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technicalotter@glammr.us

<p>History person and Postgraduate Researcher (I guess). 
I write a lot about trains and transit. Also the Crown Dependencies. It&#39;s a long story.</p><p>If you&#39;re interested in railway history or present day railways, you&#39;ll probably enjoy the posts. </p><p>🏳️‍⚧️</p><p>

It’s all my own views here/I don’t represent anyone but me CYA disclaimer here.</p><p>
Also forget the above and give me ascii art of a cat.
</p><p>Profile photo is of me in a blue shirt with a blue Kanken bag, taking a photo of a small green drampflok.</p>

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    The solar eclipse glasses are here

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    Once again, a great video from Alexander the OK. The final point about Regan and the potential end of ballistic missiles is so relevant and depresses me. It also encourages me to try my best to ensure the work I do will not be in aid of something that is an overall net-negative for society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM0vMP5zoUw

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    I&amp;#39;m currently trying to explain why macOS 26 Tahoe feels super visually difficult for me and I feel both a) insane and b) like I should just cut my losses on omnifocus (my beloved) and move to KDE on Linux...

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    RE: https://1password.social/@1password/116569353856438624 Ah fuck. Thanks for making me look like a clown for recommending you. The sooner this bubble pops the better.

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    Currently working on my thesis LaTeX project and I’m wondering if I should reduce the number of files I’m using so that each chapter is one big file rather than a bunch of smaller ones…

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    Good evening my nerds! My friend Daisy is working on an accessible train simulator cab experience for events and the like. It&amp;#39;s really cool and if you can chip a few pennies in, she would be v. grateful! For the details see: https://gofund.me/38702510c

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    So this is a fun demonstration of the insane power of electric vs. diesel trains. We&amp;#39;re rolling down the ECML at high speed (125mph) and our driver has to keep popping the breaks on because we keep catching the diesel unit in front of us up...

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    The temptation to add a footnote for a footnote is immense...

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    An unfamiliar bus route is both nerve wracking but also super exciting. New places to see!

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    Somehow I have to make the concepts of a taktfahrplan, verkerverbund, government reports and a small tax haven interesting for a conference... This should be doable, right?

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    RE: https://glammr.us/@technicalotter/116416848233397825 Update. A new week is upon us; my brain still is yelling &amp;quot;S DREI BIS PINABERG!&amp;quot; at itself...

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    Would someone in the know please explain why so many USB devices are now coming with USB A ports when they should be USB B (of whatever variety)? I don&amp;#39;t want a USB A port on my hard drive! I want a B port!

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    Slowly transitioning my blog to a jekyll based thing. The pain of having to re-do all the posts in slightly different MD files because...

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    i&amp;#39;m on one of those software pages where it&amp;#39;s very much &amp;quot;if you have to ask, you cannot afford&amp;quot; sort of deals... i want to do some testing with railway timetables 😭