Ben Sizer
kylotan.bsky.social
Ben Sizer
@kylotan.bsky.social
Professional game developer, unprofessional musician.
Supporting animal welfare, the creative industries, and real ale. Among others.
And the best thing about this is that the age verification method BlueSky offers that doesn't send biometrics who-knows-where, i.e. a $0.05 credit card purchase via KidsWebServices, just fails inexplicably.
Happy UK Age Verification week! While I support the general concept, I think the fact that - like with cookie consent and similar laws - leaving implementation up to tech firms means it's basically a disaster. Do I want to upload biometrics to some server in the USA? No, I do not.
#OnlineSafetyAct
July 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy UK Age Verification week! While I support the general concept, I think the fact that - like with cookie consent and similar laws - leaving implementation up to tech firms means it's basically a disaster. Do I want to upload biometrics to some server in the USA? No, I do not.
#OnlineSafetyAct
July 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tesco already deciding it's siding with Russia.
March 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I'm not sure why I expected the new Government might be a bit less useless when responding to its own MPs about the proposed legal changes to favour generative AI over the creative industries, but no; utterly vacuous reply.

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February 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A tale of two maps - the first is the preferred party in the recent German election, the second is the former West Germany and East Germany. History matters.
February 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Modern computing:
Install version 7.10 of software.
Fail to install dependent software as it "requires 7.6 or above" of previous software.
Fail to submit a support ticket as browser tracking protection blocks the required 3rd party script.
Fail to download patches from forum due to transfer limits.
February 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Reposted by Ben Sizer
For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social
harpers.org/archive/2025...
The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly
Spotify’s plot against musicians
harpers.org
December 18, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Just claiming this username in case I need it in future. Not too fond of so-called 'social' media so I doubt I'll be here often.
November 17, 2024 at 9:09 PM