Category: Personal
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LayoffBot - eliminating the human in human resources
In a perfect example of gallows humour, a friend shared with me a satirical (I hope?) website about an AI service for performing bulk redundancies. Alarmingly, compared to my recent experience, it doesn't sound completely bad...
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The call is coming from inside the house
Kellie Peterson, in response to Automattic's mass layoffs and the drama that's followed, lays into Matt Mullenweg and others in company leadership.
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8-year-old, looking like a haystack: "Why do I have to brush my hair? I did it yesterday!"
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Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437?
There's a small house ( ⌂ ) in the middle of IBM's infamous character set Code Page 437. "Small house"—that's the official IBM name given to the glyph at code position 0x7F, where a control character for "Delete" (DEL) should logically exist. It's cute, but a little strange. I wonder, how did it … -
Did not find GC2WTXD JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~Pumping Station
This checkin to GC2WTXD JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~Pumping Station reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Might be here, or quite possibly was shaken loose by last season's trimming and pollarding and it's now who knows where. Too many disappointing DNFs in this series which, coupled with the increasing rain, feels …
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Found GC2WTZE JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~Forest View
This checkin to GC2WTZE JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~Forest View reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Huge thanks (and a big thumbs up) to Saintsalive1 for the replacement cache container; what a great hiding spot. Rain is starting, I'd better pick up the pace if I'm going to stay dry. TFTC! …
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Did not find GC2WTZK JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~Oak Gate
This checkin to GC2WTZK JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~Oak Gate reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. As others have observed, container (previously destroyed) is now completely absent. Needs replacement or archiving. Such a lovely area for a series; a shame to have so many spots made unavailable by the 0.1M circles …
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Did not find GC2WV01 JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~Field of Dreams
This checkin to GC2WV01 JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~Field of Dreams reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Made a search around the hint area but this one is nowhere to be seen. Based on the string of recent DNFs, it's probably gone or else so deeply buried that it'll never be …
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Found GC3110V JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~I 'OAK' THIS
This checkin to GC3110V JOIN UP THE NUDDSY'S~I 'OAK' THIS reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Woke early and unrested, grumpy and tired, after staying nearby, and figured a pre-breakfast walk through these fields might nice my mood. Coordinates pointed right to a candidate hiding spot that set my geosense …
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White's move. Mate in three. A giant chessboard is the perfect environment to teach a child some basic chess strategy, right?
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A girl studies a chessboard on a lawn, watched over by two men: Dan and JTA.
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While adding an entry to OpenBenches (openbenches.org/bench/36677), I was struck by how much of an impact this woman - Jane Gregg - must have made on her local community.
In this community garden in Bampton, in the Lake District, a bench dedicated to her includes not only a plaque summarising her achievements but it's also been hand-carved with the words "Jane an amazing human."
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Top of a simple wooden bench; an attached brass plaque on the front side can be seen, but is illegible from this angle. But on the top, somebody has carved "Jane an amazing human."
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Brought the kids up Knipe Scar with limited and challenging art materials (huge sheets of paper and thick marker pens) for a lesson in drawing what a landscape makes you feel, rather than focusing on what you can actually see.
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Two children on a rocky green hillside each draw on a sheet of A1 paper.
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"I know that losing your job was hard," my 8-year-old said to me this evening, "So you can borrow this." He handed me his newest soft toy.
"It'll help you feel better when you're sad. Keep him for the week."
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'Squishmallow' soft toy in the shape of a fat snake with a starry belly, sitting on a grey pillow.
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Found GC47GDB Kiln Crag - Knipescar
A bit of an adventure! I first approached this cliffside cache from above, which turned out to be a mistake, but a climb from below was also initially fruitless because the cache had fallen from its hiding place, perhaps some time this winter. Delightful fun.
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Found GC1DH2A Knipe Scar - Haweswater View
Never one to let a hard day's voluntary work keep me from a geocaching expedition, this afternoon I took a hot brisk walk up the scar to find this (and hopefully next another nearby!) cache. Caught my breath sitting on a rock near the GZ, before pressing on. SL, TNLN, TFTC. FP awarded for such a delightful spot.