Alex Martynwood
@alpenm.bsky.social
ATLAS Physicist, miniature painter and tired parent...
The eugenicists at UCL invented some pretty foundational, used to this day, statistical methods to "backup" their cause...
They were still, I would argue, at least just cunts...
They were still, I would argue, at least just cunts...
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The eugenicists at UCL invented some pretty foundational, used to this day, statistical methods to "backup" their cause...
They were still, I would argue, at least just cunts...
They were still, I would argue, at least just cunts...
How did they ever win a case after that? Iirc from when my partner watched it Kalinda was the *only* reason they ever won a case... She was a one woman Deus ex machina...
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
How did they ever win a case after that? Iirc from when my partner watched it Kalinda was the *only* reason they ever won a case... She was a one woman Deus ex machina...
If they could have removed this a few years ago that would have been nice... But... 🤞🤞🤞
It's such a dumb cliffedge... Would be nice if others didn't have to suffer it...
It's such a dumb cliffedge... Would be nice if others didn't have to suffer it...
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If they could have removed this a few years ago that would have been nice... But... 🤞🤞🤞
It's such a dumb cliffedge... Would be nice if others didn't have to suffer it...
It's such a dumb cliffedge... Would be nice if others didn't have to suffer it...
Pre-Brexit it was pretty good...
It's another Brexit gift that it's a shocking nightmare now.
It's another Brexit gift that it's a shocking nightmare now.
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Pre-Brexit it was pretty good...
It's another Brexit gift that it's a shocking nightmare now.
It's another Brexit gift that it's a shocking nightmare now.
I remember a large number of vague acquaintances in my youth having the nickname, Brick head. They had almost always gained it by taking a brick to the head in a brick fight... They seemed weirdly proud of it...
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I remember a large number of vague acquaintances in my youth having the nickname, Brick head. They had almost always gained it by taking a brick to the head in a brick fight... They seemed weirdly proud of it...
Side note: it's also because they under promise and (thankfully) over deliver. Because they can't be seen to fail a target placed in a 5 year plan...
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Side note: it's also because they under promise and (thankfully) over deliver. Because they can't be seen to fail a target placed in a 5 year plan...
Bond is a Russian double agent?!?
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Bond is a Russian double agent?!?
Sideshow Bob party!
My brain has been failing to bring this meme to the fore for ages! Thank you!!!
My brain has been failing to bring this meme to the fore for ages! Thank you!!!
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sideshow Bob party!
My brain has been failing to bring this meme to the fore for ages! Thank you!!!
My brain has been failing to bring this meme to the fore for ages! Thank you!!!
It looks a bit more complicated than the average US city. But it's still mostly on a grid system, no?
London is a tangled mess in comparison.
London is a tangled mess in comparison.
October 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It looks a bit more complicated than the average US city. But it's still mostly on a grid system, no?
London is a tangled mess in comparison.
London is a tangled mess in comparison.
Yeah, London driving is a much harder problem to crack...
The data collection period might be quite long...
The data collection period might be quite long...
October 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Yeah, London driving is a much harder problem to crack...
The data collection period might be quite long...
The data collection period might be quite long...
Indeed, a smooth progression even if it was at higher rates would be fairer.
It's all the weird shifts and cliff edges that are unfair.
It's all the weird shifts and cliff edges that are unfair.
October 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Indeed, a smooth progression even if it was at higher rates would be fairer.
It's all the weird shifts and cliff edges that are unfair.
It's all the weird shifts and cliff edges that are unfair.
It is.
Iirc for two kids in nursery you only bring home another pound somewhere around the 150k mark...
So you are strongly incentivised to squirrel away into pension... Thus reducing tax...
A smoother progression would lead to more tax revenue.
Iirc for two kids in nursery you only bring home another pound somewhere around the 150k mark...
So you are strongly incentivised to squirrel away into pension... Thus reducing tax...
A smoother progression would lead to more tax revenue.
October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It is.
Iirc for two kids in nursery you only bring home another pound somewhere around the 150k mark...
So you are strongly incentivised to squirrel away into pension... Thus reducing tax...
A smoother progression would lead to more tax revenue.
Iirc for two kids in nursery you only bring home another pound somewhere around the 150k mark...
So you are strongly incentivised to squirrel away into pension... Thus reducing tax...
A smoother progression would lead to more tax revenue.
In a DnD game, I put treasure behind a waterfall on the corpse of another adventurer... With a letter apologising for dying to their partner and children...
I let them wander round with the items for a few sessions, getting used to them until I introduced the partner asking for the heirlooms back...
I let them wander round with the items for a few sessions, getting used to them until I introduced the partner asking for the heirlooms back...
October 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
In a DnD game, I put treasure behind a waterfall on the corpse of another adventurer... With a letter apologising for dying to their partner and children...
I let them wander round with the items for a few sessions, getting used to them until I introduced the partner asking for the heirlooms back...
I let them wander round with the items for a few sessions, getting used to them until I introduced the partner asking for the heirlooms back...
I still like my disenfranchisement as you age model. Pick an age where the bulk of your adult life is behind you, 40, 50? Where you are now voting for policies that will affect younger people's lives more than you. From that age till the current life expectancy your vote ticks down from 1 to 0.5...
October 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I still like my disenfranchisement as you age model. Pick an age where the bulk of your adult life is behind you, 40, 50? Where you are now voting for policies that will affect younger people's lives more than you. From that age till the current life expectancy your vote ticks down from 1 to 0.5...
For absolute fucks sake...
Having marked reports with almost entirely fictitious references this resonates with me...
People need to know how the "tool" they are using works... And in LLMs case that is producing a facsimile of human produced text... It will look like it, but no guarantees beyond...
Having marked reports with almost entirely fictitious references this resonates with me...
People need to know how the "tool" they are using works... And in LLMs case that is producing a facsimile of human produced text... It will look like it, but no guarantees beyond...
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
For absolute fucks sake...
Having marked reports with almost entirely fictitious references this resonates with me...
People need to know how the "tool" they are using works... And in LLMs case that is producing a facsimile of human produced text... It will look like it, but no guarantees beyond...
Having marked reports with almost entirely fictitious references this resonates with me...
People need to know how the "tool" they are using works... And in LLMs case that is producing a facsimile of human produced text... It will look like it, but no guarantees beyond...
I think watching Jam at a young age might explain the dark/twisted hue of my humour...
JAM - The Gush - (Chris Morris) (Pixelated for Youtube)
YouTube video by FourJamLions
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I think watching Jam at a young age might explain the dark/twisted hue of my humour...
A clipped image of that chicken was a question in a "Name the movie from the food" quiz round I did at the weekend...
I recognised it immediately, like nanoseconds and I was writing the answer. I don't know how my brain prioritises long term storage... but it's not on usefulness...
I recognised it immediately, like nanoseconds and I was writing the answer. I don't know how my brain prioritises long term storage... but it's not on usefulness...
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A clipped image of that chicken was a question in a "Name the movie from the food" quiz round I did at the weekend...
I recognised it immediately, like nanoseconds and I was writing the answer. I don't know how my brain prioritises long term storage... but it's not on usefulness...
I recognised it immediately, like nanoseconds and I was writing the answer. I don't know how my brain prioritises long term storage... but it's not on usefulness...
At least the cabinet reverted to the expectation?
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
At least the cabinet reverted to the expectation?
Channel 4 in the UK honoured Trump's state visit in a similar way last night with a programme of carefully selected words he'd uttered... That all turned out to be lies...
September 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Channel 4 in the UK honoured Trump's state visit in a similar way last night with a programme of carefully selected words he'd uttered... That all turned out to be lies...
Look he really mattered to *checks notes* the Welsh Valleys... Really spoke to their concerns about their *furiously checks notes* 2nd amendment rights?
September 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Look he really mattered to *checks notes* the Welsh Valleys... Really spoke to their concerns about their *furiously checks notes* 2nd amendment rights?