Ledow
@ledow2.bsky.social
IT/Mathematician
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"Some people don't like you? Good, that means you stood up for something in your life."
December 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"Some people don't like you? Good, that means you stood up for something in your life."
No, you let them use that term and then when someone dies die and they claim they didn't know....
June 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
No, you let them use that term and then when someone dies die and they claim they didn't know....
Mnemonics like that are worthless when you can just swap both sides and not notice.
June 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Mnemonics like that are worthless when you can just swap both sides and not notice.
All I can think of to try to explain it to do him is.... that feeling when the laughter dies and it's NOT because everyone realises they were wrong and you were right, but it's because the initial shock of the terrible joke has finally died, you're STILL there and they're just done laughing?
June 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
All I can think of to try to explain it to do him is.... that feeling when the laughter dies and it's NOT because everyone realises they were wrong and you were right, but it's because the initial shock of the terrible joke has finally died, you're STILL there and they're just done laughing?
If "wealth" wasn't paying its damn taxes in the first place, at the correct value and to the correct country, then nothing of value has been lost.
June 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If "wealth" wasn't paying its damn taxes in the first place, at the correct value and to the correct country, then nothing of value has been lost.
I knew a guy once who told me he was leaving his job to work for a friend who did satellite TV installation. But he was scared of heights, so he told his friend he "could only do bungalows".
Strangely, the job offer from his friend never quite worked out.
Strangely, the job offer from his friend never quite worked out.
May 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I knew a guy once who told me he was leaving his job to work for a friend who did satellite TV installation. But he was scared of heights, so he told his friend he "could only do bungalows".
Strangely, the job offer from his friend never quite worked out.
Strangely, the job offer from his friend never quite worked out.
I have several giddy aunts and never say it, so the world has balance.
May 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I have several giddy aunts and never say it, so the world has balance.
Strange how when the sewage is being washed into the rivers it's because there's "too much water" in the system for them to process, and when it's water shortages it's because there's "not enough water" in the system.
Almost like some sort of storage could be the solution.
Almost like some sort of storage could be the solution.
May 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Strange how when the sewage is being washed into the rivers it's because there's "too much water" in the system for them to process, and when it's water shortages it's because there's "not enough water" in the system.
Almost like some sort of storage could be the solution.
Almost like some sort of storage could be the solution.
Could you name it and where it is in England, and indicate whether it's finished and ready to use for water supply?
May 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Could you name it and where it is in England, and indicate whether it's finished and ready to use for water supply?
They deliberately ran up billions in debt, did not spend on legally-required and funding-earmarked upgrades and maintenace, paid all the money out to shareholders instead (including the debt), then plead poverty and demand government rescue them with a bailout.
Nationalise the feckers.
Nationalise the feckers.
May 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
They deliberately ran up billions in debt, did not spend on legally-required and funding-earmarked upgrades and maintenace, paid all the money out to shareholders instead (including the debt), then plead poverty and demand government rescue them with a bailout.
Nationalise the feckers.
Nationalise the feckers.
I pay £9 a month after significant efforts to decrease the amount I pay them (a water meter immediately cut my bill by 90%!). They've said they're raising prices. I will pay far more to deny them the same %age as the rise. Atmospheric water generator, greywater etc.
I don't want their service.
I don't want their service.
May 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I pay £9 a month after significant efforts to decrease the amount I pay them (a water meter immediately cut my bill by 90%!). They've said they're raising prices. I will pay far more to deny them the same %age as the rise. Atmospheric water generator, greywater etc.
I don't want their service.
I don't want their service.
I bought a dumb robot vacuum. He either circles, edge traces (by bumping around the room in a particular direction) or moves randomly.
Works great, doesn't have to "map" anything, almost never gets stuck.
"Bob"'s only weakness is a penchant for my penguin-shaped bathroom mat.
Works great, doesn't have to "map" anything, almost never gets stuck.
"Bob"'s only weakness is a penchant for my penguin-shaped bathroom mat.
May 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I bought a dumb robot vacuum. He either circles, edge traces (by bumping around the room in a particular direction) or moves randomly.
Works great, doesn't have to "map" anything, almost never gets stuck.
"Bob"'s only weakness is a penchant for my penguin-shaped bathroom mat.
Works great, doesn't have to "map" anything, almost never gets stuck.
"Bob"'s only weakness is a penchant for my penguin-shaped bathroom mat.
Even my toaster has settings that I never use, I had to experiment to find the right setting (and then NEVER touch the settings ever again), and requires regular maintenance and careful supervision.
May 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Even my toaster has settings that I never use, I had to experiment to find the right setting (and then NEVER touch the settings ever again), and requires regular maintenance and careful supervision.
Please pay your antique banking system tax promptly.
April 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Please pay your antique banking system tax promptly.
When we first got our Spectrum, we weren't allowed to hog the main TV (colour, rented) so we used a TV from our old caravan (black & white, 12v, with only a tuning dial).
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
When we first got our Spectrum, we weren't allowed to hog the main TV (colour, rented) so we used a TV from our old caravan (black & white, 12v, with only a tuning dial).
You're not kidding.
This was literally supposed to be a photograph of the Moon at night... and my DSLR camera just couldn't adjust properly with a lens on it.
(you can see the tiniest hint of craters at the bottom).
This was literally supposed to be a photograph of the Moon at night... and my DSLR camera just couldn't adjust properly with a lens on it.
(you can see the tiniest hint of craters at the bottom).
April 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You're not kidding.
This was literally supposed to be a photograph of the Moon at night... and my DSLR camera just couldn't adjust properly with a lens on it.
(you can see the tiniest hint of craters at the bottom).
This was literally supposed to be a photograph of the Moon at night... and my DSLR camera just couldn't adjust properly with a lens on it.
(you can see the tiniest hint of craters at the bottom).
Only with the backing of millions of people who then fail to act to stop them.
April 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Only with the backing of millions of people who then fail to act to stop them.
“Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.”
- Terry Pratchett
- Terry Pratchett
April 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.”
- Terry Pratchett
- Terry Pratchett
It was also one of the most realistic depictions of a "near-future". There was no high-end fancy gadgetry without explanation of how it worked. No perfect AI or global surveillance.
It just showed you what life would be like when fertility dropped. In the most realistic manner possible.
It just showed you what life would be like when fertility dropped. In the most realistic manner possible.
March 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It was also one of the most realistic depictions of a "near-future". There was no high-end fancy gadgetry without explanation of how it worked. No perfect AI or global surveillance.
It just showed you what life would be like when fertility dropped. In the most realistic manner possible.
It just showed you what life would be like when fertility dropped. In the most realistic manner possible.
What actually happens is people go "No, we can't pay that". And they either ignore, skirt, bypass, or revolt against those taxes. You can see it throughout history.
People literally bricked up windows rather than pay a window tax.
People literally bricked up windows rather than pay a window tax.
March 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What actually happens is people go "No, we can't pay that". And they either ignore, skirt, bypass, or revolt against those taxes. You can see it throughout history.
People literally bricked up windows rather than pay a window tax.
People literally bricked up windows rather than pay a window tax.
Which sounds good until you realise that if you tax something to the tune of $6tr, the chances are people won't end up paying anywhere near that because they'll find other ways to do things that aren't taxed.
$6tr of taxes is only good if people PAY those taxes.
$6tr of taxes is only good if people PAY those taxes.
March 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Which sounds good until you realise that if you tax something to the tune of $6tr, the chances are people won't end up paying anywhere near that because they'll find other ways to do things that aren't taxed.
$6tr of taxes is only good if people PAY those taxes.
$6tr of taxes is only good if people PAY those taxes.
We really need a new The Newsroom series that covers the Trump periods.
March 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We really need a new The Newsroom series that covers the Trump periods.