Chris Samuel
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RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@top_shelf/115579375086865455
I wonder what "lost cell phone coffee" tastes like?
I wonder what "lost cell phone coffee" tastes like?
live.acarsdrama.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@top_shelf/115579375086865455
I wonder what "lost cell phone coffee" tastes like?
I wonder what "lost cell phone coffee" tastes like?
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Andreas Dilger is now working for The Lustre Collective (https://thelustrecollective.com) after leaving DDN. I am glad to see his leadership continue to drive Lustre into the future. Say what you will about it, Lustre is the standard to which every other #hpc file system is compared.
#sc25
#sc25
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Andreas Dilger is now working for The Lustre Collective (https://thelustrecollective.com) after leaving DDN. I am glad to see his leadership continue to drive Lustre into the future. Say what you will about it, Lustre is the standard to which every other #hpc file system is compared.
#sc25
#sc25
Saw the #aurora from Ph iladelphia - barely visible to the unaided eye as a red/pink glow (after ducking down out of the way of a light) but could see it better on Marisol's iPhone! No longer visible here now sadly.
That's my first ever aurora... 🎉
That's my first ever aurora... 🎉
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Saw the #aurora from Ph iladelphia - barely visible to the unaided eye as a red/pink glow (after ducking down out of the way of a light) but could see it better on Marisol's iPhone! No longer visible here now sadly.
That's my first ever aurora... 🎉
That's my first ever aurora... 🎉
Today is Armistice Day - these are photos of my grandfather who was part of the BEF and served in France from 1916-1918 and thankfully returned home in 1919 with just a minor injury.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today is Armistice Day - these are photos of my grandfather who was part of the BEF and served in France from 1916-1918 and thankfully returned home in 1919 with just a minor injury.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
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While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Out for a walk today and came across a few crocus in flower - apparently there are some that do flower in autumn! #bloomscrolling
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Out for a walk today and came across a few crocus in flower - apparently there are some that do flower in autumn! #bloomscrolling
Autumn colours from this mornings walk on the edge of Philadelphia.
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Autumn colours from this mornings walk on the edge of Philadelphia.
Everyone hates rail replacement buses, but how do you fancy a rail replacement helicopter? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFgsUVF82OE #transport #avgeek
November 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Everyone hates rail replacement buses, but how do you fancy a rail replacement helicopter? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFgsUVF82OE #transport #avgeek
October 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I do like some of the NWS forecast discussions, for instance the current one from the Mount Holly office here covering the Philadelphia area starts:
"As I write this (early Tuesday afternoon), we are right in the middle of the nicest day for the entire forecast period... in other words, its all […]
"As I write this (early Tuesday afternoon), we are right in the middle of the nicest day for the entire forecast period... in other words, its all […]
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October 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I do like some of the NWS forecast discussions, for instance the current one from the Mount Holly office here covering the Philadelphia area starts:
"As I write this (early Tuesday afternoon), we are right in the middle of the nicest day for the entire forecast period... in other words, its all […]
"As I write this (early Tuesday afternoon), we are right in the middle of the nicest day for the entire forecast period... in other words, its all […]
This is a great article for folks interested in the history of computing. I’d come across Tommy Flowers in one of the books I have about Bletchley Park but nothing like this level of detail […]
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October 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is a great article for folks interested in the history of computing. I’d come across Tommy Flowers in one of the books I have about Bletchley Park but nothing like this level of detail […]
He who lives by the patent dies (metaphorically) by the patent. In a dispute over patents for railway wheels in the1830s an earlier patent holder challenged a later one over insufficient innovation. Though the earlier holder prevailed at first it went to a higher court where instead it was found […]
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October 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
He who lives by the patent dies (metaphorically) by the patent. In a dispute over patents for railway wheels in the1830s an earlier patent holder challenged a later one over insufficient innovation. Though the earlier holder prevailed at first it went to a higher court where instead it was found […]
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A prime minister is a minister that is not the product of two smaller ministers and thus is only divisible by 1 and itself.
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A prime minister is a minister that is not the product of two smaller ministers and thus is only divisible by 1 and itself.
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BBC: 'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-the-photo-showing-namibias-desert-lions-living-on-the-beach
#beach #lions
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-the-photo-showing-namibias-desert-lions-living-on-the-beach
#beach #lions
'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach
In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast and are now thriving as the world's only maritime lions.
www.bbc.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BBC: 'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-the-photo-showing-namibias-desert-lions-living-on-the-beach
#beach #lions
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-the-photo-showing-namibias-desert-lions-living-on-the-beach
#beach #lions
A bit of aircraft history today - BA Concorde G-BOAB ("Alpha Bravo") at LHR, seen from inside AA737 taxiing from Terminal 3 to the runway to head back to Philly. #avgeek
October 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A bit of aircraft history today - BA Concorde G-BOAB ("Alpha Bravo") at LHR, seen from inside AA737 taxiing from Terminal 3 to the runway to head back to Philly. #avgeek
Ducks 6 (cars) - Humans 0.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-10/ducks-crossing-kwinana-freeway-cause-pile-up-/105877568
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-10/ducks-crossing-kwinana-freeway-cause-pile-up-/105877568
Family of ducks crossing Perth freeway cause peak-hour pile up
Six cars are caught in a pile-up as a family of ducks attempts to cross busy Kwinana Freeway during the morning peak hour in Perth.
www.abc.net.au
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ducks 6 (cars) - Humans 0.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-10/ducks-crossing-kwinana-freeway-cause-pile-up-/105877568
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-10/ducks-crossing-kwinana-freeway-cause-pile-up-/105877568
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For those of a certain age (and taste in music). 😃 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-20/pink-floyd-wish-you-were-here-turns-50/105782374
The best use of "Shine on" I've seen was to accompany a demonstration by a low-speed aerobatic team at the annual air show at RAF St Athans in south Wales […]
The best use of "Shine on" I've seen was to accompany a demonstration by a low-speed aerobatic team at the annual air show at RAF St Athans in south Wales […]
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September 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
For those of a certain age (and taste in music). 😃 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-20/pink-floyd-wish-you-were-here-turns-50/105782374
The best use of "Shine on" I've seen was to accompany a demonstration by a low-speed aerobatic team at the annual air show at RAF St Athans in south Wales […]
The best use of "Shine on" I've seen was to accompany a demonstration by a low-speed aerobatic team at the annual air show at RAF St Athans in south Wales […]
Did you hear about the Charles Dickens / Douglas Adams crossover book?
It’s called “A Towel of Two Cities”
It’s called “A Towel of Two Cities”
September 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Did you hear about the Charles Dickens / Douglas Adams crossover book?
It’s called “A Towel of Two Cities”
It’s called “A Towel of Two Cities”
Woken just before 6am by the earthquake alert from MyShake about the 4.4 quake that was about to happen in Berkeley. Had forgotten I had that on my phone! 😅
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Woken just before 6am by the earthquake alert from MyShake about the 4.4 quake that was about to happen in Berkeley. Had forgotten I had that on my phone! 😅
Currently being buzzed in Chestnut Hill by a pair of military aircraft in close formation doing racetracks to the north of Philly. Presumably stooging around waiting for the time to do a flyover of the Eagles game today. Random hex ID so no ID. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=~27a10e
September 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Currently being buzzed in Chestnut Hill by a pair of military aircraft in close formation doing racetracks to the north of Philly. Presumably stooging around waiting for the time to do a flyover of the Eagles game today. Random hex ID so no ID. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=~27a10e
Melbourne is hosting the second world Tram Driver Championship in 2026! https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/20/world-tram-driver-championship-wowed-europe-now-australia-gearing-up-for-its-own
(the European competition expanded into a worldwide competition this year, held in […]
(the European competition expanded into a worldwide competition this year, held in […]
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September 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Melbourne is hosting the second world Tram Driver Championship in 2026! https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/20/world-tram-driver-championship-wowed-europe-now-australia-gearing-up-for-its-own
(the European competition expanded into a worldwide competition this year, held in […]
(the European competition expanded into a worldwide competition this year, held in […]
Paris 1900 - a very bonkers Olympics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2RiyuCFARI
September 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Paris 1900 - a very bonkers Olympics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2RiyuCFARI
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"CAN I TAKE YOUR ORDER?"
LA Times: Bear found behind the counter of a South Lake Tahoe ice cream shop
h/t @MsMerope
via
https://mindly.social/@DamonCrowley/115201032909554727
Reliable source […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
LA Times: Bear found behind the counter of a South Lake Tahoe ice cream shop
h/t @MsMerope
via
https://mindly.social/@DamonCrowley/115201032909554727
Reliable source […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
September 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"CAN I TAKE YOUR ORDER?"
LA Times: Bear found behind the counter of a South Lake Tahoe ice cream shop
h/t @MsMerope
via
https://mindly.social/@DamonCrowley/115201032909554727
Reliable source […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
LA Times: Bear found behind the counter of a South Lake Tahoe ice cream shop
h/t @MsMerope
via
https://mindly.social/@DamonCrowley/115201032909554727
Reliable source […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]