Ben Tasker
@bentasker.co.uk
General Geek - I'm pretty good at fixing things and very good at working out how to break them.
Basically, my cores are trouble-shooting and reverse engineering.
Blog at https://www.bentasker.co.uk
Basically, my cores are trouble-shooting and reverse engineering.
Blog at https://www.bentasker.co.uk
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3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
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2. Countries that have ID cards - like the whole of Europe - still have the same irregular migration problem (you may have heard!!!)
& in fact the UK has the lowest share of its economy estimated as irregular economy in Europe so if it fixes the issue WHY DIDNT IT FIX IT THERE?
& in fact the UK has the lowest share of its economy estimated as irregular economy in Europe so if it fixes the issue WHY DIDNT IT FIX IT THERE?
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
2. Countries that have ID cards - like the whole of Europe - still have the same irregular migration problem (you may have heard!!!)
& in fact the UK has the lowest share of its economy estimated as irregular economy in Europe so if it fixes the issue WHY DIDNT IT FIX IT THERE?
& in fact the UK has the lowest share of its economy estimated as irregular economy in Europe so if it fixes the issue WHY DIDNT IT FIX IT THERE?
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In the real actual world we already live in, restaurants are already reverting to only taking reservations by phone, or charging huge reservation fees, to stop automated booking. This is with basic bots!
May 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In the real actual world we already live in, restaurants are already reverting to only taking reservations by phone, or charging huge reservation fees, to stop automated booking. This is with basic bots!
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"Even worse, when you Google one of these slop-squatted package names, you’ll often get an AI-generated summary from Google itself confidently praising the package, saying it’s useful, stable, well-maintained. But it’s just parroting the package’s own README, no skepticism, no context."
April 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"Even worse, when you Google one of these slop-squatted package names, you’ll often get an AI-generated summary from Google itself confidently praising the package, saying it’s useful, stable, well-maintained. But it’s just parroting the package’s own README, no skepticism, no context."