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If I’m doing the math correctly, 4/20 @ $69 works out to an annual income of 58008
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Matt Tearle
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Unashamed nerd. Maker of MATLAB training materials. Opinions (often strong) are my own.
I may have a cat problem.
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@c_merriweather@social.linux.pizza @krautnapped@mastodon.world
Yup. Makes me think of Carl Sagan’s epic “pale blue dot” line: “Think of the rivers of
blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph,
they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.”
Apparently it’s #WorldCancerDay, so… hi 👋 I’m your poster child for why you should get screened - whatever your doctor says you’re due for, DO IT.
If I had gotten screened a little earlier, my cancer journey would have been done and dusted in a matter of weeks. If I had waited until I had symptoms, I’d be dead.
One of my favorite biology facts:
Humans and giraffes both have seven neck bones. An owl has twice that number. This (plus other adaptations) is what enables them to turn their heads so far, which helps them hunt.
I guess at least the Scots now don’t have to cheer for England. (Not that having The Proclaimers’ “Cap in Hand” playing on repeat in my head would have been a bad thing.)
#Rugby #SixNations #IREvSCO
Eden Gardens crowd: Stop! Stop! They’re already dead!
Finn Allen: Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?
#cricket #T20 #T20WorldCup #NZvSA
Today was a good reminder that accessibility helps everyone. For example, camel-casing your hashtags makes them easier to parse, both for screen readers and humans. This means you’re not left wondering who Tom Braider is and why he’s trending.
(Yeah. It was Tomb Raider.)
You know what sounds like fun? Being an English #sportsball coach. What larks that must be.
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@damianlehmann@mastodon.social
If you’re good at estimating distance as you run, use that. Use the scale on the map/compass to figure out “run across this field for 200m, then…”. If not, use the symbols on the map to find landmarks to achieve the same thing: “run across this field to the big tree next to a man-made object”.
Either way, use the map and what you see around you to keep predicting and correcting - “there should be a stone wall going off to the left .. yes, there it is, ok next I’ll go over a small hill, …”.
Try to keep your thumb on your current map location so you can keep checking and updating without having to re-find your location every time.
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@gikkt@wandering.shop
She would absolutely nail the Agnes/Perdita duality.
Sean Bean is my now-unshakable Vimes headcanon, ever since I heard someone who sounded like him doing an audiobook. I went from “hmm this isn’t right” to “Om be praised, this is perfection” in about 2.8 seconds.
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@gikkt@wandering.shop
Sean Bean.
And not that you asked but Dawn French as Nanny Ogg if Miriam Margolyes is unavailable. And Nicola Coughlan as Agnes.
@Emmacox@writing.exchange @thegiddystitcher@sunny.garden
Maskerade is full of great digs at opera and theater (and the personalities therein).
The scene with Agnes practicing the Departure Aria with Undershaft always makes me giggle (and also get a little sentimental, when Undershaft hears Agnes sing it as she thinks it should be sung). And then, of course, the reveal of what the aria is actually about.
(I admit that it took me way too long to get the joke that the damn door sticking would, indeed, quite literally make it difficult to leave her beloved.)
Where’s the petition to ban #cricket commentators from using the phrase “without troubling the scorer” as a euphemism for a batter being out for a duck.
As an old fart who learned to score with a pencil and a paper scorebook, I can assure you the scorers were very much troubled.
#sports #sportsball
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@DoomsdaysCW
IKR. Owls have an array of cool adaptations. Like Marge Simpson and potatoes, I just think owls are neat.
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@annecavicchi
Well yes, that too. I guess my broad point was not to procrastinate, or think it’s not that important, or there’s no real need, etc.
My cautionary tale: not a lot of cancer in my family and I’m on the younger end of old. Turns out colorectal cancer doesn’t typically have a genetic link. And is showing up in younger and younger people. Oops.
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@damianlehmann@mastodon.social
Not as lost as you’re gonna be 🤣
OK will it be fun? Yes! Orienteering is great. Advice for n00bs… brain dump/no particular organization: for gear, a good compass, trail running shoes, and long sleeves/pants (which I’m assuming you’ll have anyway, if you’re in the northern hemisphere right now). You can get fancier, but no need.
Don’t try to go too fast. From your profile, it looks like you’re an outdoor runner, so play to your strengths: prioritize using trails and open ground as much as possible, where you’ll be fast (even if it’s more distance). Take your time with navigation and route planning, which will be the new part for you.
Hobbyists have the phrase “measure twice, cut once”. Likewise, read the map twice, run once 😝 If you have time to practice with an O map and compass, a simple exercise I give to new folks is to get north from the compass, align the map to that, then just walk around randomly for a bit, practicing turning the map in your hands to keep it (at least roughly) aligned north as you turn your body.
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@damianlehmann@mastodon.social
To clarify, your first go at orienteering or your first time racing competitively?
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@ncdominie@mastodon.scot
Cool cool. I guess I’ve now lived long enough to witness “we kick down the doors of Quaker meeting houses” fall below “our hats have skulls on them” levels of self-awareness. Fuck me.
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@Tattooed_mummy
I’m trying to think of a genre where that wouldn’t be useful and I’m coming up blank.
Programming textbook? Nope. In fact, that might be at the top of the list.
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@eleanorrees@mas.to
Meanwhile, actual Bhutanese mountaineers: “mindfulness? In this economy?!”
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@eleanorrees@mas.to @piraat@mastodon.social
Obviously there’s lots of “SA = chokers” talk but… does that even count as choking? They had been pummeled out of the match before the power play was over.
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@redsad@ohai.social
Especially as none of them were arguing whether Violence Is Always The Answer or Oppression By The State was Monopoly On Violence’s best album.
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@scottearle@poorlyrendered.com @fesshole@mastodon.social
I’ve had a few abdominal surgeries recently. Given what had been shaved when I came out of the OR, I certainly hope there was some amount of bits-looking going on. Bits-*caring* is, I assume, an entirely different matter.