Mike
@blu3id.bsky.social
Technology, Healthcare, Developer, Troublemaker, Libertarian leaning. Strong views that may not be my own. Post may or may not be contemporaneous.
Sure, but you might get "Grinched" for playing Christmas songs before the start of December...
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Sure, but you might get "Grinched" for playing Christmas songs before the start of December...
Also massively "out of touch/ doesn't know the price of milk" vibes. Most people who aren't crazy (or from certain medical speciality stereotypes) and considering switching from car to bike want an ebike. Unless you are buying from AliExpress (not on scheme) cheap is still >£1k
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Also massively "out of touch/ doesn't know the price of milk" vibes. Most people who aren't crazy (or from certain medical speciality stereotypes) and considering switching from car to bike want an ebike. Unless you are buying from AliExpress (not on scheme) cheap is still >£1k
With a silver coating? Remember there is a need to make sure these are IPC compliant.
November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
With a silver coating? Remember there is a need to make sure these are IPC compliant.
I approve. Excellent stopgap while waiting for a EHR that surfaces key information well enough that it intuitively makes sense not to repeat it by ctrl-c & ctrl-v. Should only need to remain in place for the average duration of any NHS "temporary fix"...
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I approve. Excellent stopgap while waiting for a EHR that surfaces key information well enough that it intuitively makes sense not to repeat it by ctrl-c & ctrl-v. Should only need to remain in place for the average duration of any NHS "temporary fix"...
Yup. Though not just AWS but AWS us-east-1 specifically. Seems AWS itself is dependent on that region.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Yup. Though not just AWS but AWS us-east-1 specifically. Seems AWS itself is dependent on that region.
Depends if you care about the continued existence of those seven companies and/or snake oil sorry I mean AI. Or have exposure via any institution that was stupid enough to invest in any of them.
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Depends if you care about the continued existence of those seven companies and/or snake oil sorry I mean AI. Or have exposure via any institution that was stupid enough to invest in any of them.
Indeed. But I think it is unhelpful to class this as an example of such when it is almost certainly related to attempts to avoid financial culpability for selling data of minors (who are unable to consent) to advertisers. Which has been the law in the UK (and EU) for more than a decade.
October 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Indeed. But I think it is unhelpful to class this as an example of such when it is almost certainly related to attempts to avoid financial culpability for selling data of minors (who are unable to consent) to advertisers. Which has been the law in the UK (and EU) for more than a decade.
It may be the OSA but this was triggered by the ICO investigation into handling data of children and notice of intent to fine them. In fact, the parent company MediaLab still operates other products in the UK which include a "high risk" chat product that is OSA compliant.
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It may be the OSA but this was triggered by the ICO investigation into handling data of children and notice of intent to fine them. In fact, the parent company MediaLab still operates other products in the UK which include a "high risk" chat product that is OSA compliant.
Likely because service facilities are available at Birmingham e.g STS Aviation that can replace or repair the engine which wouldn't be possible in Cardiff without significant cost and complexity.
September 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Likely because service facilities are available at Birmingham e.g STS Aviation that can replace or repair the engine which wouldn't be possible in Cardiff without significant cost and complexity.
Again much like "nearly all" not being the same as "all". Nothing I have posted says "they can't work with databases".
September 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Again much like "nearly all" not being the same as "all". Nothing I have posted says "they can't work with databases".
Big difference between separate - both logically and legally - and single unified or linkable DBs. There are significant risks to joining or making them linkable. We are already in many databases: HMRC, DVLA, Council Tax, Electoral register, HMPO, NHS etc. existing schemes don't join these.
September 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Big difference between separate - both logically and legally - and single unified or linkable DBs. There are significant risks to joining or making them linkable. We are already in many databases: HMRC, DVLA, Council Tax, Electoral register, HMPO, NHS etc. existing schemes don't join these.
An outrageous idea: how about none. What if the government actually ran this in-house rather than outsourcing to e.g a defence contractor with questionable mortality and privacy practices that promise to "dominate" among other things.
September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
An outrageous idea: how about none. What if the government actually ran this in-house rather than outsourcing to e.g a defence contractor with questionable mortality and privacy practices that promise to "dominate" among other things.
"nearly all" of course translates to "all"
September 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"nearly all" of course translates to "all"
Which is not a function of ID cards in any of the established mandatory ID democracies. Not having an authoritarian fascist regime ignoring the US constitution would also be life changing because due process and, probable cause beyond skin colour would apply etc.
September 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Which is not a function of ID cards in any of the established mandatory ID democracies. Not having an authoritarian fascist regime ignoring the US constitution would also be life changing because due process and, probable cause beyond skin colour would apply etc.
I didn't say the US did. It was an example of what happens when a fascist regime has access to a centralised database of the population. The issue is existing mandatory ID systems aren't that they are just ID. Yet the UK vision is for a system that is more than ID and almost certainly centralised.
September 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I didn't say the US did. It was an example of what happens when a fascist regime has access to a centralised database of the population. The issue is existing mandatory ID systems aren't that they are just ID. Yet the UK vision is for a system that is more than ID and almost certainly centralised.
You got me because _existing_ mandatory ID schemes are nearly all historic and so we're never practical to create big centralised DBs and so distributed e.g Germany. But if you want a substantial and significant risk of a centralised DB (DODGE abusing tax and other sources) look no further than ICE.
September 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You got me because _existing_ mandatory ID schemes are nearly all historic and so we're never practical to create big centralised DBs and so distributed e.g Germany. But if you want a substantial and significant risk of a centralised DB (DODGE abusing tax and other sources) look no further than ICE.