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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him)

@duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social

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Computer programmer with interest in CQRS and event sourcing and green technologies. (especially #HempCrete and #heatpumps) Living in Dublin, Ireland. Tóg go bog é Profile picture: Photo of me and a small black dog in the cab of a MF150 tractor

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 4h

An interesting book so far, with a poetry just below the waterline writing style. I like the idea that all words are IOUs*, which will eventually lose their meaning if not used.

*O

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 4h

"Borderlines" is a magnificent book. I have not read the others, so no doubt, another trip to Westport beckons.

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 4h

It is a lovely book shop. I think I spent more than I planned to last time I was there.

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

Aha, yes, indeed.

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

The disconnect between the economy of Wall Street and that of Main Street is very stark. This top heavy distribution is toppling over.

Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 5h

Seems bad

Tweet on X from Craig Fuller, an expert on the freight industry, that says: For those that follow me for macro economic intel.

The excitement in trucking is not related to the macro economic story, it is a capacity one (low quality operators getting shut down).

The macro economic story is bad. Trucking volumes are down 18% YoY and continue to weaken.

Not a good sign for the sectors that are dependent upon trucking: manufacturing, housing, auto, energy, ag, and retail (basically, the main street economy).

The OTVI chart measures the volume of truckload orders in the economy, an indication of macro economic demand.

It is anemic and moving to some of the lowest levels we've ever measured (earliest date is 2018).

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

Cape Verde are spectacularly close to qualifying for the World Cup. They are above Cameroon and only need a draw against Eswatini to qualify.

Cameroon 🇨🇲 (who I am sort of supporting) would go into a play off.

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tomboktu.bsky.social @tomboktu.bsky.social · 5h

My favourite on this:
"Computability and Unsolvability" by Martin Davis was published in 1958. In 1973, Davis published a paper in Scientific American about a development in the field, which listed his book 1958 in the references.
1/3

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 8h

I wonder how the people of Hamburg voted?

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 8h

ACK

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 9h

A one-shot, or a best of three referendum?

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 10h

Botswana maybe?

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 10h

Excellent book recommendations and also advice on choosing/installing heat pumps and hempcrete insulation - both of which I put into practice.

Also several hours of feeling giddy when Peter Hook followed me (I can only assume by accident).

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 11h

"Mass Destruction" by Faithless (2004)

"A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Clayton Blizzard (2014)

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 11h

Truly the far right hand does not know what the other hand is doing.

Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 12h

China supplies 83% of global tungsten. Rising tungsten costs could add $3,000–$25,000 to oilfield drillbit prices.

US shale drillers face higher prices for tungsten as Chinese export controls have squeezed supply, threatening Trump's ambitions to boost American fossil fuel production.

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

Rising tungsten prices worsen oil drillers' inflation worries reut.rs/4gWrwdK

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 12h

Claude AI is like a pet cat - forever bringing me things I didn't ask for and which take quite a long time to clean up afterwards...

🙄

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 13h

Sigh...trip over own laces again....

A meme for a recursive function. In the first frame a man says "I am writing a recursive function". In the next a woman replies "You remembered the exit condition first right?". The whole meme is repeated in the bottom right corner...and in the bottom right corner of that and so on...

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 15h

Animal is my spirit... and the Rita Moreno/Animal duet is the best Muppet Show act.

youtu.be/VoIZQh1IjI8?...

a muppet playing a drum set with a jungle background

Alt: Animal, a muppet, playing a drum set with a jungle background

media.tenor.com

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 15h

Wow - I have had hangovers more pleasant than that speech.

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 15h

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

am I wrong, but I thought Mystery Hour was on Thursdays?

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 15h

That. Was. A. Disgrace.

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 16h

I think I agree with your assessment @mrjamesob.bsky.social - Kemi Badenoch is reading her own political obituary.

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 16h

Why a pause after an indefinite article?

"Conference, we have a.........duty to young people"

Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 16h

Oh - I had "bored as"

a woman is laying on a chair in a room with the words `` so bored '' .

Alt: A woman is laying on a rotating office chair in a room with the words "so bored" .

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 16h

In addition to the actual content, the cadence of Kemi Badenoch's speech is grating too - it reminds me of the old BBC Micro speech synthesiser application (or Stephen Hawking's for our younger viewers).

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