Nick Telford-Reed
@mountainhippo.bsky.social
Alpine herbivore. Work in payments for which I apologise. I like mountains, films, music, a fairer world, cool technology, the open web, football. Co-chair, Web Payments Working Group, W3C.
Thank you for your brave support, Robin. I despair of the capture of the BBC by the forces of intolerance and it makes me sad to think you've had to make this decision. I hope that you're ok and are with people that love you right now
December 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Thank you for your brave support, Robin. I despair of the capture of the BBC by the forces of intolerance and it makes me sad to think you've had to make this decision. I hope that you're ok and are with people that love you right now
Disappointing that Linda Snell didn't show up as an Imperial ISD officer who turned out to be working for the rebellion all along
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Disappointing that Linda Snell didn't show up as an Imperial ISD officer who turned out to be working for the rebellion all along
The drone-interception tech is still required but you will have fewer false-positives, reducing the detection workload
September 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The drone-interception tech is still required but you will have fewer false-positives, reducing the detection workload
I agree that it doesn't stop it - though if the broadcast ID is bound to both the hardware (like a secure element on a bank card) and a person (through a strongly authenticated registration like a passport), it means bad actors have much more to subvert.
September 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I agree that it doesn't stop it - though if the broadcast ID is bound to both the hardware (like a secure element on a bank card) and a person (through a strongly authenticated registration like a passport), it means bad actors have much more to subvert.
It doesn't solve the problem (you still have to be able to detect the unlicensed drones and you have to build the infrastructure to register, bind and transmit the licensed drone identifiers) but it at least gives you a place to start
September 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It doesn't solve the problem (you still have to be able to detect the unlicensed drones and you have to build the infrastructure to register, bind and transmit the licensed drone identifiers) but it at least gives you a place to start
It seems to me that drones need to be as tightly (or perhaps more?) licensed and regulated as other aircraft, such that any drone detected not broadcasting something similar to an ADS-B identifier, but with a hardware binding between ID and chassis, should be assumed to be hostile
September 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It seems to me that drones need to be as tightly (or perhaps more?) licensed and regulated as other aircraft, such that any drone detected not broadcasting something similar to an ADS-B identifier, but with a hardware binding between ID and chassis, should be assumed to be hostile
Have also moved to DDG with the AI slop switched off. Recommend.
August 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Have also moved to DDG with the AI slop switched off. Recommend.
I hit like but only because there wasn't a "curse your incredible kiboshing skills"
August 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I hit like but only because there wasn't a "curse your incredible kiboshing skills"
Yay! Parlabane is the devious anti-hero our post-truth society deserves
May 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Yay! Parlabane is the devious anti-hero our post-truth society deserves
Ooh. Exciting. Might we get another cheeky Parlabane?
May 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Ooh. Exciting. Might we get another cheeky Parlabane?
The "Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher" de nos jours
May 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The "Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher" de nos jours
It's the kind of sobriquet that might stick to the (checks notes) "renowned human rights lawyer" for the rest of his career
May 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's the kind of sobriquet that might stick to the (checks notes) "renowned human rights lawyer" for the rest of his career
Or blockie/hide and seek/forty forty/<insert regional name here>?
May 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Or blockie/hide and seek/forty forty/<insert regional name here>?
Do you know where the hugely expensive (£11.50) moon-on-a-stick prop is today? It might be worth tens of pounds now
April 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Do you know where the hugely expensive (£11.50) moon-on-a-stick prop is today? It might be worth tens of pounds now
How peculiar! I think it's supposed to look like, though why it should do so is an interesting question. I guess a web developer thought it was a cool technical challenge
April 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
How peculiar! I think it's supposed to look like, though why it should do so is an interesting question. I guess a web developer thought it was a cool technical challenge
This made me chuckle on a otherwise grim day. Thanks, Jim
April 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This made me chuckle on a otherwise grim day. Thanks, Jim
Is the book any good? I've worked with Meta enough in the past to know that they are definitely not the goodies
April 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Is the book any good? I've worked with Meta enough in the past to know that they are definitely not the goodies
What is a spindrift (other than a kind of avalanche...)?
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What is a spindrift (other than a kind of avalanche...)?
What a weird way to headline an article on a ruling that has such a profound impact on a marginalised group of people, and I'm not talking about the champagne-popping women celebrating the oppression of trans people.
April 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What a weird way to headline an article on a ruling that has such a profound impact on a marginalised group of people, and I'm not talking about the champagne-popping women celebrating the oppression of trans people.