Systems friends! The latest edition of the UK Systems conference will be held in County Durham in April.
uksystems.org/workshop/2026/
Lovely place, lovely people. Attend if you can!
uksystems.org/workshop/2026/
Lovely place, lovely people. Attend if you can!
Collating news and events for the UK Systems Research Community
uksystems.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Systems friends! The latest edition of the UK Systems conference will be held in County Durham in April.
uksystems.org/workshop/2026/
Lovely place, lovely people. Attend if you can!
uksystems.org/workshop/2026/
Lovely place, lovely people. Attend if you can!
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All hail our robot overlords.
All hail our robot overlords.
February 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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All hail our robot overlords.
All hail our robot overlords.
Looking at pricing for smoke alarms, and I simply cannot believe that Google are killing Nest. They're 2-3x the price of other smoke alarms - how can you not be wildly profitable at these levels?
February 5, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Looking at pricing for smoke alarms, and I simply cannot believe that Google are killing Nest. They're 2-3x the price of other smoke alarms - how can you not be wildly profitable at these levels?
I have very much fallen out of love with Google hardware. They EOL'd Nest smoke alarms, and I've had it with their Wifi pucks. I'm just waiting for them to kill their thermostats.
Ubiquiti kit ordered. Any advice on smoke alarms?
Ubiquiti kit ordered. Any advice on smoke alarms?
January 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I have very much fallen out of love with Google hardware. They EOL'd Nest smoke alarms, and I've had it with their Wifi pucks. I'm just waiting for them to kill their thermostats.
Ubiquiti kit ordered. Any advice on smoke alarms?
Ubiquiti kit ordered. Any advice on smoke alarms?
About 12mWh less gas consumed than in previous years. Reasons:
- Mild weather
- Internal insulation for every wall and ceiling in all upstairs rooms
- Low temp underfloor heating everywhere
- Solar thermal in summer (very evident on chart)
(Good year for solar PV too: 50% of home plus two cars)
- Mild weather
- Internal insulation for every wall and ceiling in all upstairs rooms
- Low temp underfloor heating everywhere
- Solar thermal in summer (very evident on chart)
(Good year for solar PV too: 50% of home plus two cars)
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
About 12mWh less gas consumed than in previous years. Reasons:
- Mild weather
- Internal insulation for every wall and ceiling in all upstairs rooms
- Low temp underfloor heating everywhere
- Solar thermal in summer (very evident on chart)
(Good year for solar PV too: 50% of home plus two cars)
- Mild weather
- Internal insulation for every wall and ceiling in all upstairs rooms
- Low temp underfloor heating everywhere
- Solar thermal in summer (very evident on chart)
(Good year for solar PV too: 50% of home plus two cars)
Hands down the best Christmas movie of all time.
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Hands down the best Christmas movie of all time.
Reposted by Jim Webber
Joy Division vs Charlie Brown dance party also slaps...
October 8, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Joy Division vs Charlie Brown dance party also slaps...
This beggars belief.
It is insane to be spending almost twice as much upgrading the UK's gas network than its electricity network. The gas network must quickly become legacy, not future-proofed.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
It is insane to be spending almost twice as much upgrading the UK's gas network than its electricity network. The gas network must quickly become legacy, not future-proofed.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
Households face higher energy bills as £28bn grid upgrade gets go-ahead
Plan to improve gas networks and rewire electricity systems across Great Britain likely to add £30 to average annual bill
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This beggars belief.
It is insane to be spending almost twice as much upgrading the UK's gas network than its electricity network. The gas network must quickly become legacy, not future-proofed.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
It is insane to be spending almost twice as much upgrading the UK's gas network than its electricity network. The gas network must quickly become legacy, not future-proofed.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
Nils "nominative determinism" Pratley at it again.
If only there was some magical technology that could multiply the calorific value of the limited gas by 3-4x, then all our heating worries would be solved.
Oh wait, there is.
Heat pumps = energy security.
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
If only there was some magical technology that could multiply the calorific value of the limited gas by 3-4x, then all our heating worries would be solved.
Oh wait, there is.
Heat pumps = energy security.
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
Report detailing risks to UK gas security was not one to bury on budget day | Nils Pratley
Facts in Neso’s stark assessment have been ignored for years – yet running out could be government-toppling event
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Nils "nominative determinism" Pratley at it again.
If only there was some magical technology that could multiply the calorific value of the limited gas by 3-4x, then all our heating worries would be solved.
Oh wait, there is.
Heat pumps = energy security.
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
If only there was some magical technology that could multiply the calorific value of the limited gas by 3-4x, then all our heating worries would be solved.
Oh wait, there is.
Heat pumps = energy security.
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
Hey Melbournians! There's a neo4j meetup tomorrow night. One talk on graphs and AI, and me on some cool research on scalable transactions for graphs. Sign up here: www.meetup.com/graphdb-melb...
Graph Database Melbourne | Meetup
Welcome to the **Graph Database Melbourne User Group**, a group for anyone interested in exploring the intersection of graphs, artificial intelligence, machine learning, gen-ai big data, and analytics...
www.meetup.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hey Melbournians! There's a neo4j meetup tomorrow night. One talk on graphs and AI, and me on some cool research on scalable transactions for graphs. Sign up here: www.meetup.com/graphdb-melb...
That @joneaves.bsky.social fella is fine company, highly recommended. Didn’t try to factorise large primes even once.
December 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
That @joneaves.bsky.social fella is fine company, highly recommended. Didn’t try to factorise large primes even once.
To paraphrase Alf Dubs, "there goes one more Labour vote." Mine.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
To paraphrase Alf Dubs, "there goes one more Labour vote." Mine.
While I do not condone violence, there is straightforwardly no equivalence between antifascists and fascists. Feels like Germany has gone down this path before and it did not end well.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Seven alleged members of German far-left group go on trial over attacks
Militant group Antifa Ost said to be behind assaults on rightwing extremists in Germany and Hungary
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
While I do not condone violence, there is straightforwardly no equivalence between antifascists and fascists. Feels like Germany has gone down this path before and it did not end well.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This is an excellent piece on graphs and semantics. Very balanced and well researched: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Labels as the Real Semantic Layer of LPG in GraphRAG and Applied Knowledge Graphs
Table of Contents
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is an excellent piece on graphs and semantics. Very balanced and well researched: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Hey journalists! I know you're very smart and literate, but you are not very numerate.
This should say "your already very expensive shopping is going up by another 3.6%" Instead you imply things are getting better for me, rather than getting worse at a slightly slower rate than feared.
This should say "your already very expensive shopping is going up by another 3.6%" Instead you imply things are getting better for me, rather than getting worse at a slightly slower rate than feared.
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Hey journalists! I know you're very smart and literate, but you are not very numerate.
This should say "your already very expensive shopping is going up by another 3.6%" Instead you imply things are getting better for me, rather than getting worse at a slightly slower rate than feared.
This should say "your already very expensive shopping is going up by another 3.6%" Instead you imply things are getting better for me, rather than getting worse at a slightly slower rate than feared.
This is simply lovely - the agentic graph of Stranger Things. Feels like a return to form for @neo4j.com's nerd-led marketing!
neo4j.com/blog/news/ho...
neo4j.com/blog/news/ho...
"Stranger Things" — The Gate to True Sight With Graph Intelligence - Graph Database & Analytics
The final season of "Stranger Things" is upon us. Discover how Neo4j used graph technology to build HopperGraph and model fan predictions.
neo4j.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This is simply lovely - the agentic graph of Stranger Things. Feels like a return to form for @neo4j.com's nerd-led marketing!
neo4j.com/blog/news/ho...
neo4j.com/blog/news/ho...
Not so much solar power in these Autumnal days. Elon pushed a new firmware update to my batteries that is "smarter" and greatly limits the amount of (cheap, off peak) electricity I import.
Now I don't have enough battery power to get through the day if I do laundry etc.
Now I don't have enough battery power to get through the day if I do laundry etc.
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Not so much solar power in these Autumnal days. Elon pushed a new firmware update to my batteries that is "smarter" and greatly limits the amount of (cheap, off peak) electricity I import.
Now I don't have enough battery power to get through the day if I do laundry etc.
Now I don't have enough battery power to get through the day if I do laundry etc.
Today in “politicians don’t understand computers”
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Today in “politicians don’t understand computers”
This will not end well.
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This will not end well.
I could definitely argue any parking fine for this, right?
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I could definitely argue any parking fine for this, right?
JFC. Seems like the UK Labour policy wonks have been kicked in the head by a horse.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
JFC. Seems like the UK Labour policy wonks have been kicked in the head by a horse.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
