@chrisjrob

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A #Debian and #Ubuntu #GNU #Linux user, who loves #Perl scripting. Somewhat obsessed with #Vim and #Markdown. Previously built a #RepRap Prusa and designed various models in #OpenSCAD (see GitHub for my designs). I live in the UK with my wife, two teenagers and a cockerpoo.
Webhttps://chrisjrob.com
GitHubhttps://github.com/chrisjrob

My wife is running a GoFundMe campaign, to raise funds for a friend of hers who has severe MS. Please consider giving, if you can afford to:

https://gofund.me/67a60bf2

Thank you!

#multiplesclerosis

Just discovered this for viewing pretty much any document on the terminal with pandoc

https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/pandoc-terminal-writer

Turns Pandoc into probably one of the best terminal markdown viewers I've ever used.

#linux

GitHub - Orange-OpenSource/pandoc-terminal-writer: Pretty-print text documents on a terminal using pandoc

Pretty-print text documents on a terminal using pandoc - Orange-OpenSource/pandoc-terminal-writer

GitHub
And the last two...
First three coffees...
Today was coffee cupping day... Consensus was for the Columbia Excelso Huila, although frankly we don't have a clue.
#redber #coffee #coffeecupping

You know when you have a video loop, but to make it loop something disappears in an improbable manner?

And you think, that's a shame, because I really like this little clip.

And you could crop it so, for example, a bird doesn't disappear in mid-flight, but then it looks unbalanced so you need to find some unobtrusive way for the bird to disappear so it appears natural?

Yeah. That.

I think I need a quiet lie down.

#seascape #video #loop #animation #bird #silly #drawing #SillyScribbles

Trying to do a mailshot, and have been stymied by companies simply not doing their jobs.

A regression bug in our database, and a marketing department apparently unable to design a simple email template. What should have been an hour or two's work, has been a day's work so far and still not there.

Honestly, I think we become grumpy old men, simply because we're surrounded by incompetence!

#GrumpyOldMan

With Starlink, Elon Musk’s Satellite Dominance Is Raising Global Alarms

The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.

The New York Times
Abandoned mines could be turned into gravity ‘batteries ‘that could power the entire planet https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/abandoned-mines-could-be-turned-into-gravity-batteries-that-could-power-the-entire-planet/ #EnergyTransition
Abandoned mines could be turned into gravity ‘batteries ‘that could power the entire planet

When a mine has been exhausted of its resources, it often becomes a forgotten eyesore. But scientists now want to give them a new life as energy storage units.

ZME Science
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests

A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis

The Guardian