Chipist
@chipist.bsky.social
Science, engineering (chip design), climate, politics, green energy, sport. UK (Nottinghamshire, Via Manchester)
You know how Germany had a reunification tax, we should have a new 2% Brexit tax.
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
You know how Germany had a reunification tax, we should have a new 2% Brexit tax.
I'd just turned over from Bangers and Cash an' all. Rapidly switched back to the Ford Cortina estate.
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I'd just turned over from Bangers and Cash an' all. Rapidly switched back to the Ford Cortina estate.
Prince Andrew's Close! , in a red triangle.
October 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Prince Andrew's Close! , in a red triangle.
Preferably on Saturday and Sunday so they can't go in supermarkets doddering about and getting in the way.
October 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Preferably on Saturday and Sunday so they can't go in supermarkets doddering about and getting in the way.
Does PetaLinux on a Xilinx FPGA count? (well technically on an embedded ARM, but wrote a module to talk to the FPGA logic)
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Does PetaLinux on a Xilinx FPGA count? (well technically on an embedded ARM, but wrote a module to talk to the FPGA logic)
Sorry, that was a genuine question! I read it happened/happens in other industries, coffee chain IP rights and bean supply for instance. Fair play if they do run on such small margins. Well oiled machines!
October 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Sorry, that was a genuine question! I read it happened/happens in other industries, coffee chain IP rights and bean supply for instance. Fair play if they do run on such small margins. Well oiled machines!
Are they really that small, or is there financial shenanigans going on to make them that small to lower corp tax? profit shifting offshore for example.
October 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Are they really that small, or is there financial shenanigans going on to make them that small to lower corp tax? profit shifting offshore for example.
I'm tipping there were other offshore companies who ended up with a slice of the pie, sending invoices for 'consultancy fees' etc. I'm sure the ownership of these other companies would be 'interesting'.
October 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I'm tipping there were other offshore companies who ended up with a slice of the pie, sending invoices for 'consultancy fees' etc. I'm sure the ownership of these other companies would be 'interesting'.
16kB RAM pack on the ZX81, lump of blue tac stopped it from wobbling and causing a crash. (That's KILO BYTES for the kids)
September 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
16kB RAM pack on the ZX81, lump of blue tac stopped it from wobbling and causing a crash. (That's KILO BYTES for the kids)
If he works for the BBC through a limited company he might end up in IR35 mither.
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If he works for the BBC through a limited company he might end up in IR35 mither.
It would seem a bit unfair to remove it, given that plenty will still have some mortgage to pay off at retirement, much more so than in the past.
September 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It would seem a bit unfair to remove it, given that plenty will still have some mortgage to pay off at retirement, much more so than in the past.
I don't disagree Joss, it's just that lots seem to be dismissing that a machine couldn't eventually be conscious, I don't think there is anything in physics that excludes this. So either there is something we don't know that will prevent it, or it will eventually happen.
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I don't disagree Joss, it's just that lots seem to be dismissing that a machine couldn't eventually be conscious, I don't think there is anything in physics that excludes this. So either there is something we don't know that will prevent it, or it will eventually happen.
Why not? At the end of the day things with consciousness are just a collections of atoms, a non organic machine with atoms in the right configuration should be capable of consciousness no? Unless you bring god or woo into it or some such.
August 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Why not? At the end of the day things with consciousness are just a collections of atoms, a non organic machine with atoms in the right configuration should be capable of consciousness no? Unless you bring god or woo into it or some such.
Things beans are allowed to touch:
Sossidge
Egg white
Tomato
Fried Bread
Black pudding
Things beans are NOT allowed to touch:
Bacon
Toast
Egg yolk
Hash browns*
*Included for any heathens on the thread.
As you were.
Sossidge
Egg white
Tomato
Fried Bread
Black pudding
Things beans are NOT allowed to touch:
Bacon
Toast
Egg yolk
Hash browns*
*Included for any heathens on the thread.
As you were.
August 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Things beans are allowed to touch:
Sossidge
Egg white
Tomato
Fried Bread
Black pudding
Things beans are NOT allowed to touch:
Bacon
Toast
Egg yolk
Hash browns*
*Included for any heathens on the thread.
As you were.
Sossidge
Egg white
Tomato
Fried Bread
Black pudding
Things beans are NOT allowed to touch:
Bacon
Toast
Egg yolk
Hash browns*
*Included for any heathens on the thread.
As you were.
Hasn't he just signed for Newcastle?
July 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Hasn't he just signed for Newcastle?
At the moment though it doesn't seem like they get many customers, that goes for almost any charging station, maybe prices would come down once they get used more? When I can charge at home from 20%-80% for £3 or use a charger for £30 I'm not going to use one unless I have no choice.
July 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
At the moment though it doesn't seem like they get many customers, that goes for almost any charging station, maybe prices would come down once they get used more? When I can charge at home from 20%-80% for £3 or use a charger for £30 I'm not going to use one unless I have no choice.
Fine, I'll have a turbine near my house, but I get free energy and you have to pay double, agreed?
July 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Fine, I'll have a turbine near my house, but I get free energy and you have to pay double, agreed?
Has Scruffy Jim found another £50m takeover losses down the back of the couch?
July 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Has Scruffy Jim found another £50m takeover losses down the back of the couch?
Who'd have thought Apple became the lesser of 2 evils! I think it's probably too hard for anything new to compete with them now.
July 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Who'd have thought Apple became the lesser of 2 evils! I think it's probably too hard for anything new to compete with them now.
Do I have to fire up my old OpenMoko Linux 2g phone with resistive screen? Seriously though, if not Apple or Android, are there any viable alternatives?
July 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Do I have to fire up my old OpenMoko Linux 2g phone with resistive screen? Seriously though, if not Apple or Android, are there any viable alternatives?
He's the left back remember!
June 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
He's the left back remember!
No, I look in the middle part!
June 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
No, I look in the middle part!
Agreed in principle, however that gets difficult to administer. Remember state pension is included, so 2 people on full state pension have an income of around £25k just from that, plus 10k between them from private pensions is probably fairly typical.
June 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Agreed in principle, however that gets difficult to administer. Remember state pension is included, so 2 people on full state pension have an income of around £25k just from that, plus 10k between them from private pensions is probably fairly typical.