I'm trying to fix the buttons now. They are on a flat plastic panel and seem to have contacts that get better contact when pressed, and I think that they now longer "spring" open again.

Does anyone know how I could fix these?

cc: @ultrazool @ianturton

volcan01010, to python
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Three fully-remote available at @lutraconsulting, working on the @merginmaps platform for collecting geospatial field data on your mobile devices.

https://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk/vacancies/

ehmatthes, to random
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Python people, do you make short-lived intermediate variables to make your return statements readable?

For example, which of these would you tend to prefer?

def get_project_name(output_str): """Get project name from output of

volcan01010,
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@ehmatthes I prefer the first version with the explicit name. You can see at a glance what the function is returning.

gvwilson, to random
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A New Stack: https://third-bit.com/2024/04/18/a-new-stack/ (feedback is greatly appreciated. email is greatly preferred)

volcan01010,
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@gvwilson I like Mermaid for diagrams from code. GitLab will render the diagrams from source in a README.

There is an interactive online editor that is helpful for creating the initial code.

https://mermaid.js.org/

volcan01010, to Iceland
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English coverage on the #Iceland #volcano #eruption from state broadcaster RUV:

https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-02-08-eruption-on-the-reykjanes-peninsula-404272

The lava has broken pipes carrying hot water used to heat homes. Civil defence are warning people about safe use of gas heaters and not to overload the grid with electric heaters. It's interesting, because it highlights how these means of heating are unusual. Cheap hot water makes life in Iceland comfortable.

Jaden3, to random
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Hey guys I joined mastodon to find different people I fw on the other apps. Just get sum juice in my feed no I'm saying. I'm bored with regular social media. IG , snap and shit . I done with all that frfr.
I want to find more interesting people to fk with .
Hit me up so I can scan your shit and follow you back.
Stay safe stay happy. Love Jaden ❤️

volcan01010,
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@Jaden3 Welcome. Hashtags are a good way to search on Mastodon.

Check out or to see photos and videos of lava erupting right now. There are spectacular drone videos and posts from scientists and locals nearby.

markdarb, to Iceland
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If you want to see four live streams of the eruption all at once, they're embedded on this English-language news site: https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2024/01/14/live_feed_from_the_eruption/

My understanding is that the eruption is happening either side of the protective dike that was in the process of being built, and that lava is slowly flowing in the direction of the township quite some distance away. But it's hard to find good information and news sources this early.

volcan01010,
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@markdarb +1 from me for @RagnarHeidar and the RUV website (https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-01-14-an-eruption-has-begun-north-of-grindavik-401887) as good sources for news on .

The Icelandic Met Office website is good: https://en.vedur.is/about-imo/news/a-seismic-swarm-started-north-of-grindavik-last-night Ragnar works there.

I have a blog post from 2016 with a list of good sources and links to post that give context. https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2016/09/recommended-sources-of-information-on-katla-volcano/

mkennedy, to python
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Wrote an essay to follow up on my AI features == Waste of Time (usually) post from yesterday. Let me know what you think

https://mkennedy.codes/posts/ai-features-a-waste-of-time/

volcan01010,
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@mkennedy it's annoying that they spent time on the AI integration when they could fix that fuzzy date parsing issue in no time with dateutil.

https://pypi.org/project/python-dateutil/

volcan01010, to Iceland
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The Icelandic Met Office page is the best place for official news about the #iceland #volcano #eruption near #Grindavik that started a few hours ago.

https://en.vedur.is/about-imo/news/a-seismic-swarm-started-north-of-grindavik-last-night

This eruption is producing lava, with very little volcanic ash, so the effect on aviation (if it continues this way) will be minimal.

For spectacular photos, follow the hashtags above.

volcan01010, to random
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Was out doing fieldwork with and Mergin Maps last Tuesday.

I'm happy that I managed to keep my general phone use low enough that Mergin Maps came in as my most-used app of the week.

cc: @lutraconsulting

MeanwhileinCanada, to random
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In the Joy SubDivision perhaps...😂

volcan01010,
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@MeanwhileinCanada One for you, @ximenes

Edent, to money
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🆕 blog! “Why is there no OpenBanking API for personal use?”

The recent news that MoneyDashboard is suddenly shutting down has exposed a gap in the way OpenBanking works. It is simply impossible for a user to get read-only access to their own data without using an aggregator. And there are very few aggregators around. Why is it impossible for me to get programma…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/10/why-is-there-no-openbanking-api-for-personal-use/
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volcan01010,
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@Edent

Smart Data Foundry, where @mikerspencer works, are looking at this kind of question and are also developing sandboxes for working with data. Maybe Mike can point you at someone/something.

volcan01010, to random
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is the hashtag to follow this month for geologists geeking out about their favourite minerals. Amateurs, schoolkids, students and professors are all there. This is where science communication on social media really shines.

volcan01010, to python
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Data scientist at the British Geological Survey. Interesting, public-good work, nice people, great holidays, some potential for travel.

The advert says Nottingham, but you can also come to Edinburgh.

https://www.careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-careers/jobs/data-scientist-3466

Deadline: 27 August

Edent, to random
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Huge thanks to my - I've just received a £1,500 cost of living payment from my former employer.

https://prospect.org.uk/news/prospect-ends-national-industrial-action-after-winning-improved-civil-service-pay-offer

If you work in tech, I highly recommend becoming a member.

volcan01010,
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@Edent We got that at the British Geological Survey, too. We were on on two days, so it's good that it had results. I wrote this blog post at the time.

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2023/03/why-i-went-on-strike-over-civil-servant-pay/

volcan01010, to cycling
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I don't understand the Cycle to Work scheme.

I order a bike and spread the purchase cost over 12 months, paying from pre-tax salary. Fine.

But I don't own the bike, I'm only hiring it. And the FAQs deliberately don't say what happens at the end.

https://www.cyclesolutions.info/faq

Another FAQ said bike may be returned. If I buy a bike, I'd spread the cost over 10 years, not 1, so that sounds expensive.

Or I can "buy" the bike at the end. But for how much? The saving will be less then.

volcan01010,
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@kev That's what I'd thought until I started reading. This scheme talks about a "hire agreement" and a "completely free rental extension".

There is an option to "own or return", but I get the feeling that owning won't be free. And the way they are so cagey about things makes it seem like a scam.

volcan01010,
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@kev That sounds good. In my mind, I'd only buy a bike that is intend to keep for years. In fact, now that I think of it, the main reason for ever replacing any was because they were stolen or I broke the frame.

simon, to random
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TIL there are dozens of neat little command-line tools hidden away in the Python standard library, available to run on any machine that has a Python installation https://til.simonwillison.net/python/stdlib-cli-tools

volcan01010,
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@simon Nice list. http.server is handy to get files off Windows machines.

I like python -m pdb -c continue my-script.py to let me drop into a debugger if my script crashes.

pip wasn't on the list, but subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', 'geopandas']) is how I install extra dependencies into the bundled Python environment of the QGIS mapping software.

volcan01010, to random
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I've written a blog post about why I'm on today. It shows how the public sector pays £32k for a "software developer" where the private sector pays £35-70k. We struggle to recruit and retain staff and services are suffering.

https://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2023/03/why-i-went-on-strike-over-civil-servant-pay/

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volcan01010,
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@pwaring I don't understand this either. The Scottish Government has a £5k supplement for IT staff, too.

volcan01010,
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@fatrat Thank you - that's a useful to post positions for likely candidates.

Incidentally, we have made good progress at getting Research Software Engineering recognised as a discipline at BGS and have some dedicated budget for this for the first time.

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