Too Much Spoon
@toomuchspoon.bsky.social
Old(er) software developer. I don't think this is a good idea at all. But I've had worse.
The future is in people, not computers.
The future is in people, not computers.
For anyone wondering why a slim majority of us decided for Brexit.
We need Full Fact. And they need the budget of a small country. Because engagement driven. Social media is so good at its job, and informing you truthfully is not part of it.
We need Full Fact. And they need the budget of a small country. Because engagement driven. Social media is so good at its job, and informing you truthfully is not part of it.
We've seen videos claiming that you can be fined £5 for sitting too long on a public bench.
It's not true. There is *no* evidence for this.
It's not true. There is *no* evidence for this.
No evidence UK council will fine people £5 for sitting too long – Full Fact
A viral video claims people who sit too long on a public bench in parts of the UK will be fined £5, but there’s no evidence this is happening.
fullfact.org
August 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For anyone wondering why a slim majority of us decided for Brexit.
We need Full Fact. And they need the budget of a small country. Because engagement driven. Social media is so good at its job, and informing you truthfully is not part of it.
We need Full Fact. And they need the budget of a small country. Because engagement driven. Social media is so good at its job, and informing you truthfully is not part of it.
Never pass up a chance to post this speech.
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
August 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Never pass up a chance to post this speech.
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Technically a Caesar cipher is military-grade encryption. They don’t mention *which* military
so many companies today use "military grade" as an adjective for random stuff
"military grade encryption" and it's just aes-128
"military grade encryption" and it's just aes-128
August 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Technically a Caesar cipher is military-grade encryption. They don’t mention *which* military
If only there was a sign nature hates the direction we're going...
News from the future: ‘Rampant jellyfish cause AI outage by taking datacenter offline'
News from the future: ‘Rampant jellyfish cause AI outage by taking datacenter offline'
Don’t laugh, a nuclear power plant just shut down due to invertebrates overwhelming its intakes
Proponents of increased use of nuclear energy to power datacenters have a new foe: Jellyfish.…
dlvr.it
August 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
If only there was a sign nature hates the direction we're going...
Happy to have the biggest and most amount of trees in our small garden.
We get wildlife we should never expect in a developed suburb: woodpeckers, badgers, foxes, hedgehogs, bluejays, so many finches and tits, once even a grouse that looked very, very lost.
No, MIL, we don't need to trim them.
We get wildlife we should never expect in a developed suburb: woodpeckers, badgers, foxes, hedgehogs, bluejays, so many finches and tits, once even a grouse that looked very, very lost.
No, MIL, we don't need to trim them.
Small reminder:
Every living creature here on earth is happy to find shade when the sun burns on its body. Trees are the perfect providers of shade.💚☘️🌱🌿🌳🌲🍀💚
Every living creature here on earth is happy to find shade when the sun burns on its body. Trees are the perfect providers of shade.💚☘️🌱🌿🌳🌲🍀💚
August 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happy to have the biggest and most amount of trees in our small garden.
We get wildlife we should never expect in a developed suburb: woodpeckers, badgers, foxes, hedgehogs, bluejays, so many finches and tits, once even a grouse that looked very, very lost.
No, MIL, we don't need to trim them.
We get wildlife we should never expect in a developed suburb: woodpeckers, badgers, foxes, hedgehogs, bluejays, so many finches and tits, once even a grouse that looked very, very lost.
No, MIL, we don't need to trim them.
We get this at work. People using copilot to transcribe a meeting and NEVER checking its accuracy. How could you? You aren't presented with the transcript to edit until after.
So meeting minutes, which are meant to settle arguments now hallucinate fictional characters in attendance.
So meeting minutes, which are meant to settle arguments now hallucinate fictional characters in attendance.
August 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We get this at work. People using copilot to transcribe a meeting and NEVER checking its accuracy. How could you? You aren't presented with the transcript to edit until after.
So meeting minutes, which are meant to settle arguments now hallucinate fictional characters in attendance.
So meeting minutes, which are meant to settle arguments now hallucinate fictional characters in attendance.
Intel in 1985 starts manufacturing biblically accurate Angels.
4 years later the Berlin wall falls, and Russia soon says the cold war was a dumb idea and can't we all just be friends?
4 years later the Berlin wall falls, and Russia soon says the cold war was a dumb idea and can't we all just be friends?
The CT scan of a signal layer inside the 386's package. The wide abstract-looking regions connect the pins (red dots) to the chip in the middle. Unexpectedly, I spotted thin wires running to the edges of the chip. These are used during manufacturing to electroplate the pins with gold.
August 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Intel in 1985 starts manufacturing biblically accurate Angels.
4 years later the Berlin wall falls, and Russia soon says the cold war was a dumb idea and can't we all just be friends?
4 years later the Berlin wall falls, and Russia soon says the cold war was a dumb idea and can't we all just be friends?
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Hahahahaha… Brexit has been a success… I can hardly breathe.
Can “Lord” Frost get any more ridiculous?
Can “Lord” Frost get any more ridiculous?
August 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hahahahaha… Brexit has been a success… I can hardly breathe.
Can “Lord” Frost get any more ridiculous?
Can “Lord” Frost get any more ridiculous?
The 'OpenAI deleted all my beloved AI models' complaints lose a little of their sincerity when you realise many used the new model to write the complaint.
August 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The 'OpenAI deleted all my beloved AI models' complaints lose a little of their sincerity when you realise many used the new model to write the complaint.
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People say “you can’t put the genie back in the bottle” re: technology. But that’s why the bottle was there in the first place. Someone decided it was bad having the genie running loose, and bottled it.
August 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
People say “you can’t put the genie back in the bottle” re: technology. But that’s why the bottle was there in the first place. Someone decided it was bad having the genie running loose, and bottled it.
Just saw that the state pension age could hit 80, and as scary as it might be to work until then, having seen my retired neighbours loose their damned minds watching tv or mowing grass that doesn't grow if they don't look for work (like charity or family) I'm glad I'm not retiring for a while!
August 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Just saw that the state pension age could hit 80, and as scary as it might be to work until then, having seen my retired neighbours loose their damned minds watching tv or mowing grass that doesn't grow if they don't look for work (like charity or family) I'm glad I'm not retiring for a while!
So how good is LinkedIn? Well I just spotted the profile of a guy I went to school with. A friend. A guy I hung out with often.
And apparently he went to the same university as me, at the same time as me, studying the same course as me.
And I never once saw him in lectures or labs... So...
And apparently he went to the same university as me, at the same time as me, studying the same course as me.
And I never once saw him in lectures or labs... So...
a woman wearing a yellow hoodie that says chasing the sun 94
Alt: a woman in yellow making the OK hand gesture saying '100% Legit'
media.tenor.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So how good is LinkedIn? Well I just spotted the profile of a guy I went to school with. A friend. A guy I hung out with often.
And apparently he went to the same university as me, at the same time as me, studying the same course as me.
And I never once saw him in lectures or labs... So...
And apparently he went to the same university as me, at the same time as me, studying the same course as me.
And I never once saw him in lectures or labs... So...
As much as I loath this...
Do you know what every job vacancy is? A numbers game.
You'd be surprised how few applicants actually get through based on annoying hurdles like this.
And how many working humans you'll meet that would fail a Turing test once you do get that job.
Stay strong folks.
Do you know what every job vacancy is? A numbers game.
You'd be surprised how few applicants actually get through based on annoying hurdles like this.
And how many working humans you'll meet that would fail a Turing test once you do get that job.
Stay strong folks.
AI is doing job interviews now—but candidates say they'd rather risk staying unemployed than talk to another robot
Job-seekers tell Fortune they’re outright refusing to do AI interviews, calling them dehumanizing and a red flag for bad company culture.
fortune.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As much as I loath this...
Do you know what every job vacancy is? A numbers game.
You'd be surprised how few applicants actually get through based on annoying hurdles like this.
And how many working humans you'll meet that would fail a Turing test once you do get that job.
Stay strong folks.
Do you know what every job vacancy is? A numbers game.
You'd be surprised how few applicants actually get through based on annoying hurdles like this.
And how many working humans you'll meet that would fail a Turing test once you do get that job.
Stay strong folks.
After I fixed my then 4yo's toy lawnower with duct tape and twigs, he said 'Good job, Dad! You fixed it. High Five!', and I've never needed any praise from anyone but him.
A note from him that says 'dad I luv you' is one of my most treasured possessions.
Parents get it.
A note from him that says 'dad I luv you' is one of my most treasured possessions.
Parents get it.
My son Griffin knew that "Car 54, Where Are You?" is one of my all-time favorite comedies & drew this for my birthday. The likenesses of Fred Gwynne & Joe E. Ross are absolute perfection & he even included the theme song! I treasure it as one of my most prized possessions.
Thanks Griff 🙏
❤️, dad
Thanks Griff 🙏
❤️, dad
August 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
After I fixed my then 4yo's toy lawnower with duct tape and twigs, he said 'Good job, Dad! You fixed it. High Five!', and I've never needed any praise from anyone but him.
A note from him that says 'dad I luv you' is one of my most treasured possessions.
Parents get it.
A note from him that says 'dad I luv you' is one of my most treasured possessions.
Parents get it.
Not a fan of useless crappy 3d printing, but thinking of the backlash printers get for selling cool articulated models at craft faires, surrounded by folks selling cheap shit manufactured by children, or buying ready mix off the shelf.
Really? Your home made donut recipe requires soy flour?
Really? Your home made donut recipe requires soy flour?
August 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Not a fan of useless crappy 3d printing, but thinking of the backlash printers get for selling cool articulated models at craft faires, surrounded by folks selling cheap shit manufactured by children, or buying ready mix off the shelf.
Really? Your home made donut recipe requires soy flour?
Really? Your home made donut recipe requires soy flour?
I can't believe it's been 2 years since my boy started school. 2 years watching him become a smart, literate, emotionally attentive child.
And 2 years listening to the laziest able parents (with living grand parents for constant support, if not holidays) whine about how difficult it all is.
And 2 years listening to the laziest able parents (with living grand parents for constant support, if not holidays) whine about how difficult it all is.
a woman sitting in a rocking chair with the words that 's sounds awful netflix on the bottom
Alt: a woman sitting in a rocking chair says 'that sounds awful' sarcastically
media.tenor.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I can't believe it's been 2 years since my boy started school. 2 years watching him become a smart, literate, emotionally attentive child.
And 2 years listening to the laziest able parents (with living grand parents for constant support, if not holidays) whine about how difficult it all is.
And 2 years listening to the laziest able parents (with living grand parents for constant support, if not holidays) whine about how difficult it all is.
GDPR at no point says you can't transfer customer data from your old website to the new.
It does however have a lot to say about deleting data without a good reason.
Like the Online Security Act, there are plenty of people happy to misinterpret the law and choose the easiest path for them.
It does however have a lot to say about deleting data without a good reason.
Like the Online Security Act, there are plenty of people happy to misinterpret the law and choose the easiest path for them.
July 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
GDPR at no point says you can't transfer customer data from your old website to the new.
It does however have a lot to say about deleting data without a good reason.
Like the Online Security Act, there are plenty of people happy to misinterpret the law and choose the easiest path for them.
It does however have a lot to say about deleting data without a good reason.
Like the Online Security Act, there are plenty of people happy to misinterpret the law and choose the easiest path for them.
If anybody else has to go through this, BURY them in paper work.
List every hardship your sickness or disability puts you through, no mater how trivial it seems to you compared to other problems.
My partner was reviewed, we sent back a volume of extra pages. She ended up getting more.
Fuck them.
List every hardship your sickness or disability puts you through, no mater how trivial it seems to you compared to other problems.
My partner was reviewed, we sent back a volume of extra pages. She ended up getting more.
Fuck them.
How did your day start? Mine began with this. It’s never ending. Just let me keep my PIP.
July 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
If anybody else has to go through this, BURY them in paper work.
List every hardship your sickness or disability puts you through, no mater how trivial it seems to you compared to other problems.
My partner was reviewed, we sent back a volume of extra pages. She ended up getting more.
Fuck them.
List every hardship your sickness or disability puts you through, no mater how trivial it seems to you compared to other problems.
My partner was reviewed, we sent back a volume of extra pages. She ended up getting more.
Fuck them.
We have such a simple understanding of food that now we have to worry about fibre because some people are replacing their ultra processed diet with another.
Conflating upfs with basic healthy macronutrients is why the avg family can never 'just eat healthy'.
Healthy diets can't be copyrighted.
Conflating upfs with basic healthy macronutrients is why the avg family can never 'just eat healthy'.
Healthy diets can't be copyrighted.
Adults should aim for around 30g of fibre a day. Double that amount and the results could spell trouble.
‘Fibremaxxing’ is trending – here’s why that could be a problem
Adults should aim for around 30g of fibre a day. Double that amount and the results could spell trouble.
tcnv.link
July 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We have such a simple understanding of food that now we have to worry about fibre because some people are replacing their ultra processed diet with another.
Conflating upfs with basic healthy macronutrients is why the avg family can never 'just eat healthy'.
Healthy diets can't be copyrighted.
Conflating upfs with basic healthy macronutrients is why the avg family can never 'just eat healthy'.
Healthy diets can't be copyrighted.
Open notepad.exe
Write the word 'Halo'
Save and close
Double click to play your newly written game.
Write the word 'Halo'
Save and close
Double click to play your newly written game.
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
July 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Open notepad.exe
Write the word 'Halo'
Save and close
Double click to play your newly written game.
Write the word 'Halo'
Save and close
Double click to play your newly written game.
Another reason I don't think I'll ever retire: my 60+ year old neighbour has spent the best part of the morning mowing his lawn. It is 4x4m patch of grass. It should take 10 minutes.
Today it should take 0 minutes because due to the heat, it's not growing at all!
The 'garden' is brown!
Today it should take 0 minutes because due to the heat, it's not growing at all!
The 'garden' is brown!
July 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Another reason I don't think I'll ever retire: my 60+ year old neighbour has spent the best part of the morning mowing his lawn. It is 4x4m patch of grass. It should take 10 minutes.
Today it should take 0 minutes because due to the heat, it's not growing at all!
The 'garden' is brown!
Today it should take 0 minutes because due to the heat, it's not growing at all!
The 'garden' is brown!
Huh, Blusky now asking me to verify my age in the UK.
I'm ok with this.
I'm also now using a VPN.
I'm ok with this, too.
Why am OK with both? Because I've seen the behaviour of only a small set of 4-7 year olds, and it's getting scary.
1
I'm ok with this.
I'm also now using a VPN.
I'm ok with this, too.
Why am OK with both? Because I've seen the behaviour of only a small set of 4-7 year olds, and it's getting scary.
1
July 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Huh, Blusky now asking me to verify my age in the UK.
I'm ok with this.
I'm also now using a VPN.
I'm ok with this, too.
Why am OK with both? Because I've seen the behaviour of only a small set of 4-7 year olds, and it's getting scary.
1
I'm ok with this.
I'm also now using a VPN.
I'm ok with this, too.
Why am OK with both? Because I've seen the behaviour of only a small set of 4-7 year olds, and it's getting scary.
1
It's like a thread of journals entries to be found after the robot revolution.
It's not like every relevant movie/video game uses this trope.
Willful ignorance and hubris will kill us all before climate change.
It's not like every relevant movie/video game uses this trope.
Willful ignorance and hubris will kill us all before climate change.
July 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
It's like a thread of journals entries to be found after the robot revolution.
It's not like every relevant movie/video game uses this trope.
Willful ignorance and hubris will kill us all before climate change.
It's not like every relevant movie/video game uses this trope.
Willful ignorance and hubris will kill us all before climate change.
The best thing about Vibe Coders becoming unashamedly proud of the fact they're stealing apples from a tree the didn't tend to, is I could actually use AI to filter out their CVs with high accuracy.
Coding is easy. Reliability is hard.
Coding is easy. Reliability is hard.
July 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The best thing about Vibe Coders becoming unashamedly proud of the fact they're stealing apples from a tree the didn't tend to, is I could actually use AI to filter out their CVs with high accuracy.
Coding is easy. Reliability is hard.
Coding is easy. Reliability is hard.