Notices by Alisdair Calder McGregor (a_c_mcgregor@topspicy.social)

@foone the main advantage of Celcius is it's much easier to convert to Kelvin.

Seeing Fahrenheit in a paper induces a kind of mental wince in me because it's almost always a signal that some bullshit unit like "foot-pounds" is going to make an appearance.

Metric all the things.

@foone are they all active?

Apparently the Tories are having difficulty raising money for essentials.

Welcome to our world, fuckers!

#UKPol #UKPolitics #GeneralElection #GE2024

Hey UK peoples; sign this:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/661601

Petition: Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards

#TransRights #FuckTheTories

@foone The Quickening plays hell with sensitive electronics.

@foone Ahhh, the classic old design of having all the heaviest parts of the PC at the top of a very tall case.

@foone you say at one point that there's only one pre defined colour (black), and then later have two (black & white)

Also I have to wonder how it would react the Hexadecimal colours

@foone Terry Pratchett was once giving an interview, and the interviewer asked him

"Terry, why do you have six monitors?"

Terry thought for a moment and replied

"Because I don't have enough room for eight."

#GNUTerryPratchett

This is both hilarious and evil (seen elsewhere, no idea where it's from; the sqword.com game is fun though)

@foone Why would you have 32 different versions of complete transparency?