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New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
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New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
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Hi @honeycomb.io @charity.wtf, I found a problem when using Google Cloud Run and Honeycomb with NodeJS that might be worth to add to your documentation as a pointer to fix the `root span missing`.
GCP adds some traces and it breaks the default integration.
lynn.zone/blog/opting-...
GCP adds some traces and it breaks the default integration.
lynn.zone/blog/opting-...
"Opting Out" of Tracing Headers on Google Cloud Platform
lynn.zone
July 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Hi @honeycomb.io @charity.wtf, I found a problem when using Google Cloud Run and Honeycomb with NodeJS that might be worth to add to your documentation as a pointer to fix the `root span missing`.
GCP adds some traces and it breaks the default integration.
lynn.zone/blog/opting-...
GCP adds some traces and it breaks the default integration.
lynn.zone/blog/opting-...
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England's water industry running amok. Govt's reforms can't work.
Govt says it will ban unfair dividends.
But shareholders can extract returns with share buybacks, interest payments on intragroup loans, artificial management fees and other charges.
Must remove profit motive. Nationalise.
Govt says it will ban unfair dividends.
But shareholders can extract returns with share buybacks, interest payments on intragroup loans, artificial management fees and other charges.
Must remove profit motive. Nationalise.
Nationalisation is the only way to fix the crisis in the water industry
Despite the damning evidence the government is clinging on to private ownership of water, which has fleeced customers for 36 years.
leftfootforward.org
June 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
England's water industry running amok. Govt's reforms can't work.
Govt says it will ban unfair dividends.
But shareholders can extract returns with share buybacks, interest payments on intragroup loans, artificial management fees and other charges.
Must remove profit motive. Nationalise.
Govt says it will ban unfair dividends.
But shareholders can extract returns with share buybacks, interest payments on intragroup loans, artificial management fees and other charges.
Must remove profit motive. Nationalise.
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Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
May 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
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United Utilities in use 'less water' warning as reservoir levels drop.
UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment.
Wants people to pay more for less.
No national plan for water security.
UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment.
Wants people to pay more for less.
No national plan for water security.
United Utilities in 'use less water' warning as reservoir levels drop
United Utilities says reservoirs at 69% of capacity, compared to more than 90% this time last year.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
United Utilities in use 'less water' warning as reservoir levels drop.
UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment.
Wants people to pay more for less.
No national plan for water security.
UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment.
Wants people to pay more for less.
No national plan for water security.
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It's a gloriously shabby leather three seater which can legit fit five, with very wide arms. All yours if you promise to treat it kindly and can transport it. Reply if interested and we'll DM.
May 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's a gloriously shabby leather three seater which can legit fit five, with very wide arms. All yours if you promise to treat it kindly and can transport it. Reply if interested and we'll DM.
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Southern Water boss says people need to use less water
The only industry that charges people more for selling less.
Everyday story of England's water companies - Leaks unplugged, no new reservoirs, sewage dumped, mega dividends, customers fleeced.
Nationalise.
The only industry that charges people more for selling less.
Everyday story of England's water companies - Leaks unplugged, no new reservoirs, sewage dumped, mega dividends, customers fleeced.
Nationalise.
Southern Water boss says people need to use less in the future
Tim Mcmahon was speaking to BBC South Today on a special programme about water use.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Southern Water boss says people need to use less water
The only industry that charges people more for selling less.
Everyday story of England's water companies - Leaks unplugged, no new reservoirs, sewage dumped, mega dividends, customers fleeced.
Nationalise.
The only industry that charges people more for selling less.
Everyday story of England's water companies - Leaks unplugged, no new reservoirs, sewage dumped, mega dividends, customers fleeced.
Nationalise.
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It’s amusing how GitHub implicitly admits there is a problem with Pull Requests but adds another layer of complexity through Merge Queues to solve the symptoms instead of tackling the root cause, ie. the pull request itself.
Stacked Diffs is another such thing 🙄
github.blog/engineering/...
Stacked Diffs is another such thing 🙄
github.blog/engineering/...
How GitHub uses merge queue to ship hundreds of changes every day
Here's how merge queue transformed the way GitHub deploys changes to production at scale, so you can do the same for your organization.
github.blog
March 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It’s amusing how GitHub implicitly admits there is a problem with Pull Requests but adds another layer of complexity through Merge Queues to solve the symptoms instead of tackling the root cause, ie. the pull request itself.
Stacked Diffs is another such thing 🙄
github.blog/engineering/...
Stacked Diffs is another such thing 🙄
github.blog/engineering/...
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We've always vibed-coded. It's called writing code without tests.
March 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We've always vibed-coded. It's called writing code without tests.
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For goodness sake give me a timestamp github, not "changed 4 hours ago"!!!
March 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
For goodness sake give me a timestamp github, not "changed 4 hours ago"!!!
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There have been some good posts on what "wide events" instrumentation is but not as many on how to go about it, what attributes you should add, or how to work with OpenTelemetry
I put everything I've learned in the last few years into one guide jeremymorrell.dev/blog/a-pract...
I put everything I've learned in the last few years into one guide jeremymorrell.dev/blog/a-pract...
A Practitioner's Guide to Wide Events | Jeremy Morrell
The existing articles on Wide Events define the concept well but leave the implementation details to the reader.
jeremymorrell.dev
October 22, 2024 at 4:34 PM
There have been some good posts on what "wide events" instrumentation is but not as many on how to go about it, what attributes you should add, or how to work with OpenTelemetry
I put everything I've learned in the last few years into one guide jeremymorrell.dev/blog/a-pract...
I put everything I've learned in the last few years into one guide jeremymorrell.dev/blog/a-pract...
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'A jigsaw with pieces missing': Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?
Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?
New housing estates are focusing on cars rather than public transport, argue campaigners, but King Charles' Poundbury plan bucks trend.
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
'A jigsaw with pieces missing': Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?
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@h.olysh.it 👋 got me inspired, from zero to a bluesky bot in like an hour.
We have 1349 days until the 2028 presidential election
▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 8%
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February 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@h.olysh.it 👋 got me inspired, from zero to a bluesky bot in like an hour.
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A former senior KGB spy chief says Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
bylinetimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A former senior KGB spy chief says Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
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(Boosts encouraged!)
Hi! 👋
I’m Kat. I’ve been a professional dev for over 15 years. I maintained the NPM CLI for 5 of those. I sat in TC39. I work at Microsoft. I’m self taught w/a film degree and no formal CS edu.
Are you new to tech? What do you wish you could ask some1 like me?
Literally AMA
Hi! 👋
I’m Kat. I’ve been a professional dev for over 15 years. I maintained the NPM CLI for 5 of those. I sat in TC39. I work at Microsoft. I’m self taught w/a film degree and no formal CS edu.
Are you new to tech? What do you wish you could ask some1 like me?
Literally AMA
I wonder if early-in-career folks would appreciate folks like me doing little AMAs on here.
February 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
(Boosts encouraged!)
Hi! 👋
I’m Kat. I’ve been a professional dev for over 15 years. I maintained the NPM CLI for 5 of those. I sat in TC39. I work at Microsoft. I’m self taught w/a film degree and no formal CS edu.
Are you new to tech? What do you wish you could ask some1 like me?
Literally AMA
Hi! 👋
I’m Kat. I’ve been a professional dev for over 15 years. I maintained the NPM CLI for 5 of those. I sat in TC39. I work at Microsoft. I’m self taught w/a film degree and no formal CS edu.
Are you new to tech? What do you wish you could ask some1 like me?
Literally AMA
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I can’t help but think that this would be a good time for the Government to finally publish the unredacted Russia report!
We need to expose the “Bad boys of Brexit” and how Russia’s malign influence is destroying the U.K.
We need to expose the “Bad boys of Brexit” and how Russia’s malign influence is destroying the U.K.
February 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I can’t help but think that this would be a good time for the Government to finally publish the unredacted Russia report!
We need to expose the “Bad boys of Brexit” and how Russia’s malign influence is destroying the U.K.
We need to expose the “Bad boys of Brexit” and how Russia’s malign influence is destroying the U.K.
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This is just a reminder to the BBC that the Green Party exists and does in fact have 4 MPs.
You wouldn't think that, given the amount of coverage R*form gets.
You wouldn't think that, given the amount of coverage R*form gets.
February 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is just a reminder to the BBC that the Green Party exists and does in fact have 4 MPs.
You wouldn't think that, given the amount of coverage R*form gets.
You wouldn't think that, given the amount of coverage R*form gets.
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Latest #EVRoadtrip on MyUrbanCar
How will a 1,300 mile round trip in an electric car from the UK to Morzine in the French Alps go.. in winter crossing France largely at their 81mph speed limit in temperatures from 3c to minus 9c
#EV #ElectricCar
myurbancar.com/2025/02/04/g...
How will a 1,300 mile round trip in an electric car from the UK to Morzine in the French Alps go.. in winter crossing France largely at their 81mph speed limit in temperatures from 3c to minus 9c
#EV #ElectricCar
myurbancar.com/2025/02/04/g...
Going skiing in the French Alps by electric car Going to the French Alps by electric car
The conventional wisdom is electric cars don't like cold or long trips. So what's a 1,300 mile round trip in temperatures down to minus 9C?
myurbancar.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest #EVRoadtrip on MyUrbanCar
How will a 1,300 mile round trip in an electric car from the UK to Morzine in the French Alps go.. in winter crossing France largely at their 81mph speed limit in temperatures from 3c to minus 9c
#EV #ElectricCar
myurbancar.com/2025/02/04/g...
How will a 1,300 mile round trip in an electric car from the UK to Morzine in the French Alps go.. in winter crossing France largely at their 81mph speed limit in temperatures from 3c to minus 9c
#EV #ElectricCar
myurbancar.com/2025/02/04/g...
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I am unreasonably excited about the upcoming omitzero feature in encoding/json: tip.golang.org/doc/go1.24#e...
January 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I am unreasonably excited about the upcoming omitzero feature in encoding/json: tip.golang.org/doc/go1.24#e...
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Infrastructure as code is complex because infrastructure is complex. You have two choices: automation or abstraction.
October 21, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Infrastructure as code is complex because infrastructure is complex. You have two choices: automation or abstraction.