<![CDATA[Departing London; little bit moist.]]>Departing London; little bit moist. Shanghai 🔜

Pleased to have an entire row to myself 😁

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/a41b23ac-1cfd-4f35-886c-473124f452e5/departing-london-little-bit-moist.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 13:25:35 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 12:02:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Tue, 19 May 2026 07:56:06 GMT]]>@hugh We stopped having them after IRA bombing campaigns. Ditto rubbish bins some of which have come back.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116600167905094171https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116600167905094171Tue, 19 May 2026 07:56:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Tue, 19 May 2026 07:48:53 GMT]]>@hugh @aetios Nagoooooooooooooooooya, niice

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/slims/statuses/116600139537118796https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/slims/statuses/116600139537118796Tue, 19 May 2026 07:48:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Tue, 19 May 2026 07:39:37 GMT]]>@dahie I did not 😛

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116600103104276709https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116600103104276709Tue, 19 May 2026 07:39:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Tue, 19 May 2026 07:36:36 GMT]]>@hugh @aetios the snoots need to be booped

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/noodlejetski/statuses/116600091200299488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/noodlejetski/statuses/116600091200299488Tue, 19 May 2026 07:36:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Tue, 19 May 2026 07:36:21 GMT]]>@hugh that exhibition was soo cool. did you ride the maglev simulator? 😄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/dahie/statuses/116600090253706180https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/dahie/statuses/116600090253706180Tue, 19 May 2026 07:36:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Tue, 19 May 2026 07:33:30 GMT]]>@hugh @aetios Doctor Yellow!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/katiefenn/statuses/116600079046527242https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/katiefenn/statuses/116600079046527242Tue, 19 May 2026 07:33:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Tue, 19 May 2026 07:03:21 GMT]]>I heard fedi likes trains (especially @aetios). So here's some trains!

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116599960475247178https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116599960475247178Tue, 19 May 2026 07:03:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Tue, 19 May 2026 04:55:33 GMT]]>@hugh mooooood lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/kebokyo/statuses/116599457948756171https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/kebokyo/statuses/116599457948756171Tue, 19 May 2026 04:55:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 22:58:23 GMT]]>@kebokyo Updated! I didn't want to dox myself at the time of posting

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116598053485112398https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116598053485112398Mon, 18 May 2026 22:58:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 22:58:05 GMT]]>@eefi Updated 🙂 I didn't want to dox myself at the time of posting.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116598052302228212https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116598052302228212Mon, 18 May 2026 22:58:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 17:04:55 GMT]]>@hugh
You can't just post that without saying where it is

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/eefi/statuses/116596663633782275https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/eefi/statuses/116596663633782275Mon, 18 May 2026 17:04:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 16:48:24 GMT]]>@hugh what's the name of the bar!!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/kebokyo/statuses/116596598682678180https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/kebokyo/statuses/116596598682678180Mon, 18 May 2026 16:48:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 13:03:21 GMT]]>@kline Bit like how the US record industry ruined MiniDisc by insisting on play through copy, as they were paranoid that faster copy speeds would lead to mass pirating.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116595713767152145https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116595713767152145Mon, 18 May 2026 13:03:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 12:19:07 GMT]]>@hugh USA: don't copy that floppy
JP: hey guys, floppy vendy

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/kline/statuses/116595539811138723https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/kline/statuses/116595539811138723Mon, 18 May 2026 12:19:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 09:35:19 GMT]]>@magnetic_tape I have no idea! I suspect the biggest issue would be getting hold of one; these seem quite specific to Japan.

I'm sure there are desktop versions but I've only seen IC card readers that do this lasering built into larger ticket machines etc.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594895717063368https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594895717063368Mon, 18 May 2026 09:35:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 09:17:13 GMT]]>@hugh
about leuco rewritable coatings, this is really cool! I guess it's outside the price range of DIYers?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/magnetic_tape/statuses/116594824565082053https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/magnetic_tape/statuses/116594824565082053Mon, 18 May 2026 09:17:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 09:03:25 GMT]]>Some random gebakje photos from today:

1. JR reservation system (MARS)
2. DENSO instrument cluster from the 80s
3. DENSO BMS and battery
4. Brother Takeru

The last is the most interesting and I'd never heard of it; Japanese wiki here: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BCTAKERU

In classic Japanese style, everything must be a vending machine. And so this is a vending machine for software! You insert a floppy disk, make your selection and boom.

Sadly this didn't catch on 😔

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594770311602927https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594770311602927Mon, 18 May 2026 09:03:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 08:51:39 GMT]]>@hugh @domi still 100% clean on opsec

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hsnl.social/users/eloy/statuses/116594724020587595https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hsnl.social/users/eloy/statuses/116594724020587595Mon, 18 May 2026 08:51:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 08:26:32 GMT]]>@domi@donotsta.re @hugh@social.crablab.uk this sounds like a "had them but the IRA kept putting bombs in them" kind of thing tbh

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shonk.sam.ax/notes/amei85kvw53i00dthttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shonk.sam.ax/notes/amei85kvw53i00dtMon, 18 May 2026 08:26:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 08:15:07 GMT]]>@domi It's definitely a UK thing; a hangover from the IRA's mainland bombing campaign

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594580339453565https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594580339453565Mon, 18 May 2026 08:15:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 08:10:59 GMT]]>@hugh@social.crablab.uk we have them in PL, and some places in germany too! so lacking them is an UK thing

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donotsta.re/objects/1885b0dc-9550-4b60-9d01-b05b52385fb9https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donotsta.re/objects/1885b0dc-9550-4b60-9d01-b05b52385fb9Mon, 18 May 2026 08:10:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 07:56:16 GMT]]>@domi Outed on main as a telephone enjoyer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594506257193822https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594506257193822Mon, 18 May 2026 07:56:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 07:53:58 GMT]]>Luggage lockers are underrated and we should have them in the UK. Plentiful and happily exactly the right size for my suitcase.

I guess if your case is considered oversized by Shinkansen standards then you're out of luck.

Tied to the indefatigable IC too, so no receipt to misplace...

(I know why we don't, Japan seems to manage...)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594497179186192https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.crablab.uk/users/hugh/statuses/116594497179186192Mon, 18 May 2026 07:53:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Departing London; little bit moist. on Mon, 18 May 2026 07:50:12 GMT]]>@hugh@social.crablab.uk i'm starting to think you may like phones... /j

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