Dave H
@thinkfoo.uk
Software Developer: TDD, CD etc
Political: liberal, pro EU, centrist non Dad
If you get blocked it's because I found you boring
https://thinkfoo.wordpress.com/
Political: liberal, pro EU, centrist non Dad
If you get blocked it's because I found you boring
https://thinkfoo.wordpress.com/
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The problem with social media is that you’re only allowed to hold opinions in batches. If you believe X and Y, you must also believe Z, which is atmospherically similar to X and Y and believed by all the same people.
If you don’t do this, everyone hates you. It makes actual thinking impossible.
If you don’t do this, everyone hates you. It makes actual thinking impossible.
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The problem with social media is that you’re only allowed to hold opinions in batches. If you believe X and Y, you must also believe Z, which is atmospherically similar to X and Y and believed by all the same people.
If you don’t do this, everyone hates you. It makes actual thinking impossible.
If you don’t do this, everyone hates you. It makes actual thinking impossible.
This got me some flak, I stand by it. If AI could eradicate all jobs, you aren’t going to get a global ban, those that don't ban it will out compete.
But I don't think it's going to.
More likely that, in the future, there will be people who refuse to leverage AI and there will be people with jobs.
But I don't think it's going to.
More likely that, in the future, there will be people who refuse to leverage AI and there will be people with jobs.
No, I don't think this is true. I mean, we haven't uninvented the bomb but also don't, you know, use it.
You can't switch it off though. You can't uninvent AI anymore then you can uninvent the bomb. To achieve what you suggest you're essentially talking autarky.
February 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
This got me some flak, I stand by it. If AI could eradicate all jobs, you aren’t going to get a global ban, those that don't ban it will out compete.
But I don't think it's going to.
More likely that, in the future, there will be people who refuse to leverage AI and there will be people with jobs.
But I don't think it's going to.
More likely that, in the future, there will be people who refuse to leverage AI and there will be people with jobs.
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people are dunking on this but none of the arguments make sense
NFTs/BetaMax: useless or unpopular.
Drugs: physical goods. are you gonna ban GPUs? also how's that going?
CFCs: decent replacements
With something like AI, some countries are going to push the "defect" button.
NFTs/BetaMax: useless or unpopular.
Drugs: physical goods. are you gonna ban GPUs? also how's that going?
CFCs: decent replacements
With something like AI, some countries are going to push the "defect" button.
You can't switch it off though. You can't uninvent AI anymore then you can uninvent the bomb. To achieve what you suggest you're essentially talking autarky.
February 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
people are dunking on this but none of the arguments make sense
NFTs/BetaMax: useless or unpopular.
Drugs: physical goods. are you gonna ban GPUs? also how's that going?
CFCs: decent replacements
With something like AI, some countries are going to push the "defect" button.
NFTs/BetaMax: useless or unpopular.
Drugs: physical goods. are you gonna ban GPUs? also how's that going?
CFCs: decent replacements
With something like AI, some countries are going to push the "defect" button.
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You can't switch it off though. You can't uninvent AI anymore then you can uninvent the bomb. To achieve what you suggest you're essentially talking autarky.
February 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
You can't switch it off though. You can't uninvent AI anymore then you can uninvent the bomb. To achieve what you suggest you're essentially talking autarky.
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Brexit. None of the instigators have taken any responsibility, none have recognised the inherent flaws, all continue to insist this would be perfection if only something they can't actually describe. The modern communists, who would drive their country into penury rather than face reality.
January 31, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Brexit. None of the instigators have taken any responsibility, none have recognised the inherent flaws, all continue to insist this would be perfection if only something they can't actually describe. The modern communists, who would drive their country into penury rather than face reality.
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China trip @mortenmorland brilliant as ever
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
China trip @mortenmorland brilliant as ever
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V good.
Middle powers may miss the global order more than they think ft.trib.al/0Zp68Kh | opinion
Middle powers may miss the global order more than they think
Even if you are not interested in the superpowers, they will sooner or later be interested in you
ft.trib.al
January 25, 2026 at 5:11 AM
V good.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
"Whether it is true, of course, is always debatable, but we do like a bit of swagger."
"Whether it is true, of course, is always debatable, but we do like a bit of swagger."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
"Hence these cases could be said to support the view that an offer of a unilateral contract can be withdrawn after part-performance by the offeree."
[An annoying sentence, why?]
/1
"Hence these cases could be said to support the view that an offer of a unilateral contract can be withdrawn after part-performance by the offeree."
[An annoying sentence, why?]
/1
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
'Still, despite the obvious advantage of combining distributional, telemetry, and tracer data sets, empirical and statistical studies that do so remain rare in the literature.’
'Still, despite the obvious advantage of combining distributional, telemetry, and tracer data sets, empirical and statistical studies that do so remain rare in the literature.’
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
"Whether it is true, of course, is always debatable, but we do like a bit of swagger."
"Whether it is true, of course, is always debatable, but we do like a bit of swagger."
Share a photograph of mountains you've taken
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Share a photograph of mountains you've taken
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This should be posted under every post Farage sends and quoted at him in every interview he gives - forever.
January 21, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This should be posted under every post Farage sends and quoted at him in every interview he gives - forever.
Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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For context - the rest of the video the White House only posted the first frame of (courtesy of @pepel_klaasa) 🤣
January 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM
For context - the rest of the video the White House only posted the first frame of (courtesy of @pepel_klaasa) 🤣
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If NATO were the fellowship of the ring:
Gandalf strides onto the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. Raises the staff. Lowers it. Shakes the Balrog’s hand. Turns to the Fellowship and says: “You’re weak. Total disaster. I made a great deal. Best deal. You should run.”
Gandalf strides onto the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. Raises the staff. Lowers it. Shakes the Balrog’s hand. Turns to the Fellowship and says: “You’re weak. Total disaster. I made a great deal. Best deal. You should run.”
January 20, 2026 at 9:09 AM
If NATO were the fellowship of the ring:
Gandalf strides onto the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. Raises the staff. Lowers it. Shakes the Balrog’s hand. Turns to the Fellowship and says: “You’re weak. Total disaster. I made a great deal. Best deal. You should run.”
Gandalf strides onto the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. Raises the staff. Lowers it. Shakes the Balrog’s hand. Turns to the Fellowship and says: “You’re weak. Total disaster. I made a great deal. Best deal. You should run.”
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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Imagine what restoring Freedom of Movement would do too. @europeanmovement.co.uk @savefom.bsky.social
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
100,000 chances to experience life-changing mobility. This is Erasmus+.
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Imagine what restoring Freedom of Movement would do too. @europeanmovement.co.uk @savefom.bsky.social
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
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How it started ... How it's going
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
How it started ... How it's going
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The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.
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Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch.
DMs open.
DMs open.
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch.
DMs open.
DMs open.
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Great to see so much coverage for my question in the Lords today. Here's more on what I asked - and what the government didn't say in response: lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Great to see so much coverage for my question in the Lords today. Here's more on what I asked - and what the government didn't say in response: lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
Emergency podcasts sir!
a man with a helmet on says thousands of em
ALT: a man with a helmet on says thousands of em
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Emergency podcasts sir!