Chris Samuel

chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org

A Welsh/Aussie <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/HPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HPC</a> geek with lifelong interests in archaeology, history, astronomy and computing.Cardiff -> Aberystwyth -> Malvern -> Melbourne -> Berkeley -> Philadelphia.

Posts

Post #3595376
Passenger: I thought you said I was in seat 12C? British Airlines gate person: I did, what’s wrong? Passenger: it says I’m in seat 53.6F!!?! BA gate person: oh this is a codeshare operated by American Airlines. It’s the same seat. #DadJoke
Post #3595375
A bit late for #PhillyFriday (especially as I just invented it) but it was taken on Friday. 😇 #Philadelphia This is taken from near Suburban Station in the centre of the city, looking back towards the Philadelphia Art Museum / Museum of Art. I believe that&#39;s the original LOVE statue in the foreground.
Post #3595374
The UK National Archives has found a new copy of the US Declaration of Independence in its archives, seized from an American privateer off Portugal in December 1776. It&#39;s the only copy of an Exeter Declaration known to reside outside of the US. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/the-collection-blog/from-our-volunteers/finding-a-new-copy-of-the-us-declaration-of-independence/
Post #2891271
Crepuscular rays over Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia last night. #PAwx #photography
Post #2891270
Today I stumbled (*) across Halupedia - where every page is hallucinated by an AI at your request. So, ladies and gentlemen, I present for your enjoyment, the 1798 Aberystwyth Lunar Expedition: https://halupedia.com/the-1798-aberystwyth-lunar-expedition (part sponsored by the Royal Society of Wales for Unusual Pursuits https://halupedia.com/royal-society-of-wales-for-unusual-pursuits). #humor #AI
Post #2891269
Sad to hear of the loss of Peter G Neumann, I&#39;d been reading The Risks Digest on and off for decades and it&#39;s always been an interesting and thought provoking collection of articles from the contributors. PGN was 93 according to his obituary, but still working full time at SRI. He published his last instance of The Risks Digest on 2026-04-12. https://www.csl.sri.com/users/risko/risks.txt Report of his passing: https://lwn.net/ml/all/CAEoi9W7rpLzdJzYJ3-F0KVJo-wQXa7UawUYtUoUUYy36...
Post #2891268
&quot;I&#39;m going to vote for the hedonists this election.&quot; &quot;Oh really? Who are they?&quot; &quot;The After Party&quot; #puns #politics #TheTroubleWithPoliticalJokesIsSometimesTheyGetElected
Post #2891267
Maik Meyer on the comets-ml list with a warning about how the MPC #comet orbit database has been harmed by some recent changes there. https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/message/35370
Post #2891266
Ouch, that&#39;s got to hurt.. 😬 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/25/story-of-2025-26-premier-league-season-in-100-photos#img-74
Post #2891265
RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/116637790522708603 GPS jamming on departure from Gdansk, Poland. Flying to Stansted airport near London. Maybe FR533? #avgeek
Post #2560213
Today 129 years ago (1897-05-13 UTC) Marconi sent his first ever radio message across open sea from Flat Holm(*) to Lavernock in South Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 This little invention has come a long way since then! Map is from the National Library of Scotland&#39;s awesome service: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/marker/#zoom=13&amp;lat=51.3954&amp;lon=-3.1586&amp;f=0&amp;z=1&amp;marker=51.4037,-3.1683&amp;from=1449&amp;to=2001 (*) Holm is derived from the old Norse &quot;holm...
Post #1002458
RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/116352846589694658 Not the sort of message you want to see when you&#39;re sat in PHL waiting for a flight out.. 😬
Post #1002457
RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/116354529519551108 Ouch, a fire in CVG airport tower (ATC I presume) doesn&#39;t sound good...
Post #1002456
No photo as too busy working out what I was seeing as we sped past in the airport shuttle, but just saw a Lufthansa 1926-2026 centenary livery jet at SFO. #avgeek
Post #418605
If you&#39;re ever thinking &quot;oh my work will never come to anything&quot; spare a thought for Robert Recorde of Tenby in Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 He invented the equals sign (=) in 1557 (the year before he died) &quot;to auoide the tediouſe repetition of theſe woordes : is equalle to&quot; - and was promptly ignored for 61 years before being picked up again in 1618. #mathematics #Wales #Cymru
Post #130339
The Supermarine Spitfire will have the 90th anniversary of its maiden flight on the 5th March this year. https://the-past.com/feature/spitfire-at-90/ #avgeek #ww2 #RAF