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Notices by Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social), page 2

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 06:58:42 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

    "The records clearly state that AI ended their civilization."

    "But that's ridiculous, the technology was nowhere near AI. They only had the most basic quantum computers, they were centuries away from that kind of capability."

    "Yes - a student of mine suggests they simply *thought* they had developed AI."

    "So? That can't have destroyed a civilization?"

    "The thesis is that it can, if people actually believed it."

    "No civilization would be that daft."

    #MicroSF

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 06:46:57 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
    in reply to

    Be that boss. Challenge your employees in fun ways, challenge them to challenge each other in fun ways, challenge them to learn through personal projects, never be a dick.

    Edit: And PAY them to learn through personal projects, if it has direct relevance to your business. At least some of it. "Oh, you bought a 3D printer and learned it in your own time, and now it's useful to my business? Can I buy you some upgrades?"
    That's just investment. (Which my boss has basically done)

    In conversation 8 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 06:46:57 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

    New part time job is intense. But in a good way. A lot being thrown at me, but by a boss who I feel understands my capability and (to an extent!) the time I have to offer. But it's fun, a lot of new skills that people are making an effort to share, so I know what they do, and just as many people curious about what I do. Nice team to work with.

    (NDAs aside, I'm doing 3D design, visualisation and printing for a very specialist hand-made craft company, think casting, moulds, that kind of thing.)

    In conversation 8 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 07:01:09 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

    Every day is a school day - especially when you're a science technician.

    Had a query about a haemocytometer, dug around in the store rooms, turns out we have one. Never even heard of them, 5 years into the job.
    It's basically a highly specialised microscope slide, but etched with grids on a similar scale to biological cells (originally used for red blood cells, hence the name), tricky to use but I got the hang of it in half an hour or so. Lovely bit of kit, nice skill to learn.

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 07:01:08 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
    in reply to

    In my defence, I trained as a physicist with a bit of Earth sciences, but I love it when the biologists throw me curveballs. Mars will come to fear my botany powers. #MapOfACat

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 01:26:33 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
    in reply to
    • ๐ŸŽ“ Doc Freemo :jpf: ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

    @freemo In the real world (but possibly a lesser film pitch), the horror would be a physicist discovering a true free energy source, and going mad trying to track down the non-existent error.

    In conversation 9 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 04:43:43 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

    80s: The A-Team
    90s: MacGyver
    00s: Mythbusters
    10s: The Martian

    What's today's kids' reference for "locked in a room with a bunch of random stuff and a problem to solve"? Asking for a high school science technician...

    In conversation 10 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Sep-2024 07:26:49 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

    Now in our third year of "this experiment never works" working beautifully, thanks to a 17yr old biologist I asked to try a bunch of different protocols, of her own choosing. All hail R MS.

    (Yeast agar plates, with various antifungal creams. Trick was innoculating them *just*, as in minutes, before students used them, so the yeast never takes hold in the ideal growth conditions.)

    In conversation 10 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 11:16:34 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

    Death: "MR JAMES EARL JONES?"

    JEJ: "IS IT THAT TIME ALREADY?"

    Death: "ARE YOU DOING MY VOICE?"

    JEJ: "NO. PRATCHETT WROTE YOU WITH MY VOICE IN MIND."

    Death: "WOW. THAT'S A FIRST."

    JEJ: "AND THE ONLY TIME. IN ETERNITY. BEER?"

    Death: "I THINK I NEED ONE."

    James gently took his hand and led him into the desert.

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Aug-2024 16:59:39 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

    Just another quiet night over the bay (about 20 minutes real-time) ๐Ÿ˜Ž
    #Aurora #Scotland #Highlands

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 23:11:08 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
    • Cory Doctorow
    • Rich

    @rlmcneary2 @pluralistic There was a similar case with BT in the 2000s, they inserted their own adverts into web pages when serving them to UK customers. I noticed when they did it to my own site. They got a stern letter about copyright infringement, which it was, and swiftly dropped the idea.
    The difference here is that the webpage is delivered directly to the user's machine, and the user then chooses how to modify the data.

    In conversation 12 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 23:11:06 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
    in reply to
    • Cory Doctorow
    • Rich
    • Rupert V/

    @rupert @rlmcneary2 @pluralistic They've still got the issue of modifying somebody else's work though - if e.g. you (on your cheap ISP) load my gambling addiction website, and the ISP has inserted roulette adverts....?

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 23:11:05 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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    • Cory Doctorow
    • Rich
    • Rupert V/

    @rupert @rlmcneary2 @pluralistic The difference is that a commercial organisation has adapted my work before delivering it to you. Put it this way, if you download an ad-encourager, running on your device, which inserts adverts into any web page you download, then fair enough. My data has been delivered to you as intended, you then chose to modify it for your own use.
    But when a third party modifies it for their own profit, they breach my copyright.

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 16:53:45 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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    • Mrs Cloudy

    @CloudyMrs Oddly, don't remember that one. Challenger, Hillsborough, yes, but I don't recall hearing about Piper Alpha. Dad switched jobs to the HSE's offshore department at pretty much exactly that time, his introduction to the job was the investigation. I had Piper Beta T shirts as a kid, because they felt uncomfortable with the name "Piper Bravo" for a while, as it sounded celebratory.

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 01:07:50 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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    @danhon Sequel injection.

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 05:46:47 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

    Had the last-year-of-primary students in today, doing a few classes to introduce them to the big secondary school. Always fun. But due to a timetabling snafu I found a French teacher covering them in a science class...and we've got specific risk assessment stuff with those classes, and the French teacher (rightly) had no idea what was going on.
    So I'm winging a practical science class with a non-science teacher there as backup.
    Credit where due, the kids were brilliant. Engaged, behaved, smart.

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 06:42:13 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

    Managed to burn out my drill - motor's gone. So either another hundred and something quid on a new one, or ยฃ15 on a new motor (coincidentally saving the two perfectly good battery packs that don't work with current models).
    But the new motor had a round axle, not the flattened side I need. So clamp the motor, needle nosed pliers to hold the axle (filing something that rotates is a nightmare), then clamp the pliers to the bench. Fiddly, but chuffed how well it worked.

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jun-2024 01:57:43 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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    You'd probably want to supplement it with other stuff, and you'd need more in winter, but 3,000 calories a day is going to keep you alive outside, if not *ideally*, for weeks.

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jun-2024 01:57:13 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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    Just tried a little of my "eat now" one. Yeah, as he says, not going to win any baking competitions, but not unpleasant. Kind of halfway between a biscuit and a dense bread, with a bit of a dumpling thing going on from the suet. You can tell it's calorie rich, if I was hungry in the hills this would be very welcome.

    Rough calorie estimate per biscuit:
    Suet: 385
    Oats: 180
    Flour: 360
    Dried fruit: 50

    Total: 975 - so yeah, three a day sounds about right for somebody in the outdoors.

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    Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (_thegeoff@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jun-2024 01:56:59 JST Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Geoff ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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    Mine are at the larger end of his examples, to give me lots of internal volume for any bacteria that show up. Salt level is similar to bread, there for flavour more than preservative properties.
    10 minute bake at 200C as suggested, then I'm going to give them two to three hours at ~50C because they're a bit thicker.
    And yes, one is to taste now!

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    Geek: Photography, physics, comedy, computers, science fiction, astronomy, aviation, books, maths, cosmology, human survival mechanisms, rock/bass, whimsy. https://thegeoff.net ~ School science technician~ Science/Art collaboration~ Cats: Cassie & Tia~ Found first 3 books in ฯ€~ Hacker: The good kind.Personal account..

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