Harry
@harrywinser.com
A Software dev/engineering manager based in Devon.
Posts will contain, but not limited to Motorcycles, music, travels, Dungeons & Dragons, code and technology.
Personal website; https://harrywinser.com/
Mastodon; https://mstdn.social/@hazz223
Posts will contain, but not limited to Motorcycles, music, travels, Dungeons & Dragons, code and technology.
Personal website; https://harrywinser.com/
Mastodon; https://mstdn.social/@hazz223
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I thought I was struggling with occasional writer’s block and instead it was actually a symptom of burnout and a trauma disorder. Neither of which an AI can (or should) help with.
People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I thought I was struggling with occasional writer’s block and instead it was actually a symptom of burnout and a trauma disorder. Neither of which an AI can (or should) help with.
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I’ve thought about this scene ever day since it aired
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’ve thought about this scene ever day since it aired
Is this the classic smell of a monopoly? Or is it more of a dance?
1,2,3 You all pay more!
1,2,3 You all pay more!
AT&T is raising home internet prices for the second year in a row
AT&T is raising home internet prices for the second year in a row
Another $5 per month increase.
buff.ly
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Is this the classic smell of a monopoly? Or is it more of a dance?
1,2,3 You all pay more!
1,2,3 You all pay more!
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Private Eye doing an excellent job of predicting the forthcoming budget headlines in each paper… showing just how ridiculous they can all be.
Top prizes - *of course* - to the Telegraph, Mail, Times and Express.
Top prizes - *of course* - to the Telegraph, Mail, Times and Express.
October 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Private Eye doing an excellent job of predicting the forthcoming budget headlines in each paper… showing just how ridiculous they can all be.
Top prizes - *of course* - to the Telegraph, Mail, Times and Express.
Top prizes - *of course* - to the Telegraph, Mail, Times and Express.
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this tweet turns 10 today 🎂🥳
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
this tweet turns 10 today 🎂🥳
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SO many people have asked @reckless.bsky.social and me when we were going to launch ad-free podcasts. The answer is today! Right now! We just launched them! Ad-free podcasts are here! www.theverge.com/bulletin/795...
Verge subscribers, here’s how to set up ad-free podcasts
Ad-free Decoder, Version History, and The Vergecast! Here’s how to get them.
www.theverge.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
SO many people have asked @reckless.bsky.social and me when we were going to launch ad-free podcasts. The answer is today! Right now! We just launched them! Ad-free podcasts are here! www.theverge.com/bulletin/795...
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
I’ve got a cold and my partner is out tonight at a party. Boo hoo.
But I’ve got my cat on my lap, and going to watch a terrible movie.
Thinking so far 5 Nights at Freddy’s. But very much open to suggestions!
But I’ve got my cat on my lap, and going to watch a terrible movie.
Thinking so far 5 Nights at Freddy’s. But very much open to suggestions!
October 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’ve got a cold and my partner is out tonight at a party. Boo hoo.
But I’ve got my cat on my lap, and going to watch a terrible movie.
Thinking so far 5 Nights at Freddy’s. But very much open to suggestions!
But I’ve got my cat on my lap, and going to watch a terrible movie.
Thinking so far 5 Nights at Freddy’s. But very much open to suggestions!
I love my Nikon, but the iPhone camera really is impressive. Makes going for a walk more fun when you can randomly capture so beautify photos
October 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I love my Nikon, but the iPhone camera really is impressive. Makes going for a walk more fun when you can randomly capture so beautify photos
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New in PN: Get ready for the next big bailout
"What this means is that the farmers will be insulated at least somewhat from the damage Trump’s foolish trade war did to them; in other words, they’ll get a bailout. The rest of us will pay for it. And the economy will get no benefit at all."
"What this means is that the farmers will be insulated at least somewhat from the damage Trump’s foolish trade war did to them; in other words, they’ll get a bailout. The rest of us will pay for it. And the economy will get no benefit at all."
Get ready for the next big bailout
Trump's tariffs are wrecking the agribusiness economy — again.
www.publicnotice.co
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
New in PN: Get ready for the next big bailout
"What this means is that the farmers will be insulated at least somewhat from the damage Trump’s foolish trade war did to them; in other words, they’ll get a bailout. The rest of us will pay for it. And the economy will get no benefit at all."
"What this means is that the farmers will be insulated at least somewhat from the damage Trump’s foolish trade war did to them; in other words, they’ll get a bailout. The rest of us will pay for it. And the economy will get no benefit at all."
Prediction; EA will be sold off for parts over the next year or two, as the Private Equity attempt to get their % payout.
www.theverge.com/news/787112/...
www.theverge.com/news/787112/...
$55 billion EA buyout hands Madden over to investors including Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner
EA will be privately owned once the deal closes.
www.theverge.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Prediction; EA will be sold off for parts over the next year or two, as the Private Equity attempt to get their % payout.
www.theverge.com/news/787112/...
www.theverge.com/news/787112/...
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I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have
September 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have
How does one short A.I. stock?
Just asking…
Just asking…
September 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
How does one short A.I. stock?
Just asking…
Just asking…
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British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right…
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
Reform, with 0.7% of all MPs, featured in 25% of BBC's recent 10pm news bulletins
Astonishingly, a party with 18 times as many MPs as Reform has received one-third less coverage on BBC News at 10.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right…
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
9 years ago I had a Pebble Steal Time. Loved that watch, but it died when traveling.
As of today, I now have an Apple Watch SE3!
Those who wear a Apple Watch - any tips and suggestions?
As of today, I now have an Apple Watch SE3!
Those who wear a Apple Watch - any tips and suggestions?
September 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
9 years ago I had a Pebble Steal Time. Loved that watch, but it died when traveling.
As of today, I now have an Apple Watch SE3!
Those who wear a Apple Watch - any tips and suggestions?
As of today, I now have an Apple Watch SE3!
Those who wear a Apple Watch - any tips and suggestions?
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I cannot describe how bad this is for tech companies.
Not the $100K fee on *new* H1Bs, but that their software engineers currently abroad can be turned back (or detained?) at the border with ZERO notice!
It brings uncertainty to running a business in the US. Plus (cont’d)
Not the $100K fee on *new* H1Bs, but that their software engineers currently abroad can be turned back (or detained?) at the border with ZERO notice!
It brings uncertainty to running a business in the US. Plus (cont’d)
September 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I cannot describe how bad this is for tech companies.
Not the $100K fee on *new* H1Bs, but that their software engineers currently abroad can be turned back (or detained?) at the border with ZERO notice!
It brings uncertainty to running a business in the US. Plus (cont’d)
Not the $100K fee on *new* H1Bs, but that their software engineers currently abroad can be turned back (or detained?) at the border with ZERO notice!
It brings uncertainty to running a business in the US. Plus (cont’d)
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Nation Grateful To GOP For Protecting It From TV
Nation Grateful To GOP For Protecting It From TV
WASHINGTON—Thanking the government for defending the public from the terrifying screen in their homes, the American people confirmed Thursday that they were grateful to Republicans for protecting them...
theonion.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Nation Grateful To GOP For Protecting It From TV
I'M SHOCKED! SHOCKED I TELL YOU!
Samsung brings ads to US fridges
Samsung brings ads to US fridges
Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere.
buff.ly
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I'M SHOCKED! SHOCKED I TELL YOU!
Recently started looking at deploying libraries for Node and Java.
It was very different. Node was deployed in just a minute or two to get it into NPM.
Java takes a load of extra steps to get it onto Maven Central.
I feel this has something to do with this.
It was very different. Node was deployed in just a minute or two to get it into NPM.
Java takes a load of extra steps to get it onto Maven Central.
I feel this has something to do with this.
What I don't quite understand about node: why does every project have dependency hell, and why do so few projects have no or very few dependencies?
Seems very hard (if not impossible) to audit the dependencies of your dependenies' dependencies...
Seems very hard (if not impossible) to audit the dependencies of your dependenies' dependencies...
September 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Recently started looking at deploying libraries for Node and Java.
It was very different. Node was deployed in just a minute or two to get it into NPM.
Java takes a load of extra steps to get it onto Maven Central.
I feel this has something to do with this.
It was very different. Node was deployed in just a minute or two to get it into NPM.
Java takes a load of extra steps to get it onto Maven Central.
I feel this has something to do with this.
It’s now been a few days with Liquid Glass on iOS. So far… feels like sugar.
Initial high of the new and shiny, and now the crash. Ultimately, I don’t think I mind it, but it doesn’t add a whole lot, and arguably makes some things harder to read.
Initial high of the new and shiny, and now the crash. Ultimately, I don’t think I mind it, but it doesn’t add a whole lot, and arguably makes some things harder to read.
September 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s now been a few days with Liquid Glass on iOS. So far… feels like sugar.
Initial high of the new and shiny, and now the crash. Ultimately, I don’t think I mind it, but it doesn’t add a whole lot, and arguably makes some things harder to read.
Initial high of the new and shiny, and now the crash. Ultimately, I don’t think I mind it, but it doesn’t add a whole lot, and arguably makes some things harder to read.
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Elon Musk doesn’t deserve a trillion-dollar package.
He deserves to be fired.
He deserves to be fired.
Apple survived Steve Jobs.
Microsoft thrived after Gates.
If Tesla can’t survive Musk, maybe it deserves its decline.
www.theindex.media/p/a-trillion...
Microsoft thrived after Gates.
If Tesla can’t survive Musk, maybe it deserves its decline.
www.theindex.media/p/a-trillion...
A Trillion-Dollar Joke
The Fragility of Fealty
www.theindex.media
September 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Elon Musk doesn’t deserve a trillion-dollar package.
He deserves to be fired.
He deserves to be fired.
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BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage
BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage
Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds
The BBC has come under renewed pressure over the amount of coverage dedicated to Reform UK after an analysis showed Nigel Farage’s party featured in a quarter of all News At Ten bulletins over six months.
Reform featured in 49 bulletins between January and July this year, whereas the Liberal Democrats – the third party in parliament with 72 MPs – featured in 17.9% of bulletins, with 35 references. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage
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Tax aside, this is objectively a very sad end to Rayner’s political career: a teenage single mum from a deprived family who went onto be deputy prime minister. The right wing press detested her for not knowing her place. Their glee at her downfall will be palpable in tomorrow’s front pages.
September 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Tax aside, this is objectively a very sad end to Rayner’s political career: a teenage single mum from a deprived family who went onto be deputy prime minister. The right wing press detested her for not knowing her place. Their glee at her downfall will be palpable in tomorrow’s front pages.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM