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  • NickFitz
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    Did a bit of mucking around with Swift. It occurred to me that you can extend built-in stuff, including defining arithmetic operators. This has led to code dealing with graphical objects becoming much simpler as I can now do things like multiplying a rectangle by 2 to make it twice as big, rather than having to explicitly perform the individual operations on its width and height

    And after that, I read some more of Ambient

    Thursday tomorrow!

    Goodnight all

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  • NickFitz
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    Tea has been chicken in red wine sauce with chips and peas

    Accompanying this, the second episode of the Bin Laden thing on Netflix

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  • sadkingbilly
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post


    Morning all

    Dull, overcast. Currently 13 degrees and that's the high for the day. Rain expected off and on all day. Barometer down to 1000 mBar.

    Sunrise 06:50; Sunset 16:39 GMT

    My car is ready for collection! Except I can't pick it up until Friday afternoon.
    can't your driver pick it up?

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  • NickFitz
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    Lunch: a couple of spicy chicken thighs, from the batch I can't remember the seasoning of. Shame - they were nice, so I wouldn't mind making them again

    After a morning of many meetings, it'll soon be an afternoon of many meetings. I think I'll just about manage to cram in an hour or two of actually doing stuff, if I try

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  • xoggoth
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    Nowt on next few days, suppose I can take annoying loony lady 3 out. She seems very isolated.

    Bit creepy, hardly ever use facebook, but just had a popup Facebook notification to "friend" someone who's dead! Turns out it's a bloke with same name that I don't know.

    Been fannying around using html canvas to make an alternative to Bing Maps API which ends soon. Need it to check photo locations on the map for my council footpath inspections. Almost there.

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  • ladymuck
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    Morning all

    Dull, overcast. Currently 13 degrees and that's the high for the day. Rain expected off and on all day. Barometer down to 1000 mBar.

    Sunrise 06:50; Sunset 16:39 GMT

    My car is ready for collection! Except I can't pick it up until Friday afternoon.

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Morning.

    Wednesday. Should have done the washing yesterday.

    Grey.

    Dark.

    Drizzly.

    Sunless.

    Chilly in here at 16.8 deg, 15.5 in the kitchen, 14 in the leanto.

    996 mBar, 29.4 in Hg, 747 Torr, 14.445 psi, (down from 999 last night), 64% RH (Lidl electric).

    Meanwhile on the 26th of February 2020 NF found it cold taking the bins out, AndyGarbs got a century, Brillo and BR14 popped in, WTFH had injections from the dental hygienist, much to LM's puzzlement.

    Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: The fishing thing: today: rescuing small boat migrants out of the channel, the RNR and trawler mine sweepers and Q boats.

    House roughly vacced, mostly due to boredom.

    Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the sunshine. Unabbreviated due to a fallen tree on the hill down to the lock, thusly preventing the abbreviation I'd have preferred.

    Tea: battered haddock/cod. Nice enough.

    Entertainment: PM.

    Crash Detectives: pair of lunes on an uninsured motorbike that the rider had no license for, was pissed up twice the limit and on ketamine and cocaine ride across a T junction straight into a pillar: amazingly both survived though I suspect the rider left most of his testicles on the tank of the bike judging by the dent. 2nd part: chap drives into a truck parked in a layby thusly nearly killing his lady passenger when the passenger side of the car was removed. If he hadn't jerked the wheel she'd have lost her head.

    The Nazi programme. Trains.

    Archeology: well it's on.

    BBC Alba: Untold Arctic Cold War E2 of 6. Finland, Sweden, Norway etc.

    Thatcher's Downfall. I'm sure that should be a meme on youtube too. .

    Blaze: Unexplained Mysteries of the Universe with the WWWC's avatar.

    I see that the council are contemplating a Neath Transport Hub: you really couldn't make this tulip up. Who in their right mind would want to come to Neath?

    I remember the last Brilliant Idea they had: making The Croft and The Parade (currently one way & have been so for decades) two way for buses only. That one didn't fly either.
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 22:08.

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  • WTFH
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    Morning all
    Overcast but dry, and pleasantly warm on our walk, the radar shows that we are in the gap between two weather fronts, so rain is expected later.

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  • NickFitz
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    Morning denizens

    Rainy grey start today, though the wind's eased off. Currently 9°C ("feels like" 6°) with an expected high of just 11°; the barometers are down a bit at 988/996mB. Rain (current likelihood: 100%) will probably peter out towards lunchtime - 55% towards noon, then none in the afternoon

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  • NickFitz
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    More RealityKit stuff played with this evening

    Later, I finished Heathern and moved straight on to Ambient. It's clear that William Gibson was mistaken and this is the third Dryco book (though the first written)

    Wednesday tomorrow, and it's sprint end so loads of meetings are scheduled

    Goodnight all

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  • NickFitz
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    Tea has been lamb steaks with chips and beans

    I seasoned the steaks with a bit of ras-el-hanout before frying them. Turned out very nice indeed

    This was accompanied by more of the Netflix hunt for Bin Laden thing

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  • NickFitz
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    Another day done

    Despite a plethora of meetings, I had about an hour free this afternoon to get some really good work done. Very pleased with it

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  • sadkingbilly
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    Actually got some proper wok done this morning
    despite the PM.

    Lunch was Penne with Pesto and Parmesan, - should Prevent Piss Poor Performance, I hope.

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  • NickFitz
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    Lunch: roast beef bap (white)

    And before that, I popped round to the chemist's for the usual monthly stuff. Quite a nice day in terms of the visuals, but I wore the warm coat because it's pretty chilly too

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  • ladymuck
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    Scrambled eggs on toast for a late breakfast / early lunch.

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