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Software developer, writer of wrongs, photonerd and currymuncher

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Only 1 out of 3 Oklahoma senators will understand this.

06.03.2026 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone make him say "homo erectus"

06.03.2026 16:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's not freedom if you can't afford to commute to work, can't afford healthcare, and you're afraid to go outside for fear of being attacked by ICE or
an Iranian with a grudge.

06.03.2026 13:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do hope this Axel Springer won't cause a decline in the Telegraph's high editorial standards.

06.03.2026 12:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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John Prescott's son joins Greens David Prescott decision to join the Greens comes as the party overtakes Labour for the first time in the polls.

Prescott joins Green Party. Dad would have approved quite possibly.

06.03.2026 07:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I'm translating it as "they have no dog in this fight"

06.03.2026 10:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mullin probably shakes hands with Pete "soap-dodger" Hegseth too. Considering the health advice there getting from RFK Jr, I don't rate their chances.

06.03.2026 08:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We should make more use of phrases like "in which they have neither camel nor she-camel".

06.03.2026 08:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Further evidence supporting the "Everyone is 12" theory about the regime.

06.03.2026 07:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely. Always want to point they'll be sending people, not just boots.

04.03.2026 15:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At this point I'd be happy to see Spain retaliate and take Texas back. Couldn't be worse that Greg Abbott running the place.

04.03.2026 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's more political analysis than you'll find in the article.

04.03.2026 13:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Historically the Express only ever covered three kinds of stories: health scare stories, weather scare stories, and anti-foreigner stories.
In these uncertain times, it's reassuring to know that the Express, even its US sister paper, is still consistently crap.

04.03.2026 12:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fascinating to watch Nana Akua realise she might have chosen the wrong side.

03.03.2026 22:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mission Accomplished is it now?

03.03.2026 14:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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two young men in a library with one wearing a t-shirt that says ' a ' on it Alt: Dick and Dom in da library, playing the BOGEYS game.
03.03.2026 02:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remembering the excitement about the Arab Spring and how it was a long brutal bloody nightmare for people in Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen.

02.03.2026 20:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A quote by Carl Sagan Weโ€™ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of i...

I think Carl Sagan predicted something like this in "The Demon-Haunted World" 30 years ago.

www.goodreads.com/quotes/10716...

02.03.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nah it was just the basic cheapskate version. No special training. Just using it like I might have used StackOverflow or Superuser.

Similar useless results from Copilot.

01.03.2026 17:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A few weeks ago I used Gemini to tell me how to configure a button mapping in Rockbox. I couldn't get the example to work.

Then I checked the the rockbox source code on GitHub. Gemini had *completely invented* features that did not exist in the codebase. It was bullshitting.

01.03.2026 17:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If human experts ever refuse to do this hand-holding, AI is going to eat itself.

01.03.2026 13:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AI can do deployments - if configured to do so. But I suspect the typical vibe coder wouldn't know how to guide it, not how to avoid the pitfalls.

01.03.2026 13:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With or without AI "assistance", the price of moving fast has always been increasing tech debt. And it has always had to be paid back eventually.
It's always been a source of let's say "creative tension" between devs and product managers.

01.03.2026 13:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's going to be a lot of these "now what?" requests in future, not to mention cleaning up vibe-coded codebases before they're even ready for deployment.

We'll be sucking through our teeth like plumbers, saying "Who did this for you? It'll all have to come out..."

01.03.2026 13:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If AI code generation had existed when I started in the industry and was doing all the basic code monkey stuff to learn the ropes, I'd have been screwed.
It's a shite situation for anyone starting in software development.

01.03.2026 13:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe I'm just desperately clinging to a career, but much of software engineering is not just banging on a keyboard like a monkey, but having discussions with Business Analysts, DBAs, other devs and sometimes yes even the users, about design and implementation. That requires expertise and insight.

01.03.2026 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 44 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or maybe for visitors from Norn Iron.

01.03.2026 11:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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30 years.

This video should be on every network.

26.02.2026 13:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 15858 ๐Ÿ” 8423 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1004 ๐Ÿ“Œ 913

I'm curious about how at every level in the chain of command, from Generals to airmen, they found people who agreed with the order from the Executive Branch and carried it out.

Befehl ist Befehl, oder?

01.03.2026 03:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So there it is. The new Sarajevo moment.

And here's Israel now:

01.03.2026 03:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0