Robert Brook @robertbrook@mastodon.me.uk
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- British English
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- Europe/London
I live in London and work at the UK Parliament. I’m a member of Prospect, the trade union.
Joined Apr 2022
I’ve written some ridiculous code in the last few decades. I think the time has come for me to write yet another RSS reader thing.
Robert Brook
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We had such a blast at #CTC26 this weekend. Great people working on two excellent project, the most mature of which is #OpenData #Scotland, a national portal to make up for no government provided one.
Have a look at https://opendata.scot
It's now almost fully automated using #githubactions
We pull data of many formats, from many government sources, of varying types, categorise it and index it using #JKAN.
We have 1054 dataset, only 71 of which are not yet categorised.
Robert Brook
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My laptop camera is on. How do I find out what app i using it? #ubuntu?
Robert Brook
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Is there a "Share to Mastodon" URI scheme?
Like, I can share to twitter with
twitter .com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F
Telegram has:
telegram .me/share/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F
What would I put if I wanted people to share my URl to Mastodon?
I still can’t really understand the RideLondon website: https://www.ridelondon.co.uk - is this something the public can take part in?
Robert Brook
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Hey #Fosstodon, does anyone here know of a beginning developer, in need, that could use a #Linux laptop gratis? I have a Starlabs Laptop IV that I don't use. Please boost for visibility.
Robert Brook
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Is there an Android app that works like a Walkie-Talkie (only) within the same WiFi network?
Like an intercom: without having to manually start the app on the receiving side, a sender is able to push a button in the app and say something that the receiving phone is playing back instantly (if available in the WiFi).
Robert Brook
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Dipping into perl again after some time away. My goodness now I remember why I loved perl so much, but there's always something new to learn: https://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/2016/04/postfix-dereferencing-is-stable-is-v5-24/
Robert Brook
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At @emfcamp@twitter.com we have many public APIs - everything from current beers in the bar to temperatures in toilets - but we're awful at documenting & promoting them. We want to fix that.
Would you like to help people make things with weird data? Do you like documentation? DM me!
Robert Brook
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This is something more people should think about before releasing software, not everyone has a 16 core processor and 64GB RAM
Do you work for a union? Perhaps you're thinking of how you can help other union members, or maybe even make the union more accessible to new joiners? You should take a look at https://jointogether.online - a cooperative making digital tools for trade unions.
Robert Brook
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Odd request: Does anybody have access to a bell jar and vacuum pump they could lend us for an @emfcamp@twitter.com workshop? A manual pump is fine!
"My music is my expression of what I feel and believe in a moment." Tracey Thorn
Robert Brook
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DoES Liverpool, the maker and coworking space that I'm a member of, runs a draw every 3 months to offer a free 6 month desk membership and free 6 month workshop membership to anyone who might otherwise struggle to afford it.
The aim is to give people a chance to get their ideas off the ground.
More details here:
https://doesliverpool.com/co-working/launching-the-july-2022-boost-membership/
Please take a look if you're in Liverpool and think you might benefit, and share with anyone who might be interested.
- Language
- British English
- Timezone
- Europe/London
I live in London and work at the UK Parliament. I’m a member of Prospect, the trade union.
Joined Apr 2022
