Edent

Edent, 5 days ago to random

🆕 blog! “Infrared Infrastructure”

I recently went to EMF Camp (which is Glastonbury for geeks - lots of random electronics, talks, art, and camping). Naturally, I took along my Infrared camera and pointed it at interesting things! First up… sewage! Festivals often have big tanks to take away human effluence. But how can you, a normal human, tell how […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/06/infrared-infrastructure/
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#emf #emfcamp #infrared

Edent, 7 days ago to opensource

Goooooooood morning #EMFcamp!

If you're awake by 10am, please drop by Stage A for the inside story of how the UK's Covid contact tracing app was open sourced.

https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2024/16-lessons-learned-open-sourcing-the-uks-covid-tracing-app

Content Note: Death, Bullying, & Tory Politicians.

#OpenSource #Covid #UKpol #EMF2024

Edent, 9 days ago to random

Some of the #EMFCamp infrastructure is pretty warm!

(All infrared photos in this thread are CC BY-SA.)

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Edent, 5 days ago to random

Found a shiny new friend in the garden.

Edent, 9 days ago to politics

🆕 blog! “Here's what happened to that podium!”

This is a retropost. Written in January 2023 but published long after I left the Civil Service. One of the weird things about working in Westminster is how terrifyingly normal it becomes to work in grand old buildings, stuffed with grand old artworks, and staffed with grand old politicians. You turn a corner and there's ……

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/heres-what-happened-to-that-podium/
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[#GE2024 #politics #retropost

Edent, 5 days ago to random

Is the answer "don't"?

#LinkedIn

Edent, 6 days ago to random

Anything can be a bagpipe if you blow it hard enough.
#EMFcamp
#VitalOrgans

Edent, 1 year ago to ai

🆕 blog! “Why doesn't Alexa know that homonyms aren't homophones?”

As we head unto an AI dominated future, the Turing test will probably become less like a Voight-Kampff test and more like a warzone Shibboleth. Yesterday, I asked the Alexa to set a timer. "What do you want to name your timer?" She It asked. "Bow," I replied. "Bow timer set," it said. Except… that […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/06/why-doesnt-alexa-know-that-homonyms-arent-homophones/
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#AI #alexa

Edent, 18 days ago to journalism

🆕 blog! “Forget Subtext - People Don't Even Get Surtext”

Once in a while, you'll see some blowhard railing about the modern world. I recently saw someone decrying the fact that Star Trek had "gone woke". This Star Trek? OK, you can argue about whether Kirk and Uhura were forced to kiss in that episode. But how does anyone look at Star Trek - with […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/forget-subtext-people-dont-even-get-surtext/
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#media

Edent, 3 years ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

How not to do coding examples

As part of my MSc, I'm getting a few lessons in technologies I'm not familiar with. I've found some of these lessons extremely confusing - even when I'm proficient in the language.

Here's an example of a coding fragment from one of the tutorials in the R language. Let me explain everything that I think is wrong with it....

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/06/how-not-to-do-coding-examples/

#code #msc #r

Edent, 6 days ago to random

Can you spot the reason the Tesla Coil suddenly stopped working?
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#EMFcamp

andrew, 4 days ago to random

I have finally departed the #emfcamp site, after twelve days of build-up, festival, and teardown (though teardown continues with the amazing people who can keep going).

I'm exhausted physically but mentally energised, and already missing all my friends but also looking forward to 2026. I'd say I'm heading home, but in many ways I am leaving home, and I will be back there with everyone in two years' time.

Edent, 6 days ago to home

🆕 blog! “Window screens in the UK”
★★★⯪☆

One of the things that often confuses Americans when they visit the UK is our lack of window screens. All the Imperialist Yankee media I consumed as a kid had a delightful array of screen doors and windows. But here in rainy old England, there's never been much call for them. Mosquitos are rare. Our bugs tend not to be large and terrifying. Our summers are rarely …

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/06/window-screens-in-the-uk/
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#home

Edent, 4 days ago to random

Is #Keybase still a thing?
I got an email from them saying one of my proofs broke.

But… I just don't care. No one uses public-key cryptography or verifies proof of ownership.

Or am I wrong?

Edent, 4 days ago to random

Where's the Linux version of #Recall?
Automated screenshots + OCR isn't an awfully difficulty problem, is it.

Edent, 4 days ago to UKpolitics

Watching ITV live for the first time in ages for the #GE2024 debate.

Adverts are wild! Just the most manipulative nonsense imaginable.

#UKPolitics

Edent, 5 days ago to random

I've applied to be a poll worker for #GE2024. Possibly too late, given how soon it is, but would be nice to help if I can.