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I was looking through some night time photos from the International Space Station (ISS) recently. This image from 2022 caught my eye: what (I think) you can see here is the phased transition from the old sodium vapor street lamps (orange) to LEDs (white). Image ISS066-E-122202
2022-01-19T21:16:26Z
jdesbonnet.bsky.social
The chances of a credit card transaction succeeding first time seems inversely proportional to how excited I am about the purchase :/
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Don't be too sure. They do have a navy!
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Always nice to see transport companies use sensible date formats!
jdesbonnet.bsky.social
I recall as an student at UoG (then UCG) in the 1990s there were two research turbines at the engineering building at Nuns Island using the canal waters as a power source. Seems we have come full circle.
€3.3m for Galway canal turbines to supply free city electricity - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune
€3.3m for Galway canal turbines to supply free city electricity
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Age would have a large influence on that perception. Also it depends heavily on what kind of shade: shade in leafy woodland vs concrete urban environment would have different characteristics.
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I think what the OP was asking for was more awareness of important religious holidays which may not be recognized as 'official' public holidays by event organizers. Sounds reasonable to me, if framed in a religion neutral way.
jdesbonnet.bsky.social
Some nuances here: there are public holidays which are enshrined in law (and yes, these do tend to center around the dominant religion of the country) and there are *religious* holidays. Example in Ireland 'Good Friday' is a religious (but not public) holiday but events are rarely held on that day.
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A sensible approach is for government to issue guidelines for event organisers including a list of dates to be sensitive about. It has to be inclusive of all major religions though. But good luck getting anything like that approved in the US: it's a good candidate for MAGA anti-woke rage.
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nothing more annoying than "add another €8 to your shopping cart to qualify for free shipping". Off now to spend another 30 minutes trying to find something I probably don't need :/
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Actually it might be quite useful in order to bring the original Budapest Memorandum into public consciousness and a clear illustration why any agreement with Russia is likely to be worthless without concrete guarantees.
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Does this mean they are effectively incarcerated? I am not American, and I find things American sometimes quite confusing. But I can't grok how an elected official is locked up in a building. What if there is an emergency? Eg would fire dept need a 'permission slip' to evacuate?
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"wget is not a crime" ('Jason Bourne' 2016 movie). I didn't spot that on my first viewing.
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richardkbroughton.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess paper, describing/validating our hedgerows map using #lidar and Countryside Survey.

641,080 km of woody linear features in England

A lidar based national model of hedgerows and other woody linear features in rural England: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ukceh.bsky.social
jdesbonnet.bsky.social
Well, the good news is the difference between a minus sign, hyphen, em-dash, and en-dash has finally entered the public consciousness. I've been burned with this knowledge since I started typesetting in TeX / LaTeX in the 1990s :)
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I'd guess a time series of airports that have reported disruptions to inbound or outbound flights due to GNSS interference (not the same as experiencing GNSS interference at the airport itself).
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Is it like this in every country? We just can't have nice things anymore. It seems like the same story with every green way project also.
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It seems reasonable as long as they turn up in person at an embassy with a valid Irish passport. And only for the presidential election. I would not be in favor of any postal ballots from abroad or any foreign influence on Dáil seats.
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padresj.bsky.social
An AI-enabled urinal?

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Hey y'all

I think I know what triggers the Robot uprising.
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ulrikeboehm.bsky.social
Recently, I came across the web-based, interactive, & #opensource Optical Simulation tool #OPTICO 🔬 that allows students to virtually play around with mirrors, lenses, etc. 🚀 - You should try it out #openscience #openeducation #optics #photonics #microscopy 👉 www.optico.app/en/start-en/
jdesbonnet.bsky.social
The Russian Doll packaging of AliExpress: gadgets in cases in boxes in bubble wrap in padded envelopes in plastic bags all bagged together in outer bag. (Multiple small orders all consolidated into one local courier shipment). Impressive logistics if a little wasteful on packaging.
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"Give me a ping Vasili, one ping only"
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He's completely unsuited to the role of CEO of which a key skill is judgement of character. No matter what way you skin this he's utterly failed in this. If I was to put a market rate salary on his skill set I'd say $250k max (he knows how some things work which is valuable, but he's not a leader)