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Jos Dingjan

@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org
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Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek.
L-Space is my spiritual home.
He/him or they/them.

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287 Following
28 Posts
Joined November 02, 2022
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Jul 25, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

mendeddrum.org
Replying to @RichqrddeNooy@mastodon.social
@RichqrddeNooy@mastodon.social The three varieties of vlizotrap: ladder is one piece, but it slides forwards & backwards in brackets on the hatch, precariously changing the balance of opening/closing; ladder is in multiple telescoping sections, with kutknopjes; ladder is in zig-zag folding sections, with added pinching hazards as well as the entire thing thundering down. Come to think of it, that last part is intrinsic in all vlizotrappen.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · May 16, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @maartje@blahaj.social
@maartje@blahaj.social Thalys started out fine but rose[1] to the level of Eurostar before the merger/great renaming. [1] In this case: a signed quantity, and negative.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · May 15, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @th@social.v.st
@maartje@blahaj.social @quixoticgeek@social.v.st @th@social.v.st The Mona Lisa is the most overrated painting in the Louvre, if not full stop. Thankfully it’s a people-magnet, so the bits of the Louvre where the Mona Lisa isn’t are that much quieter (and there’s heaps of stuff there that appeals to me).
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · May 15, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @maartje@blahaj.social
@maartje@blahaj.social Galettes & cidre @ Crêperie Bretonne fleurie… de l’épouse du marin, Musée d’Orsay, a nice salad at Les Funambules, a wander through the Jardin des Plantes, the Catacombes…
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · May 06, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @foone@digipres.club
@foone@digipres.club A long time ago, first year uni, I thought it a good idea to print a report on my Epson 9-pin dot matrix printer. It had formulas. It had graphics. It had bold text. I had chosen highest print quality. It. Took. Hours. to print the bloody thing. And all the while it was making that blood-curdling circular-saw-ripping-through-concrete-tiles sound. While I wanted to go to bed, because hey, hours.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Apr 17, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @quixoticgeek@social.v.st
@jon @quixoticgeek “bucked” is where “booked” and “fucked” meet? That has to be a DB/SNCF cross-border initiative.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Apr 15, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @moof@cupoftea.social
@moof Wee…eeell… I guess she’s an orang utan, and the Librarian is known to be fond of The Drum, so maybe Wendy is the same?
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Apr 13, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @foone@digipres.club
@foone@digipres.club 😍 Want!
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Apr 09, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

mendeddrum.org
Replying to @ianvisits@mastodonapp.uk
@ianvisits@mastodonapp.uk Ha, we had the Greenpoint network in NL, same technology. The handsets were initially marketed as “Kermit”, but licensing proved a bit steep so they changed it to “Greenhopper” after some time.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Apr 07, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @quixoticgeek@social.v.st
@quixoticgeek nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's dark nasa employee: what? astronaut: *grabbing spare LED bulbs and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon's dark
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 31, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @smveerman@zug.network
@OV@blahaj.social @smveerman@zug.network @coreice@infrastruct.social @maartje@blahaj.social Dat suggereert een 3e optie: OV-veer…
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 29, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @quixoticgeek@social.v.st
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st Also: spoons. Spoons run out now what? Ditto kerb cuts - they’re important to so many ppl, not just wheelchair users. Wide-enough unobstructed pavements. Doors that, if heavy, can open in a powered way.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 24, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @lnr@sunny.garden
@lnr I have some originally-FOAF links into some of those domains, as well as my own.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 24, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @lnr@sunny.garden
@lnr @c_dan4th I stopped going through my list of mutuals once I’d counted 50, so >20% for me. Friends, acquaintances, work-related, fellow Pratchett fans, fellow train enthusiasts, etcetera etcetera.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 20, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @dysfun@social.treehouse.systems
@jpm@aus.social @dysfun@social.treehouse.systems For sure that’s my reaction when I see it.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 20, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Chuck Norris hasn’t died, Death has chucknorrised.

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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 20, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @bellinghman@wandering.shop
@bellinghman @dwcon Many Western countries follow the astronomical seasons (based off equinoxes & solstices) rather than meteorological (start-of-month preceding the equinoxes & solstices). Ireland is in a league of its own.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 17, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @bert_hubert__dup_32840@mastodon.nl
@bert_hubert Heb je tips voor Leiden? Op dit moment ga ik waarschijnlijk voor Emma stemmen
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 17, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org
@smveerman@zug.network @Huubje@ieji.de @fonolog@mstdn.social Hele mooie match tussen Engels en Nederlands. IJsberen hoort mijns inziens niet in een top-20 van niet-zomaar-vertaalbare woorden. Ook het Franse “faire les cent pas” klinkt een aardig eind in de goede richting, maar mijn Frans is niet goed genoeg om de nuances te beoordelen. 2/2
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 17, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @Huubje@ieji.de
@smveerman@zug.network @Huubje@ieji.de @fonolog@mstdn.social Cambridge Dictionary: pace (v) To walk with regular steps in one direction and then back again, usually because you are worried or nervous ijsberen (ww) Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (1950, want recenter heb ik geen toegang toe): rusteloos in een vertrek op en neer lopen ANW: rusteloos heen en weer lopen WNT: rusteloos maar met regelmaat heen en weer loopen (tja, 1908) 1/2
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 17, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @smveerman@zug.network
@smveerman@zug.network @fonolog@mstdn.social Wat is er mis met “to pace”?
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 15, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @swope@mstdn.plus
@Aaron_DeVries@mastodon.social @swope@mstdn.plus A lot of physical processes are thermally activated. At higher temperatures the barrier between two (meta)stable states is often easier to cross, which is why things can go wrong at higher temperature. If it is, as I read it, bits _written_ at higher temperature having a shorter lifetime even at lower temperature after, I can imagine that the state written at higher temp isn’t as far down into the local energy minimum. #physics #phycisist
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 14, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Pi day?

22/7 is right there!

Not only does it make more sense worldwide, it’s more accurate, at 0.04% too large, compared to 3.14’s 0.05% too small.

#PiDay

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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Mar 08, 2026
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @ActuallyAubrey@void.lgbt
@ActuallyAubrey@void.lgbt Even worse: the save icon is derived from the _new_ format. Imma crumble to dust here.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Dec 15, 2025
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @bellinghman@wandering.shop
@cstross @bellinghman @cunobaros AIUI it’s a thing for right hand drive vehicles, split across general geographic provenance. Some cars mirror the stalk setup, others simply move the control column sideways. I’ve never come across mirrored stalk setups for left hand drive vehicles, it’s always (always?) indicators on the left, wipers on the right (but vv limited personal experience, for obvious reasons 😄)
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Dec 15, 2025
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @cunobaros@mendeddrum.org
@cunobaros @cstross A few months after getting my driver’s licence (in NL) we went to Aotearoa NZ. “Ooh, wasn’t that extra hard, suddenly having to drive on the left side of the road?” Well, no, I was still doing everything by learned procedures and not a whole lot of muscle memory just yet, I’d say it was the ideal time to experience the other side. (I only indicated my intended direction with my windscreen wipers a few times. Both in AoNZ and back in NL)
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Aug 12, 2025
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @quixoticgeek@social.v.st
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st *Bookmarks* I mean, I have a Bushmen 3x3 m² tarp that’s silvered on one side, but that’s a) bigger and hence less wieldy, b) more expensive’n that.
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Jos Dingjan @happydisciple@mendeddrum.org · Apr 18, 2024
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org

Physicist, sailor, reader, organiser, geek. L-Space is my spiritual home. He/him or they/them.

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Replying to @sofakante@ohai.social
@samwho@hachyderm.io @sofakante@ohai.social I’ve set up &shrug; to expand to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ wherever I can.
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