Michael Saunby

Michael Saunby

@msaunby.bsky.social

Not an expert

110 Followers 185 Following 296 Posts Joined Oct 2023
23 hours ago

Ah, esphome devices will return to saved state, or default state, on reset. Depends on how you program them.

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1 day ago

Just power, or net connectivity too?

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4 days ago
A domestic cat, mistaken for some face-eating leopard.

British wildlife on our banknotes, you say? How about honouring our nation’s teeming population of leopards, panthers and pumas? There’s an extensive photographic record to draw from.

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4 days ago

It's Grok, she believes the craziest stuff.

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4 days ago

Kemi Badenoch's spokesman denies she is ashamed of British animals, after the Conservative party call the Bank of England's decision to put British wildlife on our banknotes "deeply depressing"

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4 days ago
“So AI’s actually getting stupider.”

Pedro Campos, Snail Farmer

AI Agent Begins Mining Crypto After Freeing Self https://theonion.com/ai-agent-begins-mining-crypto-after-freeing-self/

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1 week ago

Given that America is the biggest exporter of arms the world has ever known, does it really matter? It surely reflects the beliefs and priorities of the majority of American voters over many decades, even those too poor to invest.

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1 week ago
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1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

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2 weeks ago

Again!

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2 weeks ago

I remember when trying to forgive student loans was massive overreach of Presidential power.

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2 weeks ago

In computing, we take imagination and make it manifest in the form of software and hardware.

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2 weeks ago

Perhaps, but wasn't this established when tractors were far less powerful and struggled with heavier soils? Oh, and when throwing artificial fertilizer at well drained sandy soils wasn't thought to have any downside.

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Great to see that the National Soil Map will finally be made open data! www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2...

This is a crucial dataset that was generated under public contract, but remained proprietary for far too long. I've called for its release since 2016! - www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-so...

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2 weeks ago
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Nintendo: “Pokemon Are Real And You Can Eat Them”

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3 weeks ago

Unlikely. Full blown capitalism is much the same as fascism.

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3 weeks ago

It's chipped, so I reckon that's what "the authorities" would consider ownership. Also I don't see anyone else paying the vets bills.

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3 weeks ago

Or just keep the door shut. Our cat rarely comes into the house.

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3 weeks ago

Using our bee-tracking drone, we discovered that honey bees 🐝 have highly precise and individual routes. Now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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5 months ago

Half a dozen solar panels and a 5A charge rate will add about 20 miles during the sunniest part of each day. It really depends on where your car is during the middle of the day.

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5 months ago
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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5 months ago
Common lizard

Enjoying the sunshine

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5 months ago
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Feeling quite autumnal now

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6 months ago
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Been foraging

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6 months ago

Not changing every year, that is extreme, but leading major charities, universities, and perhaps even militaries and security services.

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6 months ago

An affordable remedy is an MBA from an elite university.

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6 months ago

Ok, I could have been more precise. There are many occupations where people have a skillset, but typically lack deep knowledge of the domain. Politics isn't unique in this respect.

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6 months ago

Qualified yes, those are the rules. Competent? Perhaps not always. Even teaching at uni I was asked what I wanted to teach, never what I was competent to teach.

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6 months ago

Have they never met a project manager, or salesperson, or teacher?

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7 months ago
YouTube
King & Conqueror - Series 1 | Trailer - BBC YouTube video by BBC

It me. Once again reminding you that every Norman horseman in this should be on a battle pony.

youtu.be/anS9xQEPTsU?...

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7 months ago
Two harvest mice in a field of ripened wheat. One has climbed the stalk to the ear and has started to nibble. The other looks on. 
Colour is provided by splashes of red from poppies in the field.

Harvest Mouse (1949)
Artist: Septimus Scott

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