Notices by Tor Lillqvist (tml@urbanists.social)

Oh fuck. That was close. I hadn’t been checking the time often enough, and when I was buying groceries for the night train I noticed I had 11 minutes until departure. And I still had to pick up my bag from the hotel. Some 100 metres to the hotel, and 200 metres to the station. Luckily, the departure platform was close to the entrance. I made it one minute before departure. Now I just need to find a corkscrew. Taking the #IntercityNotte to Lecce. (Not using #Interrail for this leg.)

The night’s route. Bypassing Milan, via Bologna to the Adriatic coast and then down to Bari and Lecce.

The toothbrush of the amenity kit works fine as an eating utensil. (Forgot to take my spork.) Enjoying this insalata nocina and the fine Barbera d’Asti. Which fits perfectly as we just stopped in Asti. Local wine!

The salad is a bit too mayonnaisey for my taste. The cheese is OK.

I had no idea that data centre capacity is nowadays described in megwatts. And not exaflops or some such. In a serious newspaper like the FT even.

Reminds me of an old story I heard in the early 80s: A Soviet trade delegation visited the Technical Research Centre of Finland and desperately tried to sell them some Soviet computer. When, feigning interest, someone asked how powerful the machine they suggested was, the reply was in kilowatts.

What goes around comes around.

This cable-stayed pedestrian bridge over the railway is magnificent. Very much a design only possible using computers. Must look up technical details on it. Leads west from Lingotto, to an area with some sadly dilapidated buildings from the 2006 Olympic Games.

@HerrSchleinig Where is Vesuvio in this picture? And what does Instatravel mean in a picture in the Fediverse? Etc. Such hashtag spamming leads to blocking, and I am disappointed that a person I follow boosted this.

Mastodon advocates: "Use alt texts, it makes your toots more popular and increases the number of boosts and thus your visibility!"

Also Mastodon advocates: "Unlike the evil capitalist social media, Mastodon is about quality, not quantity, you don't need to desperately get followers".

@matt_jarvin You have 265 followers. How many of them do you remember interacting with?

@nemobis Is there anything to see there, even a commemorative plaque?

En voi vastustaa kiusausta kun tuli kuvakirjastossani vastaan: Vielä yksi #tunnistaPaikka mutta kompa. Ei saa käyttää kuvahakua. Tarkka postiosoite haussa.

Tämä lienee vaikea. Suomessa (kuten tuskin on vaikea päätellä). 80-luvulla otettu kuva. Tätä 60-luvulla rakennettua taloa ei enää ole. #tunnistapaikka

How to get techbro fans to love paying taxes? Call it crowdfunding.

@cstross @dotstdy @NewtonMark @futurebird Any source for that claim (about measurement systems in France before the metric system)?

The story of Brunhilda and Fredegund is incredible. (From recent episodes of The Rest Is History.)

Jee! Pitää siis ensi vuoden alkupuolella matkustaa Triesteen. Kuuluisa raitiovaunu aloittaa taas liikennöinnin. https://www.intrieste.com/2024/12/17/green-light-for-trieste-opicina-tram-to-resume-operations/

Miksi Turku Satama–Helsinki-juna seisoo 20 minuuttia Turun asemalla? Sen varalle että laiva saapuu myöhään ja juna odottaa sitä? Mutta onko laivat muka miten usein myöhässä, ei ole minulle koskaan sattunut. En ymmärrä. Aika merkittävä osa matka-ajasta. #VRmatkalla

So, what kinds of #Interrail pass(es) did *you* buy? Or are you still procrastinating? Eight hours left of the -25% sale.

There aren’t many areas with no drone flying restrictions in Eastern Berlin (according to https://maptool-dipul.dfs.de/?language=en ) but the massive Soviet military memorial in Treptower Park is one of them. The former Tempelhof aerodrome is also largely outside restrictions.

@vegos_f06 Also, if one compares to the former Malmi airport in Helsinki, which was what I hinted at, there it is a small fringe of aviation enthusiasts (with support from the far right, because they oppose anything) that want to keep it as an airport. Otherwise there is a consensus that it should be developed into housing (which in Helsinki in newly developed areas always includes social housing).