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🇬🇧 🇮🇪 Retired IT tech living in Formby Merseyside UK
Interests include physics, particularly QM interpretation and philosophy of science, France culture and language
#physics
#France
#French
Weird sky effect tonight. (Viewed from Urmston, Manchester)
My current pet hate: people who say something they reckon is profound, and then add "Let that sink in!"
This is so condescending; they assume you can't assess the merit of what they've just said without them giving you a specific prompt to do so, and extra time to do it in.

I came across this unusual upside down T-shaped keyhole on the door of a Victorian townhouse in Glasgow today. It's for an Odell Night Latch Key, of the type shown on the right. Patented in 1792, they came in a wide variety of different shapes and you put them through the cross bar of the T and then lifted them up. They'd only open the latch if their shape fitted the inverse shape of the mechanism in the lock itself, which sat on the other side of the door.

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#glasgow #doorfuriture #keys

In the desert
"The lady at the charity shop today told me she wishes ppl wd clear out their kids' old toys in the lead up to Xmas rather than after because she always sees parents in the days before Xmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's rarely anything in before, but they get many toys after.
If you know your child is going to get lots of presents for Xmas this year, by clearing out early you could make another child's Xmas a lot more special."
"Circle to search" on #Android drives me mad. It uses a similar gesture to "view all tabs" and gets in the way of navigation. Thankfully you can turn it off.

I've been thinking about the TV characters I most identify with. I've made a list.

Larry David (in Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Adrian Monk
Roy Cropper
David Mitchell (in Peep Show)

I'm starting to discern a pattern.

Why are the police on Coronation Street always so useless? Vera would have talked to Roy Cropper for two minutes and announced "Leave him. He hasn't murdered anybody. Hasn't got it in him" and walked off. #Corrie

(boost please!) I need to get a job, I need to get a job, I deserve to be hired, please help me out. 🖤

- Comp sci degree
- 1.5 years as a software test engineer
- Python, JS, Rust
- Seeking same role, full stack, sysadmin, or dev ops
- Remote preferred, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA

DM or email me for a resume if needed, check out my site if you want more info on what I do. Referrals are *very much preferred* in this job market. Thank y'all for the support.

Edit: I am still *very much* looking for employment, thank you for all the boosts and support so far. 🖤

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