Rochelimit @rochelimit@mastodon.technology
Physics, technology and InfoSec enthusiast. Teacher and OU post-grad.
We wunt be druv.
Joined Apr 2017
Rochelimit
boosted
RT @5tevieM@twitter.com
when you're trying to print something
Rochelimit
boosted
Perseverance Takes a Spin
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Mars 2020
Rochelimit
boosted
What is Benoit B. Mandelbrot's middle name? Benoit B. Mandelbrot.
#Plex media server has been bugging me with its need to authenticate via the web before it'll allow me to stream local files. But tonight the auth system wasn't working, so my own video wouldn't play on my network! Sheesh.
Off came Plex, and on went Kodi. But #Kodi won't run a DLNA service in the background without the main app loaded, so I'm left with #MiniDLNA. Not perfect as it needs to be configured by editing a conf file. But it is done now, TV is working again.
Rochelimit
boosted
Free idea to anyone owning crypto:
Sell it and donate the money to orgs fighting against climate change.
And stop buying crypto, ffs.
Rochelimit
boosted
Recent appearances:
* Technology, Self-Determination, and the Future of the Future (CERIAS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yC_hBDS-RU
* Talking "Permanent Record Young Readers' Edition" with Edward Snowden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipfjn3bir8
* Talking "Agency" with William Gibson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijGkwzrE1MY
13/
Rochelimit
boosted
Why, yes, of course, your top-tier technical firm with all the latest and greatest gizmos and widgets wants me to physically sign, scan, and e-mail the result of the scan to complete some legal documentation.
Because they've obviously never heard of DocuSign before.
ukpol , covid PM briefing
Did BJ just say 'the crocus of hope is poking through the frost' of coronavirus? He's very bullish today. 😁
Rochelimit
boosted
Londo and Vir aaaaaah— it’s time for a rewatch, isn’t it.
---
RT @AdelleNaz
“Intelligence has nothing to do with politics.” #Babylon5
https://twitter.com/AdelleNaz/status/1363358767186870274
Rochelimit
boosted
RT @eddygraham39@twitter.com
Brilliant ❤️
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/eddygraham39/status/1363188441320685571
Rochelimit
boosted
RT @BadAstronomer
I see the hashtag #InsteadOfGoingToMars and I think, huh, the budget of NASA is 1/200th of the federal budget, 3% of the military budget, a third of what we spend on just cigarettes... and for that we get the entire Universe. Seems like a damn good deal to me.
Rochelimit
boosted
Whenever an HN poster refers to a project as "modern," I read it as "written in Javascript and crayons."
Rochelimit
boosted
food* (*English)
I was not too much younger than today when I learned that as an American, I was naturally interpreting the "plum pudding model" of the atom, mentioned in every junior-high science course, in a completely wrong way. The "plums" in "plum pudding" were raisins, or potentially any other small bits of fruit, and the "pudding" was, well, English.
[Me, sobbing: You can't just call everything a pudding
England (points at jellied mad cow): pudding]
Rochelimit
boosted
Even for a company that specialises in PR disasters, Facebook has excelled with its Australian blackout https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/18/even-for-a-company-that-specialises-in-pr-disasters-facebook-has-excelled-with-its-australian-blackout
Rochelimit
boosted
We can fly a helicopter on Mars, but can't turn on the lights in Texas because scientists are in charge of Mars, but Republicans are in charge of Texas.
Rochelimit
boosted
**NASA lands rover and first-ever helicopter on Mars**
"The USA's Perseverance rover has successfully landed on Mars with a helicopter called Ingenuity strapped to its belly. The Mars 2020 mission is seen as a first step towards bringing samples of Martian rock back to Earth."
Teaching live streamed classes from home, this is my workstation. XPS13 screen on the left showing Zim, OBS, and Chromium for running the MS Teams lesson, with an Impressive PDF presentation and Firefox on the right monitor. Far right is a retort stand I borrowed from the labs, holding a webcam to video the paper 'whiteboard'.
It's cramped, but functional.
#teaching #remotelearning #obs
Physics, technology and InfoSec enthusiast. Teacher and OU post-grad.
We wunt be druv.
Joined Apr 2017
