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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · Jan 28

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
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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 16m

I think the point of the article is that the GAA thought gavin would be more popular and this is humbling.

Be it’s Fianna Fall that picked him and who thought he’d be more popular, not the GAA.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 25m

DJ Carey did far worse than Gavin.
Also not humbling for the GAA.

And if these were rugby players or swimmers or snooker players it also wouldn’t have anything to do with those sports.

Really Weird Take.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 29m

At no point did I think Gavin’s screw up was a GAA screw up.

I thought it was a Fianna Fáil and a Land Lord screw up.

I’m not sure how many people outside Dublin and Gaelic Football specifically new he’d been manager.

I love Hurling. But couldn’t have picked Gavin out of a line up 3 weeks ago.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 2h

When reusing a penny stamp was big business.

Also can we bring back the days when a stamp stayed in circulation for 40 years.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 2h

Yes Canada.

Exactly like that.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 2h

Neat old idea that should still be a thing. A letter card with postage already paid. Seal it closed recipient can tear it open.

Why aren’t postcards like this. Include postage and make it easier to send them and they might not die out.

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 5h

This is fecked up lads.

CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 6h

I want to know who did this

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 6h

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 5h

Legacy Code:

1. Code written by devs that have moved on to other projects. Code that nobody understands.

2. Code that has evolved over a long period of time and seen its quality degrade. Code that nobody understands.

3. Code written by an AI/LLM 5 minutes ago. Code that nobody ever understood.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 6h

By unbelievable did you mean totally predictable?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 6h

Apologies I’m not telling you off.
Was making a joke that obviously didn’t land.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 7h

I think you need to have a chat with your headline people.

They’ve set you up to be spammed by one group who think your answer is yes and another who think it’s no.

And none of us are reading the article.

Meanwhile the headline people sip cocktails in peace and quiet.

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 7h

Oh my god I never win anything.

a man in a suit and tie is holding a woman in a black dress in a living room .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a woman in a black dress in a living room .

media.tenor.com

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 7h

Your headline at least was covered by Betteridge’s Law.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteri...

Betteridge's law of headlines - Wikipedia

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 7h

The thing is, we pay for RTE through TV licence.

But state broadcasters like RTE and BBC don’t take advantage of that.

They ape the click bait style.

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 7h

Oh I know.

Yours isn’t even the worst example I’ve seen this morning.

bsky.app/profile/zx23...

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 8h

A full article to say

“If your system cost €10,000 and saves €1000 per year, it’ll take 10 years”

Jesus Christ was journalism always this shit?

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How long will it take for my solar panels to pay for themselves?

Making the most efficient use of your new domestic solar panel installation means a deep dive into usage and storage

www.rte.ie

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 7h

You might need open the first paragraph with “FUCK NO! And here’s why.”

Otherwise a paywall that only lets people see the headline and first paragraph will give the exact wrong answer to the question you pose.

But I had faith in you and figured you’d get to No.

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 8h

The correct headline for that might have been

“How do I get the most out of solar?”

And there are a few things I would have added to an article like that.

But someone decided that headline wasn’t click baity enough.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 8h

A full article to say

“If your system cost €10,000 and saves €1000 per year, it’ll take 10 years”

Jesus Christ was journalism always this shit?

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How long will it take for my solar panels to pay for themselves?

Making the most efficient use of your new domestic solar panel installation means a deep dive into usage and storage

www.rte.ie

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 21h

One slightly depressing thing about collecting stamps is finding collections chock full of60s 70s and 80s because that’s when collecting was super popular and as a result they’re the least valuable collections

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 21h

Went to an auction today and bought a load of stamps. I might have bought Billie Elliot’s Collection.

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 2d

Become ungovernable

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 2d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

Stupid tech illiterate mother fuckers.

Pissing around and doing more harm than good because they don’t know how to fix the problem of running the country, so they desperately try to tinker.

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d

Massive data leak linked to Online Safety Act security measures

The thing that everyone predicted would happen has happened - and the Discord data leak should ring alarm bells for Labour, writes @willem-moore.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

Massive data leak linked to Online Safety Act security measures

The thing that everyone predicted would happen has happened - and the Discord data leak should ring alarm bells for Labour

www.thecanary.co

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

There's absolutely an audience out there who doesn't care what you did to who or what you sold out for how much. If you're someone who abuses others or sells out for a big bag, congratulations, that's your audience. Enjoy it or don't, but don't come bitching to your ex about who you're with now.

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 2d

The one thing you could say about Is Johnny Cash cool? Is that there was a long period in the 70s and 80s when he definitely was waaaay outta fashion.

But that was Fashion's problem - not Johnny's ...

two men are playing guitars together in a black and white photo .

ALT: two men are playing guitars together in a black and white photo .

media.tenor.com

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