Posts by SteveClough@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AQfwwkHtOLZfpCrt2m by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2022-12-16T19:46:26Z
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@stux I do have an amazon wishlist for things I want, and they can be bought anonymously (I have done that before, but not much, because it is Amazon).I think it would be a great idea. It is not dissimilar to an idea I have had to allow people to be bought things from anywhere based on a socmed handle or email address (with permission) - so I could buy people I know here things, without needing to know they address.There is a place for a gifting app I think - of some sort.
(DIR) Post #AQtkSYVo86WXNZeajw by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2022-12-23T12:27:01Z
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@stux It is like saying "This is a pyramid scheme, but it is not a scam". NFTs especially - but the whole of crypto currencies - are one big scam.Like with all scams, some people will make money out of it, and so claim that it is clearly Not A Scam. But the fact some people make money out of it does not mean it isn't a scam.Look at Western politics.
(DIR) Post #AR8j1KRL9m4ph7qDyK by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2022-12-30T14:55:50Z
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@timrichards @joshuazalamea @bookstodon The content is important, yes. But also reading is - should be - a full sensory experience.We are told to write to evoke all of the senses. Reading is about a sensory experience - however they are stimulated.So a physical book can be a different experience.
(DIR) Post #ARRhg6vRSdXloqg7Si by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-01-08T21:36:03Z
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@stux It is very good. I hope you have lots of fun with it.I jsut wonder if you could get one u.wanker? Then you could say "stux@u.wanker" and you would never get any email there, because people would be too embarassed.
(DIR) Post #AS1uxVML1xFSWHUGLA by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-01-26T08:54:29Z
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@stux USA - where there is zero tolerance of two people in love, and large tolerance of a 6YO with a gun.It is not a healthy society that.(And I know that ours in the UK is also not healthy for other reasons. I am not throwing stones, just making a point.)
(DIR) Post #AS77YUc6w5PYA74H2m by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-01-28T21:09:12Z
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@zleap @godpod Discovery was great. And ST was always what is now called woke.
(DIR) Post #AS7AOZN0hF1RsexrfM by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-01-28T21:41:02Z
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@zleap @godpod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek%3A_Discovery WIki says 5. Not sure how many I have seen - most of then, I believe. Not always in the correct order.
(DIR) Post #ASRktAHgUk8FZyPsv2 by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-07T20:02:30Z
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@science_quotes I see proper skepticism as being a real positive. It should mean not accepting things without evidence.But cynicism - that is not accepting anything that challenges your existing views - leads to terrible bias.And it is easy to move from one to the other.
(DIR) Post #ASSx7rE122H7Q6QtZQ by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-08T09:55:58Z
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@stux It still sucks.
(DIR) Post #ASiJOOjTSpE0SvjIGm by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-15T19:42:08Z
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@kaia Maybe it should be speed limited to 3 MPH? Which might give a chance to get out of the way.
(DIR) Post #ASmUDDVAksjmZpkbdQ by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-17T20:06:12Z
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@science_quotes I love this quote. I am writing about Platonic Forms at the moment, and this brings a whole new understanding to them.
(DIR) Post #ASod7RIpon8vXvDgGm by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-18T20:55:23Z
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@stux Becasue of health reasons. I cannot cope with cycling.
(DIR) Post #ASwnXRitQonjBX7xFw by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-22T19:29:53Z
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@science_quotes Don't agree with Charlie here. A scientist should have passion, and appreciate beauty and wonder. Have desires - not least to understand better. Not let their emotions cloud their rationality and scientific judgement. But still to have them, so they can FEEL the impacts of what they are doing.
(DIR) Post #ASwrHdk3NVa3dyO9jM by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-22T20:11:48Z
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@stux Totally.
(DIR) Post #AT0Fu8aa7NCQh1jBrs by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-24T11:31:50Z
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@stux Loving these insights.Another thing that always strikes me as odd - they seem to hand their keys to people regardless. In the UK, they would need to be covered under insurance, so it would not be legal. Is that different?It just seems that so often in US dramas people say "Oh take my car" and I know that in the UK it takes a week of planning to make it happen.
(DIR) Post #AT8nRwcXyQ27Ai3S9w by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-28T14:25:26Z
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@lowqualityfacts You say Tomato and I say "where? Fiver for it? Tenner even". Because I am in the UK.
(DIR) Post #ATNHFZe7xh8LVUVVPk by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-03-07T14:05:14Z
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@stux "You want a fingerprint: Print this 🖕 "
(DIR) Post #ATW4Im9oLua6CFA9Pk by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T19:52:31Z
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@stux In a normal society, that would be fraud without any question.The CEO is utterly corrupt and should be made to pay.
(DIR) Post #ATW4gu7kNrpLr3hctU by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T19:56:10Z
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@eclinton @stux Negligence as a CEO of a bank is as bad.
(DIR) Post #AUzy3s8IR1K5hqcc1w by SteveClough@mastodon.social
2023-02-17T08:52:53Z
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@CommissarMatis On the corporate air travel - our top management seem to spend a lot of time flying around the world to the businesses in various countries.I guess they want to be seen. But nobody cares about seeing them (it is a waste of time). THe whole exercise could be done over Teams. It would be so much better.