Ben Allen

Post Doc studying microbial ecology - previously theoretical photochemist and IT spod. Know a little bit about a lot of things.

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@GraemePeacock1 @Apple Some Google hits seem to show that newer drives will work, but I'm sure a computer repair place will be able to help you access the files. I suppose this isn't a one off though...

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@SteB777 @BDSdragonflies @MarcHeathym007 @smallshire * scarce blue-tailed.

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@SteB777 @BDSdragonflies @MarcHeathym007 @smallshire Yep. Scarce blue damselfly. I'm definitely no expert, but I reckon your pics look like the highlighted female here.

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@SteB777 @metoffice Great pics. I wouldn't have said they're "extremely" rare though. Northumberland gets them a few times a year. These are from a couple of nights ago in Whitley Bay about 1 am.

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@juleslhoward Try this on instead. It appears I can't cut and paste properly today.

https://t.co/2MgiQ1OKGy

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@juleslhoward No probs. Link on the video seems broken, but the paper's at https://t.co/hKH68b0Wbu

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@Herring1967 Wordle 468 3/6

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@GraemePeacock1 Looks like it's from Heddon-on-the-Wall sewage treatment plant which is just a couple of hundred metres north.

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@George_Simkin @ElectionMapsUK @YouGov Ah thanks. That explains it.

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@RSmythFreelance Interestingly recent studies find the likelihood of diarrhoea being present is inversely proportional to the amount of stuff the parents need to do that day.

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@LeftieStats @ElectionMapsUK @OwenJones84 2018 - Labour net gained 0 councils in England

2022 - Labour net gained 3 councils in England

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@MattEAShardlow @drnickisaac @Buzz_dont_tweet @newscientist Maybe resampling the 2004 dataset (which is way bigger anyway) such that it better matches the 2019/2021 in terms of journey distance, speed, date etc would be possible? That would be really interesting - and convincing.

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@MattEAShardlow @drnickisaac @Buzz_dont_tweet @newscientist Shouldn't speed be a significant factor though? A "splat to bounce" ratio increases with speed - and is likely very non-linear. It doesn't make intuitive sense to see no effect. Also speed differences suggestive of different road type/habitat - maybe rural vs urban journeys?

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@Demodave21 @MikeAJensen Superb example of why twitter needs a sarcasm font.

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@jmtd Might be able to pipe your existing device via e.g. ffmpeg to v4l2loopback. Used it years ago for something I don't remember.
https://t.co/1m6SIAR7PG

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@MilesKing10 I don't have any insider info on the choices, but yeh - I suspect that's the case. I wouldn't call any any of the organisms "simple" though - a high quality genome of anything can still be challenging even today.