Reuben Thomas

Short moves, long game. I sing as I cycle.
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I maintain a bunch of free software, mostly in the area of build systems and text processing. Please support my work! https://t.co/W1zPEhoTzJ

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Got to be happy with a job where I can dash off a quick email asking "please can I have a version of that image BUT WITH BADGERS?".

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@BenJackson10304 @life_yorks69441 @FergusMason25 @Helen11965327 @RedLipRiots Because they worked for our army.

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I have questions about the design of coffee table books: definitely book design (not graphic design), but with relatively little text (on most pages) and images dominant. (The actual texts are art lectures). Good authorities to consult?

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@thomas_law4805 @SamuelSage77 @ryanssking1 @MostlyMonkey That's exactly what's happened in my city: in the last 30 years, all through routes barred to private traffic 'cept taxis, and park & ride heavily encouraged. Traffic calming measures e.g. one-way roads means my city-centre apartment is quieter than the village I used to live in.

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@jaytheanglo @lotte_hughes @ZoeJardiniere Exactly, asylum seekers should be allowed to work and pay tax like the rest of us.

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@pringles_crisps @Seanchuckle I don't really understand this. I think most people act honestly whether or not they are being checked up on.

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@d00dlerz @Seanchuckle No. But I imagine there is evidence from other areas and/or the past when there was less scrutiny.

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@WhftOwner @JamCreamBun @SandyofSuffolk @coldasice58 @petesteven I have a fridge without a freezer compartment. Many freezer compartments are tiny and rubbish.

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I wrote a rocks-and-diamonds game in 1990, and now you can play it on today computers: https://t.co/AtJYX7bL4V Now with 10 new levels. Still available for RISC OS (and also Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux).

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@sentantiq Good advice. There may be a translation that resonates with you particularly; for example, I'm a big Pope fan, and his translation (OK, the translation he project-managed!) was a blast.

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Just heard for the first time an announcement that passengers should alight from the rear N coaches at a certain station (rather than the common front N). When is that done?

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@DrEugeniaCheng That escalated slowly!

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@LeaVerou @GingerSoul_Co @Adobe (at least, this is what I've found with my own books, but I'm no expert, just following others' recommendations…and as a big fan of Adobe Caslon, I'm following this thread with interest!)

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@LeaVerou @GingerSoul_Co @Adobe One's more likely to need a limited range of sizes for a printed book? Going by the range of recommended sizes for a multiple masters font, one might get away with a single size.

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@A_petretzikis I enjoy your recipes, but when I try to download the machine-readable to my recipe app, your web site refuses permission. Is this intentional?

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@fivemack @carolemadge The photo suggests it's a typo—looks like 2m would be enough what's shown underwater.

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@AlisonMLees @fivemack I also know that—I often cycle between Cambridge and North Herts, and it's quite the evolution.

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@Floop56273753 @david_pickworth @implausibleblog That's showing population density, not number of people.

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Some thought about my happy experiences of rewriting Vala into C such that users don't notice: https://t.co/1vyltywTz5