PSA: If you use OneDrive on Mac, and your company has changed how it identifies the OneDrive folder, you might get more than one OneDrive folder which you cannot remove, not even using sudo.

The way to reset things — assuming nothing is pending from uploading to OneDrive — is to follow the instructions in this Microsoft support page.

You're welcome!

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/reset-onedrive-34701e00-bf7b-42db-b960-84905399050c

#PSA #PublicServiceAnnouncement #Microsoft #OneDrive #macOS #support

Combined Public Service Announcement and Today I Learned: if you have `CLICOLOR=1` on macOS, if you do an `ls` of a directory which is inside iCloud Drive, evicted files (i.e., those that cannot be immediately used, but need to be downloaded first from iCloud) show with a grey background… see below:
First, both files are in iCloud, but not locally available. They have a dotted cloud icons in the iCloud Status field of the Finder window, and a greyed background in the output of the `ls` command.
Second, the `cssday.pdf` file shows a filled circle with a down arrow as part of their iCloud Status, which represents the "Keep Downloaded" option (i.e., the file has been downloaded and is locally available), while the other file keeps the dotted cloud icon. In that case only the `Screenshot…` file is shown as grayed out in the output of `ls`.

#PSA #PublicServiceAnnouncement #TIL #TodayILearned #iCloudDrive #Terminal #CLICOLOR

Public Service Announcement: If you've worked in the UK, and you've changed the UK number that you use for accessing Gov.UK services, it is impossible to restore access because the default recovery workflow requires UK-issued photo ids: either a UK passport, or a UK driving license, are mandatory, even if you never had one or provided one in the first place.

Happily enough, as long as you keep your National Insurance Number, you can create a new Gateway ID, but this time following the steps provided by @the3million in this link, using the GOV.UK ID Check app… that way, if you have a biometric passport, and access to a modern enough iPhone or Android phone with contactless payment built in, you can verify your identity with non-UK passports.

You're welcome! (Including myself in the future…)

#PSA #the3million #GovUK #GatewayID #NonUKResidents #migration

https://the3million.org.uk/government-gateway-non-uk-passport

ALMA Discovers “Space Tornadoes” Around the Milky Way’s Core!

Although the galaxy’s central molecular zone (CMZ) has long been known to be filled with swirling dust and gas molecules cycling through formation and destruction, the mechanism that drives this process has remained elusive. Molecules serve as tracers for various processes in molecular clouds, with silicon monoxide (SiO) particularly useful in detecting the presence of shock waves.

Using ALMA’s high resolution and sensitivity to map distinct spectral lines within the molecular clouds at the center of the Milky Way, the team led by Kai Yang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) has delineated a new type of long, narrow filamentary structure at a significantly finer scale. The dynamic interaction between this turbulent environment and the slim filaments produced as shocks ripple through provides a more complete view of the cyclical processes within the CMZ.

Yang’s team reports it remains unknown how these slim filaments initially arise, but shock processes emerge as a likely explanation.

More info at https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-releases/alma-discovers-space-tornadoes-around-the-milky-ways-core/

#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #AtacamaLargeMillimeterArray #MilkyWay #CMZ #CentralMolecularZone #SgrA* #GalacticCenter

Youtube video from @esoastronomy on the Wideeband Sensitivity Upgrade… It is 6 months old, but from the point of view of what we will be attempting is quite apropos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYDD9b252BU

#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #AtacamaLargeMillimeterArray #WidebandSensitivityUpgrade #WSU