2026-04-23T00:10:03Z https://yabu.me Chris Samuel https://yabu.me/npub1pwyun8emctuhzpvpfpqs8qcgn0zt0s5t9uhufkhparytgz87lzpspt8vv0 https://mastodon-acm-org.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/110/210/899/623/494/298/original/cf7c011b16f1dc91.jpg https://mastodon-acm-org.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/110/210/899/623/494/298/original/cf7c011b16f1dc91.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstt5jjewyltsrz8gs3qtklv6khvv0q5hg0q9ag8rqsvd6z22cesegzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxtyx7gf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyjek4twjrkd52cwl0xxf8ekf3r38wy7mqk6zufz3xft9sc2ewp9c9ck33x'>nevent1q…k33x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they painted the name on upside down! (sorry, couldn&#39;t resist) 2026-04-23T00:10:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8fj7gcwygnrs0zfpu65jlcmwwa00fmuhedeffustl009hwdvxm4gzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx7pg20p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvaexzlslrdh3la2f5z8kumhgywxhhz98fj5mzmem2xs45q02497chrx8ks'>nevent1q…x8ks</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here am I tapping on my tablet<br/>High above the Earth<br/>Now the screen is blue<br/>And there’s nothing I can do…<br/><br/>Ground control to Major Tom<br/>Your Outlook’s dead, there’s something wrong<br/>Can you reboot it, Major Tom?<br/>Can you reboot it, Major Tom?<br/><br/>#filk #parody #artemis 2026-04-07T01:40:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqhadcm324kmlg0w2gtdkyqqnd5t3zcaasv82yte30zw4s4aqu6kgzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxy9dug8 If you&#39;re ever thinking &#34;oh my work will never come to anything&#34; spare a thought for Robert Recorde of Tenby in Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 <br/><br/>He invented the equals sign (=) in 1557 (the year before he died) &#34;to auoide the tediouſe repetition of theſe woordes : is equalle to&#34; - and was promptly ignored for 61 years before being picked up again in 1618.<br/><br/>#mathematics #Wales #Cymru 2026-02-26T03:05:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06a65dp3ss48p4epge6qa2gckdyq6fmqr7aant9r5v59tz875t4qzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxzw2dpa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2xkypjkzf87h9ghuzmljk7kmw67c2j8reyw9z9n9p32sj492h3seu0jqc'>nevent1q…0jqc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, I&#39;ve been out 4 times today shovelling and learned that sleet is heavier than snow... 😬 ❄️ <br/><br/>I think Philly got over 22cm, and it&#39;s still going. 2026-01-26T03:00:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyr5yu9tdayalgp28j9820h7w5wzpy3elh4f8celxy4h746ud9kxczyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxc99aey In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgfh9dhdpnjhs0lf3qvajxql69d2p90dv2efsudy004zes26yhm7g0y652n'>nevent1q…652n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>er, I am puzzled by multiple references to:<br/><br/>&gt; Use the SAFETY CLIP - CIRCUIT BREAKER as necessary.<br/><br/>🧷 2025-11-29T01:24:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgfh9dhdpnjhs0lf3qvajxql69d2p90dv2efsudy004zes26yhm7gzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxwwtpd4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gusjp4payz43hfy2xz24gfcv9pr8r5rz6a2szuw3gd5hfpp6l9g5ncdyj'>nevent1q…cdyj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah could be - I just found this PDF with the work instructions but I don&#39;t think it gives much extra insight into the cause. <a href="https://avherald.com/files/AOT-A27N022-25-00.pdf">https://avherald.com/files/AOT-A27N022-25-00.pdf</a> 2025-11-29T01:19:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspd9a5ujxpqjv7vfakvl4pn2reaeys2wwd7amn4a5djj0w8ps6rggzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxhpge95 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs27wvew9uhe52u0d9mjdacqqpj9cn3dggz9jjvpcdryvqlnqgrnjq29nptp'>nevent1q…nptp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s odd that the fix for many aircraft is to revert to an earlier version of the software.<br/><br/>Someone took a shortcut they shouldn&#39;t for some reason. Maybe dropped some bounds/error checking? 2025-11-29T00:53:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspvmr9gtkkd0jrw55xejk26ww3epnen8gq9ljf970fkqc87l5w4zczyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxhtafrc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxa886jhpur5zctzeuqscxtf7waupgzqz79y5l8pwus9w3g7epjsaf4xzt'>nevent1q…4xzt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suspect that is C/1908 R1 Morehouse and I wonder if it&#39;s part of this yet to be digitised collection? <a href="https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co56443">https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co56443</a> 2025-07-16T01:45:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdeawuuqtxpyhhmh0s84rp5fjpht0gknu97ws0adfxr2ek7tlsefczyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx4zvwad In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst040meytz73nfypaakal3v0yrz2swfqn580xtwn9w2u6rf599jlch8eghq'>nevent1q…eghq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well worth doing, I&#39;ve got the DVDs from when I lived in the UK. Also visited Portmeirion in North Wales where most of the location filming was done. A really wild place, Clough Williams-Ellis who was the architect made something really unique! <a href="https://www.visitwales.com/destinations/north-wales/snowdonia/must-do-and-around-portmeirion">https://www.visitwales.com/destinations/north-wales/snowdonia/must-do-and-around-portmeirion</a> 2025-07-13T23:41:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp84vn5uluvxjps8llrqdrg5ztzfknu88npcw0q4rv02twacgxg4czyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx4aguvq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyy59axlfgzgf4anzgq2rhauvyx9mwwttr99vl9p2tzk7dhq2l9ksfp4hx8'>nevent1q…4hx8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Patrick McGoohan called and wants his ball back. 😎 Be seeing you... 😉 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_(The_Prisoner)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_(The_Prisoner)</a> 2025-07-13T22:50:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsty4m822e5n4f3t3k64wgfa89aga7zhsnmt6vtajewf5hff2a8hhczyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxet80at In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvna0ya2zam5s39rrvfcjtlej77hraya7v9mcee63hjkp4zxwa26gd99j2s'>nevent1q…9j2s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmm, so an ideal location for a film called Loch, Stock and Two Whisky Barrels?<br/><br/>Sorry... #puns 2025-06-06T04:38:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfsn7wmyr25axhymutzl72dun722c9q9fmmewffjl4uyu2rct88nszyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxqelknf Well this could be awkward, the latest ESA prediction (thanks <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ucvqyws2udkt4kks7x50ghhrnfd0lyz7pfzzv0w9e5005sj77nmqwk5a8g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>AI6YR Ben</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ucv…5a8g</span>)</a></span>) of the reentry of Cosmos-482 puts its track pretty close to the Murchison Radio Observatory in the WA outback. 😬 🌠 <br/><br/>ESA: <a href="https://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2025/05/07/reentry-prediction-soviet-era-venera-venus-lander-cosmos-482-descent-craft/">https://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2025/05/07/reentry-prediction-soviet-era-venera-venus-lander-cosmos-482-descent-craft/</a><br/>MRO: <a href="https://virtualtours-external.csiro.au/MRO/">https://virtualtours-external.csiro.au/MRO/</a><br/>#cosmos482 #astronomy #Australia<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.acm.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/481/123/232/919/722/original/ec2dfc94ab7d3a0a.png"> <br/> <img src="https://mastodon.acm.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/481/131/646/383/692/original/a24c2831161a4e61.png"> <br/> 2025-05-10T02:20:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs907etfqweh0vpsmjcmyvpdtmgpv8f6a43dwhlcmz7x8hdzsr9rzqzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxylrd5c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyd4quyfhkpgw34ryy2kw3j0ynfxyfscdd9pm9w8rde836pk0us7s9sww8x'>nevent1q…ww8x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“I’m old enough to remember when IP addresses were still in school”<br/>“Don’t be silly, IP addresses were never in school”<br/>“They were in classes” 2025-03-06T15:28:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgsux9ufgdnqywuq5v9ggy073mxzqc249adfr0nj9q2k0nr6c4f0szyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx83829z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswtqxlx7wgmvsjfz25pc857w04g5g74attwje0k7kp955wtksv2dshyyhyd'>nevent1q…yhyd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve always wondered when does something transition from &#34;rubbish dump&#34; to &#34;midden&#34; in archaeology. 🙂 <br/><br/>(seriously, middens and pits can tell us a huge amount about how people lived in the past, especially now we&#39;ve got lipid analysis and other tools to tell us what was being cooked in pots we might find - intact or in pieces) 2025-01-26T19:05:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfse8qxch88lt32ycn6304g5g4kn0ded4sgcmh7jkkuwh43xdly8qzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxm3t7hy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgftpwxukl4j7vr6e4ndy6qwdm0z9ufxexlgsaz06xyzmmtsw6f0s5ekehf'>nevent1q…kehf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>in 1992 the computer society at Aberystwyth was gifted an ICL Clan 4 deskside system where the TCP/IP stack was an optional extra, it had a single release and it had a bug.<br/><br/>What&#39;s the first thing most people do when they want to test their TCP/IP stack for the first time? They ping it.<br/><br/>Can you guess what packet crashed this TCP/IP stack? 2025-01-05T20:53:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqv4hm3dd9lmv9ycj4ue4rglwe4vx9alhdv6hdxwkl5g5ft4s2vqzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx3d5wxf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdzfgqtn4p37apf8jgnpaw2lj0rczcmtuljh6gc2h72c9qspzkefckcux8g'>nevent1q…ux8g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree, sadly my home country was way ahead of that curve, this is from 2016.. 😠 <a href="https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/staff-wales-biggest-hospital-being-12140891">https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/staff-wales-biggest-hospital-being-12140891</a> 2024-12-30T19:09:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrjftwr264he9edg805kfdqulyw9nlnf8xhtsgrdy3gt09kgzwazgzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxy20xr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrz8t3s4u5h2987x84446n6r8f8x4l9snca9w6l2rwqsqnlkth7sx3s9wd'>nevent1q…s9wd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if you&#39;re not careful with how you ride it does it Hertz? 2024-12-21T23:30:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmr609xepn9unpypvf9px9desy9m4c5wmyh33w9jwyyggc9287qqzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx3ev6le The Australian science organisation CSIRO runs the numbers on power generation and once again nuclear power is about twice the cost of renewables (presumably not taking into account the cost of cleanup and long term storage either). <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-09/nuclear-power-plant-twice-as-costly-as-renewables/104691114">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-09/nuclear-power-plant-twice-as-costly-as-renewables/104691114</a><br/><br/>The executive summary of the draft report is available as a PDF and neatly summarises the problems with the counter arguments made about last years report. <a href="https://www.csiro.au/-/media/Energy/GenCost/GenCost24-25-Executive.pdf">https://www.csiro.au/-/media/Energy/GenCost/GenCost24-25-Executive.pdf</a> 2024-12-08T21:29:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2wyuhwhpentcg7wv8n6tu5a078vmxphzs0u4q0geleeyls03379qzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxjlttqv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8yrtkmfy869037fwveql00hp4x2fl4d5vvv7xccf9ym7av5tezjsfjnmy8'>nevent1q…nmy8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know if you saw but PNG pulled out of Cop29 a few days ago because they say it&#39;s a waste of time. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/08/png-cop29-papua-new-guinea-un-climate-summit">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/08/png-cop29-papua-new-guinea-un-climate-summit</a> 2024-11-10T18:52:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdna5wnzmvw9jxtdtd3cpnlvwfan79rd5y2kvtccsqk9pjsydr96qzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx8qefuk The debacle of Paradise Dam in Queensland is quite something, and really lucky that a determined engineer and their team was able to show that the situation was much more dangerous than suspected. Might interest you <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ucvqyws2udkt4kks7x50ghhrnfd0lyz7pfzzv0w9e5005sj77nmqwk5a8g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>AI6YR Ben</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ucv…5a8g</span>)</a></span> from an engineering point of view. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-22/paradise-dam-failure-rebuild-project-qld-election-water-issues/104009524">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-22/paradise-dam-failure-rebuild-project-qld-election-water-issues/104009524</a> #engineering #australia 2024-10-22T02:14:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd2wcfrjeatvhs948qqwtanrep0ltv2d9xsf2kec6t76rggj2nu2szyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx2juy3n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvmcnu9jchycw3pkr5yut5t8wqjsr2tkrmjh4wpvjwk2q82a8fp8glnsj6t'>nevent1q…sj6t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah it&#39;s wonderful! But if you do get the chance to see the southern sky then take it - it&#39;s amazing. Including the emu - an indigenous constellation made from the dark patches in the milky way, including the coalsack nebula. <a href="https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/coins-and-constellations">https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/coins-and-constellations</a> 2024-08-10T05:24:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqw7yv7vn0klknnxwaa7ax445qka9vhcry523usnz04ges5hqdakgzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx5sj46c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszdgw2gnes03cu0ykps7kswm56xnquwsadtd2rv75j2pklyk5eq4qddfhn9'>nevent1q…fhn9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Erk. 😬 Yeah, would love to get somewhere really dark! When I was in Melbourne a couple of the folks at the observatory I helped out at said they&#39;d gone into the central desert and found they couldn&#39;t recognise the usual constellations because there were so many more stars visible. 2024-08-10T04:54:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdfqvjq4zq96xsnxka6nd59ufkcpl32gl2vv3g38fndvjcydgrlnszyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugx8ggzru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg3vmu8tsy4ft607uzaslne85t5ndtpc7mvj46wa2jc5hhyz80khqmx7y30'>nevent1q…7y30</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh that&#39;s great! I miss having dark(ish) skies.. 2024-08-10T03:58:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqmpeap3s6vhcjyes9a2nn09765arxjl6l92d5vndj2ehy3w0a7nqzyq9cnjvl80p0jug9s9yyzqurpzdufd7z3vhjl3x6u85v3dqglmugxur7sek The Oxford School of #Archaeology have resurrected their &#34;Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland&#34;! <a href="https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/">https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/</a><br/><br/>Spectacular resource, the entries I&#39;ve looked at have either aerial photography or LiDAR of the sites, plus a link to a PDF with imagery, description and summaries of excavations. You could lose yourself in it for ages.. #hillforts 2024-07-30T05:16:39Z