Bye Bye Twatter

Bye bye Twatter. It's been a blast, but I'm not staying on this hate-filled platform run by a total w*nk*r (that's you, @elonmusk) that keeps plugging @premium (running out of funds?) and NEVER answers @X @Support queries.

@AmazonHelp Yet another "delivery to the resident" that was just dumped outside the house, not even bothering to ring or knock. Every time we complain. Every time you say it won't happen again. Why do you employ liars?

@Parcel2Go "Hi, we thought you'd like to know that your package will be delivered today between 08:00 and 20:00" Sent at 21:12, long after the package had been delivered. #Parcel2Slow?

@archeohistories March 14th is only 3/14 in the US. The rest of the world uses 14/3. Just saying.

The World Pi (π) Day : (Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.14159. Pi Day is an annual opportunity for math enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi, talk to their friends about math, and eat pie.) Pi (π) has been known for almost 4000 years, but even if we calculated number of seconds in those 4000 years and calculated π to that number of places, we would still only be approximating its actual value. Ancient Babylonians calculated area of a circle by taking 3 times square of its radius, which gave a value of pi = 3. One Babylonian tablet (1900–1680 BC) indicates a value of 3.125 for π, which is a closer approximation. Rhind Papyrus (1650 BC) gives us insight into mathematics of ancient Egypt. Egyptians calculated area of a circle by a formula that gave the approximate value of 3.1605 for π. First calculation of π was done by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of greatest mathematicians of the ancient world. Archimedes approximated area of a circle by using Pythagorean Theorem to find areas of two regular polygons: polygon inscribed within circle and polygon within which circle was circumscribed. Since actual area of circle lies between the areas of inscribed and circumscribed polygons, areas of polygons gave upper and lower bounds for area of circle. Archimedes knew that he had not found value of π but only an approximation within those limits. In this way, Archimedes showed that π is between 3 1/7 and 3 10/71. A similar approach was used by Zu Chongzhi (429–501 CE), a brilliant Chinese mathematician and astronomer. Zu Chongzhi would not have been familiar with Archimedes’ method, but because his book has been lost, little is known of his work. He calculated value of ratio of circumference of a circle to its diameter to be 355/113. To compute this accuracy for π, he must have started with an inscribed regular 24,576-gon and performed lengthy calculations involving hundreds of square roots carried out to 9 decimal places. Mathematicians began using Greek letter π in 1700s. Introduced by William Jones in 1706 CE, use of symbol was popularized by Leonhard Euler, who adopted it in 1737. A 18th Century CE, French mathematician named Georges Buffon devised a way to calculate π based on probability. 📷 : Babylonian Clay Tablet (1900–1680 BC), indicates a value of 3.125 for π British Museum #archaeohistories

@NetflixUK Why do you impose that deafening double drumbeat on us whenever we switch to Netflix, even when the tv is set to mute? Do you realise how annoying and irritating it is?

@CECHighways For Road Safety Week, how about reducing the 70mph speed limit on the Silk Road coming into Macclesfield? The stretch where people may enter the road at 20mph coming out of the retail park. Clever, not.

Reduce your speed when approaching our roadworks. Traffic Management Operatives set out road closures and other TM to keep road users safe. This also provides a safe area for our Highways Operatives, please be patient #RoadSafetyWeek

@GeologyTime I'm disappointed with the narrow range of their books. Nothing igneous, for starters.

This is a library of a GEOLOGIST LOL

@VWGroup @volkswagen Unfortunately my experience with VW's entry into the EV market, the ID.3, has made me very wary of buying VW again. Auf wiedersehen, pet.

„Time to act is now!” This is basically what he said: Thomas Schäfer, CEO of @Volkswagen passenger cars was in Berlin, speaking to members of the German Bundestag. They were interested in his comments, how to push e-mobility in Germany, as well as in other European countries.

@CECHighways @CheshireEast @EastCheshire Flower Pot junction chaos as selfish drivers block the junction. Highways refuse even basic improvements like box markings. 12 years ago this was put down as needing urgent improvements. Still waiting.

@VWGroup ACC not working very well. If one stops suddenly, you'll have an almighty pile-up.

🌅 Just a very sweet picture & memorable moment on famous Lombard Street, San Francisco: several ID. BUZZ are cruising down this super steep road. ❤️ ID. BUZZ transfers #VW Microbus spirit into the electric age: with design, EV tech, and driver assistance systems.

@nantwichnews Isn't traffic bad enough in Nantwich without having half of Beam Street coned off, next to a road junction and a pedestrian crossing, with no thought for westbound drivers having to take their chances?

@CECHighways @EastCheshire Six weeks, with 3- or 4-way traffic lights at the junction, causing delays of 10-15 minutes. Half of the A536 is coned off even though no work is underway and no one is on site. The what3words location says it all: swear.suggested.gadgets

The first phase of our A536 #Gawsworth crossroads scheme was completed on 26 October with Church Lane now resurfaced We are now in phase 2 of the scheme which requires Dark Lane to be closed until 6 December 2024 More information on the scheme here: cheshireeast.gov.uk/gawsworth

@VWGroup It doesn't matter how much you congratulate yourselves - ultimately you depend on customers to buy your products. The chaotic launch of you first BEV, before it was robust and without adequate network support, has really frustrated customers who expected quality and reliability.

🍁 Vibrant October: performance, sustainability and versatile vehicles 👇linkedin.com/pulse/vibrant-…

@CheshireEast @RingGo_parking Watch out - RingGo will default you to receiving an SMS confirmation, which adds 15p on top of your 7p "administration fee". You have to go to "notifications" to turn this feature off.

If you prefer using a 'cashless solution' to pay for your parking at @CheshireEast car parks, you'll soon see a change to another provider: cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_de… @RingGo_parking will replace PayByPhone as of 1 October. Pre-register with RingGo at: myringgo.co.uk/register

I see X is still flogging Premium, not content with its "up to 50% off" campaign of pushing it in your face every time you take a look. Offer extended, huh? If @Support ever provided support, this might be more attractive. But they don't. So it isn't.

@VWGroup Meanwhile in Volkswagen customer service land...

✨The 12th International Suppliers Fair (IZB) More than 840 companies from the automotive supplier industry present innovations for vehicle mobility. Oliver Blume, other members of the Group Board of Management & the brand boards as well as division heads get a picture on site.

@VWGroup Great customer support...

@Labour4PR @Tim_Roca By the way, Labour polled 35% of the national vote, less than when Corbyn was in charge, so their overwhelming majority in Parliament is unwarranted. Without PR, we can look forward to similar Tory rule.

@Labour4PR @Tim_Roca As my new constituency MP (after 100 years of Tories) Tim Roca didn't say anything about PR in his flyers, and didn't respond to my enquiry about this. Labour quietly forgot about PR after their 1997 victory - killed by the big beasts of the party. So, Tim, we're waiting...

"Voters should be able to change the outcome of elections every time they go to the polls, but unfortunately too many are trapped in constituencies where their vote for this place still doesn't count" 🗳️ @Tim_Roca calls for "greater electoral reform" 🌹 #Labour4PR

@ProfBrianCox @NickGaven I'm impressed that you spent half the programme talking about Phobos, even bringing in Dr Chan from the JAXA "Martian Moons" programme, without once mentioning that Mars has two moons. Is this a case of Deimosphobia?

Solar System 'Dark Worlds' this evening on BBC2 at 9pm has the longest continuous shot we've ever attempted - 5 minutes. Our camera tech @NickGaven made this little edit to show how it was done. We only did the shot twice because it was tricky!