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Liam Blizard

@blizard.io

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Contract .NET Azure/AWS developer living on the Isle of Arran 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with my wife, daughter & dog. Likes being in the mountains, under or on the ocean, or in the stands at Sheffield United. Codes in C#, F# and Swift blizard.io

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · Nov 4

If you're searching for #fsharp content on BlueSky, there's a starter pack to get you going

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 23m

The market cap of Volkswagen Group, a company that makes a lot of cars that don't blow up, and sold about 5x the number of cars Tesla did last year, is £50bn.

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 25m

Can Tesla stay a trillion dollar company on just two models? the always excellent June Yoon here www.ft.com/content/b3d1...

Can Tesla stay a trillion dollar company on just two models?

BYD is competing directly with Elon Musk’s carmaker in the midsize electric SUV market

www.ft.com

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 20h

I used to read everything on ebook, but I've gone to maybe 50% physical mostly because I want my kid to see me reading a book rather than looking at a screen

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 21h

These are the ones I have, work underwater. And much cheaper than the Shokz equivalent.

naenka.com/products/run...

Runner 4 Bone Conduction Headphone

1. Only TF mode supports working underwater.2. TF mode only supports MP3/M4A/WAV/APE/FLAC format files.3. Pressing the volume button too quickly will cause the volume to fail to change.

naenka.com

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 21h

I also really hate having something between my ear drums and the natural world when I'm on a run/hike, but bone conduction headphones have been a revelation for me.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 21h

Forget the range, Bluetooth doesn't penetrate water. You can get headphones that you load with audio files

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 21h

I'm useless at Crawl though. Need to get some coaching I think

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 23h

I'm the opposite. I have the headphones that you can load MP3's on to it, but it still annoys me that I cannot connect to my phone as I want to listen to audiobooks at 1.5x speed.

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 23h

Swimming is just so boring though. I really have to be able to get myself into a flow state to stomach it.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 1d

That said, I've found it a bit too hulking to chuck in a weekend bag,

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 1d

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 1d

Playing indie games you've bought for a fiver in a steam sale anywhere you like > paying ninety quid for AAA graphical fidelity that you can only experience once the partner and kids have gone to bed.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 1d

If I was looking to do a week in Paris it would be different. Couple of days spent in the expensive spots, and then seek out cheaper areas for the rest of the week.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 1d

It's like a £20 bottle of shop bought wine v a £40 one. Can afford both, and the £40 wine is better, but it doesn't do enough to justify the price difference. I wouldn't consider Paris anymore for a weekend break, when there are other cities that are much cheaper and for 1-2 days are just as good.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 1d

Paris has been on my "fuck that, it's too expensive" list of city break destinations for quite a while.

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 2d

Modest proposal:

BBC BRING BACK 'TOMORROW'S WORLD'.

Science, tech, environment reporting are woeful currently. Something that blasts excitement about what a golden age we're in of discovery (vaccines, computing, space exploration etc etc) but can also be a trojan horse for warnings on climate etc

the presenters of 1980s Tomorrow's World

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 1d

Yes, something to with how much power USB C sockets can use compared to usb A

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 2d

Ah interesting! Thank you

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 2d

Is there some regulatory reason we're still installing USB-A sockets on new public infrastructure in the U.K.?

@ianvisits.co.uk

USB-A home charging points on new DLR trains

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 2d

I think back to the Brexit Years, and I could have gone the same way.

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 2d

Currently taxiing to the runway in Greece, so of course my brain decides this would be the best time to read about Helios Flight 522

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 3d

It used to be if you were out of the country for 15 years, you would lose voting rights, but that was rescinded under Johnson

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 3d

It was much more convenient in the old days because it was offering something you couldn't get, namely food from restaurants that didn't deliver. The value proposition has been hugely cheapened over the years though with dark kitchens and now this.

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 3d

They're not shy about it either. Only a few physical restaurants, but you can order a delivery from a lot of places in the U.K.

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 4d

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 5d

Side point, I think it's fine to have policies that have marginal growth potential. 100 low risk policies that each individually add 0.1%, is probably better than 1 risky policy that adds 1%?

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