Simon Frankau
@sgf.bsky.social
SRE manager on Google Compute Engine (only speak for me), ex-quant dev. Fan of maths, Haskell, Rust and retrocomputing. London, UK. CS PhD. Fuck cancer.
I'm back!
I'm not yet back on social media — I'm not yet reading my feeds — but I am at least back home after two months in hospital, on and off. It's so good to be home!
(I'm happy to answer questions from curious friends in DMs, but probably don't want to spam detailed medical stuff to my feed.)
I'm not yet back on social media — I'm not yet reading my feeds — but I am at least back home after two months in hospital, on and off. It's so good to be home!
(I'm happy to answer questions from curious friends in DMs, but probably don't want to spam detailed medical stuff to my feed.)
November 19, 2024 at 3:28 AM
I'm back!
I'm not yet back on social media — I'm not yet reading my feeds — but I am at least back home after two months in hospital, on and off. It's so good to be home!
(I'm happy to answer questions from curious friends in DMs, but probably don't want to spam detailed medical stuff to my feed.)
I'm not yet back on social media — I'm not yet reading my feeds — but I am at least back home after two months in hospital, on and off. It's so good to be home!
(I'm happy to answer questions from curious friends in DMs, but probably don't want to spam detailed medical stuff to my feed.)
Reposted by Simon Frankau
Adding anaglyph 3D to #BBCMicro #Elite is proving quite the challenge; the code is so optimised that each stage needs a new approach. But I now have 3D suns to add to the 3D ships, planets and stardust. They flicker a bit in-game, but the iconic Acornsoft box screenshot looks great!
#retrocomputing
#retrocomputing
August 17, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Adding anaglyph 3D to #BBCMicro #Elite is proving quite the challenge; the code is so optimised that each stage needs a new approach. But I now have 3D suns to add to the 3D ships, planets and stardust. They flicker a bit in-game, but the iconic Acornsoft box screenshot looks great!
#retrocomputing
#retrocomputing
The replies to this show just what you'd expect: The kind of people who feel entitled to shove their posts into your life are very shouty, self-righteous and don't seem to have an effective model of how people behave.
Sadly, spam in a good cause is still spam.
Sadly, spam in a good cause is still spam.
Let's clarify things since my mentions are turning into a dumpster fire. I'm responsible for designing T&S policies, systems, and processes that scale. One of those areas is spam, since as the network grows, so does disruptive spam. That's why you can't mass spam people in mentions or replies.
May 23, 2024 at 10:18 PM
The replies to this show just what you'd expect: The kind of people who feel entitled to shove their posts into your life are very shouty, self-righteous and don't seem to have an effective model of how people behave.
Sadly, spam in a good cause is still spam.
Sadly, spam in a good cause is still spam.
I find it fascinating that so many Americans believe in unfettered free speech as a magic bullet.
Most people who believe in free markets concede that monopolies/oligopolies are bad. Yet billionaires with clearly partisan political views owning major chunks of the media landscape is no biggie… 1/
Most people who believe in free markets concede that monopolies/oligopolies are bad. Yet billionaires with clearly partisan political views owning major chunks of the media landscape is no biggie… 1/
Policing the press is a pretty fascist move. Itself not "neutral."
Ofcom finds another breach of impartiality by GBNews, considering sanctions, www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/...
May 22, 2024 at 8:40 AM
I find it fascinating that so many Americans believe in unfettered free speech as a magic bullet.
Most people who believe in free markets concede that monopolies/oligopolies are bad. Yet billionaires with clearly partisan political views owning major chunks of the media landscape is no biggie… 1/
Most people who believe in free markets concede that monopolies/oligopolies are bad. Yet billionaires with clearly partisan political views owning major chunks of the media landscape is no biggie… 1/
The gulf between US driving and UK urban driving is rarely clearer.
When there's congestion one way, & it's clear the other, you let people out.
And when you're driving near congested traffic you look out for anyone making progress through/near it.
Is this a sucky junction design thing?
When there's congestion one way, & it's clear the other, you let people out.
And when you're driving near congested traffic you look out for anyone making progress through/near it.
Is this a sucky junction design thing?
May 17, 2024 at 11:18 AM
The gulf between US driving and UK urban driving is rarely clearer.
When there's congestion one way, & it's clear the other, you let people out.
And when you're driving near congested traffic you look out for anyone making progress through/near it.
Is this a sucky junction design thing?
When there's congestion one way, & it's clear the other, you let people out.
And when you're driving near congested traffic you look out for anyone making progress through/near it.
Is this a sucky junction design thing?
Horace and the Spiders.
Repton
April 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Horace and the Spiders.
If you ever feared that Bluesky might not have people assuming the worst possible interpretation of a post and piling on, look at the replies and be reassured.
if I find any of you buying this man’s book we’re going to have words
April 1, 2024 at 11:19 AM
If you ever feared that Bluesky might not have people assuming the worst possible interpretation of a post and piling on, look at the replies and be reassured.
Reposted by Simon Frankau
4x4 core memory board with LCD display. The cores are available today in digikey, Laird 25T0135-60P, and are not deadstock ones.
I made the number of turns for a core two for column and row lines because coercive force Hc of the core material is high.
I made the number of turns for a core two for column and row lines because coercive force Hc of the core material is high.
February 12, 2024 at 9:05 AM
4x4 core memory board with LCD display. The cores are available today in digikey, Laird 25T0135-60P, and are not deadstock ones.
I made the number of turns for a core two for column and row lines because coercive force Hc of the core material is high.
I made the number of turns for a core two for column and row lines because coercive force Hc of the core material is high.
Right! I think the last few people I want to follow from Twitter are either on Bsky or Fedi, and I've finally got the Bsky app installed (which apparently can't manage word wrap?!), so let's see if I can actually make a proper break this time...
November 29, 2023 at 5:59 PM
Right! I think the last few people I want to follow from Twitter are either on Bsky or Fedi, and I've finally got the Bsky app installed (which apparently can't manage word wrap?!), so let's see if I can actually make a proper break this time...
Gotta say, Bluesky is more bare-bones than I thought it'd be, mostly UI polish. Still, it's got the things a social network needs, and moreover what it has... seems to mostly make sense (not that I've pushed into corners, yet). cf Mastodon having weird stuff that doesn't. Use-case-driven dev FTW.
June 15, 2023 at 10:50 AM
Gotta say, Bluesky is more bare-bones than I thought it'd be, mostly UI polish. Still, it's got the things a social network needs, and moreover what it has... seems to mostly make sense (not that I've pushed into corners, yet). cf Mastodon having weird stuff that doesn't. Use-case-driven dev FTW.
Hello, Bluesky. If you're wondering what I'm like, the first thing I did was try to get my profile banner to clip correctly. It's not even a good banner, it just looks really bad if clipped. It took far too much work.
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June 14, 2023 at 6:41 PM
Hello, Bluesky. If you're wondering what I'm like, the first thing I did was try to get my profile banner to clip correctly. It's not even a good banner, it just looks really bad if clipped. It took far too much work.
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