“I don’t want to call when I’m on the train because I’ll have no privacy” says the woman talking loudly into a phone behind me in the waiting room. Volume is turned up loud enough I can hear both sides of the conversation.
Train to EMF leaves in under twelve hours, so I guess I’ve put off packing for as long as possible now.
Me, in the normal world: "Ugh, why wouldn't you say think you? It's just basic good manners."
Me, when using a ticketing system: "Ugh, why did you say thank you? Now I have to close the thread again."
How is it I’m always drowning in USB memory sticks until the moment I need one?
@Edent you may be able to persuade one of the workshop villages to run an, ahem, Experimental Video Streaming Test. Stages are all fully occupied at that point.
@pikesley @james@strangeobject.space optional mandatory national service. Got you, super clear messaging there.
Today in the name of getting things done I committed code which comes with a three paragraph apology to the next person who encounters it.
I look forward to receiving an apology from my past self in two year’s time.
@james@strangeobject.space @pikesley sadly that will probably play well with the over 60s, his one remaining safe set of voters.
I am now on holiday from my job developing embedded Linux systems for 2.5 weeks, so of course I'm celebrating that by developing an embedded Linux system in the early hours of the morning.
@Edent I have two on my desk currently, and I *think* there’s another in a box somewhere.
@solderandchaos you’re allowed to give yourself some slack when it goes from having an EMF project to EMF being the project.
I don't know what everyone has against clubbing seals, they're incredibly cute.
@norm ugh, yes. I briefly looked at the same thing recently and bailed out in disgust.
@solderandchaos @kestral @Edent @pikesley @info we’ve got every other kind of messaging service, seems silly if we leave out carrier pigeons really.
The ten year old’s current EMF status: “I can barely contain my excitement!”
@solderandchaos @kestral @info @pikesley @Edent by the time EMF starts every info desk toot will be a wall of hashtags and the actual message will be delivered one character at a time.
@kestral also, you should absolutely volunteer. Great way to meet people and you get free food as well. https://emfcamp.org/volunteer
@pikesley the sky is just getting the rain out of the way ahead of time. I refuse to believe otherwise.
@kestral I arrived at EMF 2012 knowing literally nobody else who was going. It was fantastic, one of the best impulsive decisions I’ve ever made.
@Edent can’t believe you so rudely didn’t mention IRC, the canonical EMF comms channel.
@james@strangeobject.space podcasts. I have a couple of current affairs/politics podcasts I listen to. As a bonus I have to listen, which requires not multitasking, so I also have a nice little walk while doing so.