Mike Taulty
@mtaulty.bsky.social
"he does something to do with computers"
Today I learned about profiles in Edge - either this wasn't there when I used to do public presentations off my own PC or I just never looked hard enough for the feature.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/f...
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Profiles | Microsoft Edge
www.microsoft.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Today I learned about profiles in Edge - either this wasn't there when I used to do public presentations off my own PC or I just never looked hard enough for the feature.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/f...
www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/f...
Mmm, tell me more about £450/hour writing JavaScript in Manchester (or not).
( just going to see if I've still got those books somewhere 😉)
( just going to see if I've still got those books somewhere 😉)
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Mmm, tell me more about £450/hour writing JavaScript in Manchester (or not).
( just going to see if I've still got those books somewhere 😉)
( just going to see if I've still got those books somewhere 😉)
Reposted by Mike Taulty
Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
In the future, everyone will own part of a Manchester tower block for 15 minutes.
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www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Robert De Niro seen in Manchester as he makes major announcement
Mr De Niro was gifted an apartment by developers Salboy
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In the future, everyone will own part of a Manchester tower block for 15 minutes.
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www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Vast majority of the BBC News (#bbcwato) is about the BBC 🤷♂️
( Don't care if Trump was misrepresented, it's what he does all the time )
( Don't care if Trump was misrepresented, it's what he does all the time )
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Vast majority of the BBC News (#bbcwato) is about the BBC 🤷♂️
( Don't care if Trump was misrepresented, it's what he does all the time )
( Don't care if Trump was misrepresented, it's what he does all the time )
Bias: switching a word and making an expression.
Not bias: 10 years of feeding us an endless diet of Farage and ignoring Brexit.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Not bias: 10 years of feeding us an endless diet of Farage and ignoring Brexit.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Bias: switching a word and making an expression.
Not bias: 10 years of feeding us an endless diet of Farage and ignoring Brexit.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Not bias: 10 years of feeding us an endless diet of Farage and ignoring Brexit.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Now, there's a nice positive example...
Apple Watch data teamed with AI reveals range of heart conditions
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Apple Watch data teamed with AI reveals range of heart conditions
ftdigitaledition.onelink.me/i9DX?deep_li...
Today's International Newspaper
All the stories that featured in today's newspaper, available to digital subscribers.
ftdigitaledition.onelink.me
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Now, there's a nice positive example...
Apple Watch data teamed with AI reveals range of heart conditions
ftdigitaledition.onelink.me/i9DX?deep_li...
Apple Watch data teamed with AI reveals range of heart conditions
ftdigitaledition.onelink.me/i9DX?deep_li...
On Android, I find that the consolidated Microsoft Office app has turned into CoPilot and I now have to install separate Word and Excel apps like, erm, I used to?
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
On Android, I find that the consolidated Microsoft Office app has turned into CoPilot and I now have to install separate Word and Excel apps like, erm, I used to?
Farage seems to be stating that "in government" he would (unlike Trump) appoint expertise implying that he'd put a Doctor in charge of Health, a Headteacher in charge of Education, an Economist as Chancellor, etc.
( seems ever so slightly unlikely given his friends🤷♂️ )
( seems ever so slightly unlikely given his friends🤷♂️ )
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Farage seems to be stating that "in government" he would (unlike Trump) appoint expertise implying that he'd put a Doctor in charge of Health, a Headteacher in charge of Education, an Economist as Chancellor, etc.
( seems ever so slightly unlikely given his friends🤷♂️ )
( seems ever so slightly unlikely given his friends🤷♂️ )
"Evri single parcel goes astray" ?
October 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"Evri single parcel goes astray" ?
Does the "magic of software" (and its profit margins) extend to being a company that builds data centres, power plants and has to write off millions of GPUs every cycle?
www.ft.com/content/5395...
www.ft.com/content/5395...
In the AI boom, not all capex is created equal
There are big differences in the level of risk and likely returns of Big Tech’s spending
www.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Does the "magic of software" (and its profit margins) extend to being a company that builds data centres, power plants and has to write off millions of GPUs every cycle?
www.ft.com/content/5395...
www.ft.com/content/5395...
I haven't made it through the whole thing but there's something about the next 60 seconds or so of this NEO Home Robot "montage" video that makes it one of the funniest things that I've seen in ages.
It just screams "parody" to me.
youtu.be/LTYMWadOW7c?...
It just screams "parody" to me.
youtu.be/LTYMWadOW7c?...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I haven't made it through the whole thing but there's something about the next 60 seconds or so of this NEO Home Robot "montage" video that makes it one of the funniest things that I've seen in ages.
It just screams "parody" to me.
youtu.be/LTYMWadOW7c?...
It just screams "parody" to me.
youtu.be/LTYMWadOW7c?...
Reposted by Mike Taulty
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Oh, apologies Buxton - we only popped in to go to the theatre, didn't realise that you don't want "faces that I haven't seen before" 🤣
( btw, that theatre is lovely but it was far from full last time I was there )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
( btw, that theatre is lovely but it was far from full last time I was there )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Oh, apologies Buxton - we only popped in to go to the theatre, didn't realise that you don't want "faces that I haven't seen before" 🤣
( btw, that theatre is lovely but it was far from full last time I was there )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
( btw, that theatre is lovely but it was far from full last time I was there )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Recently finding that apps which are essentially just website wrappers can be worse at loading the content or exhibit worse performance than the website they supposedly wrap.
( examples being LinkedIn and Netflix )
( examples being LinkedIn and Netflix )
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Recently finding that apps which are essentially just website wrappers can be worse at loading the content or exhibit worse performance than the website they supposedly wrap.
( examples being LinkedIn and Netflix )
( examples being LinkedIn and Netflix )
I only heard about the Arc de Trump yesterday and so woke up this morning still laughing about it. 🤣
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Arc de Trump? President touts a new real estate project. No, not the ballroom
Trump, whose background is in real estate, has made several changes in the White House, including a Rose Garden makeover and gilding the Oval Office.
eu.usatoday.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I only heard about the Arc de Trump yesterday and so woke up this morning still laughing about it. 🤣
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
I'd like to see the Windows CoPilot app crash itself, analyse its own process dumps and apply its own fixes when it hangs like this (which it does quite a lot).
October 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I'd like to see the Windows CoPilot app crash itself, analyse its own process dumps and apply its own fixes when it hangs like this (which it does quite a lot).
Credit to whoever added the "animate live right on your screen" feature to the Windows Snipping Tool - nicely done.
October 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Credit to whoever added the "animate live right on your screen" feature to the Windows Snipping Tool - nicely done.
Quick look at why the markets are down...oh, look, it's Trump.
October 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Quick look at why the markets are down...oh, look, it's Trump.
Clothes manufacturers: put a QR code inside your clothes so that customers can find out what they were and/or order another one in the future. You're welcome.
October 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Clothes manufacturers: put a QR code inside your clothes so that customers can find out what they were and/or order another one in the future. You're welcome.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
Reading...
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and remembering such as...
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and remembering such as...
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Simon Jenkins: Brexit wouldn’t harm London and could help reform EU
Boris Johnson has made the right call — voting In will just mean business as usual for Brussels bureaucrats
www.standard.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Reading...
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and remembering such as...
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
and remembering such as...
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It's National Ladybirds On The Windows Day!
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October 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's National Ladybirds On The Windows Day!
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Not sure that the supermarket checkout is the best place to start asking me to get an OTP code to verify my shopping vouchers 🤣
October 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Not sure that the supermarket checkout is the best place to start asking me to get an OTP code to verify my shopping vouchers 🤣