Edwin Hayward
@edwinhayward.com
Author and commentator. Book: 'Slaying Brexit Unicorns'. Busy AI coding.
Topics: AI & fun geeky stuff, Brexit & UK politics. Expect facts & stats, sarcasm and gallows humour.
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Topics: AI & fun geeky stuff, Brexit & UK politics. Expect facts & stats, sarcasm and gallows humour.
Handy tools: https://www.superuseful.com/
Me: https://www.edwinhayward.com/
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Edwin Hayward
@edwinhayward.com
· Dec 28
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I specced out a new PC in May 2025, and jotted down all the prices. (Didn't buy it.)
At the time, 64GB of memory was £91. Now, the same memory is going for £505.
A 2TB SSD was £98. Now, the same SSD would cost me £169.
My hypothetical £900 May 2025 build would come to over £1,500 today.
Crazy!
At the time, 64GB of memory was £91. Now, the same memory is going for £505.
A 2TB SSD was £98. Now, the same SSD would cost me £169.
My hypothetical £900 May 2025 build would come to over £1,500 today.
Crazy!
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I specced out a new PC in May 2025, and jotted down all the prices. (Didn't buy it.)
At the time, 64GB of memory was £91. Now, the same memory is going for £505.
A 2TB SSD was £98. Now, the same SSD would cost me £169.
My hypothetical £900 May 2025 build would come to over £1,500 today.
Crazy!
At the time, 64GB of memory was £91. Now, the same memory is going for £505.
A 2TB SSD was £98. Now, the same SSD would cost me £169.
My hypothetical £900 May 2025 build would come to over £1,500 today.
Crazy!
Ultimate F around and find out, courtesy of Brexit.
Unlike the EU, who are much more resilient negotiators, successive UK governments have proven extremely willing to sell Britain out to chase the brief headline boost from being able to declare a new trade deal signed.
Unlike the EU, who are much more resilient negotiators, successive UK governments have proven extremely willing to sell Britain out to chase the brief headline boost from being able to declare a new trade deal signed.
December 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ultimate F around and find out, courtesy of Brexit.
Unlike the EU, who are much more resilient negotiators, successive UK governments have proven extremely willing to sell Britain out to chase the brief headline boost from being able to declare a new trade deal signed.
Unlike the EU, who are much more resilient negotiators, successive UK governments have proven extremely willing to sell Britain out to chase the brief headline boost from being able to declare a new trade deal signed.
I specced out a new PC in May 2025, and jotted down all the prices. (Didn't buy it.)
At the time, 64GB of memory was £91. Now, the same memory is going for £505.
A 2TB SSD was £98. Now, the same SSD would cost me £169.
My hypothetical £900 May 2025 build would come to over £1,500 today.
Crazy!
At the time, 64GB of memory was £91. Now, the same memory is going for £505.
A 2TB SSD was £98. Now, the same SSD would cost me £169.
My hypothetical £900 May 2025 build would come to over £1,500 today.
Crazy!
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I specced out a new PC in May 2025, and jotted down all the prices. (Didn't buy it.)
At the time, 64GB of memory was £91. Now, the same memory is going for £505.
A 2TB SSD was £98. Now, the same SSD would cost me £169.
My hypothetical £900 May 2025 build would come to over £1,500 today.
Crazy!
At the time, 64GB of memory was £91. Now, the same memory is going for £505.
A 2TB SSD was £98. Now, the same SSD would cost me £169.
My hypothetical £900 May 2025 build would come to over £1,500 today.
Crazy!
October 2026 is going to be a horror show.
Microsoft's extended support for Windows 10 will run out, so hundreds of millions of PCs will need to be replaced because they can't run W11.
But RAM and SSD prices are monstrous. System replacement costs may be double last year's.
Microsoft's extended support for Windows 10 will run out, so hundreds of millions of PCs will need to be replaced because they can't run W11.
But RAM and SSD prices are monstrous. System replacement costs may be double last year's.
December 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
October 2026 is going to be a horror show.
Microsoft's extended support for Windows 10 will run out, so hundreds of millions of PCs will need to be replaced because they can't run W11.
But RAM and SSD prices are monstrous. System replacement costs may be double last year's.
Microsoft's extended support for Windows 10 will run out, so hundreds of millions of PCs will need to be replaced because they can't run W11.
But RAM and SSD prices are monstrous. System replacement costs may be double last year's.
Reposted by Edwin Hayward
The price of computer memory is so utterly absurd right now, you may find it cheaper to buy a used PC to yank the RAM out of than to buy just the memory. Some PC sellers don't seem to have priced the full increase in yet. Or buy a mini PC, and gut it.
(Make sure you get the right memory type/spec!)
(Make sure you get the right memory type/spec!)
December 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The price of computer memory is so utterly absurd right now, you may find it cheaper to buy a used PC to yank the RAM out of than to buy just the memory. Some PC sellers don't seem to have priced the full increase in yet. Or buy a mini PC, and gut it.
(Make sure you get the right memory type/spec!)
(Make sure you get the right memory type/spec!)
Looks like someone heard there's another million Epstein files on their way...
December 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Looks like someone heard there's another million Epstein files on their way...
The price of computer memory is so utterly absurd right now, you may find it cheaper to buy a used PC to yank the RAM out of than to buy just the memory. Some PC sellers don't seem to have priced the full increase in yet. Or buy a mini PC, and gut it.
(Make sure you get the right memory type/spec!)
(Make sure you get the right memory type/spec!)
December 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The price of computer memory is so utterly absurd right now, you may find it cheaper to buy a used PC to yank the RAM out of than to buy just the memory. Some PC sellers don't seem to have priced the full increase in yet. Or buy a mini PC, and gut it.
(Make sure you get the right memory type/spec!)
(Make sure you get the right memory type/spec!)
U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, just another in the long list of u-turns Labour have seen fit to embark on since the 2024 GE.
But their Brexit red lines? Those remain nice and solid for some mysterious reason.
Anyone would think they don't want a second term.
But their Brexit red lines? Those remain nice and solid for some mysterious reason.
Anyone would think they don't want a second term.
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, just another in the long list of u-turns Labour have seen fit to embark on since the 2024 GE.
But their Brexit red lines? Those remain nice and solid for some mysterious reason.
Anyone would think they don't want a second term.
But their Brexit red lines? Those remain nice and solid for some mysterious reason.
Anyone would think they don't want a second term.
Reposted by Edwin Hayward
Despite Labour's repeated public Brexit red lines, the official explainer for the recent UK-EU summit admits that Brexit has had a catastrophic impact on trade.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Despite Labour's repeated public Brexit red lines, the official explainer for the recent UK-EU summit admits that Brexit has had a catastrophic impact on trade.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
According to the Electoral Calculus calculator, these figures repeated at the next GE would leave Reform on 291 seats and the Tories on 58, which would be enough for them to put together a solid coalition if they wanted to.
(Other predicted seat counts: Labour 121, LibDems 75, Greens 22, SNP 45.)
(Other predicted seat counts: Labour 121, LibDems 75, Greens 22, SNP 45.)
Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention (21-22 Dec 2025)
Reform: 25% (-3)
Lab: 20% (+2)
Con: 19% (+2)
Green: 15% (-2)
Lib Dem: 15% (+1)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform: 25% (-3)
Lab: 20% (+2)
Con: 19% (+2)
Green: 15% (-2)
Lib Dem: 15% (+1)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
According to the Electoral Calculus calculator, these figures repeated at the next GE would leave Reform on 291 seats and the Tories on 58, which would be enough for them to put together a solid coalition if they wanted to.
(Other predicted seat counts: Labour 121, LibDems 75, Greens 22, SNP 45.)
(Other predicted seat counts: Labour 121, LibDems 75, Greens 22, SNP 45.)
Despite Labour's repeated public Brexit red lines, the official explainer for the recent UK-EU summit admits that Brexit has had a catastrophic impact on trade.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Despite Labour's repeated public Brexit red lines, the official explainer for the recent UK-EU summit admits that Brexit has had a catastrophic impact on trade.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
If Labour plan to go into the 2029 GE with a pledge to negotiate a new Customs Union with the EU, they will attract 100% of "Brexit betrayed" right wing wrath for very little gain.
Such a weak offering is hardly likely to sway enough voters back into Labour's arms for them to get a second term.
Such a weak offering is hardly likely to sway enough voters back into Labour's arms for them to get a second term.
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
If Labour plan to go into the 2029 GE with a pledge to negotiate a new Customs Union with the EU, they will attract 100% of "Brexit betrayed" right wing wrath for very little gain.
Such a weak offering is hardly likely to sway enough voters back into Labour's arms for them to get a second term.
Such a weak offering is hardly likely to sway enough voters back into Labour's arms for them to get a second term.
Nobody under 27.5 voted for Brexit.
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Nobody under 27.5 voted for Brexit.
Reposted by Edwin Hayward
Wes Streeting is as idiotic about Brexit in his own way as Starmer is.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
Apparently engaging with the EU is all about economics, while also avoiding freedom of movement. Sigh.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Wes Streeting is as idiotic about Brexit in his own way as Starmer is.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
Wes Streeting is as idiotic about Brexit in his own way as Starmer is.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
Apparently engaging with the EU is all about economics, while also avoiding freedom of movement. Sigh.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Wes Streeting is as idiotic about Brexit in his own way as Starmer is.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
Reposted by Edwin Hayward
More Brexit joy ahead.
Labour are incapable of negotiating almost everything. Terrible or collapsing trade deals, no enhanced participation in EU defence procurement, no EES easement, and now this...
But their incompetence doesn't stop their hollow boasting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour are incapable of negotiating almost everything. Terrible or collapsing trade deals, no enhanced participation in EU defence procurement, no EES easement, and now this...
But their incompetence doesn't stop their hollow boasting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
More Brexit joy ahead.
Labour are incapable of negotiating almost everything. Terrible or collapsing trade deals, no enhanced participation in EU defence procurement, no EES easement, and now this...
But their incompetence doesn't stop their hollow boasting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour are incapable of negotiating almost everything. Terrible or collapsing trade deals, no enhanced participation in EU defence procurement, no EES easement, and now this...
But their incompetence doesn't stop their hollow boasting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
More Brexit joy ahead.
Labour are incapable of negotiating almost everything. Terrible or collapsing trade deals, no enhanced participation in EU defence procurement, no EES easement, and now this...
But their incompetence doesn't stop their hollow boasting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour are incapable of negotiating almost everything. Terrible or collapsing trade deals, no enhanced participation in EU defence procurement, no EES easement, and now this...
But their incompetence doesn't stop their hollow boasting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
More Brexit joy ahead.
Labour are incapable of negotiating almost everything. Terrible or collapsing trade deals, no enhanced participation in EU defence procurement, no EES easement, and now this...
But their incompetence doesn't stop their hollow boasting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour are incapable of negotiating almost everything. Terrible or collapsing trade deals, no enhanced participation in EU defence procurement, no EES easement, and now this...
But their incompetence doesn't stop their hollow boasting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Edwin Hayward
There's likely decades of progress lurking in missed associations between wildly disparate pieces of research, scientific discoveries, patents etc.
AI will be able to truffle out those buried links and deliver true advances, without ever requiring an atom of actual intelligence.
AI will be able to truffle out those buried links and deliver true advances, without ever requiring an atom of actual intelligence.
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
There's likely decades of progress lurking in missed associations between wildly disparate pieces of research, scientific discoveries, patents etc.
AI will be able to truffle out those buried links and deliver true advances, without ever requiring an atom of actual intelligence.
AI will be able to truffle out those buried links and deliver true advances, without ever requiring an atom of actual intelligence.
There's likely decades of progress lurking in missed associations between wildly disparate pieces of research, scientific discoveries, patents etc.
AI will be able to truffle out those buried links and deliver true advances, without ever requiring an atom of actual intelligence.
AI will be able to truffle out those buried links and deliver true advances, without ever requiring an atom of actual intelligence.
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
There's likely decades of progress lurking in missed associations between wildly disparate pieces of research, scientific discoveries, patents etc.
AI will be able to truffle out those buried links and deliver true advances, without ever requiring an atom of actual intelligence.
AI will be able to truffle out those buried links and deliver true advances, without ever requiring an atom of actual intelligence.
2025: Trump demolishes the East Wing, adds his name to various buildings named for other people
2026: Trump demolishes the West Wing, strips non-Trump names from buildings he is listed on
2027: Trump renames memorials, gets carved into Mt Rushmore
2028: USA becomes Trumpmerica
2026: Trump demolishes the West Wing, strips non-Trump names from buildings he is listed on
2027: Trump renames memorials, gets carved into Mt Rushmore
2028: USA becomes Trumpmerica
December 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
2025: Trump demolishes the East Wing, adds his name to various buildings named for other people
2026: Trump demolishes the West Wing, strips non-Trump names from buildings he is listed on
2027: Trump renames memorials, gets carved into Mt Rushmore
2028: USA becomes Trumpmerica
2026: Trump demolishes the West Wing, strips non-Trump names from buildings he is listed on
2027: Trump renames memorials, gets carved into Mt Rushmore
2028: USA becomes Trumpmerica
What's special about this C64 floppy disk and others like it?
(Those who know, know. If you don't, all the clues are there so long as you study the image carefully and think laterally.)
(Those who know, know. If you don't, all the clues are there so long as you study the image carefully and think laterally.)
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
What's special about this C64 floppy disk and others like it?
(Those who know, know. If you don't, all the clues are there so long as you study the image carefully and think laterally.)
(Those who know, know. If you don't, all the clues are there so long as you study the image carefully and think laterally.)
Reposted by Edwin Hayward
Not a good look for Labour to deny 9 million people their local election say.
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Not a good look for Labour to deny 9 million people their local election say.
Not a good look for Labour to deny 9 million people their local election say.
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Not a good look for Labour to deny 9 million people their local election say.
Since David Frost has NEVER been right about anything at any point when it comes to Brexit, this feels like a strong endorsement for our participation in Erasmus.
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Since David Frost has NEVER been right about anything at any point when it comes to Brexit, this feels like a strong endorsement for our participation in Erasmus.