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Jaap Burger @burger-jaap.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4h

“Dunstan and Drew under-estimate the primary-energy efficiency of HPs relative to gas boilers by a factor of 2; they under-estimate the carbon intensity of the fuel used in conventional vehicles by a third; they under-estimate the primary-energy efficiency of EVs relative to conventional […]

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 9h

@clanger9 @burger_jaap I had thought the “marginal demand is 100% met by gas” fallacy had been debunked years ago, but apparently not 🫠

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 9h

@burger_jaap oh perfect, thank you! Only yesterday I was trying (and failing) to explain to an ex-power system engineer why the Dunstan and Drew analysis is wrong in multiple ways. This is a really helpful reference 👍

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Jaap Burger @burger-jaap.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h

“we show that even if HPs and EVs were powered solely by gas-fired power stations, they would use half as much fossil fuel as modern gas boilers or combustion-engine vehicles.” iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/…

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Lovely #repaircafe today in Chester on international #repair day. Thank you to all our volunteers and visitors on our 2nd birthday! 🎂🙏

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

A Saturday email that makes my chores easier. I want to extend this to my fellow maintainers in these testing times; I'm not doing curl by myself. Hi Daniel, With all the nonsense going on related to AI slop bug reporting and PRs, just looking in from the outside is exhausting, I imagine it […]

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Atle 🧇🧅 @atlefren.snabelen.no.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Bill Watterson: fortsatt like relevant!

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Crikey, this #nottotp Disco At The BBC is incredible

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Well that was broadly underwhelming. Excellent bants, tho. Same time next week, pop tarts? #totp

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

It's kinda heading downhill towards the 90's isn't it? Still, here's some Farian Svengali pop to save things #totp

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

There are times when watching #totp that I question my life choices. This is one of those times.

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Oh, fantastic! Love me a bit of Bad Manners #totp

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Definitely got the Youth Opportunity apprentice on sound tonight #totp

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

TV: "Do you all like Showaddywaddy??!" Audience: ...world's smallest cheer 😂

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Sound engineer is all over the place this ep. First they forget the title music, now they've got the audience mic open 🫠 #totp

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Ah, apparently I missed Fat Les too. So there's that.

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Typical. I go and do the chores - and miss Kelis 🙄 #totp

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Ugh, 45 minutes of thin, 2000s gruel? I think I have some important chores to do... #totp

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Totally not my music, but I remember liking this. Still do! #totp

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 16/10/2026

Guardian last month: "Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges" FT this week: "How will Big Oil spend its $32bn Iran war windfall?"

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@minmi Absolutely this. On the surface, it usually reads OK. It’s only when you actually try to read it in detail, you notice the random switches in terminology, style and syntax that make it really difficult to parse. It’s also quite capable of logically contradicting itself within the same […]

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MinmiTheDino @minmi.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

There is something uniquely difficult to me about reading LLM generated text. I find myself going over it many times until I can understand. I think text written without actual understanding is very easy to skim, but very hard to understand. Does anyone else find this?

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Tim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Today is FORTRAN’s 70th birthday; its reference manual “appeared in a glossy cover, handsomely printed, with the date October 15, 1956.” softwarepreservation.computerhistor… (The actual software wasn’t released till the following year) No longer […]

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

When a CEO is spreading ridiculous-sounding claims that he refuses to back up with, you know, evidence -- here's a prime example -- there is a journalistic responsibility not to play along. Spoiler: Journalists almost ALWAYS play along, because lol clicks.

Business Insider headline: "Palantir CTO says some AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer"

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Now that I have it running well again, I took the MG TD to Wednesday night’s MG club meeting and was rewarded with a good sunset picture. Oct. 13, 2026. Farmington Hills, Michigan. #photography #car #cars #mg #mgtd #lbc #autumn #fall #michigan #weirdcarmastodon

Photograph of a 1950 MG TD with a setting sun behind.

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

AI question (sorry): if someone has made one of those vibe-coded “standalone” .html web apps, is there any way to find out which AI was used to generate it? I’ve got one here and there are *zero* identifying attributes in the HTML code that can see 🙄

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C. @cazabon.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

"What'd you do today?" "I learned how to shout "Oh FFS" exasperatedly in 29 different languages." "Seems like that'll come in useful." "Already has." "Got a URL?" Original Mastodon thread: things.uk/@eclectech/11707185956944… Resulting art: eclectech.co.uk/ffs […]

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Chris Nelder 🤘 @chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

By popular demand, this episode is built on a lecture I gave at Oxford three years ago, and subsequently around the world. It’s time to learn how to fight the fossil fuel industry and win!

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

It’s International #repair Day on Saturday! It’s also the second birthday of our little #repaircafe in Chester. 🎂143 fixes and counting. If you’re in the area, do come along and bring us things to fix 🛠️ repairday.org

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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 14/10/2026

Construction trucks leaving Bloor and Islington area after being successfully deterred from starting work on removing bike lanes in Toronto by a large protest.

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Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 @migueldeicaza.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

I love many Apple products, but we should acknowledge that their cute UI to make six-digit codes input, has inspired every website to copy the cute little boxes, botch basic input, and declare a national emergency the moment you try to use paste.

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Massimo :bot: @rainmaker1973.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Corvids are widely considered some of the smartest animals on Earth, with cognitive abilities that rival those of great apes and young human children. Their problem-solving skills, use of tools, make them standout subjects in animal intelligence research.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

No no no. I am about to write out 500 times "I do not **NEED** yet more stuff, no matter how much I want it."

A flyer for an auction of surplus equipment following the BBC's vacation of its Maida Vale studios.

The flyer shows musical instruments, amplifiers, loudspeakers and large amounts of other electronic equipment. It all looks very interesting and fascinating.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Putin has not funded disruption and chaos across Europe and the UK solely to weaken his enemies. He also knows that disruption and chaos favour the far right. And the far right loves Putin. It will abandon Ukraine and build him a highway into Europe.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

"why does the fridge have an internet connection?" "So it can download security updates" "Why does it need security updates?" "To protect against new vulnerabilities" "Surely if we didn't connect it to the internet, we wouldn't need that..." "Oh"

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

One of the things I really like about #TheRegister is that they put out articles like this one, which is basically an easy-to-comprehend history lesson about how an important part of the internet works. Critically important and fundamental, yet most of us don't even give it a second thought. The […]

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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

The films Hollywood should have made! Get this for the film fan in your life. It’s excellent. And not AI generated 👌https://lostfilmsbook.store/

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