#Sheffield based professional #SoftwareEngineer. Most experienced in #PHP, but also plenty of #Python, #Javascript, #TypeScript. Learning #Rustlang and #Golang.
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Last Notes npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…y789 Are you likely to get a decent GPS signal for most of the journey, or would you want to mix in live train running data? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…l7em @nprofile…hw6s Have you not seen the number of people having barbecues in the middle of tinder-dry moorland, setting it down with no protection on soil that is literally burned as fuel in rural Ireland? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…y789 But why would you want a journey with more than one connection? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…y789 @nprofile…f0jw I assume you *could* codify this into software: how late is the incoming train likely to be, is there another train in 30 minutes or are you catching a sleeper, what are your rights in case of a delay, etc. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…f0jw @nprofile…y789 I think they do, but it's based on the time to walk (slowly) from train to train. It doesn't understand the passenger rights situation or how likely you are to be delayed npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…44dh Is this the sort of work that can (in theory) be done with smaller, specialised models? If so I'd say use the big models for now and work towards having more specialised models when you're not in a critical situation. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…9xhj Every time I sleep in a dormitory, there's someone who gets up at 6am to rearrange their collection of plastic bags npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…a4ar @nprofile…kd5e @nprofile…cwrp @nprofile…aw7e I don't have time to learn and master every new tool someone wants to sell in order to decide if it's useful. Sometimes I have to draw conclusions from understanding the basics, experimentation, and listening to other people's opinions npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…cymn @nprofile…y789 does that mean the zip line from Spain to Portugal counts as a cross-border monorail? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…mrzh @nprofile…f7fd I get that, but I'm not even saying it has to be a fraud accusation. Just "it was working when I brought it in, now it's not; therefore you need to fix it, not give me a partial refund". npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…mrzh @nprofile…f7fd surely if the RAM broke during repair (and by offering the money they are basically admitting it), then any computer repair shop should be expected to install like for like replacement RAM? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…lxup When do you think platforms should be renumbered if they get added or removed? I'd say usually avoid renumbering existing platforms, but you can get anomalies. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c5n8 "Yo dawg, we heard you like mandatory reservations, so we put a mandatory reservation on booking your mandatory reservation" npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…plek Her husband as in the Mr. Benz who founded the car company? (it took a second thought not to name him or her Mercedes...) npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion Yesterday, #ReformUK said that allowing 16 and 17 year olds to vote was a terrible idea npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…sczv That looks like it's in great condition for being abandoned for 10 years! npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…3kq5 GOG galaxy (the official client) can sync to Steam and show your steam games. Heroic Launcher also supports both, I think; but I only use it for GOG games because Steam has native Linux support npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion The LLM's excuse generation reads like something out of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. They just need to add "Share and Enjoy" to the end of every output. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c5n8 Sorry, but I have to mention that last night I was sharing a hostel bedroom with someone who left his notification sounds on when he went to sleep. And got a lot of notifications through the night npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c5n8 It would weigh less if they put some wires up instead of using an internal battery! npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…4vdp I don't want to say too much before it happens, but maybe the session after next my #Pathfinder game will return to some sub plots that haven't come up for ages, and tie them into the main story. It was so exciting to add them to the maps! npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c5n8 If there were connections between HS1 and the rest of the UK network, would be worth using them? Aside from capacity at St Pancras, I think London is a good place for most people to change and there wouldn't be a market for through trains from (say) Leeds to Köln, so it's better to expand the options on just one side of the channel. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c5n8 Catching fire sounds a good fit for the channel tunnel npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c5n8 @nprofile…09up it doesn't completely avoid night trains, if I ask for a trip from the UK to Bergen it recommends the Hamburg to Stockholm sleeper. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…h94j @nprofile…rr85 I like to imagine it otherwise worked like 5e, so half way through the campaign you could multi-class into being a dwarf npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion Just signed in to outlook.com on my work computer. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…7wld I'd like to try dry erase maps I can draw on the fly, but there isn't space on our cafe tables so I usually use pre-prepared maps. It does mean I'm less flexible, and sometimes the players will ask about details in the map that I didn't notice! npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…7wld when you say it changed the tone, what did you use before? Theatre of the mind? Pre generated maps? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion #AtomicShrimp on forced upgrades to #Copilot in #microsoft365: npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…nfns @nprofile…qz4x chances are a lot of them don't use Facebook any more either but never thought about it. Those who do will never be shown your message until 3 days after you leave, judging by when it has shown me time-sensitive messages for the last couple of years npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c2fr well, some of the pictures in Google maps don't have snow in them! npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c2fr @nprofile…g8y8 I tried to talk to a carbrain when the local council (UK) wanted to make some cycle routes. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…74v9 @nprofile…n47y I use #Inkscape for some of my maps - the regional map I exported from Inkarnate, and city maps that start as traces from #OpenStreetMap views of embedded streets. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c5n8 My old panniers caught in my bike spokes, so I covered the hole with a few layers of Scotch tape with reinforcement threads inside it (tape on both sides of the hole so neither side was sticky on the outside). Replaced it a couple of times, but it was fine for 15 years until the rest of the fabric started disintegrating. So, you should be fine npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…cwgl @nprofile…qz4x I bought The Internet Con from my local chain bookstore (Waterstones), and the guy at the checkout enthusiastically said "I love Cory Doctorow's books. I always make sure we get them in." npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…sczv Great photo! How did you manage to reach the hammam from the market? Was it just sitting beside it, or was it more hidden? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…0tvd Wait, you have a choice about using it? At least that's an improvement I guess. I figured the best thing for now was to tell everyone not to buy a Copilot+ PC npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c5n8 Have they gone full British railway, where if *their* train misses your connection you also can't get the next one, but have to wait an hour? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @nprofile…c5n8 is muesli with yoghurt a common thing? I picked it up from a friend's mother years ago (preferably with fresh fruit too), but don't think I've ever seen anyone else do it npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1qgr…jzss Would you be OK with me passing this on to my walking group to use on our website, with attribution of course? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1vcl…k6t3 so far I've only used ChatGPT, but I figure the principle is the same for tools that use an OpenAI API npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1cel…pmxm Well that's terribly untidy. I hope you straightened the stair runner! :-) npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1cel…pmxm I can't think why there was a watercourse inside a conservatory. An indoor water garden? A theme park ride? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1cel…pmxm How long ago did you visit? npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1ekn…2g2y Are you thinking of a single group, or allowing anyone to jump in and take actions? (which sounds pretty chaotic) npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1u4k…vxe4 Do you mean the traits, ideals, bonds & flaws? I did miss some of them in the past, but I'm getting better at it now. I've got the urge for a bit more detail now, though npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion I want to give my #DnD characters more personality than a set of mechanics and an alignment. Having played my current PCs for a while (one #ttrpg, one #BaldursGate3), I put them through a Myers-Briggs test that gave a personality pretty close to what I imagined, and it helped me flesh out their backstory a bit more. They're starting to feel like proper fictional characters now. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1vcl…k6t3 I just LOVE to listen to it right through now and then. My version is ripped from the DVD of the tour around 2007, and it's "OK, nobody interrupt me for the next hour" npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion Is there any online photo gallery software that supports different access levels for logged in users? I'd like to have some photos available to everyone, but friends can log in to see more private photos, e.g. photos of people; and maybe guests would see watermarked photos but if they log in they don't get a watermark. I'm on a shared host with #PHP (7 or 8) and #Python support. #FOSS preferred, and I'd consider writing a plugin. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1vty…u3uz to be fair I also think of what @npub1jtr…eyqs said about roads that are designed so it feels natural to drive at the speed limit, and I've driven on big, wide 20mph roads where you have to be careful about your speed, plus narrow, windy 30mph roads (or even 60mph) where you can barely go above 20 if you wanted to. npub1c0r8k78j3ehzujfdhguk55extxc47nu9tjwefm67k934mn7c55xqpl8dwg Trantion @npub1683…f0qg The stuff you put in the fridge was room temperature, right? Just lots of thermal mass. I have been told not to put hot things in the fridge, but where else would you put something to cool below room temperature? I have a caramel recipe (millionaire's shortbread) that says "cool, then chill". It doesn't specify how long to cool for so I usually give it a few minutes.
