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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · Jul 14

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 53m

Armoured Assault - a tank battle game

And a Space Invaders type one

The promise of the cover vs the gameplay. Kids would be very upset today

Because you connected it to the TV it was a family affair for a lot of it. Timed between programs others wanted to watch

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1h

If COMMAND.COM was important it should have been .EXE so I wouldn't delete it to free up disk space

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1h

Our first computer. The spectravideo. I would copy out basic from a book into their compiler

Plus the whole family would play games together

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1h

The ancient Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier

The Rereading Wolfe Podcast | 重读沃尔夫播客 @rereadingwolfe.bsky.social · 3h

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1h

As I was saying to a friend

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 23h

gottem

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 11h

I find that having novel events extends this. Kids late in life has made my subjective experience suddenly feel much longer

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 11h

FWIW Huel's response here:

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 11h

Doesn't seem like extra lead acetate accumulates preferentially in sweet potatoes though

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Probing the effects of different lead compounds on the bioavailability of lead to plants

Lead (Pb) is an important pollutant and is released into the environment in many forms. Different lead compounds have a variety of solubilities and so…

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 11h

interesting. especially since lead acetate reportedly has a sweet flavour (why lead paint chips and kids don't mix)

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 13h

and we're back

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 14h

Lmao. Those eyes

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · May 27

What emotion is this?

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 23h

gottem

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

If you just change your perspective

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · Sep 5

Lead is a micronutrient

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

Ahead of my time

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

Dying in a car accident on the way to your euthanasia appointment is like God saying "you can't quit, you're fired"

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

Simcluster? I 'ardly...

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

Many curios. Much to ponder

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

if the time limit has not expired

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

We're all curios

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

Aren't you curios?

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

I am curios too

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

I am curios

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 1d

The bottom of the escalator was the tipping point

Stephen Kirchner @insteconomics.bsky.social · 1d

Was at an EIU conference once and they gave out free copies of Malcolm Gladwell’s latest. Saw a guy start reading it at the top of the escalator to the lobby only to then put it in the bin conveniently located at the bottom of the escalator.

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Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 2d

"and they built paradise
by covering a parking lot"

Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 2d

What is the biggest cost barrier to building solar panels over parking lots? It's a big enough scale, and a consistent enough form, that it should benefit from scale, and absolutely everybody would love to have a solar panel over their parking spot.

Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · 2d

The cover designer should be shot