Jalada
@jalada.uk
CTO @ pixielabs.io. Building web and mobile experiences. Gamer.
Seems so dumb when sites put their RSS feed behind a bot check...
August 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Seems so dumb when sites put their RSS feed behind a bot check...
Some particularly shallow thinking behind this experiment to hide train departure times a few minutes before they depart to stop people running for the train. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘So patronising’: rail bosses spark anger by hiding train departure times
Scheme aimed at stopping platform dashes sees schedules deleted from boards three minutes before departure
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Some particularly shallow thinking behind this experiment to hide train departure times a few minutes before they depart to stop people running for the train. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Embargo Lifts on Polarising Game
February 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Embargo Lifts on Polarising Game
TikTok Most Popular Drug In US, New Study Finds.
January 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
TikTok Most Popular Drug In US, New Study Finds.
Jersey agreeing to help to defend 3M in claims for its use of PFAS sounds...unbelievable. Headline is also wild www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
January 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Jersey agreeing to help to defend 3M in claims for its use of PFAS sounds...unbelievable. Headline is also wild www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
And you thought it was just Microsoft that had perpetual backward compatibility. MacOS still supports the Mighty Mouse!
January 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
And you thought it was just Microsoft that had perpetual backward compatibility. MacOS still supports the Mighty Mouse!
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Nvidia is bringing a native GeForce Now app to Steam Deck
Nvidia is bringing a native GeForce Now app to Steam Deck
It’s coming “later this year.”
buff.ly
January 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Nvidia is bringing a native GeForce Now app to Steam Deck
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the first coffee of the day is to have enough energy to go and get the real coffee
December 16, 2024 at 10:05 AM
the first coffee of the day is to have enough energy to go and get the real coffee
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php is a fake language what the fuck do you mean the array join method is called "implode"
December 13, 2024 at 1:51 PM
php is a fake language what the fuck do you mean the array join method is called "implode"
Migrating to a self-hosted PDS for Bluesky felt...vague. I got a 404 from a blob, and I'm not sure the deactivation request succeeded but now struggling to make any further requests to the old PDS.
December 13, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Migrating to a self-hosted PDS for Bluesky felt...vague. I got a 404 from a blob, and I'm not sure the deactivation request succeeded but now struggling to make any further requests to the old PDS.
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WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg changed his name to “gone 💀” in a WordPress community Slack server today, saying he’s “sick and disgusted to be legally compelled to provide free labor to an organization as parasitic and exploitive as WP Engine” www.theverge.com/2024/12/11/2...
December 12, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Apple honors 2024 App Store Award winners/games of the year: www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
Apple Arcade: Balatro
iPhone: AFK Journey
iPad: Squad Busters
Mac: Thank Goodness You're Here!
Apple Vision Pro: THRASHER: Arcade Odyssey
Apple Arcade: Balatro
iPhone: AFK Journey
iPad: Squad Busters
Mac: Thank Goodness You're Here!
Apple Vision Pro: THRASHER: Arcade Odyssey
December 11, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Apple honors 2024 App Store Award winners/games of the year: www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
Apple Arcade: Balatro
iPhone: AFK Journey
iPad: Squad Busters
Mac: Thank Goodness You're Here!
Apple Vision Pro: THRASHER: Arcade Odyssey
Apple Arcade: Balatro
iPhone: AFK Journey
iPad: Squad Busters
Mac: Thank Goodness You're Here!
Apple Vision Pro: THRASHER: Arcade Odyssey
Not gonna lie, this kind of thing does make me feel like I'm in a mildly dystopian future...
December 11, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Not gonna lie, this kind of thing does make me feel like I'm in a mildly dystopian future...
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Vlado Chernozemski, who assassinated King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, belonged in his youth to a club that was devoted to a game of regicide.
In the game, known as "chess," contestants subtly maneuver into a position that allows them to topple the opponent's monarch.
In the game, known as "chess," contestants subtly maneuver into a position that allows them to topple the opponent's monarch.
December 10, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Vlado Chernozemski, who assassinated King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, belonged in his youth to a club that was devoted to a game of regicide.
In the game, known as "chess," contestants subtly maneuver into a position that allows them to topple the opponent's monarch.
In the game, known as "chess," contestants subtly maneuver into a position that allows them to topple the opponent's monarch.
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We’re gonna just check and make sure it got the right answer, just gotta let the supercomputer warm up here and uh ok check back in about 10 septillion years
Google said its quantum computer needed less than five minutes to perform a mathematical calculation that one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers could not complete in 10 septillion years, a length of time that exceeds the age of the known universe.
Google Makes New Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Google unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That’s older than the universe.)
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:41 AM
We’re gonna just check and make sure it got the right answer, just gotta let the supercomputer warm up here and uh ok check back in about 10 septillion years
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Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault announced store.steampowered.com/app/2350790/...
December 5, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault announced store.steampowered.com/app/2350790/...
Just finished listening to @jay.bsky.team on Decoder with @reckless.bsky.social. Includes interesting insight into why Bluesky avoided ActivityPub. Worth a listen: www.theverge.com/2024/3/25/24...
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on breaking free from Twitter and competing with Threads and Mastodon
Bluesky started inside Twitter. Now, it’s competing with X, Mastodon, and Threads to push a decentralized vision for social networking.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Just finished listening to @jay.bsky.team on Decoder with @reckless.bsky.social. Includes interesting insight into why Bluesky avoided ActivityPub. Worth a listen: www.theverge.com/2024/3/25/24...
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doctor: make sure you drink plenty of fluids
me: that’s literally all i drink
me: that’s literally all i drink
November 23, 2024 at 6:28 PM
doctor: make sure you drink plenty of fluids
me: that’s literally all i drink
me: that’s literally all i drink
Anyone else a little suspicious of Larian giving the press just four days to review Baldur's Gate 3? I know early impressions have been positive, but isn't that technique normally reserved for when you are trying to hide something and maximise early sales?
August 4, 2023 at 7:57 AM
Anyone else a little suspicious of Larian giving the press just four days to review Baldur's Gate 3? I know early impressions have been positive, but isn't that technique normally reserved for when you are trying to hide something and maximise early sales?
Ahh the 9AM dawn chorus - a cacophony of ‘meeting joined’ noises.
July 13, 2023 at 8:02 AM
Ahh the 9AM dawn chorus - a cacophony of ‘meeting joined’ noises.
I knew that .uk domain would come in useful one day.
June 13, 2023 at 8:56 AM
I knew that .uk domain would come in useful one day.