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Elon hitting an SI order of magnitude in net worth means we can start paying for groceries in Picomusks now.

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@standupmaths have you ever tried doing something nerdy in astrophotography before? If you pull it off they might rename a 90% partial to a ‘Parker eclipse’ in your honour…

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In the evening of August 12, 2026 a (-90%) eclipse will be visible across the UK. During the eclipse, a number of Starlink satellites will transit across the face of the sun as seen from the ground.

Anyone along these paths could capture the astronomy photo of their lives!

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One of the paths lies just 20km from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich (the home of British astronomy). The event may even be visible from the observatory itself. @ROGAstronomers I urge you to see if it’s possible.

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@holland_tom @TheRestHistory Great listen (and something never taught about in the anglosphere)!

The first time I had ever heard of Caporetto was an Italian mate of mine describing a football match they lost. In Italian today the word itself just means catastrophic defeat - Italian ‘Waterloo’.

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@Raspberry_Pi A lot of your hobbyist fans are beginners. I think examples can be inspiring and encouraging, whereas a flood of technical language can be a bit over whelming…

Really encouraged by this pod in any case, and intrigued to see what comes next!

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@Raspberry_Pi Great to see this! Lots of discussion on new specs and features in the abstract, but would really like to see / hear some real use cases. Could you maybe demo some projects that make use of these next time?

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@real1314 @BBCNewsnight Alas, the gov claims the interest as ‘profit’ for accounting purposes re: fiscal rules etc. They will presumably count the wiping as a ‘loss’. This means that the interest is very real and impacts the government’s borrowing costs. More interest, more tax.

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@BBCNewsnight We can choose to lower rates now before this turns into a financial catastrophe. Otherwise we will have a generation that will be unable to save enough during their peak earning years, presumably when state pensions will be much less generous.

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@BBCNewsnight The interest rates are vitally important. The cost to the taxpayer of wiping £100ks per student in ~20 years will be gargantuan, and the taxpayers du jour will be the plan 2 cohort! Their 9% loan will surely be replaced with a commensurate rise in income tax!

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@googleaccess could you have a look?

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@googlechrome - your new update has disabled dark mode extensions when viewing PDFs! Makes reading impossible with a visual impairment! Please fix this, having to manage with Edge now as a workaround is awful 😭

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@Popeyes

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We had a fried chicken store called Pope Yes this whole time and we're surprised when he turns out to be an American? It's been staring us in the face all along...

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@levelsio @GrandNagus_ What were the biggest problems you had with your first projects? What would you tell your starter self to do from day 0?

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@MistralAI Are there docs anywhere for using the API for image generation? Or is it only available via Le Chat?

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@MistralAI Very cool! Will be sure to try this out for some upcoming projects...

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@holland_tom Historical Hypothetical - Would the Ancient Greeks think we're a bit simple for our animal names? Researchers study for years and come up with names like "scary lizard" and "Darwin's wings"

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@NateSilver538 Is there data on how registered dems differ in their opinions vs independents? Theres a decent probability an open primary doesn’t result in a candidate with more moderate (and more widely popular) positions, just another party favourite…

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@PatrickEBoyle Love your vids Patrick! I ask my US colleagues about their views on the economy and they always give negative views- it’s all groceries and gas prices. “If wages go up, the employee earned it, if gas goes up, it’s the presidents fault.” Inflation is a real mood killer.