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Amature entomologist and professional software developer; the order is important.

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Did pretty well when the format was a league, though. It's knockout competitions we suck at.

11.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is why I don't have front-end framework fatigue. I have used only two for the last 20 years.

11.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anakin Skywalker in the prequals manages to do it. Though then he turns into the coolest bad guy ever.

07.03.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How dare they use Christopher Reeve.

06.03.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
04.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Software development was never engineering, it was always artisanal.

04.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let me be clear, this has got to stop.

04.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At the insistence of the publishing companies, the UK govt prevents residents from accessing Sci-Hub, a free site containing academic literature, otherwise paywalled. Now they plan to let AI companies use any music, writing, art… to train their crappy programmes WITHOUT PAYING US A PENNY. Thieves!

03.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, they may have difficulty on defence internally. But I think the bigger danger to their poll numbers are the tax the rich to feed the poor narrative.

03.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They need a proper policy on everything. As the LibDems know very well; it's easy to say things in opposition.

03.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm off out to see if I can find a Bee Fly.

02.03.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's Calliphora vicina. The orange anterior spitacle is diagnostic.

01.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is also my experience with C# and typescript code.

01.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Were they not striking US military bases? Purely from an English language point of view that isn't indiscriminate.

28.02.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Blair's first cabinet:

Brown, Prescott, Beckett, Straw, Cook, Blunkett, Short, Mowlam, Harman, Darling, Dobson.

Whatever their political pluses or minuses, where is that quality now?

27.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, that's my point. I think a large part of the reason the Greens won is because they had an excellant candidate.

27.02.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think what the by-election shows is that political parties don't spend anywhere near enough energy on finding the right candidate.

27.02.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've always suspected your cakes must have an insideous purpose.

27.02.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ed Miliband says climate impact of data centres is uncertain The admission comes after MPs said they were concerned about emissions from a boom in data centres.

I would have thought this is one time a back of the envelope calculation would give us a pretty good indication.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

27.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was always the problem with tuition fees. Universities are not training centres, they are knowledge centres that provide far more than degrees for students.

25.02.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We need to stop using industry-friendly PR terms like β€œage verification” and call it what it is: Digital ID

24.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 657 πŸ” 190 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 6

Right, that's it. I'm inviting Putin, Netanyahu and Orban to create my own international body to rule on the spelling of all words.

24.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fancy that, academic attainment having a dominant role in school performance.

24.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The students claiming uni Covid compensation 'for the principle' Dozens of universities have received legal letters over what students say they missed out on during Covid.

This is causing despair in academe. (1) We were forced to close during Covid. We had no choice! (2) We're not service providers like a restaurant, we are institutions of state. (3) We did everything we could. (4) This will cripple current students' education.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

21.02.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 457 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 73

Is it this?

bsky.app/profile/jmbe...

21.02.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣🀣🀣

20.02.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Chickens

20.02.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There's so little left we can virtue signal about. Don't take that away from us.

20.02.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How about we start asking what Queen Elizabeth II knew?

19.02.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A fight for the most anti-system candidate to be in charge of the system... at least sounds oxymorinic.

18.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0