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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

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@BashStKid@mastodon.online @quixoticgeek@social.v.st There is a large aging windfarm near me that has been running for more than 20 years and it gonna be recharged with new turbines. It will be half the amount of larger modern turbines than the current old ones. The capacity will double to a gigawatt. The recharge will take just under 10 years and cost £1.5 billion. Wind is a mature established technology that actually delivered. Nuclear in principle is fine but in the real world it is never lives up to the promises.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

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@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social jfc exactly. The whole point of pollution laws is to protect the environment or at least to prevent the cost caused by pollution from being externalised by the polluter to wider society. Where the power is used is irrelevant.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Off to vote in the Scottish Parliament elections.
For the uninitiated you can vote at age 16 and over, you get two votes.
One vote is a first past the post constituency vote for a candidate and the second is for a Party (or independent candidate) from a regional list.
Although not strictly PR, the system is designed give a more proportion outcome.
You also don't have to be "Scottish" to vote, just normally resident in Scotland and forfil the criterion that allows you to register to vote here.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

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@dan@m.danq.me Yup, I absolutely refuse to use any apps that could be a website. I do most of my online banking on my laptop and don't have the bank's app on my phone. I can log into my bank on my phone via the web browser if I really need to, which is rarely. I do have some app that are my go to's. VLC as my media player. Fossify Notes. Tune in radio and BBC sounds for radio etc.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

No Mr Youtube Advert, your "NASA inspired" smaller than a toaster AC is not gonna cool a room in less that 90 seconds no matter how loudly and quickly you shout about it.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3w ago

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@Geri@veganism.social 😂 😂 😂

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3w ago

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@Geri@veganism.social I am one of those nasty animal haters, I once tried soya milk and it gave me crazy heartburn.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3w ago

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@Geri@veganism.social Can you nip down the shops and get me a pint of milk while you are up and about :-)

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

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@pthane@toot.wales @kim_harding@mastodon.scot Yup, when the tech bro's talk about disrupting a market/industry what they mean is their tech is capable of circumventing the rules, laws and conventions that have usually taken many decades to build to protect customers and suppliers alike.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

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@thvv@social.vivaldi.net @overholt@glammr.us It sounds like what late Philosopher Daniel Dennett would have called a "deepity". from wikipedia "(a deepity is) a statement that has two meanings: one that is true but trivial, and another that sounds profound and would be important if true, but is actually false or meaningless. "

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social No wonder Americans need big wages compared to Europeans, they basically have at least 3 Monthly mortgages to pay, Health Insurance, Car Credit and an Actual Mortgage. Not to mention student loan payments.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

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@chefx@defcon.social @chrisoliver@indieweb.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr They will have it all buried in the EULA that you have to sign/click. It would be nice if someone had the time and money to take them to court to challenge the EULA. Just because something is written in a contract doesn't make it legal/fair or binding.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

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@hedders@mas.to @Geri@veganism.social There was great bit I saw where they were discussing his policies and one presenter was perplexed about the Katie Hopkins bit until it was explained that was a Superman reference where General Zod et al were imprisioned.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@kathimmel@mstdn.social This exactly what vulture capitalists want to do with the NHS. Privatise it for most folk then jack up charges. The vet situation should be a warning to all of us if even toy with idea of voting for a party that does not value the NHS.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

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@mxchara@seattle.pink @pthane@toot.wales @kim_harding@mastodon.scot Oh yes, thats a great example. That was a prime example of 'disruption'. It goes to show that these types of 'innovators' are prepared to endanger themselves as well as other people. So the old adage of "if it wasn't safe they wouldn't be doing it" is very flimsy.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

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@johnnyd_cm@mastodonapp.uk Yeah, my tennis game hasn't improved since my elbow was diagnosed.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us Scottish Green did great with 6 more seats than the last Parliament including their first two constituency seats. On a really bright point Tory+Reform have 2 less seats than in the previous Parliament. I know that's stat is a bit of Sleight of hand on my part as ReformUK Ltd didn't exist in the last Parliament. But it still means there was a tiny left shift in the balance of the Scottish Parliament.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

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@svavar@masto.svavar.com @chefx@defcon.social @chrisoliver@indieweb.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr I am not sure that this is really going to solve the problem. Just being slightly more transparent about an industry practise that should really shouldn't exist is a bit meh. Full disclosure. I don't buy digital movies, tv etc. Or subscribe to pay streamers. I use legit free with ads streamers (luckily the UK has a lot of broadcasters with this type of service) and buy physical media if possible for the content I want.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

Replying to on kolektiva.social

@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social This is the very reason that the relatively few "self made" "successful" people are often boosted as the norm and an achievable status by the Elite. They want to obscure how THEY got there by using the occasional "I grew up poor" successful person as cover for how they had all the privilege and it would be more difficult to be a fuck up in their world than a "success".

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

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@mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Bitter orange

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

In 1987 Alexa was called William https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XontIgFUTXM #BBC #BBCArchive

1987: Controlling Machines With Your Voice? | Blue Peter | BBC Archive

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@BenartyComputer@mastodon.scot yeah the only election in Scotland that needs ID is Westminster.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@phl@mastodon.social This system is only for the Scottish Parliament. The old first past the post system is used in UK National elections to the House Of Commons and you have to be 18 to vote and photo ID to vote in this election was introduce a few years so. So in Scotland you can vote at 16+ without photo ID for the Scottish Parliament and Local council BUT you need to 18+ and have photo ID to vote in the Westminster elections. Norther Ireland & Wales have different systems for their devolved Institutions

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

#TeamUSA could easily maintain integrity and "rest" Folarin Balogun for the next match.

#FifaWorldCup2026

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@hedders@mas.to @lpl@metalhead.club I have to disagree. Trying to grow a bum fluff tache when you are 16 is an absolute rite of passage - the more ludicrous looking it is the better. The only annoying thing is when one of your pals is able to grow a proper tache at that age and it makes yours look the true ludicrous attempt that it is.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@soapdog@social.soapdog.org @hayzam@mastodon.bsd.cafe I bought a Windows 10 HP mini PC from Ebay last August for £36 GBP delivered. It has a 6th Gen i5, 8GB of RAM and 250gb SSD. I had repurposed my two Laptops to Linux but found I still needed Win 10 for a very Niche use case so I bought the HP ebay machine and keep it offline.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@davidgerard@circumstances.run Its the heavy sales pitch conundrum. Good useful things often sell themselves so the basic concept doesn't need continual promotion.. Often the sales pitch is about which version the good useful thing you should buy from the selection available. This is a toot about AI (and possibly folding phones.)

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party You obviously don't understand the joys of nude DIY, especially using ladders to reach difficult to reach places and then you suddenly fall backwards and fall bum first and inevitably you land on something and that needs to go somewhere. Or so a friend told me.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@janamarie@mystical.garden I can't wait for some LLM to claim that Horses are fictitious animals on the basis that they are Hornless Unicorns and Unicorns are a fictitious animal

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@nerdbear@masto.ai @mclare@recurse.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr Listening to The Skeptics Guide a couple weeks ago and the data supplied by trackers is not particularly reliable. They may cause more problems than they solve. https://youtu.be/eqfHLuErxjs?si=SxFH_N8LdfDSJPV4&t=868

Skeptics Guide #1086

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@actinomy@systerserver.town Disposable vape batteries are so useful. I use them to power the lights on my bike and other various lighting projects. I also used them to replace the spent cells in a powerbank.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@hedders@mas.to 🥸

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@Bene@fosstodon.org I got a pleasant surprise with my really old 11" Asus laptop when I installed Linux Mint and the touchscreen worked without issue. I was prepared to lose that functionality for the price of moving it to Linux from Win 10 but I needn't have worried

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@bobthomson70@mastodon.social That's an interesting point as I assumed to be liable to pay the Scottish income tax rates that you would have to be resident in Scotland which then give you the vote.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@bobthomson70@mastodon.social Sound like professional advice may be needed for some situations 😃

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

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@LonM@social.vivaldi.net (2/2) After the update you had to log into the app to recover any active tickets you had but the app told you to create an account with a new password when you tried to log in even if you had an existing account. If you "created" an account using an email address on a previously existing account it then migrated any tickets you had associated with that email address to 'new' account. However it took a while for them to tell people this was the case.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@bobthomson70@mastodon.social Yeah, cos the Local Council and Scottish Parliament elections have a residency clause so having UK citizenship is not enough. That is fair as my sister born in Scotland but living in England for 20 years does not get a Scot Parl vote as the powers it has do not affect her in England. Whereas a person born in England/Wales/NI now living in Scotland is affected by the Scot Parl so they get a vote.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

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@ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot That is a huge number for a small country but I think it is the classic tactic of flood the planning system with way more applications than you want then when 6 are approved we are relieved at the small number rather than concerned that 6 is way too much.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social AI is like Disco, for a period in the 70s it infected all music then we realised it was genre unto itself and other music could co-exist (and supercede).

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@veronica@explains.social Privacy is like healthcare. Everyone, without exception, is entitled to it as a basic human right. If you think otherwise you are probably making a fortune by restricting it or have been convinced by those people it's good to restrict it.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

Well that's a strange one.
The Morrisons Supermarket about half a mile from my parents house had been thru 2 rounds of planning permission over about 5 years and eventually got planning permission for a McDonald's taking up about a third of the existing car parking space. It's been over a year a not a brick has been laid. All of a sudden the petrol station is shut to be extended and a Greggs added to it

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 3mo ago

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@Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party Great minds https://mastodon.scot/@raymierussell/116873968499480694

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@UkeleleEric@mstdn.social Jog on, funny man

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@rmondello@hachyderm.io If you can access an account that employs a passkey without actually using the passkey but with alternative log in methods is it not a bit moot as a security layer.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

I see Reform UK, the supposedly insurgent party in UK politics has failed badly in another major election.

Labour were within a few percentage points of winning the Manchester Mayorality election outright on 1st choice votes (50% required) but easily won when 2nd choice votes were counted.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

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@evacide@hachyderm.io I wonder if this is part of the Chatbots wanting to please sycophancy that seem to be evident in LLM's.

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

Watching @georgetakei@universeodon.com
on an episode of the Six Million Dollar Man, Bill Shatner was on the previous episode talking to dolphins :-)

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@angusm/116538724261112735 @angusm@mastodon.social I resemble this toot

mastodon.social

Angus McIntyre: "All these headlines about how AI makes people laz…" - Mastodon

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

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@LonM@social.vivaldi.net Firstglagow (buses) did a major app update about 7 months ago and it caused a bit of chaos. Luckily the old app ran okay for a while afterwards. I immediately had problems and told my sister not to update until it was fixed. They actually changed the criterion for passwords so it meant a lot of the original passwords used on folks accounts were no longer valid. (1/2)

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Raymond Russell @raymierussell@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

Ooft the new Scottish Premiership season starts and Rangers are losing 1 nil at half time to Dundee United, I wonder if the bookies have started taking bets on who will replace Derek McInnes.

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