Jon Rapley 🇪🇺🇬🇧
@jonrapley.bsky.social
B.1994, London | Interests include Motorsports, paddling (SUP, canoeing, kayaking), politics & the UK re-joining the European Union 🇪🇺🇬🇧 |
Centre-left SocDem, pro-EU Brejoiner, pro-Schengen for UK & IE, proportional representation, pro-HS2 |
#RejoinEU
Centre-left SocDem, pro-EU Brejoiner, pro-Schengen for UK & IE, proportional representation, pro-HS2 |
#RejoinEU
Pinned
Ok, THIS #RejoinEU placard design is my best so far. White text on dark blue is easier to read than the yellow text on blue for my main points. I've been through so many designs. Getting well prepared for the next
@marchforrejoin.bsky.social
#MarchForRejoin #RejoinEUMarch #JoinSchengen
@marchforrejoin.bsky.social
#MarchForRejoin #RejoinEUMarch #JoinSchengen
DRAM pricing madness thanks to this stupid AI boom.
I bought this 32 GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL36 Crucial kit in August for £85.
Out of stock from Amazon now (after exceeding £205). Still in stock at Overlockers UK for £300!!! That's over 250% more expensive!
Please can the AI bubble burst.
I bought this 32 GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL36 Crucial kit in August for £85.
Out of stock from Amazon now (after exceeding £205). Still in stock at Overlockers UK for £300!!! That's over 250% more expensive!
Please can the AI bubble burst.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DRAM pricing madness thanks to this stupid AI boom.
I bought this 32 GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL36 Crucial kit in August for £85.
Out of stock from Amazon now (after exceeding £205). Still in stock at Overlockers UK for £300!!! That's over 250% more expensive!
Please can the AI bubble burst.
I bought this 32 GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL36 Crucial kit in August for £85.
Out of stock from Amazon now (after exceeding £205). Still in stock at Overlockers UK for £300!!! That's over 250% more expensive!
Please can the AI bubble burst.
-Tesco savings vouchers: spend X amount for X amount off
-Spends extra to meet the threshold
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10 for money off
-I ask my dad if I can include his shopping in mine to reach threshold and spend extra.
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10+£20 for money off
-Me: I can't
-Spends extra to meet the threshold
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10 for money off
-I ask my dad if I can include his shopping in mine to reach threshold and spend extra.
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10+£20 for money off
-Me: I can't
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
-Tesco savings vouchers: spend X amount for X amount off
-Spends extra to meet the threshold
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10 for money off
-I ask my dad if I can include his shopping in mine to reach threshold and spend extra.
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10+£20 for money off
-Me: I can't
-Spends extra to meet the threshold
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10 for money off
-I ask my dad if I can include his shopping in mine to reach threshold and spend extra.
-Tesco: new vouchers - spend X+£10+£20 for money off
-Me: I can't
I've seen this "6, 7" thing referenced before but I don't understand what it is or what it means.
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I've seen this "6, 7" thing referenced before but I don't understand what it is or what it means.
AI industry is eating up all the DRAM leaving little to nothing left for consumers.
PCs with sufficient amounts of system memory and storage are getting more expensive.
Building your own PC is going to become economically unviable for most with RAM prices skyrocketing. Scarce availability.
PCs with sufficient amounts of system memory and storage are getting more expensive.
Building your own PC is going to become economically unviable for most with RAM prices skyrocketing. Scarce availability.
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AI industry is eating up all the DRAM leaving little to nothing left for consumers.
PCs with sufficient amounts of system memory and storage are getting more expensive.
Building your own PC is going to become economically unviable for most with RAM prices skyrocketing. Scarce availability.
PCs with sufficient amounts of system memory and storage are getting more expensive.
Building your own PC is going to become economically unviable for most with RAM prices skyrocketing. Scarce availability.
Things I like about modern tech:
-higher instructions per clock CPUs and GPUs
-ultra-low-wattage chips being efficient and useful
-Amazing graphics
-Building and playing with gaming PCs
Things I hate
-The AI bubble
-Forced AI
-Personal data collection
-Cryptomining
-Windows 11 TPM 2.0 requirements
-higher instructions per clock CPUs and GPUs
-ultra-low-wattage chips being efficient and useful
-Amazing graphics
-Building and playing with gaming PCs
Things I hate
-The AI bubble
-Forced AI
-Personal data collection
-Cryptomining
-Windows 11 TPM 2.0 requirements
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Things I like about modern tech:
-higher instructions per clock CPUs and GPUs
-ultra-low-wattage chips being efficient and useful
-Amazing graphics
-Building and playing with gaming PCs
Things I hate
-The AI bubble
-Forced AI
-Personal data collection
-Cryptomining
-Windows 11 TPM 2.0 requirements
-higher instructions per clock CPUs and GPUs
-ultra-low-wattage chips being efficient and useful
-Amazing graphics
-Building and playing with gaming PCs
Things I hate
-The AI bubble
-Forced AI
-Personal data collection
-Cryptomining
-Windows 11 TPM 2.0 requirements
Of the main parties I could vote for in England next General Election
Ref UK - populist right with far right factions ❌👎👎
Tories - right wing ❌👎
Labour - centre to centre-right 😫⚠️
Lib Dem - centre with centre-left and centre-right factions 💭
Green - left/populist-left 💭
YP - Anti-Ukraine left 👎
Ref UK - populist right with far right factions ❌👎👎
Tories - right wing ❌👎
Labour - centre to centre-right 😫⚠️
Lib Dem - centre with centre-left and centre-right factions 💭
Green - left/populist-left 💭
YP - Anti-Ukraine left 👎
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Of the main parties I could vote for in England next General Election
Ref UK - populist right with far right factions ❌👎👎
Tories - right wing ❌👎
Labour - centre to centre-right 😫⚠️
Lib Dem - centre with centre-left and centre-right factions 💭
Green - left/populist-left 💭
YP - Anti-Ukraine left 👎
Ref UK - populist right with far right factions ❌👎👎
Tories - right wing ❌👎
Labour - centre to centre-right 😫⚠️
Lib Dem - centre with centre-left and centre-right factions 💭
Green - left/populist-left 💭
YP - Anti-Ukraine left 👎
I hope the AI bubble bursts and the crash ends the insane consumer RAM and GPU prices plus mass unemployment it's causing, but not the the extent that it destroys those once PC GAMING and CAD GPU-making companies (Nvidia, AMD) as I don't want the end of new powerful 3D graphics cards to happen.
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I hope the AI bubble bursts and the crash ends the insane consumer RAM and GPU prices plus mass unemployment it's causing, but not the the extent that it destroys those once PC GAMING and CAD GPU-making companies (Nvidia, AMD) as I don't want the end of new powerful 3D graphics cards to happen.
This Labour government doesn't feel like one of social democracy. It feels like one of austerity, xenophobia appeasement, scapegoating, transphobic, Euroscepticism, authoritarianism and CONSERVATISM.
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This Labour government doesn't feel like one of social democracy. It feels like one of austerity, xenophobia appeasement, scapegoating, transphobic, Euroscepticism, authoritarianism and CONSERVATISM.
Labour validating anti-immigration sentiment will only make more people think far-right and hard-right parties are the ones to vote for sadly.
November 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Labour validating anti-immigration sentiment will only make more people think far-right and hard-right parties are the ones to vote for sadly.
My automatic reaction to AI-generated adverts on YouTube and elsewhere is that they are scams - non-existent companies trying to steal your money.
Oh, you're a real company? Then why are you trying to look untrustworthy and make people think you're trying to scam people into a fake product with AI?
Oh, you're a real company? Then why are you trying to look untrustworthy and make people think you're trying to scam people into a fake product with AI?
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My automatic reaction to AI-generated adverts on YouTube and elsewhere is that they are scams - non-existent companies trying to steal your money.
Oh, you're a real company? Then why are you trying to look untrustworthy and make people think you're trying to scam people into a fake product with AI?
Oh, you're a real company? Then why are you trying to look untrustworthy and make people think you're trying to scam people into a fake product with AI?
Yesssss! Maisie Adam! My favourite surprisingly chaotic comedian contesting series 20! 🏆 - and Champion of Champions IV won't be all-boys too. #Taskmaster
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Yesssss! Maisie Adam! My favourite surprisingly chaotic comedian contesting series 20! 🏆 - and Champion of Champions IV won't be all-boys too. #Taskmaster
3-way series tie-break! No fricking way! #Taskmaster
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
3-way series tie-break! No fricking way! #Taskmaster
Reece Shearsmith really embraced the Captain Hook costume #Taskmaster
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reece Shearsmith really embraced the Captain Hook costume #Taskmaster
I'm not mature enough for this squirting task in #Taskmaster haha
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I'm not mature enough for this squirting task in #Taskmaster haha
I've certainly enjoyed the #Taskmaster series 20 line up - one more banger to see the series out (and find out who will be in Champion of Champions IV!
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I've certainly enjoyed the #Taskmaster series 20 line up - one more banger to see the series out (and find out who will be in Champion of Champions IV!
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Feeling bad for Gabriel Bortoleto - a pretty rotten home race weekend unfortunately. Hopefully he'll have a better home race next year in the Audi-badged Sauber. #F1 #BrazilianGP #BrazilGP #SaoPauloGP
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Feeling bad for Gabriel Bortoleto - a pretty rotten home race weekend unfortunately. Hopefully he'll have a better home race next year in the Audi-badged Sauber. #F1 #BrazilianGP #BrazilGP #SaoPauloGP
If the Netflix series 'The Crown' gets revived in a few decades time (depicting the end of Elizabeth II's reign into Charles III's reign), how well do you think they'll tell the story of nonce-y Andrew?
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If the Netflix series 'The Crown' gets revived in a few decades time (depicting the end of Elizabeth II's reign into Charles III's reign), how well do you think they'll tell the story of nonce-y Andrew?
AMD: killing it with great supported CPUs across two sockets lasting multiple generations
Also AMD: killing off future game-optimised driver support for the not at all old AMD Radeon RX 5000 & 6000 graphics cards.
I only just replaced my RX 6600 last week but how long will my 9070 XT be supported?
Also AMD: killing off future game-optimised driver support for the not at all old AMD Radeon RX 5000 & 6000 graphics cards.
I only just replaced my RX 6600 last week but how long will my 9070 XT be supported?
October 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
AMD: killing it with great supported CPUs across two sockets lasting multiple generations
Also AMD: killing off future game-optimised driver support for the not at all old AMD Radeon RX 5000 & 6000 graphics cards.
I only just replaced my RX 6600 last week but how long will my 9070 XT be supported?
Also AMD: killing off future game-optimised driver support for the not at all old AMD Radeon RX 5000 & 6000 graphics cards.
I only just replaced my RX 6600 last week but how long will my 9070 XT be supported?
I kind of wish there were more Mon-Fri 9-5, 10-6, 11-7 etc factory jobs in and around London - I don't think I'd be unhappy in one for a year so long as I got paid, had weekends off and flexible annual leave.
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I kind of wish there were more Mon-Fri 9-5, 10-6, 11-7 etc factory jobs in and around London - I don't think I'd be unhappy in one for a year so long as I got paid, had weekends off and flexible annual leave.
Laws and regulations I would make for issues regarding AI
-must not be used to replace human jobs, only to aid them
-must not be used to mislead or trick someone or a population when imitating a real person
-real people must not be imitated for sexual reasons
-must not be used to replace human jobs, only to aid them
-must not be used to mislead or trick someone or a population when imitating a real person
-real people must not be imitated for sexual reasons
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Laws and regulations I would make for issues regarding AI
-must not be used to replace human jobs, only to aid them
-must not be used to mislead or trick someone or a population when imitating a real person
-real people must not be imitated for sexual reasons
-must not be used to replace human jobs, only to aid them
-must not be used to mislead or trick someone or a population when imitating a real person
-real people must not be imitated for sexual reasons
How do the multi-millionaires and billionaires pouring everything into AI to replace more human jobs expect to stay multi-millionaires and billionaires when the increasing levels of unemployed job-seekers caused by AI replacement can't afford to buy their products anymore?
October 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
How do the multi-millionaires and billionaires pouring everything into AI to replace more human jobs expect to stay multi-millionaires and billionaires when the increasing levels of unemployed job-seekers caused by AI replacement can't afford to buy their products anymore?
The new European Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES), kiosks take a photo of a traveller's face and requests their right hand's fingerprints.
What are the arrangements for
-people who have had fingers amputated on their right hand?
-people who have lost their entire right hand?
-Double amputees?
What are the arrangements for
-people who have had fingers amputated on their right hand?
-people who have lost their entire right hand?
-Double amputees?
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The new European Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES), kiosks take a photo of a traveller's face and requests their right hand's fingerprints.
What are the arrangements for
-people who have had fingers amputated on their right hand?
-people who have lost their entire right hand?
-Double amputees?
What are the arrangements for
-people who have had fingers amputated on their right hand?
-people who have lost their entire right hand?
-Double amputees?
October 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
October 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM