storm-crow.bsky.social
Former software developer,no longer working on building energy simulation. Retirement is good, thank you. Born 317ppm. World pop. 3 Billion. Degrees in computing, astrophysics & around 40 years at school of WTF. He says, "It looks like a storm's coming"
👤 Joined on 21 September 2024
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@storm-crow.bsky.socialIf the world is getting a little too much may I recommend the inexplicably obsolete word ‘latibulating’, from the 17th century? To latibulate is to find a cosy corner somewhere and hide in it. I’ve collected a few more like this here: substack.com/@susiedent/n...
Show PostOh look, annual consumer price inflation in Ireland rose to a three-year high of 3.9% in August from 3.4% a month earlier after a jump in energy prices, a flash estimate of the harmonised index of consumer prices from the Central Statistics Office shows today. #collapse
Show PostYes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.
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