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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Jul 22, 2026

Replying to @GeofCox@climatejustice.social

@GeofCox@climatejustice.social @Fishd@infosec.exchange @ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk water isn't privatised in Scotland, so not a while UK model. Publicly owned up here with the cost paid as part of the Council Tax bill.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Jul 04, 2026

Replying to @NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot

@NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot @thias@mastodon.social @cstross@wandering.shop or Ununited Kingdom.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Jun 30, 2026

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Replying to @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social I've wrote a bunch of code and tests for the #OpenStreetMap API and recently found out that over a decade on much of the code is still there or only minor modified (eg a formatter has been run over it).

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Jun 04, 2026

Replying to @Stratski@mendeddrum.org

@Stratski@mendeddrum.org ohhh, is that the two tricks that I'm missing when sewing my pockets. Not cutting the bad bit off and not turning it inside out. Using those two tricks should hopefully make it easier.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · May 14, 2026

Replying to @rubyjones@wandering.shop

@rubyjones@wandering.shop @Ashmire@pagan.plus @sundogplanets@mastodon.social yes artic is short for articulated lorry. Less commonly used mow than simply lorry or truck.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · May 14, 2026

Replying to @spacelizard@aus.social

@spacelizard@aus.social @sundogplanets@mastodon.social with the cab over engine designs in Europe the whole cab can flip up to access the engine. The term semi is something I'm only aware of due to having some Americans in my feed and having watched some American YouTube channels.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · May 14, 2026

Replying to @drsbaitso@infosec.exchange

@drsbaitso@infosec.exchange @sundogplanets@mastodon.social these are all terms that are unused here in the UK. Lorry, truck, or articulated lorry to specifically reference one that has a point that turns. They are driven by a truck driver. Lorry driver could also be used though less common now. As someone else mentions almost all European trucks are can over engine so bonnet is flat vertical and pretty small.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · May 13, 2026

Replying to @anon_opin@mastodon.social

@anon_opin@mastodon.social so agree with this. Schools have got rid of the computer labs and given all the kids iPads instead. We have people coming into the workforce who have no idea about what a file or folder is.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · May 09, 2026

Replying to @jez@mapstodon.space

@jez@mapstodon.space building=house should be a single dwelling. building=yes is something I try to avoid as undistinguished or unknown. I'd have expected more building=retail for shops, pubs, cafes, restaurants, etc

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · May 08, 2026

My local council are planning to stop using Twitter.

I suspect some of the follower removal could be users deleting their own Twitter accounts.

I wonder if they will start a Mastodon account, though little tracking of metrics.

I think it's key that information isn't held behind proprietary platforms that require a login.

https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/politics/council/falkirk-council-moves-to-close-its-x-social-media-account-8514594

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · May 06, 2026

Replying to @asakiyume@wandering.shop

@asakiyume @rai @beasts have just updated their website to highlight that they have 100% human support. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Apr 26, 2026

Replying to @LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot

@LaChasseuse no issues with the buses that we took. We were staying in Thurso, so was just a day in John O'Groats and Wick. An area to get back to at some point.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Apr 26, 2026

Replying to @nickapos@mastodon.oncrete.uk

@nickapos @LaChasseuse it helps to reduce noise and turbulence improving efficiency. Only the larger ones have the fins.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Apr 26, 2026

Replying to @LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot

@LaChasseuse here's a couple of pictures I took when I was in Wick during the school Easter holiday of the turbine blades. Whilst we were in the Wick museum one of them got moved.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Apr 09, 2026

Replying to @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

@neil one of the downside of software signing which makes deploying software much harder on apple and Microsoft platforms.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Apr 05, 2026

Replying to @thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot

@thisismyglasgow @GlasgowLive We've had hail, snow, and sunshine so far today in Falkirk.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Apr 03, 2026

I'm glad I don't have a car with the latest shenanigans of the car park companies charging £100 if you or any of your passengers set foot off the site of the shopping area the car park is for, even a neighbouring shop.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4020lqe74o

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Mar 08, 2026

Replying to @the5thColumnist@mstdn.ca

@the5thColumnist @rikviergever for the ping lower is better.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Mar 03, 2026

Replying to @DiogoConstantino@masto.pt

@DiogoConstantino @rominator @Techaltar I'm on a Fairphone 4 and don't feel much need to upgrade. Depending on what you are doing, a more powerful phone could work better, but for the average person it's probably enough. My wife is on my Fairphone 3 hand me down and it's still doing fine.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Mar 02, 2026

Replying to @alexlac51@mastodon.scot

@alexlac51@mastodon.scot @ISawTheWood@mastodon.scot worth trying to get a refund due to it not being fit for the purpose that it was bought?

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Feb 24, 2026

Replying to @harry_wood@en.osm.town

@harry_wood @amapanda @disorderlyf @mochabeau in the UK we also have FHRS data that can help to altert to shops that have changed our disappeared. This can be highlighted in a couple of online tools.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Feb 04, 2026

Replying to @sohkamyung@mstdn.io

@sohkamyung @cheeaun @organicmaps I'm not aware of any GTFS publicly available. It needs to be converted from an API.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Feb 02, 2026

Replying to @Thayer@mastodon.social

@Thayer eek

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Feb 01, 2026

Replying to @mvexel@en.osm.town

@mvexel@en.osm.town the map tiles to be 3.5 months old as an ice cream parlour I marked as closed then is still showing.

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Shaun McDonald @smsm1@mastodon.green · Jan 03, 2026

Replying to @cmccullough@polymaths.social

@cmccullough I spoke with a tile shop I was buying from about this as they dropped their website and I was worried they'd gone out of business. They took the view that they got few visits to their website and people shared the final tile install on Facebook, so better to be where people are sharing things.

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