Posts by BobHarvey@twit.social
(DIR) Post #AUBWU7Zl8bqETAnWhU by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-03-31T19:51:12Z
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@lauren I think this is inevitable.No-one makes money from Mastodon. The priority here is to maintain the integrity of the protocol - to avoid breaking the machine. That puts lots of bits of the machine in full view Also, the idea is to let users make choices, so the choices are laid out in front of them.Commercial services want to suck you in, to monetize you. So they bait the hook. They do all the choosing. They take away decision making.
(DIR) Post #AUXdhEzmhAIdUfCsOe by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-04-05T08:42:43Z
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"Frozen Leaf"cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Nigel Mykura - https://geograph.org.uk/p/2188648It is worth following the link to read the description of this striking #Photograph#Photography #Ice #Frost #Science #Freezing #Geograph
(DIR) Post #AUYNx0S97yEGuovc4O by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-04-11T20:34:19Z
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@leo ...says the man who spent much of lockdown selling us a VPN...
(DIR) Post #AUoBE6zP1L4uBb9i2i by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-04-19T11:27:07Z
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@twitnews apple card users /in the USA/
(DIR) Post #AV1IDWOGJuUdPUvbmK by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-04-25T19:16:11Z
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@EU_Commission What list?Where?
(DIR) Post #AV3Fey93KGAPlK88lU by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-04-26T17:57:27Z
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@twitnews the horse's mouthhttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/microsoft-activision-deal-prevented-to-protect-innovation-and-choice-in-cloud-gaming
(DIR) Post #AVGursYW2XfhMqnIIa by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-05-03T08:10:27Z
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@aows You m,ight like this one:"Bobby's bus shelter"cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Harry Hatton - geograph.org.uk/p/606975The #Geograph site has several photos of the shelter, all different.See also https://www.shetland.org/blog/bobbys-bus-shelter #BusShelter #BobbysBusShelter #Baltasound, #Unst, #Shetland #Photography
(DIR) Post #AVHSyENnCIThF3ykRE by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-04-27T07:53:26Z
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@leo @mmasnick @jeffjarvis @ant_pruitt #TWiTHosts Experimenting with a Mastodon client called Elk (https://elk.cupoftea.social/cupoftea.social/public/local) and have signed into the web version with my twit.social identity.I really like the interface, and will be trying the app when I am not actually at work!
(DIR) Post #AVHSyFQJKQ5QTAAH0C by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-04-27T15:18:11Z
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@leo @mmasnick @jeffjarvis @ant_pruitt The App, at least on a PC, turns out to be a web app pinned to the desktop as an app. I don't think it is available on mobile as an app, The idea is to open it on the phone browser and pin it to the home page like that.Oh, and it looks good so far
(DIR) Post #AWUzQWPTQLiALlwHyq by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-06-09T00:59:36Z
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@twitnews The talking dog effect. Wonder lies not in that it is done well, but that it is done at all.
(DIR) Post #AWkutg0ObKII8IeV8q by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-06-16T16:46:42Z
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I visited a fascinating museum today. It is, to be fair, nearly in the middle of nowhere. But it was crammed with technology from my youth, and a little earlier.I commend "the Museum of Technology, The History of Gadgets and Gizmos" http://www.museumoftechnology.org.uk/visit/visit.phpThis photo I took is of a High Voltage "measuring" device. It is an adjustable spark gap with a string-driven indicator scale calibrated from 5kV to 30kV#Museum #Technology #Lincolnshire #VisitorAttraction #Tourism @leo
(DIR) Post #AXB0RoyPnDFwW1PCV6 by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-06-29T07:28:28Z
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@EU_Commission I would agree for charging. But your graphic shows a 3.5mm audio plug.The removal of the 3.5mm headphone jack was anti-consumer. It forces people to buy expensive wireless headphones. You *can* buy wired phones that go in the charging socket - but then (imagine being on a long train journey) you cannot charge and listen at the same time.I think a separate headphone jack should be a requirement
(DIR) Post #AXUJwlUZyi0D7aUrhI by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-07-08T15:04:05Z
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@EU_Commission However I parted rags with Spotify when they recruited Joe Rogan and tried to undermine independent podcasts.Do you have this list on a less tainted platform?
(DIR) Post #AY2vNv0t6sRXWC6Y8u by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-07-25T07:46:08Z
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@EU_Commission I am less than sanguine about this. I would prefer you to be changing infrastructure so that no-one is disadvantaged
(DIR) Post #AYFn8yk26G4hc6GkMK by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-07-31T10:39:41Z
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"Welsh Blacks in Cwm Doethie Fawr, Ceredigion"Looking south-east, Ty'n Cornel hostel is off to the left. Twelve young Welsh Blacks were grazing on hill pasture by the Afon Doethie Fawr.cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Roger Kidd - https://geograph.org.uk/p/7550968#Geograph #Wales #Cattle #Farming #Valley #Uplands #Grassland
(DIR) Post #AYFqRNRRIuHDIK2LKa by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-05-07T06:07:04Z
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A Coronation Aftermath.The troops returning from the Palace to Waterloo station. Matching, in formation, behind the bands, over Westminster bridge.https://youtu.be/4XgYEd1lT6w#Coronation #MilitaryBand #Westminster #Music #MarchingBands #UK #Military @grimethorpeband - I thought of you.
(DIR) Post #AYFqROXVDqikhPshQ8 by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-05-07T08:48:24Z
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And here they are rehearsing, last week@grimethorpeband #Coronation #MilitaryBand #Westminster #Music #MarchingBands #UK #Militaryhttps://youtu.be/WstyVIG9wAg
(DIR) Post #AYFqSFAdXavDvqagdc by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-01-14T16:31:59Z
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Latest addition to the #Geograph forum game '#Photographs that look like Paintings""Fulstow: cattle in an old pasture field on a stormy afternoon"cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Chris - Https://geograph.org.uk/p/4124422#photography #StormLight #Agriculture #Pastoral #Cattle #Landscape #Lincolnshire
(DIR) Post #AYH36wAaU1mZU0hLjU by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-08-01T03:19:08Z
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@twitnews @leo To be fair,, Apple will probably only need this exception for a short while. I reckon Xitter will be history in under two years
(DIR) Post #AYTq5fZoh11sAPPSbI by BobHarvey@twit.social
2023-08-07T07:24:27Z
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@gmsfotos OK, that's really good. I wish I had taken it.