Richard Dalton
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Richard Dalton
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I've been reading Code The Classics
magpi.raspberrypi.com/books/code-t...
Volume 2 is now also available.
I've started work on a new version of my favourite Atari 2600 game. Combat.
Maybe I'll be done in time for the 50th Anniversay in 2027
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_...
magpi.raspberrypi.com/books/code-t...
Volume 2 is now also available.
I've started work on a new version of my favourite Atari 2600 game. Combat.
Maybe I'll be done in time for the 50th Anniversay in 2027
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_...
Our Christmas Tree stand is one of those things that we spent extra on and have never regretted it.
December 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Our Christmas Tree stand is one of those things that we spent extra on and have never regretted it.
This is a little project that I've been thinking about and tinkering with for a long time.
The goal was to create a calculator in html, style it a little bit with css, and implement the features in plain JS.
And use NO 'IF' Statements at all.
github.com/richardadalt...
The goal was to create a calculator in html, style it a little bit with css, and implement the features in plain JS.
And use NO 'IF' Statements at all.
github.com/richardadalt...
GitHub - richardadalton/calculator: JavaScript Calculator using no If Statements.
JavaScript Calculator using no If Statements. Contribute to richardadalton/calculator development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is a little project that I've been thinking about and tinkering with for a long time.
The goal was to create a calculator in html, style it a little bit with css, and implement the features in plain JS.
And use NO 'IF' Statements at all.
github.com/richardadalt...
The goal was to create a calculator in html, style it a little bit with css, and implement the features in plain JS.
And use NO 'IF' Statements at all.
github.com/richardadalt...
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Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Britain’s biggest hunger strike in decades – and the media won’t touch it
THE Palestine Action hunger strike is on track to become the largest since the 1981 Irish republican protest led by Bobby Sands, yet campaigners say it has faced a “mainstream media blackout.”So far, ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Im doing advent of code. And as usual Python makes it easy.
I’m trying to also do it in C (nit even C++, going properly old school)
I am failing miserably. It’s been 30years since I did C and even then it was basic College introductory level.
I’m trying to also do it in C (nit even C++, going properly old school)
I am failing miserably. It’s been 30years since I did C and even then it was basic College introductory level.
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Im doing advent of code. And as usual Python makes it easy.
I’m trying to also do it in C (nit even C++, going properly old school)
I am failing miserably. It’s been 30years since I did C and even then it was basic College introductory level.
I’m trying to also do it in C (nit even C++, going properly old school)
I am failing miserably. It’s been 30years since I did C and even then it was basic College introductory level.
A few months back I did a thread on solar panels in Ireland during the Summer.
I thought I might show what Winter looks like too.
Here’s the Summer thread.
bsky.app/profile/zx23...
I thought I might show what Winter looks like too.
Here’s the Summer thread.
bsky.app/profile/zx23...
Here’s why solar panels need batteries. It’s a cloudy day so the power generation is up and down all day. But the house is using around half a kW.
If we only had panels the panels would only generate what the house needs.
The surplus would be lost.
Later when it gets dark we’d hit the grid
If we only had panels the panels would only generate what the house needs.
The surplus would be lost.
Later when it gets dark we’d hit the grid
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A few months back I did a thread on solar panels in Ireland during the Summer.
I thought I might show what Winter looks like too.
Here’s the Summer thread.
bsky.app/profile/zx23...
I thought I might show what Winter looks like too.
Here’s the Summer thread.
bsky.app/profile/zx23...
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So the UK is going to have a mental health enquiry that is not allowed to mention COVID to follow on from the economic health enquiry that was not allowed to mention BREXIT.
Normal country lads. Very normal.
Normal country lads. Very normal.
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
So the UK is going to have a mental health enquiry that is not allowed to mention COVID to follow on from the economic health enquiry that was not allowed to mention BREXIT.
Normal country lads. Very normal.
Normal country lads. Very normal.
Sunderland have a chance of a draw at Anfield, but are time wasting, meaning they'll probably have 10 mins of injury time.
And they'll probably lose.
#LFC
And they'll probably lose.
#LFC
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sunderland have a chance of a draw at Anfield, but are time wasting, meaning they'll probably have 10 mins of injury time.
And they'll probably lose.
#LFC
And they'll probably lose.
#LFC
Years ago. Mid 90’s.
I was in a diner in Washington DC.
Their toilets had Blue and Red signs saying Liberal and Conservative.
Being Irish and it being the 90’s I didn’t get the joke.
I also wasn’t too sure which I was.
Turns out, if in doubt you could use either. Nobody cared which you used.
I was in a diner in Washington DC.
Their toilets had Blue and Red signs saying Liberal and Conservative.
Being Irish and it being the 90’s I didn’t get the joke.
I also wasn’t too sure which I was.
Turns out, if in doubt you could use either. Nobody cared which you used.
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Years ago. Mid 90’s.
I was in a diner in Washington DC.
Their toilets had Blue and Red signs saying Liberal and Conservative.
Being Irish and it being the 90’s I didn’t get the joke.
I also wasn’t too sure which I was.
Turns out, if in doubt you could use either. Nobody cared which you used.
I was in a diner in Washington DC.
Their toilets had Blue and Red signs saying Liberal and Conservative.
Being Irish and it being the 90’s I didn’t get the joke.
I also wasn’t too sure which I was.
Turns out, if in doubt you could use either. Nobody cared which you used.
He asked for a Nobel Peace Prize and they said “In your Dreams” and give the guy his dues. He’s trying to dream.
If Rubio would just shut up about war, he might get it.
If Rubio would just shut up about war, he might get it.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
He asked for a Nobel Peace Prize and they said “In your Dreams” and give the guy his dues. He’s trying to dream.
If Rubio would just shut up about war, he might get it.
If Rubio would just shut up about war, he might get it.
I've been playing with CoPilot etc to generate code.
I don't know if it will put me out of a job, make my job easier, or make my job harder.
It does appear that pretending it doesn't exist would make the remaining 10-15 years of my career risky.
I don't know if it will put me out of a job, make my job easier, or make my job harder.
It does appear that pretending it doesn't exist would make the remaining 10-15 years of my career risky.
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I've been playing with CoPilot etc to generate code.
I don't know if it will put me out of a job, make my job easier, or make my job harder.
It does appear that pretending it doesn't exist would make the remaining 10-15 years of my career risky.
I don't know if it will put me out of a job, make my job easier, or make my job harder.
It does appear that pretending it doesn't exist would make the remaining 10-15 years of my career risky.
Just on the phone with Energia. Electricity contract with them is up, so shopping around.
The pricing structure of electricity is now so convoluted it's not possible to have a meaningful conversation with their sales staff.
The pricing structure of electricity is now so convoluted it's not possible to have a meaningful conversation with their sales staff.
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just on the phone with Energia. Electricity contract with them is up, so shopping around.
The pricing structure of electricity is now so convoluted it's not possible to have a meaningful conversation with their sales staff.
The pricing structure of electricity is now so convoluted it's not possible to have a meaningful conversation with their sales staff.
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You want economic growth?
Release your restrictions on immigration. Forge significantly closer economic ties with Europe.
You don't want to do that?
Then you don't get to talk about economic growth.
It's that simple.
Release your restrictions on immigration. Forge significantly closer economic ties with Europe.
You don't want to do that?
Then you don't get to talk about economic growth.
It's that simple.
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You want economic growth?
Release your restrictions on immigration. Forge significantly closer economic ties with Europe.
You don't want to do that?
Then you don't get to talk about economic growth.
It's that simple.
Release your restrictions on immigration. Forge significantly closer economic ties with Europe.
You don't want to do that?
Then you don't get to talk about economic growth.
It's that simple.
Given the UKs weird obsession with stopping migration, maybe it's time all 4.8 million of these people were sent home to the UK.
"With 4.8 million UK-born citizens now living elsewhere, perhaps it’s about time to develop a strategy on emigration and the starting point needs to be better data."
John Mahon argues that we need a better understanding of people leaving the UK
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/who-is-emigrating-from-the-uk/
John Mahon argues that we need a better understanding of people leaving the UK
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/who-is-emigrating-from-the-uk/
Who is emigrating from the UK? - UK in a changing Europe
John Mahon makes the case for having a better understanding of the British nationals leaving the UK. He argues that the cost to the state of British nationals leaving or returning to the UK varies, so it should develop a clearer strategy to deal with the impact of emigration.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Given the UKs weird obsession with stopping migration, maybe it's time all 4.8 million of these people were sent home to the UK.
Hide And Seek Champion
Worst Ryanair Flight Ever
Teleporter works!
Oh CRAAAAPPPP……
Oh CRAAAAPPPP……
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hide And Seek Champion
You know those days where you’re stuck cleaning up a mess that only exists because you listened to someone?
I really have to stop being such a team player.
I’m right. I’ve always been right and the sooner the rest of you get on board the less hassle it’ll be for everyone.
I really have to stop being such a team player.
I’m right. I’ve always been right and the sooner the rest of you get on board the less hassle it’ll be for everyone.
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
You know those days where you’re stuck cleaning up a mess that only exists because you listened to someone?
I really have to stop being such a team player.
I’m right. I’ve always been right and the sooner the rest of you get on board the less hassle it’ll be for everyone.
I really have to stop being such a team player.
I’m right. I’ve always been right and the sooner the rest of you get on board the less hassle it’ll be for everyone.
Oh my god this is so perfect:
A few weeks back a Labour supporter was telling me all the things Labour had achieved.
I pointed out most of what they were saying was in the future and might yet not happen or might be watered down.
If that was you. I can’t find you but….
*waves vaguely at….*
A few weeks back a Labour supporter was telling me all the things Labour had achieved.
I pointed out most of what they were saying was in the future and might yet not happen or might be watered down.
If that was you. I can’t find you but….
*waves vaguely at….*
Labour MPs attack Starmer U-turn over workers’ rights as ‘complete betrayal’
Labour MPs attack Starmer U-turn over workers’ rights as ‘complete betrayal’
Former minister says ditching plan for day-one protection against unfair dismissal ‘definitely is a manifesto breach’
Keir Starmer is facing backbench anger after ministers abandoned plans to give workers day-one protection against unfair dismissal, a U-turn that breaches the Labour manifesto.
MPs including a former minister who spearheaded the employment rights bill with the former deputy leader Angela Rayner have voiced concerns over the climbdown announced by the government. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Oh my god this is so perfect:
A few weeks back a Labour supporter was telling me all the things Labour had achieved.
I pointed out most of what they were saying was in the future and might yet not happen or might be watered down.
If that was you. I can’t find you but….
*waves vaguely at….*
A few weeks back a Labour supporter was telling me all the things Labour had achieved.
I pointed out most of what they were saying was in the future and might yet not happen or might be watered down.
If that was you. I can’t find you but….
*waves vaguely at….*
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I'm just gonna say it: you wouldn't need to ban the kids if you just made the platforms responsible for moderation in the first fucking place.
Good luck papering over that chasm and calling it protection. ✌🏻
Good luck papering over that chasm and calling it protection. ✌🏻
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm just gonna say it: you wouldn't need to ban the kids if you just made the platforms responsible for moderation in the first fucking place.
Good luck papering over that chasm and calling it protection. ✌🏻
Good luck papering over that chasm and calling it protection. ✌🏻
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Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way.
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
Homelessness on the Rise in Finland - Y-Säätiö
Asunnottomien ihmisten määrä on kääntynyt kasvuun. Nyt asunnottomien määrä kasvoi Helsingissä, vaikka asunnottomia asutettiin vuoden aikana vaikuttava määrä.
ysaatio.fi
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way.
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
Oh fuck off you stupid cunts.
You haven’t had an income tax increase for 50 years.
Your country is broke and your economy is broken.
You’ve tried austerity, self imposed sanctions, a lifetime of “low” tax.
Pay your tax. Start fixing your public services and infrastructure.
Grow the fuck up.
You haven’t had an income tax increase for 50 years.
Your country is broke and your economy is broken.
You’ve tried austerity, self imposed sanctions, a lifetime of “low” tax.
Pay your tax. Start fixing your public services and infrastructure.
Grow the fuck up.
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh fuck off you stupid cunts.
You haven’t had an income tax increase for 50 years.
Your country is broke and your economy is broken.
You’ve tried austerity, self imposed sanctions, a lifetime of “low” tax.
Pay your tax. Start fixing your public services and infrastructure.
Grow the fuck up.
You haven’t had an income tax increase for 50 years.
Your country is broke and your economy is broken.
You’ve tried austerity, self imposed sanctions, a lifetime of “low” tax.
Pay your tax. Start fixing your public services and infrastructure.
Grow the fuck up.
Not only that. If you give them little badges that say “Kicked Out Of Britain”
They’ll be super popular too.
They’ll be super popular too.
Swear to GAWD Ireland should be taking out ads, inviting any doctors etc no longer welcome in UK to come here
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Not only that. If you give them little badges that say “Kicked Out Of Britain”
They’ll be super popular too.
They’ll be super popular too.
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When it opens with "I am Irish-American and planning to move to Ireland" you brace yourself for A Comment And A Half.
Then you add "the Quora factor" - you are not expecting sensible chat here.
... and somehow, he still manages to shock us.
Then you add "the Quora factor" - you are not expecting sensible chat here.
... and somehow, he still manages to shock us.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When it opens with "I am Irish-American and planning to move to Ireland" you brace yourself for A Comment And A Half.
Then you add "the Quora factor" - you are not expecting sensible chat here.
... and somehow, he still manages to shock us.
Then you add "the Quora factor" - you are not expecting sensible chat here.
... and somehow, he still manages to shock us.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
Imagine fucking up your whole country.
For a Lie.
For a Lie.
"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Imagine fucking up your whole country.
For a Lie.
For a Lie.