samjc

@sam_c@mstdn.social
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Husband, father, teacher from England. Sets crosswords as Dyno. Eats plants.
webloghttps://thetangent.space
crosswordshttps://mycrossword.co.uk/dyno
@kzoneind Like this, going to use it with my students
Continuing to work on "Ancient Oak" | the Tangent Space

Weekly digest 35 | the Tangent Space

No, I didn't "forget your name", I didn't store it in the first place, it's called being GDPR compliant.
@james Great, I was going to add Bulgarian split squats to my routine next week, so glad I have this to look forward to
Photoblogging my holiday in Llandudno: https://thetangent.space/2025/holiday/ #blaugust2025 #blaugust
Photoblogging my holiday in Llandudno | the Tangent Space

Walking through a second hand book store should feel like you’re flying through the trench run on the Death Star.

Hey, Linux people: a LOT of folks are screaming off Windows right now.

Be. Kind. To. Them.

They don't know much yet, so they are going to ask really basic questions. If you're KIND, you might get some to give it a try and stick to it bc they know they can ask for help. If you're unkind, you're showing them using Linux will be *worse* than Windows. If you can't bring yourself to be kind, then SAY NOTHING. Let others pick up that slack.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Ubuntu #Debian #LinuxMint

#OnThisDay, 13 Aug 2014, Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani won the Fields Medal for her work on complex geometry. She was the first woman to win it since it began in 1936.

She died in 2017, aged just 40. Multiple awards and initiatives are named after her.

#WomenInSTEM

Xfce? On Wayland? Well I never.