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Andrew Mobbs
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Me:
• Father
• Software architect
• Cambridgeshire for past few decades, originally Moray.
• Boring middle-aged man

Also @mobbsy@mas.to
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Thought I'd let the kids experience a proper turnip lantern this Halloween. Possibly not the best carving ever...
A "turnip lantern" - a swede hollowed out and carved with a scary face, lit by an internal candle.
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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So "number of 'b's in blueberry" is the new "'r's in strawberry"

I'm puzzled by this sort of response to new LLMs. Using a tool badly doesn't show it's a bad tool. You've just proved a hammer is a bad screwdriver. Congratulations you've beaten the techbros, award yourself 10 internet genius points.
ChatGPT prompt: "Use a program to count the number of 'b' in blueberry, execute it and show me the answer." "The word "blueberry" contains 2 lowercase 'b's. "
August 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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I'm surprised that didn't include the "Cover Me" cautionary tale as to why using troops trained for combat in domestic policing is a bad idea :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Lo...
June 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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The front fell off.
June 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Two months is a long time in politics:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... vs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In a speech announcing the plans, Rayner said devolution would be the "default" rather than "at the whim of a minister in Whitehall". She described the UK as the "most centralised" country in Europe and pledged to end "micromanaging by central government". Angela Rayner, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and deputy prime minister, said a decision on the Beehive Centre in Cambridge should be called in. In a letter sent to Cambridge City Council, the housing department said: "The application should be referred to her instead of being dealt with by the local planning authority."
February 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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I love a good "simplified partial view"...
January 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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As others have said, this jug is correct for the UK.
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/28... is a citation:
(c)in Part VI— (i)after the definition of the gill there shall be inserted— “Fluid ounce = 1/20 pint.”; and
November 28, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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Ely Cathedral looking atmospheric on Saturday
Ely cathedral in mist
December 4, 2023 at 9:44 AM