Bob Salmon
@bobsalmon.bsky.social
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I sometimes blog at RandomTechThoughts.blog
I sometimes blog at RandomTechThoughts.blog
Tell me your colleagues are cats without telling me your colleagues are cats (who can talk or type).
August 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Tell me your colleagues are cats without telling me your colleagues are cats (who can talk or type).
Rage Against The Machine - I think the machine in question was printers.
August 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Rage Against The Machine - I think the machine in question was printers.
If their usage of it were err... random, then there would eventually be periods of sustained high usage (before reverting to closer to the mean). So is their use of stochastic stochastic? (Not a pair of words I ever expected to put together.)
June 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If their usage of it were err... random, then there would eventually be periods of sustained high usage (before reverting to closer to the mean). So is their use of stochastic stochastic? (Not a pair of words I ever expected to put together.)
Physics says that the longer the pipe the more torque it puts on your mouth. Was this a form of weight training for jaw muscles?
May 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Physics says that the longer the pipe the more torque it puts on your mouth. Was this a form of weight training for jaw muscles?
I thought it was soil with the appropriate drainage, moisture, pH and nutrients.
May 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I thought it was soil with the appropriate drainage, moisture, pH and nutrients.
That reminds me of a lovely video about how tails help fish to swim quickly, via pushing balls down into water and letting them bob up again: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYDh...
How do fish swim so quickly?
YouTube video by Numberphile
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May 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
That reminds me of a lovely video about how tails help fish to swim quickly, via pushing balls down into water and letting them bob up again: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYDh...
I know that the pen is mightier than the sword, but I'm covering all the bases
May 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I know that the pen is mightier than the sword, but I'm covering all the bases
To misquote Monty Python: It's written 'luxury jet' but it's pronounced 'Pocket-stuffer Griftbag'.
May 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
To misquote Monty Python: It's written 'luxury jet' but it's pronounced 'Pocket-stuffer Griftbag'.
Wonderful! It reminds me of one of these en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travers...
Traverse board - Wikipedia
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May 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Wonderful! It reminds me of one of these en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travers...
The Magnificent Fourteen.
Ten Children and Those.
The 78 Steps.
The Sixth Man.
If it extended to TV, that could mean: Blackadder Goes Eighth.
Ten Children and Those.
The 78 Steps.
The Sixth Man.
If it extended to TV, that could mean: Blackadder Goes Eighth.
May 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Magnificent Fourteen.
Ten Children and Those.
The 78 Steps.
The Sixth Man.
If it extended to TV, that could mean: Blackadder Goes Eighth.
Ten Children and Those.
The 78 Steps.
The Sixth Man.
If it extended to TV, that could mean: Blackadder Goes Eighth.
Don't forget the nasal septum. It's the drummer of the academic zoom nose world, in the background while the nostrils get all the attention like the lead singer and guitarist.
May 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Don't forget the nasal septum. It's the drummer of the academic zoom nose world, in the background while the nostrils get all the attention like the lead singer and guitarist.
One of the tastier ways to eat your words
April 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
One of the tastier ways to eat your words
Looks like he's getting ready to cook a nice book kebab.
April 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Looks like he's getting ready to cook a nice book kebab.
Also, doesn't it risk cannibalising the X/Truth Social market? How much appetite is there actually for "free speech"? There's only so much faux victimhood to go around.
April 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Also, doesn't it risk cannibalising the X/Truth Social market? How much appetite is there actually for "free speech"? There's only so much faux victimhood to go around.
Is she based in the USA these days? If so, it could be called: Lettuce from America.
April 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Is she based in the USA these days? If so, it could be called: Lettuce from America.
Unless you get help from e.g. flying creatures lifting the boat, I thought it was when the boat's displacement was greater than its weight: www.britannica.com/video/Discus...
Why Do Objects Float or Sink in Water? Buoyancy | Britannica
Learn what determines whether an object in water will float or sink.
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April 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Unless you get help from e.g. flying creatures lifting the boat, I thought it was when the boat's displacement was greater than its weight: www.britannica.com/video/Discus...
There's a special skill in being able to make a 3d object (jeans in this case) from 2d objects, including remembering seam allowance etc. Next level is knitting: 1d object (yarn) -> 2d -> 3d (socks, tea cosy etc.) All power to them.
March 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
There's a special skill in being able to make a 3d object (jeans in this case) from 2d objects, including remembering seam allowance etc. Next level is knitting: 1d object (yarn) -> 2d -> 3d (socks, tea cosy etc.) All power to them.
It's also an illustration of how hard it is for little children to know where their coif is, let alone have it on their head. This is a universal truth that transcends social class.
March 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's also an illustration of how hard it is for little children to know where their coif is, let alone have it on their head. This is a universal truth that transcends social class.
Nice illustration of the tang vs. blade (like root vs. above ground parts of a plant or tree). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_(t...
Tang (tools) - Wikipedia
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March 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Nice illustration of the tang vs. blade (like root vs. above ground parts of a plant or tree). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_(t...