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So the problem doesn't seem to be AI generated pedo-content on X (as that is still being allowed to be generated) but the fact Musk wasn't being paid for it.
So the problem doesn't seem to be AI generated pedo-content on X (as that is still being allowed to be generated) but the fact Musk wasn't being paid for it.
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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So the problem doesn't seem to be AI generated pedo-content on X (as that is still being allowed to be generated) but the fact Musk wasn't being paid for it.
So the problem doesn't seem to be AI generated pedo-content on X (as that is still being allowed to be generated) but the fact Musk wasn't being paid for it.
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During my break from work, I’ve given thought to what my future career looks like. If I were to change careers, I don’t know what I would change to—code is my life. But I am increasingly disheartened by our industry, and I can’t stomach much more AI.
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 AM
During my break from work, I’ve given thought to what my future career looks like. If I were to change careers, I don’t know what I would change to—code is my life. But I am increasingly disheartened by our industry, and I can’t stomach much more AI.
I'm so glad I'm spending over £100pm for accountancy services for my Ltd company and paying filing fees for everything to be correct when I see a local takeaway place registers a new company every year without filing any accounts (of the I've managed to track - 3 directors - 1 annual accounts […]
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mastodon.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I'm so glad I'm spending over £100pm for accountancy services for my Ltd company and paying filing fees for everything to be correct when I see a local takeaway place registers a new company every year without filing any accounts (of the I've managed to track - 3 directors - 1 annual accounts […]
Happy new year everyone! I could have sworn it was only 6.30pm here in the UK but it seems people nearby with dog-scaring fireworks seem to disagree.
December 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Happy new year everyone! I could have sworn it was only 6.30pm here in the UK but it seems people nearby with dog-scaring fireworks seem to disagree.
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The amount of discussions I have to hold because #laravel devs don't want to write a read-only DTO somewhere, but instead add a dynamic property on some ActiveRecord contraption.
It's so exhausting, and it could be so simple, if it wasn't that the framework promotes terrifyingly bad software […]
It's so exhausting, and it could be so simple, if it wasn't that the framework promotes terrifyingly bad software […]
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mastodon.social
December 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The amount of discussions I have to hold because #laravel devs don't want to write a read-only DTO somewhere, but instead add a dynamic property on some ActiveRecord contraption.
It's so exhausting, and it could be so simple, if it wasn't that the framework promotes terrifyingly bad software […]
It's so exhausting, and it could be so simple, if it wasn't that the framework promotes terrifyingly bad software […]
I'm now intrigued by how many times Patreon will attempt to charge a card that expired 2 months ago.
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'm now intrigued by how many times Patreon will attempt to charge a card that expired 2 months ago.
Can anybody else remember playing "Daley Thompson's Decathlon" as a disk based game for the Acorn BBC Micro in the 80s? I'm pretty sure I played it, but internet searches make it seem as if it wasn't released on that platform at all.
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Can anybody else remember playing "Daley Thompson's Decathlon" as a disk based game for the Acorn BBC Micro in the 80s? I'm pretty sure I played it, but internet searches make it seem as if it wasn't released on that platform at all.
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I know a few people on here as well as myself will FEEL this cartoon.
December 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I know a few people on here as well as myself will FEEL this cartoon.
Sad to see that Mangahigh.com is closing at the end of this year. I was the sole developer for most of version 1 (employee number 3) where we went from a company of 7 driven people to around 19 in-office (which was really all that office could fit), 30+ remote human question writers in multiple […]
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mastodon.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sad to see that Mangahigh.com is closing at the end of this year. I was the sole developer for most of version 1 (employee number 3) where we went from a company of 7 driven people to around 19 in-office (which was really all that office could fit), 30+ remote human question writers in multiple […]
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Gender-neutral bathrooms : A guide
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Gender-neutral bathrooms : A guide
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December 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Well after reading this long sarcastic newsletter on the whole NVIDIA and AI grift, I gotta assume we are all screwed. Seems extremely likely that the vast majority of GPUs sold that justify NVIDIA being the biggest company by market cap in the world are not even powered up. Which is a good […]
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mastodon.sdf.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Well after reading this long sarcastic newsletter on the whole NVIDIA and AI grift, I gotta assume we are all screwed. Seems extremely likely that the vast majority of GPUs sold that justify NVIDIA being the biggest company by market cap in the world are not even powered up. Which is a good […]
If you have recently updated your phone (Android 16, possibly Pixel phones only) and your notifications have disappeared, go to Settings->Notifications->"Hide Silent Notifications in status bar" and turn that off.
If I didn't want the notifications at all, I would have turned them off. If I set […]
If I didn't want the notifications at all, I would have turned them off. If I set […]
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mastodon.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you have recently updated your phone (Android 16, possibly Pixel phones only) and your notifications have disappeared, go to Settings->Notifications->"Hide Silent Notifications in status bar" and turn that off.
If I didn't want the notifications at all, I would have turned them off. If I set […]
If I didn't want the notifications at all, I would have turned them off. If I set […]
Headline writers "We need to make it sound big - write",more than 125"" , me : "You could be concise and just write 126"
December 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Headline writers "We need to make it sound big - write",more than 125"" , me : "You could be concise and just write 126"
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Still working on my thesis that 21st Century #britain can be explained by the teaching of multiple generations of schoolchildren that "Britain beat Germany in 1945, no, there's no further nuance or context required. The Empire was good, though"
December 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Still working on my thesis that 21st Century #britain can be explained by the teaching of multiple generations of schoolchildren that "Britain beat Germany in 1945, no, there's no further nuance or context required. The Empire was good, though"
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A severe #accessibility issue I've seen very few people talking about is the widespread adoption (in my country at least) of touch-only card payment terminals with no physical number buttons.
Not only do these devices offer no tactile affordances, but the on-screen numbers move around to limit […]
Not only do these devices offer no tactile affordances, but the on-screen numbers move around to limit […]
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dragonscave.space
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A severe #accessibility issue I've seen very few people talking about is the widespread adoption (in my country at least) of touch-only card payment terminals with no physical number buttons.
Not only do these devices offer no tactile affordances, but the on-screen numbers move around to limit […]
Not only do these devices offer no tactile affordances, but the on-screen numbers move around to limit […]
"Ooh, Webmin has changed quite a bit" "When was the last time you used it?" "Oooh, about 1999 I think."
Just looking for a replacement control panel for our 8 personal websites now cPanel has become so ruddy expensive. ISPConfig considered: but lots of "preinstall" config, manual costs $ […]
Just looking for a replacement control panel for our 8 personal websites now cPanel has become so ruddy expensive. ISPConfig considered: but lots of "preinstall" config, manual costs $ […]
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December 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Ooh, Webmin has changed quite a bit" "When was the last time you used it?" "Oooh, about 1999 I think."
Just looking for a replacement control panel for our 8 personal websites now cPanel has become so ruddy expensive. ISPConfig considered: but lots of "preinstall" config, manual costs $ […]
Just looking for a replacement control panel for our 8 personal websites now cPanel has become so ruddy expensive. ISPConfig considered: but lots of "preinstall" config, manual costs $ […]
#uk people: Is it just my local (large) Asda and (large) Tesco, but is Men's Aftershave just not a "thing" anymore? Ran out and neither of them seem to sell any aftershave any more.
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#uk people: Is it just my local (large) Asda and (large) Tesco, but is Men's Aftershave just not a "thing" anymore? Ran out and neither of them seem to sell any aftershave any more.
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What do you think is inside of this just purchased box?
November 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What do you think is inside of this just purchased box?
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We just celebrated Black Friday in memory of Rebecca Black who invented Friday back in 2011.
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We just celebrated Black Friday in memory of Rebecca Black who invented Friday back in 2011.
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM https://bsky.app/profile/alexdecampi.bsky.social for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to […]
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to […]
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November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM https://bsky.app/profile/alexdecampi.bsky.social for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to […]
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to […]
No post for over a week ("45 posties are off sick" according to Royal Mail), no mobile coverage ("upgrade works" on both VirginO2 and VodafoneThree!) and main route through the village has roadworks causing major delays.
Thank goodness for the internet.
Thank goodness for the internet.
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
No post for over a week ("45 posties are off sick" according to Royal Mail), no mobile coverage ("upgrade works" on both VirginO2 and VodafoneThree!) and main route through the village has roadworks causing major delays.
Thank goodness for the internet.
Thank goodness for the internet.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.