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slothrop

@slothrop@chaos.social

Bumbling through the technosphere. Easily amused.

Messing around with #FOSS, baking #bread, paddling a whitewater #kayak, and #parenting a herd of kids . Sometimes I manage a Hello World without syntax errors in #python.

Professionally, I help to build and run #trains with software and IT stuff.

Middle-aged cishet white guy, trying not to be an asshole about it. Please let me know if I get it wrong.

Toots auto-delete after 2 weeks. #noindex or I will punch you.

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slothrop, to random
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Props to Alstom for managing to build their Coradias in such a way that they don’t loudly announce everyone using the toilet (unlike Stadler’s FLIRT)

slothrop, to random
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Au revoir ! 👋

Thanks for a great, if rainy, time! ❤️🇫🇷

slothrop,
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Passing through Nuits-sur-Ravieres later. I’ll be waving to @jon (in absentia)

annika, to random
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Really I only want 3 bicycles. That's a normal number, right?

slothrop,
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@annika Very normal number. That’s just the bikes that accumulate to cover different use cases.

I know lots of bike people who own more than that.

The claim that “one bike is all you need” is just a weird thing that carbrained USians might say.

slothrop,
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@annika Also, for the price of one car, you can easily buy 10-20 bikes. And some people buy more than one car.

Just to put things into context… 🤷🏻‍♂️

slothrop, to random
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Paris is wonderful.

It would be even wonderfuller if it could stop raining for a while. 😤

cheeaun, to til
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Intl.NumberFormat with compact notation doesn't work for thousands in German language.

E.g.: 10000 → 10.000 instead of "10 Tsd.". But, 10000000 → "10 Mio."

I guess "Tsd." doesn't really compact it much unlike English's "10K" 🤷‍♂️

Relevant research: https://github.com/dart-lang/i18n/issues/156#issuecomment-1513218006
> "Tsd does not occur in the CLDR data" https://st.unicode.org/cldr-apps/v#/de/Compact_Decimal_Formatting/ff7ca46dee120b1

slothrop,
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@pixelcode @cheeaun Yes, I have the same impression. “Tsd.” feels outdated.
I guess most people would be able to parse it, but it’s not something you see in everyday use.

slothrop, to random
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If anyone would be so kind as to reboot the Eiffel Tower?

slothrop, to random
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There’s a brand new exhibition on comics at the Centre Pompidou in #paris
And guess who’s got tickets for the opening day 😁

slothrop,
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@jpmens Surfing the wave of delays on public sector projects here

koalie, to random
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The perks of my dad being friends with a family whose business is growing in Vallauris.

From when I was little I recall they occasionally gave us big eggs from their geese and I wasn’t exactly sure what they actually did for a living 😀

slothrop,
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@koalie oh wow. Beautiful!

slothrop, to random
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Hey USians, the French have taken note of the sport you call “football”.

They think it’s weaksauce.

18+ slothrop, to random
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I did it. I found the most French device imaginable. 🇫🇷

Behold: the cheese guillotine!

A 5 second video of a salesperson using a large horizontal blade mounted to a central column to cut a piece of cheese off a large loaf.

slothrop,
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The “Liberté, Egalité, Comté” magnet is certainly a nice touch.

slothrop, to random
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Trusting my family’s fate to the hands of #SNCF 🇫🇷

slothrop,
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TGV go wheeeeeeee 🚄💨

ericdaryl, to whitewater
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Got out kayaking yesterday and had a blast. It was a bit bumpy, though. Not much river in the river…

A green kayak sits by the side of the small river
A man in kayaking gear stand next to his boat beside a river, holding his arms up in the air and joy and excitement. The hillside behind him is covered in dead trees from an old forest fire. 

slothrop,
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@ericdaryl Looks fabulous! Though I expect that your boat has some new scratches 😖

slothrop,
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@ericdaryl Looks fabulous!

Though I expect your boat has some new scratches 😖

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Ok, stereotypes are silly, but what if, in this French village, the most visible business actually is the wine merchant?

And the pharmacy across from the town hall has a big poster in the window on addressing erectile dysfunction?

jens, to random
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I love deadlines! I love the sound they make as they inexorably grind closer, and the scream they make when you defeat them at the last possible minute.

slothrop,
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@jens You should really learn to be more relaxed about deadlines.

I just sit back and enjoy the fresh breeze they create as they rush past.

slothrop, to random
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Me, at some point in every discussion with the kids.

Mostly not at the end though…

https://botsin.space/@bercowbot/112496302017538290

slothrop, to France
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We’re currently camping in #France. Both campsites that we’ve been to have gender-neutral toilets.

This isn’t anything special apparently. There’s no extra signs or notices.

They’re just toilets. For, y’know, people.

Gina, to diy
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Not gonna lie, this might be the ugliest thing I've ever built 😭

Had a chance to sneak into my friends house today to put the kitchen island together and tile the top. The whole time I was like "trust the process" but yall THE PROCESS IS ALMOST DONE AND IT'S STILL UGLY 😭😭

Uuugh
It's so big and bulky 😭 I thought it would match the other wood tones in his house but it doesn't 😢

slothrop,
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@Gina What? no! I love this! It looks great!

slothrop, to random
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Plan for today

slothrop,
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@jimfl Yes! It’s elongated, swings from side to side, and - thanks to a brief shower - it’s wet, too!

slothrop,
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@jimfl The hammock is a lot more comfy, though.

slothrop,
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@jimfl My kids have tried hammock rolls.

But their success rate stands at less than 50%, so I’ll just try to keep the thing level for now

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