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uk_csi

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CAA registered drone (UAV) operators based in Central United Kingdom.
A bit of 'normal' photography.
We use Linux whenever we can!
OpenDroneMap and QGIS!

Photos subject to copyright. Like to use/licence/buy one, get in touch!

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uk_csi, to random
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This looks quite 'interesting' for Friday/Saturday this weekend....
Might nip out to see any aurora, I won't go far just in case the car won't start afterwards 😂

From spaceweather.com
#sun #sunspot #CarringtonEvent

uk_csi, to TimeTravel
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An old photo from the 1950s of an unguarded railway crossing in Washington NE England. Brought nearly up to date courtesy of Google Streetmap and GIMP.
(The bus which stopped outside my house in the 1960s used to terminate here :) )
Brady Square in Washington (Now Tyne and Wear)
(Original photo: W.R.E. Lewis courtesy J.W. Armstrong Trust.
New Image: Google Streetmap)
#TimeTravel #1950s #GIMP #Washington #England #NEEngland #Durham #Railways

The original Black and White image of a train passing between shops and other buildings and across a road on an unguarded crossing. A woman is standing on the road, close to the crossing, waiting for the train to cross the road. There is another lady stnding at the corner of a shop ver close to the locomotive. there is another lady with a small child and a shopping bag standing on the road in the foreground

archaeohistories, to random
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Then vs Now :

The historical photo was taken in 1928 from Svalbard, between Norway and the North Pole. The newer photo was taken in 2002.

© Historical Photographs

uk_csi,
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@archaeohistories That is quite scary.

campuscodi, to random
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The newer webdev generation apparently has no idea what FTP clients were good for 😂

https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1675q8v/how_to_deploy_your_site_but_its_the_early_2000s/

uk_csi,
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@campuscodi in the mid 2000's I had to explain to a bunch of devs how to use ftp...
Down as far as 'when it asks for your username... type your username in.
They then asked what to do when asked for their password..

Imagine the fun I had with trying to explain binary uploads ;)

omglinux, to rust
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Monitor System Resources on Linux with Mission Center https://www.omglinux.com/mission-center-system-monitor-linux/

uk_csi,
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@omglinux That's neat, I've installed it, thanks :)

uk_csi, to streetphotography
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Then and now.
An old 1950s (?) image of Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire brought up to date with the equivalent view in 2023.
I was able to find almost the exact spot where the original was taken from which meant it was fairly straightforward to combine the 2 images in GIMP.

#1950s #2023 #CleoburyMortimer #Shropshire #StreetPhotography #Street #GIMP #old #modern #Photo #Photography #ThenAndNow

uk_csi, to photography
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Hopefully not too long until the sun's out and it warms up a bit.
We potentially have a few agricultural trials to visit and document.

tubetime, to random
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welp, how'd i get into THIS situation? let's rewind...

uk_csi,
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@tubetime I recently did some work on an ancient SCO server that a company was running their ENTIRE BUSINESS on! They had files in the log from at least 1998...
They had a Y2K 'fix' in their ancient software that deducted something like 25 years from the date, did the maths, then added the years back onto the result.
They want to keep on using it, but the S/W company told them that in 2025, it's just not going to work anymore!
Can't come a moment too soon!

uk_csi,
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@tubetime
On the SunOS/Solaris CAD systems I was responsible for, we used to set the 1st external drive as the boot device, and load the CAD software on it, using the internal disk drive for home areas and storage.
it made updating the OS and S/W a breeze by simply swapping the external drive.
We used to 'upgrade' the OS and software when the users were on a coffee break

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