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2025-Nov-30 21:41:18 Amusingly, KDE's volume slider is on a log or dB scale (I think Windows might have been linear), so it goes from very quiet to blasting your ears. Overall slightly better I think. |
2025-Nov-30 03:34:25 Got the 3D maze game engine compiling here on #Linux. I'd already done this on another install a year or two back, so not much needed changing.
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2025-Nov-30 00:34:50 Got my code highlighting colours in Kate.
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2025-Nov-29 02:39:35 Well folks, I just formatted the Windows 10 partition on my main PC and put Debian 13.2 on there instead. #Linux Currently copying 570k files from the backup disk. |
2025-Nov-28 18:54:51 Wolf-Rayet star casts off shells of dust in Webb telescope image. #space #astronomy
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/webb-first-to-show-4-dust-shells-spiraling-apep-limits-long-orbit/ |
2025-Nov-27 02:04:14 3-day week this week. Finished a conference paper, reviewed a paper, and did some error studies of the crystalline beam in a ring. It can go 25mm off axis and bounce around, not heating up much, but more sensitive to its internal velocity distribution. #physics #accelerators |
2025-Nov-25 02:41:56 Completely missed the completion of the 2nd tallest building in the world back in 2023. #skyscraper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merdeka_118 |
2025-Nov-24 23:03:28 #Starliner down to 4 missions, first one is cargo. #space #NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2025/11/24/nasa-boeing-modify-commercial-crew-contract/ |
2025-Nov-24 22:42:09 We're between
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_mouse and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhlonectes_natans Re: https://x.com/ShiningScience/status/1992143908747534715 |
2025-Nov-24 20:43:57 Just finished the paper to go with my COOL'25 talk on crystalline beams. There are some rings in which a Coulomb crystal can make 20000+ turns without cooling. #physics #accelerators
https://stephenbrooks.org/ap/report/2025-10/WEB3.pdf |
2025-Nov-24 00:48:17 Interesting experiments on this channel: making a flame that absorbs (sodium) light and viewing supercritical CO2: #physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8ktldjcog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_vXK9uvRf4 |
2025-Nov-23 20:49:05 Unmanned Ground Vehicles being used to deliver supplies in Ukraine.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgkg4zr33lo |
2025-Nov-23 20:14:23 Contents of the solar system as a big #cube. #space #astronomy
RT https://x.com/JessePeltan/status/1990824836260626739 |
2025-Nov-23 18:43:33 While mowing the lawn, I noticed some trees at the back of the garden were still red, although most have lost their leaves now.
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2025-Nov-22 00:11:25 Organic compounds found in freshly ejected ice grains from Enceladus. #space
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/nasa-cassini-study-finds-organics-fresh-from-ocean-of-enceladus/ |
2025-Nov-21 01:49:48 Merlin's Mound in Marlborough.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwv44ey144o |
2025-Nov-20 16:23:10 Upgrades to the #NewGlenn rocket engines, as well as a 9x4 variant (instead of the current "7x2" 7 engine 1st stage, 2 engine 2nd stage). #space
https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-upgraded-engines-subcooled-components-drive-enhanced-performance |
2025-Nov-20 00:36:58 QR codes are outdated, cameras can just read written URLs now. |
2025-Nov-19 22:59:13 #BlueOrigin large deployable aerobrake. #space [video]
RT https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1991251070979391796 |
2025-Nov-19 18:20:13 Looking out of my office window and noticed an apple climbing up a tree(?)
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2025-Nov-19 02:35:44 Now I'm thinking the original headphones I had were the "fakes" because a more expensive set sound just like the recent ones I bought (with less treble by default). |
2025-Nov-19 01:51:41 I remember a period in the 00s where everyone was using instant messengers but a few years later everyone collectively decided having these things pinging at them was annoying. I suppose that's what they mean by internet time is 10x faster than normal time. |
2025-Nov-19 00:39:15 Where the #soil goes from the Boring Company's tunnels [video].
RT https://x.com/boringcompany/status/1990892949153173588 |
2025-Nov-16 19:52:21 Much windier at the beach today. I had to walk into a sandstorm on the way back. |
2025-Nov-16 04:12:58 Although there is a way to make them sound more like real headphones by boosting the missing bass and treble back in.
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2025-Nov-16 03:47:21 Looks (or rather, sounds) like the Sennheiser HD206 headphones I found cheaper on Ebay were actually fakes. They sound different, even though external appearance is a very good match. |
2025-Nov-15 23:59:21 #accelerators #physics Rectangular bends are OK, horizontal tune 0 (but different path lengths). Sector bends are a complete disaster! But an in-between one gives you roughly equal path lengths and a horizontal tune of 1.
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2025-Nov-15 23:16:33 Someone (me) forgot to put the cardboard recycling out last week so I've been stamping on boxes to flatten them so another 2 weeks' worth will fit in the bin. |
2025-Nov-15 20:07:34 Went down to the beach today. |
2025-Nov-15 17:34:19 Rocket is big. [photo] #BlueOrigin #space
RT https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1989704582025679295 |
2025-Nov-15 00:40:07 Ah, so that's why the rocket landed sideways! #BlueOrigin #space
RT https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1989358416532488406 |
2025-Nov-14 18:27:16 Crash.
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2025-Nov-13 22:40:54 Hmm it goes sideways
RT https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1989092331635765378 |
2025-Nov-13 22:14:54 Looks like New Glenn flight 2 landed the booster successfully. #space #BlueOrigin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sT4Hr-Il30 |
2025-Nov-12 23:58:50 Blue Origin New Glenn launch 2 delayed because of the aurora. #space
RT https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1988621902881914961 |
2025-Nov-12 23:57:59 New #Valve hardware announced today, including a wireless #VR headset and a cube.
https://store.steampowered.com/hardware |
2025-Nov-12 23:57:12 You can see hyper-green (olo) yourself by looking at a GIF:
https://dynomight.net/colors/ |
2025-Nov-11 22:16:05 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leat |
2025-Nov-11 18:02:24 Tiny bit of snow this morning. ❄️🌨️
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2025-Nov-09 23:29:19 Spent half an hour trying to work out why my CSS to stop a table expanding worked on desktop Firefox and not on mobile Firefox, and it turned out I just needed to restart mobile Firefox because it was ballsed up for some reason. |
2025-Nov-09 21:40:28 Autumn leaves in my garden this evening.
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2025-Nov-09 20:15:12 Went for a walk in the drizzle.
Noticed a knife sticking out of a lamppost, probably a halloween decoration someone forgot. Also noticed the power lines going to this house go through a tree branch (which has grown around them). |
2025-Nov-08 21:54:09
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2025-Nov-07 16:54:06 One part of the task is multithreaded on the CPU and the other on the GPU. 😆 Probably not optimal for thermal cycling.
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2025-Nov-07 01:04:25 Frankensteined two pieces of code together and running (hopefully) for 10 hours overnight. |
2025-Nov-06 01:01:05 Oh no, I've missed my chance to see the 29th "once-in-a-lifetime comet" in my lifetime. |
2025-Nov-06 01:00:53 Windows 11 decrappifying guide.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned |
2025-Nov-05 01:08:43 We finally got a clear night. The full Moon is really bright! 🌕 |
2025-Nov-04 00:23:17 For laptops, "sleep" mode is an absolute disaster, but it works quite well for the desktop PC in my kitchen so it doesn't take too much power when idle. |
2025-Nov-03 23:13:05 All the #rockets launched in 2025 (to scale). #space #SpaceX
https://www.flightatlas.org/ |
2025-Nov-01 22:16:05 A 2021 PC won't upgrade to Windows 11 but I'm plugging the new one into a monitor that says "Works with Windows Vista" and has a VGA port. Still works fine. |
2025-Nov-01 20:32:57 Looks like this rock split in two. 🪨
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