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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1m

Your humanity and value is defined by your status and paperwork, András. Only, this is the future, so you don't get paperwork.
Or status.
Or value.

Carry on, possible citizen.

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1h

Why is chip volume being reported in GW as if that's some kind of good thing/measure? Sure, I'll sell you some really inefficient chips...

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1h

It currently takes 2.5+ years and $32.5bn+ a gigawatt of data center development and OpenAI says 10GW of Broadcom chips will be deployed by 2030.

Blandly repeating this stuff is failing readers. Call it what it is: nonsense

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 2h

Took me a moment but I see it!

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 2h

But I get you, it's dispiriting. It's tough sounding the alarm and being dismissed by so many. You feel like you are pissing into the wind, even tho it's the others who are...

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 2h

OTOH, while it may not have prevented it (a big ask) it probably helped inform many people and make it easier to build resistance amongst those who otherwise might not have recognised what is happening as soon as they might otherwise.

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

Sure, and you can make that illegal.
It's difficult to control perfectly, but it's not impossible to do. The only people I can think of who would shrug at such a prospect are libertarians or weird utopians.

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

I would say that while you are recycling some scaffolding, it's effectively a new test if behaviour needs to change. You aren't testing the same thing. Rewriting an existing test then is just a shortcut, but if the new behaviour hasn't been implemented, then the test is gonna fail.

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

Weird nostalgia when people look back on MTV as "communal music discovery" not "paid music industry promotion"...

Euronews @euronews.com · 5h

A sign of changing times... And a business decision that represents a cultural moment, signalling the death of communal music discovery and prompting a reflection on how we consume music in the digital age.

MTV music channels to be switched off across Europe by end of 2025

A sign of changing times... And a business decision that represents a cultural moment, signalling the death of communal music discovery and prompting a reflection on how we consume music in the digital age.

l.euronews.com

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

Gun control? Eh, fuck it. The guns are out there.
Murder? Well, they're dead already. Bit late to intervene.
Genocide? ¯⁠\⁠(⁠°⁠_⁠o⁠)⁠/⁠¯

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks Jenn. Helpful contribution.

As a criminal defense lawyer, would you say we should just get rid of all laws and regulations?

After all, we can't put the genie back in the bottle, hey?

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

I don't think the rule applies to a test on existing code, unless the code is not doing what it was supposed to?

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

Someone cover me for Vilnius, or they'll only ring me up at 2am to tell me how awesome it is.

Again...

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

Oh. @davidwhitney.co.uk will be in Vilnius too.

I mean, he and @rendle.dev will likely be in London during HalfStack too if that matters to you. But probably at work…

David Whitney @davidwhitney.co.uk · 7h

Exited to be speaking at Build Stuff in Vilnius.

It's always my last conf of the year, has great vibes and is always a great excuse for a party (the metal bar over the road from the venue is excellent).

Come! 15% off tickets with this link: www.buildstuff.events?sca_ref=9646...

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Get your Build Stuff 2025 tickets now! Join top software engineers, architects, and tech visionaries in Vilnius, Lithuania (Dec 3-5, 2025) for hands-on workshops, cutting-edge talks, and game-changing...

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

The choice is clear.

Do both.

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

Side-by-side:

Build Stuff
- Vilnius
- Top international speakers
- Five tracks of tech talks
- Great venue
- 15% off
- Rendle
- The Linebreakers

HalfStack
- London
- Top international speakers
- Single track
- Legendary venue if you are of a certain age
- 10% off
- No Rendle
- Me doing karaoke

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

Sorry for piggybacking your post @rendle.dev - in my defense I hate marketing.

QR code for discount tickets. The link can also be found in the first tweet of my thread.

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

"Ok, what stupid thing are you doing this time?" you may well ask...

I'm manipulating raw image data in vanilla JavaScript.

It sucks!

But that's not the point...

Poster for my talk at HalfStack titled
Photoplop: The World's Worst Image Editor™

12 Nov 2025 @93 Feet East on Brick Lane

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

If you can't afford the time, travel or ticket price of going to see my fantastic friends* in Vilnius, I can offer you 10% off the one-day HalfStack Conference in London on November 12th, where I will be doing stupid stuff with code, as per usual!

ti.to/halfstack/ha...

*Other friends are available

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

Something, something, price of cocaine.

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

It's a tragically common condition these days...

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 6h

oh god no he hoovered up his own brain

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

Darkening the background is the simplest fix.

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

The light grey on dark grey isn't great either. Not as bad, but it might not pass either.

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

The contrast is bad for accessibility, I'm afraid. Many will struggle to read it.

It's not the pink per-se, but combined with the background it's on it wouldn't pass an a11y test.

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DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 5h

Manipulation is how you get to and maintain a state when you can perpetuate violence.