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2024-07-18 21:40:27

It was quite impressive. Our family has 'slipped' into a #clogging group over the last few months, and our son (9y) is fascinated by it, too. Last week at the lesson he was standing besides a 91 year old woman clogging away as well. > 80 y of difference, and they're both enjoying it!
But I still need to source some clogging shoes. Not an easy feat to get them to Aotearoa, with some US vendors refusing to ship or requiring super high shipping rates for a pair of shoes :-(

2024-05-16 22:52:52

/me is listening to AnnenMayKantereit in the background while at work. Thanks to @npub16uk…pv7k for pointing them out. Good music, nice and groovy. I especially like the Koelsche accent/dialect in some of the songs coming through.
#KrautRock

2024-02-06 20:29:34

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@npub1trd…ussx
Some references:
* https://www.powereng.com/library/6-things-to-remember-about-hydrogen-vs-natural-gas
* https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/22/9349/2022/#section5
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230313162740.htm
* https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/17/pollutionwatch-hydrogen-power-climate-leaks
* https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1067144/atmospheric-implications-of-increased-hydrogen-use.pdf
It is mainly fueled by lobbyism in similar ways as carbon sequestration engineering.
#hopium #h2 #ClimateChange

2024-02-06 20:26:51

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@npub1trd…ussx
H₂ is a climate heating gas. And, due to its tiny molecule (extremely low molecular weight of 2), it 'slips through' and is hard to contain. Also in logistics of it, a lot of 'boil off' and leakages do happen. That's why it's nothing that should be pushed to an end-user, but only used (if economically and ecologically sensible) to controlled industry.
#hopium #h2 #ClimateChange

2024-02-05 08:39:19

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@npub1trd…ussx
Please, not hydrogen (#hopium). It's actually much worse to the environment (green house gasses) than methane.

2023-11-22 03:58:47

A (Microsoft initiated) study shows that back-to-back meetings create considerable stress to our brains. Make sure you get enough recovery time!
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/brain-research
#wayofworking #stress #meetings
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/111/452/186/145/708/259/original/2ac9ce5d587b6ec0.png

2023-11-01 04:10:47

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@npub16uk…pv7k
Seen that, too. REALLY glad RISC-V is open/free. Hopefully any silicon designs from SiFive will live on (even though RISC-V is open, the implementation in silicon can be/is proprietary).

2023-10-31 21:06:03

Funny, I had also posted this content on LinkedIn:
https://mastodon.nz/@phlogiston/111287258931901796
It's created a whole sh*t storm of comments and discussions, and the LI analytics show that it's had a 'reach' of 15,000+ 'impressions'. Now the Head of Corporate Affairs at Kiwibank has checked out my LI profile.
Nice to see that this has in fact created some interest through making some waves.

2023-10-26 03:49:21

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@npub16uk…pv7k Also, the O365 encryption is pretty shit. I've once looked into it, and they even fell for the basic crypto newbie boo boos in their implementation. Plus, it's not end-to-end, but server-side encryption only.
MS Cryptography FAIL

2023-10-06 01:24:01

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@npub16uk…pv7k @npub1qs7…q0ne
Unfortunately for the semantic meaning of your toot, we're not in a 'democracy'. We're either in a 'democratically elected republic' or a 'representative democracy'.
WE don't make all the decisions, but WE ELECT those who do on our behalf.

2023-09-19 22:38:15

Just stumbled upon Framadate as an open (source) alternative (and hosted in the EU under GDPR) to Doodle and Calendly. Nicely done!
https://framadate.org/
#floss #bettersoftware #privacy #freedom #surveillancecapitalism