Posts by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #AXyDYlW9RfzDfjZxqa by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2023-07-22T10:53:39Z
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@cstross @carnage4life blockchain - a ponzi scheme fad pumped by VCsgenerative AI - a disruptive fad pumped by VCsAt least with blockchain you had to volunteer to be f**ked over by the VCs.
(DIR) Post #Ai9bACmOXgu5CDldQ0 by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2024-05-22T15:43:29Z
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@aral @starlabs @tuxedocomputers @system76 @libreleah Have a look at https://minifree.org/
(DIR) Post #AigMmTgRkBCX9fiNcW by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2024-06-07T11:08:16Z
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@futurebird This is indeed a problem. OTOH if there is no "bank" to be made then who would be attracted? Is it fair to say that _someone_ will likes doing a given job?Any totalising approach to organising human society is doomed to fail (either completely, or to fail a significant part of the population). Human society is too complex for anything other than patchworks of options.OTOH choosing anarchic approaches where possible is probably a good heuristic.
(DIR) Post #AjUE1TG1tR7jS31Y4O by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2024-07-01T12:25:39Z
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@futurebird @AustinB @meena @VirginiaHolloway @EverydayMoggie If you are interested in farming stuff you should follow @sarahtaber she has a good podcast too (but she's been busy running for office recently)
(DIR) Post #AjpFaBhbKqlTPiCH7A by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2024-07-11T15:51:46Z
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@ZachWeinersmith I use your book as a "we'll no when some person/organisation is getting serious when we see them starting to fund _these_ experiments. Mostly around food and medical issues.OTOH really cheap access to LEO would make real experiements possible.It would be interesting to see how spacex adapts its iterative approach to landing a Starship on Mars (and taking off again?) The naiive learning time would be minimum 2 years (build, launch, Waaiiittt, crash, get data) repeat.
(DIR) Post #AkAF9MAlNVyB17RtWi by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2024-07-21T18:56:11Z
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@futurebird @dgoldsmith I think its more that he realised that, when half your own side's senators and financial backers are actively briefing against you, you are not going to get in.I don't think they want Harris either so I think the Dems are basically moving into clown car territory now.
(DIR) Post #AkAG7Ta8xXn1N6zI1Y by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2024-07-21T19:07:00Z
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@futurebird @dgoldsmith Don't get me wrong, I really hope Harris gets straight in there and Biden did the right thing endorsing her. Just not holding my breath.
(DIR) Post #AmviSBcJPxTe0yPBp2 by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2024-10-12T12:20:12Z
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@futurebird I thought it was a space invader?
(DIR) Post #Anw1pSKtM9gHLtlMKu by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2024-11-11T13:49:23Z
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@futurebird A Petard is a domesticated wild Ard. They are large and strong and can lift you off your feet if you don't train them properly.
(DIR) Post #AqIuLDWlaQsyMNPgxc by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-01-21T10:27:51Z
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@futurebird Taking a selection of dried raions and vitaminsm along with seeds and modern soil biota sachets (gotta eat). Sorry current future, you are not happening now.
(DIR) Post #AqYV4bsKQ6Q4cpqG3s by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-01-28T23:00:17Z
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@futurebird Ok, so I showed this to my wife. She wants to know when the ants arrive...
(DIR) Post #AqiEltYS1HFEtTZsDg by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-02-02T15:44:46Z
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@LordWoolamaloo This is one of those "tell people you are old without saying you are old" momements. When I first went to the pub I could get three pints of Banks' and 20 B&H and have change from a quid. 😱 Also, Ooh! ooh! new Tchaikovsky!
(DIR) Post #Aqihq3v8JpmAs7Wh8q by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-02-02T21:10:28Z
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@LordWoolamaloo He is indeed, were you chairing at Chimera last year?
(DIR) Post #AqwQUxD8r0I8juoZLE by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-02-09T12:02:06Z
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@futurebird @vikxin Dried is problematic during nesting season as the chicks get a lot of fluid from insects. Not sure of my facts here so more research etc... but I think may be better to not put dried ones out then.
(DIR) Post #AsjxyWUhgvXCItD8q0 by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-04-04T07:24:47Z
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@collectifission Why on erath would you displace infrastructure that is location dependent (wind) with generation capacity that isn't (nuclear). Build nukes that are proven (large PWR/BWR) in places that they work best (the coast or by big rivers ideally near industrial centres) and have both.(The planned design life for offshore turbines is 25 years so we'll have to see if your 15 year 'recon' matches engineers' models and decades of real world data.)
(DIR) Post #AskDWcoeC09V4IG5dQ by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-04-04T08:15:12Z
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@collectifission @publius Then I misunderstood, are you going to decomission the wind turbines and replaces them with Nuke barges? or have both?Also, Yet Another new-tech reactor design? I can pretty much guarantee it wont be ready for significant deployment until the 2040s at the earliest (and at that point it will be expensive).(How many molten salt reactors are there in commercial operation again?)
(DIR) Post #AskDWe8XHXehAGZUH2 by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-04-04T08:34:01Z
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@collectifission @publius But why not replace them? They generate a load of power and are cheap (they'll be even cheaper in 15 years).More your barges on the coast and have both.(Unless you point is we _shouldn't_ use renewables at all and go all in on Nukes)
(DIR) Post #At8yxBAKjmTZCig3Jg by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-04-16T09:08:57Z
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@Nonilex Shall we cut to the chase and just call them Commisars?
(DIR) Post #AtLWX2KZH9gz948mTQ by Tallish_Tom@fosstodon.org
2025-04-22T10:21:41Z
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@futurebird @llewelly Its an historical evolutionary adaptation from the great prehistoric wars against the pod people.