This will not end well.
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This will not end well.
I could definitely argue any parking fine for this, right?
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I could definitely argue any parking fine for this, right?
JFC. Seems like the UK Labour policy wonks have been kicked in the head by a horse.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
JFC. Seems like the UK Labour policy wonks have been kicked in the head by a horse.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
I’m hoping this is the Guardian being the Guardian. The Bank of England should know that private schools fees are not in its basket of goods and services for measuring CPI, I imagine because so few people pay private school fees.
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I’m hoping this is the Guardian being the Guardian. The Bank of England should know that private schools fees are not in its basket of goods and services for measuring CPI, I imagine because so few people pay private school fees.
You hear a lot about how AI will revolutionise fields like medicine. So for balance here’s a redacted transcript with a medical doctor and clinical researcher.
August 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
You hear a lot about how AI will revolutionise fields like medicine. So for balance here’s a redacted transcript with a medical doctor and clinical researcher.
Nuclear power is not about low carbon. It’s about money. The Brits are having their wallets inspected before a single Watt is generated.
July 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Nuclear power is not about low carbon. It’s about money. The Brits are having their wallets inspected before a single Watt is generated.
The shot, the chaser.
The liberal in-house magazine shilling for nukes yet again.
The liberal in-house magazine shilling for nukes yet again.
July 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The shot, the chaser.
The liberal in-house magazine shilling for nukes yet again.
The liberal in-house magazine shilling for nukes yet again.
Methane companies in the UK will get to fleece us for network upgrades for a product we cannot safely use. Meanwhile badly needed electricity grid upgrades are much lower.
I cannot wait to disconnect permanently from the methane network.
I cannot wait to disconnect permanently from the methane network.
July 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Methane companies in the UK will get to fleece us for network upgrades for a product we cannot safely use. Meanwhile badly needed electricity grid upgrades are much lower.
I cannot wait to disconnect permanently from the methane network.
I cannot wait to disconnect permanently from the methane network.
If you're into distributed systems and consensus protocols then I'm going to present something hopefully new and interesting at conferences.ncl.ac.uk/ideas2025/.
June 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you're into distributed systems and consensus protocols then I'm going to present something hopefully new and interesting at conferences.ncl.ac.uk/ideas2025/.
Re-using a golden oldie (GraphConnect 2017) by @technige.bsky.social where I will introduce something that I now think could change the way we think about transactions and distributed systems.
"They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies" -- Orwell
"They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies" -- Orwell
June 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Re-using a golden oldie (GraphConnect 2017) by @technige.bsky.social where I will introduce something that I now think could change the way we think about transactions and distributed systems.
"They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies" -- Orwell
"They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies" -- Orwell
Session at SIGMOD. I voted for @enewc.bsky.social, did I do it right?
June 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Session at SIGMOD. I voted for @enewc.bsky.social, did I do it right?
The physics, economics, and optics of this are all out of whack. Nukes are stupidly expensive and funnel our money into developers' pockets. Why does this Guardian publish such drivel?
June 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The physics, economics, and optics of this are all out of whack. Nukes are stupidly expensive and funnel our money into developers' pockets. Why does this Guardian publish such drivel?
Them: the perfect metaphor for fault-tolerant computer systems doesn't exist.
Me: have you ever been to Newcastle?
Me: have you ever been to Newcastle?
May 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Them: the perfect metaphor for fault-tolerant computer systems doesn't exist.
Me: have you ever been to Newcastle?
Me: have you ever been to Newcastle?
"Learning" by having AI write your assignments is like going to the gym dressed in this. You can do all the reps on the heaviest of weights, but gain no fitness.
But once you've done the work and learned, when you just need to stack heavy boxes, this a very useful tool.
But once you've done the work and learned, when you just need to stack heavy boxes, this a very useful tool.
May 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"Learning" by having AI write your assignments is like going to the gym dressed in this. You can do all the reps on the heaviest of weights, but gain no fitness.
But once you've done the work and learned, when you just need to stack heavy boxes, this a very useful tool.
But once you've done the work and learned, when you just need to stack heavy boxes, this a very useful tool.
OK @sxh.bsky.social, your chocolate biscuit mind virus got me in the supermarket. Goes great with a cortado.
May 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
OK @sxh.bsky.social, your chocolate biscuit mind virus got me in the supermarket. Goes great with a cortado.
Hey systems developers! What's stopping you from just typing in the code for this *architecture diagram* that a super cool AI made? Come on, get with it.
March 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hey systems developers! What's stopping you from just typing in the code for this *architecture diagram* that a super cool AI made? Come on, get with it.
Decent solar generation again today. Had to plug in a car to soak up some excess.
February 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Decent solar generation again today. Had to plug in a car to soak up some excess.
First Dog on the Moon is very good today.
December 13, 2024 at 8:30 AM
First Dog on the Moon is very good today.