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Here's a rebranding idea, Department of Peace, Love and Global Harmony.
September 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Here's a rebranding idea, Department of Peace, Love and Global Harmony.
If Reeves is going to change the message about risk and investing in the stock market for the general public, then there needs to be education about risk, so that people don't misunderstand the message and take up more risk than they should.
The stock market is all about risk and its management […]
The stock market is all about risk and its management […]
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techhub.social
July 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If Reeves is going to change the message about risk and investing in the stock market for the general public, then there needs to be education about risk, so that people don't misunderstand the message and take up more risk than they should.
The stock market is all about risk and its management […]
The stock market is all about risk and its management […]
Tablets were going to make textbooks obsolete. Kids are still carry books in backpacks.
Cloud storage was going to make local storage obsolete, and here I am with more external drives than ever.
AI is going to make humans obsolete, so where will I be in ten years? Still here, I suspect.
Cloud storage was going to make local storage obsolete, and here I am with more external drives than ever.
AI is going to make humans obsolete, so where will I be in ten years? Still here, I suspect.
June 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Tablets were going to make textbooks obsolete. Kids are still carry books in backpacks.
Cloud storage was going to make local storage obsolete, and here I am with more external drives than ever.
AI is going to make humans obsolete, so where will I be in ten years? Still here, I suspect.
Cloud storage was going to make local storage obsolete, and here I am with more external drives than ever.
AI is going to make humans obsolete, so where will I be in ten years? Still here, I suspect.
If a human writes something they are smart enough to recognise that they wrote it. The same should be expected of AI, so that plagiarism software can ask did you write this?
June 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If a human writes something they are smart enough to recognise that they wrote it. The same should be expected of AI, so that plagiarism software can ask did you write this?
Before Spotify, we used the library to borrow music.
June 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Before Spotify, we used the library to borrow music.
Feeling good that I've built my swimming back from a couple of laps to 2 km in the pool this morning.
May 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Feeling good that I've built my swimming back from a couple of laps to 2 km in the pool this morning.
With zero first-hand evidence that ChatGPT can write a single piece of working code, I'll be giving the $200 sub a miss https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/technology/openai-codex-programming-tool.html
May 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
With zero first-hand evidence that ChatGPT can write a single piece of working code, I'll be giving the $200 sub a miss https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/technology/openai-codex-programming-tool.html
What's a spaceman's favourite game? Astro-noughts and crosses.
May 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What's a spaceman's favourite game? Astro-noughts and crosses.
Pretty sick and tired of OneDrive for Mac, it just wants to drain all bandwidth. Why can't it just play nice?
May 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Pretty sick and tired of OneDrive for Mac, it just wants to drain all bandwidth. Why can't it just play nice?
Is it bait when people write St Pancreas?
May 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Is it bait when people write St Pancreas?
Google maps is now tell me where to go on holiday. I wouldn't say bigging up Cornwall is particularly original, but hey.
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Google maps is now tell me where to go on holiday. I wouldn't say bigging up Cornwall is particularly original, but hey.
I was starting to think that slow internet speeds with Virgin Media might be my Intel Mac mini because others have reported similar with Macs, but I'm now hopeful that it was OneDrive gobbling all the bandwidth, and that limiting upload/download rates will fix it. 🤞 It wasn't just a bit slower […]
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techhub.social
May 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I was starting to think that slow internet speeds with Virgin Media might be my Intel Mac mini because others have reported similar with Macs, but I'm now hopeful that it was OneDrive gobbling all the bandwidth, and that limiting upload/download rates will fix it. 🤞 It wasn't just a bit slower […]
Being upfront about ticket fees didn't stop the companies shamelessly adding made up ones.
May 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Being upfront about ticket fees didn't stop the companies shamelessly adding made up ones.
If please and thank you are costing OpenAI money, can they not simply strip those from messages?
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If please and thank you are costing OpenAI money, can they not simply strip those from messages?
No matter how many times I update MS Office, there's always another six updates to do the next day.
April 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
No matter how many times I update MS Office, there's always another six updates to do the next day.
Best day or best shorting opportunity? Time will tell.
April 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Best day or best shorting opportunity? Time will tell.
Let's hope DJT doesn't say anything silly that could threaten negotiations ... what's that? Oh, right, he already did.
April 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Let's hope DJT doesn't say anything silly that could threaten negotiations ... what's that? Oh, right, he already did.
The problem I see is that companies exporting to the States now have to pay tariffs on imports (not sales), and if tariffs later fall, then that's wasted money. The freeze on exports, especially cars makes sense in these conditions and also gives politicians leverage to make deals if the US […]
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techhub.social
April 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The problem I see is that companies exporting to the States now have to pay tariffs on imports (not sales), and if tariffs later fall, then that's wasted money. The freeze on exports, especially cars makes sense in these conditions and also gives politicians leverage to make deals if the US […]
🍿 The world now waits on Trump's response to China. Not a good day for Apple and others if this adds a further tariff hike.
April 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🍿 The world now waits on Trump's response to China. Not a good day for Apple and others if this adds a further tariff hike.
Well, the real horrorshow has begun on the FTSE.
April 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Well, the real horrorshow has begun on the FTSE.
For the hell of making predictions, I'm going to guess that over the coming year the NASDAQ will lose its last ten years of growth. Taking it down 80%. This might sound like crazy talk, but I honestly think it's a possibility given what's going on. I've talked with ChatGPT and Gemini about this […]
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techhub.social
April 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
For the hell of making predictions, I'm going to guess that over the coming year the NASDAQ will lose its last ten years of growth. Taking it down 80%. This might sound like crazy talk, but I honestly think it's a possibility given what's going on. I've talked with ChatGPT and Gemini about this […]
Liz Truss is looking ok by comparison.
April 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Liz Truss is looking ok by comparison.
Within a hair's breadth until an entire year's worth of growth is knocked from the NASDAQ.
April 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Within a hair's breadth until an entire year's worth of growth is knocked from the NASDAQ.
Endorsements are all about timing.
March 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Endorsements are all about timing.