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James Carter

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Walker, geek, podcaster. The man behind @PodQuiz and @StarringTheComp. @jamesfcarter@mastodon.social https://xitter.gq/t.co/Xn7ejcmP9x

 York, UK
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Joined May 2009
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Bonus episode! My first solo interview with James the man behind @podquiz! Wild thinking about how long he's been publishing this pod, and really cool as someone who's listened to it for a few years now 😁
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast (@WVFRM) profile pictureWaveform: The MKBHD Podcast@WVFRM25 Jun 2024
New Bonus Episode! - 20 Years, 1000 Episodes: The Man Behind PodQuiz 🎥: youtu.be/1TMXC-zzoOs 📷 : linktr.ee/MKBHD
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It's PodQuiz 1000! This week's rounds are Music (Covers performed by PodQuizzers), PodQuiz, Kilos (Quickfire), Famous People and an extra Prize Round! podquiz.com/quiz.html?q=1000
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Oooh! This is exciting. The Guardian has done a brief review of @PodQuiz . "It is the trivia podcast by which other trivia podcasts should be judged." theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…
Best podcasts of the week: Embarrassing tales of misadventure from Jack Whitehall and friends

Best podcasts of the week: Embarrassing tales of misadventure from Jack Whitehall and friends

In this week’s newsletter: The comedian retells cringey stories from his past – and cajoles the same out of his celebrity guests – in Safe Space. Plus: five of the best quiz podcasts

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Now might be a good time to say that I'm @[email protected] in case.... something were to happen to Twitter. mastodon.social/@jamesfcarte…
James Carter (@jamesfcarter@mastodon.social)

James Carter (@[email protected])

74 Posts, 108 Following, 83 Followers · I write code for money and sometimes fun. The man behind starringthecomputer.com and podquiz.com. (he/him)

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Mx for geeks.
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Turning down your boiler temperature (not your thermostat) can potentially save 8% on your gas bill. House is the same temp, although it does take a bit longer to heat up. Turned ours down from 65°C to 45°C. theheatinghub.co.uk/articles…
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That 45°C is important because it means when we come to replace the boiler we can go for a heat pump without needing to replace the radiators. 👍
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So if you take all the electricity burned to keep the techbro pyramid scheme Bitcoin going and divide that by the number of Bitcoin transactions, each transaction uses as enough electricity to power your home for a couple of *months*! 🤬 digiconomist.net/bitcoin-ene…
We have a winner in the race to see which of @podquiz and @StarringTheComp is first to get a wikipedia page! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starri… 😃

Starring the Computer - Wikipedia

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📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY ➡️ IT Manager - full-time Apply today7⤵️ exploreyork.org.uk/jobs/ #TeamExplore #jobs #careers #York
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Really terrible experience with @Morrisons delivery - 13 items unavailable, 10 with no substitutions. Gonna be a lean week! 😡
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Had a play with generated.photos/anonymizer which is fun and potentially useful for some folks, but I gave it my twitter profile photo and one of the results was this. Wat?!
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Said goodbye to Scruff today. She's been a brilliant companion for the last twenty one years, through the best and worst of times. I've lived longer with her than any human. Sleep well little one.
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Some good news - Britons are more sensible than USAians in this respect at least. Some interesting differences in *why* people wear masks though.
LSE School of Public Policy (@LSEPublicPolicy) profile pictureLSE School of Public Policy@LSEPublicPolicy19 Nov 2020
'We find near-identical levels of willingness to wear masks among partisans of different stripes in Britain.' New research from @LSEGovernment & @LSEEI 👇🏽 ow.ly/rvig50CoRLr
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I assumed this was a funny fake, but no. Load the image from the original tweet into gimp, go to Colours->Posterise and select 5 colours.
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Jonathan O’Callaghan (@Astro_Jonny) profile pictureJonathan O’Callaghan
@Astro_Jonny10 Nov 2020
Oh my god if you zoom in it actually said "Trump" originally How, how did we elect these idiots.
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Fame at last!
We’re not here anymore – formerly @YorkLibrariesUK (@YorkLibrariesUK) profile pictureWe’re not here anymore – formerly @YorkLibrariesUK@YorkLibrariesUK3 Jul 2020
"My cat isn’t remotely modern... At nearly 21 she’s as unmodern as they get really." E-Services Librarian Helen's cat Scruff peruses Modern Cat #magazine,full of gems for cats young and old (and their humans)! Available free through @YorkLibrariesUK exploreyork.org.uk/digital/e…
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Chris Wraith@jacksonps43 Jul 2020
If you're looking for a new challenge, we're hiring a senior software engineer in Newcastle. jobs.jobvite.com/elasticpath…
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As far as I can see this one paragraph all the government information available about what details of pub/restaurant customers will be recorded, how that data will be securely transmitted, who will then have access to that data and for what purposes and for how long.
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Unless these things are very clearly defined then I'm betting that a lot of people in the pub will be called "Michael Mouse". Contact tracing is so important, even the slightest whiff that your data might end up in the wrong hands is incredibly damaging.
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